Volunteering

• Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline
  617-482-9485
  The Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline can help find volunteer opportunities for people interested in volunteering in Adult Basic Education programs.
  
  

• You Generate (MassVolunteers.org)\\

• You Generate (MassVolunteers.org/)
  A website from the Massachusetts Service Alliance to help you find volunteer opportunities in Massachusetts.
  
  

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• Charity
• Homeless or Hungry?
• Social Services

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(:feature-box Volunteer at the Library!:) There are many different things you can do. What are your talents and interests? Put them to good use in the friendly congenial atmosphere of Forbes Library. See our volunteer page for more information. (:feature-box-end:)

Places to Find Volunteer Opportunities

• VolunteerMatch
  VolunteerMatch is the largest online network of volunteer opportunities. You can search by geographic area and areas of interest. This is a wonderful place to post opportunities as well.
  
  
• JobsInTheValley
  Local volunteer opportunities are listed here. This site also has employment and intern opportunities.
  
  
• www.serve.gov
  National database of volunteer community service opportunities.
  
  
• Volunteer Solutions
  Massachusetts Service Alliance connects volunteers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  
  
• Commonwealth Corps
  Commonwealth Corps is a Massachusetts initiative to bring volunteers and nonprofits together in service to our communities.
  
  
• The Corporation for National and Community Service
  The Corporation for National and Community Service provides opportunities to volunteer in schools, churches, hospitals, local nonprofits and many other places.
  
  
• The ACT Volunteer Center
  ACT is a full-service regional volunteer center serving Hampshire and Franklin Counties and the North Quabbin region. The role of the center is to link people of all ages with opportunities to serve in their local communities. Watch their promotional video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckc2FVq5zmo and be inspired. For more information, contact 413-774-7054 x119 or act@dialself.org.
  
  
• Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Volunteer opportunities are listed weekly in the Weekend Living section.
  
  
• Western Mass Craigslist Volunteer Page\\

If you need help accessing these resources or would like additional help, please see a reference librarian.

http://www.actvolunteercenter.net

ACT is a full-service regional volunteer center serving Hampshire and Franklin Counties and the North Quabbin region. The role of the center is to link people of all ages with opportunities to serve in their local communities. Watch their promotional video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckc2FVq5zmo and be inspired. For more information, contact 413-774-7054 x119 or act@dialself.org.

http://www.jobsinthevalley.com\\

The ACT Volunteer Center

http://www.actcommunityservice.org

ACT is a full-service regional volunteer center serving Hampshire and Franklin Counties and the North Quabbin region. The role of the center is to link people of all ages with opportunities to serve in their local communities. For more information, contact Alaena VanderMost, 413-774-7054 x119 or avandermost@actvolunteercenter.org.

http://www.mass-service.org/investing/commonwealth.php
Commonwealth Corps is a Massachusetts initiative to bring volunteers and nonprofits together in service to our communities.

National database of volunteer community service opportunities.

http://www.serve.gov
National database of volunteer service opportunities.

http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/volunteering/index.asp
The Corporation for National and Community Service provides opportunities to volunteer in schools, churches, hospitals, local nonprofits and many other places.

Massachusetts Service Alliance connects volunteers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

http://www.volunteersolutions.org/mass-service/volunteer/
Massachusetts Service Alliance. Connecting Volunteers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/1800Vol/ACT-csc/vcindex.do

ACT is a full-service regional volunteer center serving Hampshire and Franklin Counties and the North Quabbin region. The role of the center is to link people of all ages with opportunities to serve in their local communities. The resource office for Hampshire County is located at the Jones Library in Amherst. The Resource Coordinator can be reached at 413-253-6535.

VolunteerMatch is the largest online network of volunteer opportunities. You can search by geographic area and areas of interest. This is a wonderful place to post opportunities as well.

Daily Hampshire Gazette

http://www.gazettenet.com \\

The ACT Community Service Center

http://act.dialself.org

ACT is a full-service regional volunteer center serving Hampshire and Franklin Counties and the North Quabbin region. The role of the center is to link people of all ages with opportunities to serve in their local communities through our website or by phone at 1-413-641-0023 ext. 1.

Daily Hampshire Gazette \\

http://www.nohojobs.com\\

Places to Find Volunteer Opportunities

http://www.forbeslibrary.org/about/volunteer.shtml
There are many different things you can do. What are your talents and interests? Put them to good use in the friendly congenial atmosphere of Forbes Library.

http://www.volunteermatch.org/
VolunteerMatch is the largest online network of volunteer opportunities. You can search by geographic area and areas of interest. This is a wonderful to place to post opportunities as well.

Local volunteer opportunities are listed here. This site also has employment and intern opportunities.

http://www.uwshc.org/hvc/
Kimball W. Howes Volunteer Center is a great place to search for volunteer opportunities in the Valley. The Center is a project of the United Way of Hampshire County

Daily Hampshire Gazette
Volunteer opportunities are listed weekly in the Weekend Living section.

http://westernmass.craigslist.org/vol/
The Craigslist of Western Massachusetts maintains a forum of local volunteer opportunities.

If you need help accessing these resources or would like additional help, please see a reference librarian.