Single Volunteers Boston (SVB) is a 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit non-profit organization that connects singles who share a common interest in volunteerism. Our objective is to fulfill the volunteer needs of non-profit organizations in the Greater Boston Area while having fun and meeting people. SVB acts as a volunteer clearing house, providing nonprofit agencies with volunteers while providing volunteers with a convenient, fun and efficient way to volunteer. We are not a dating or matchmaking service.
The requirements to volunteer with Single Volunteers Boston are:
* You must be 18 years of age or older.
* You must affirm that you have read and understand the volunteer agreement in its entirety. See FAQ's
* You must be single (not married or in a committed relationship unless holding a leadership position). Please see our partners listing for a list of other nonprofit's if you are not eligible to participate with SVB. See FAQ's
* If you agree to participate in a project, you must arrive at the project site on time. Since you are making a commitment to SVB and our Nonprofit Partner to volunteer at the event, please try to give us 48 hours notice if you need to cancel. This gives us time to fill your volunteer slot.
SVB News:
Volunteers are needed to help at SVB's table at Art Beat on 7/19. Volunteers are needed for 1 hour shifts from 12pm till 6pm. Please e-mail Bob at svbdirector@yahoo.com if you can help.
SVB's Annual Summer Fundraiser Just Posted
4th Annual Summer Cookout
Sunday, August 17th 12pm till 5pm
Come out and spend a Sunday afternoon with you fellow SVB’ers for a cookout along the Charles River. We will have burgers and dogs and grills supplied and paper goods. Come out enjoy some good times, good food, music, volleyball. We will need help setting up, cooking, and cleaning up. Items needed: mustard, relish, ketchup, cheese, spring water, soda, veggie burgers, potato salad, other salads, potato chips, cookies/deserts
When you sign up please mention what you could bring we will let you know if it is still needed. A donation of $5 a person to help cover the cost of food, supplies, grill/gas we will need to purchase.
To sign up please e-mail: svbevent@yahoo.com
July Volunteer Events
Other Non SVB Volunteer Opts
http://svboston.org/nonsvb.php
Help us to continue to offer the variety and number of events. Please sign up to team lead an event
e-mail John at svbteamleaders@yahoo.com for more info.
New Event for SVB
Charles River Watershed Assoc (Green Line D Line plus 20 minute walk)
At the Charles River Boat and Canoe in Newton
Saturday, July 19th 10am till 2pm
Join Charles River Watershed Association, Charles River Canoe and Kayak, and your neighbors to help rid the Lakes District of the Charles River of invasive water chestnuts. This invasive plant grows densely, and can choke the water in shallow sections of the river and along the shoreline. We need help pulling the plants from the river before they drop their seeds and spread more widely. Volunteers will paddle canoes, pull up aquatic plants, and assist with disposal of the plant waste. Come and help us to reclaim the river!
To sign up e-mail: svbcrw01@yahoo.com (25 volunteers) Need men and women!
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Charles River Conservancy
(Red Line T,Harvard Square +short walk)
Saturday, July 19th 9:00am - 2:00pm
Don't you want to join us this month for another fun morning of cleaning up along the river? Bring a snack and get to know your fellow volunteers during the afternoon break. Volunteers will be participating in a variety of activities from planting flowers, weeding, and cleaning up debris.
To sign up email: crcsvb@yahoo.com (20 Volunteers) Need men and women!
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ArtBeat Arts Festival in Davis Square Somerville Note slight time change
(Redline T, Davis Square)
Saturday, July 19th
Shift 1: 11:30 am till 2:30pm
Shift 2: 2:30 pm till 5:30pm
During the heat of summer, artists and festival goers converge on Davis Square, transforming it into one of the area's largest and most innovative arts festivals.
ArtBeat includes music, performance art, craft vendors, dance, theater, food, and a whole more. SVB Volunteers will be working in pairs selling tags that
support The Somerville Arts Council. Please indicate your shift when signing up. Artbeat is donating a table for at the festival for SVB to promote it's self. Please help us fill these two shifts.
Shift 1: 11:30 am till 2:30 pm 16 volunteers Need men and women!
svbshift1@yahoo.com
Shift 2: 2:30 pm till 5:30pm 16 volunteers Need men and women!
svbshift2@yahoo.com
Help promote volunteering as a way to meet people at Artbeat. We need volunteers in 1 hours shifts from 12pm till 6pm. Please indicate when you can help. Join SVB's Street Team! Please e-mail Bob at svbdirector@yahoo.com if you can help at SVB's table.
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Rosie's Place Lunch
(Hynes Convention Center + # 1 Bus to Boston Medical Center + short walk)
Saturday, July 19th, 11 am - 1:30 pm
Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women! Come out and help Rosie's Place serve lunch to poor and homeless women. At Rosie's Place, volunteers are not "extra helpers" but instead are vital to our ability to serve the women who rely on us for both basic survival and assistance in reaching their dreams. This event is sure to fill fast so don't delay in signing up.
To sign up email: svbmeals@yahoo.com (6 volunteers) Need men and women!
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Greater Boston Food Bank (Red Line T, Andrew , + #1 Bus) Need Teamleader!
Saturday, July 26th, 8:45am-1pm
Cereal, macaroni, soup, oh my! Learn the art of sorting food and walk away knowing how much of an impact you have made on the lives of others while getting to know your fellow volunteers. We know this is an early morning call, but what a great way to start the weekend! Volunteers will be cleaning, sorting, boxing, and weighing food for distribution throughout the Greater Boston region.
To sign up email: svbgre01@yahoo.com (20 volunteers) Need men and women!
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Saturday's Bread
(Green Line, Govt Center + short walk)
Saturday, July 26th, 12:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday’s Bread was founded upon the insight that, while there were food programs for people in need in Boston from Monday through Friday, few, if any, served meals on Saturday/Sunday. The goal was – and is -- to fill this crucial gap. We will be helping cook/serve/setup for a meal during our shift.
To sign up e-mail: svbsat01@yahoo.com (10 Volunteers) Need men and women!
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New SVB Event
Community Servings
(Orange Line, Stoney Brook + short walk)
Saturday, July 26th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Community Servings is dedicated to providing free home-delivered meals throughout eastern Massachusetts to people homebound with HIV/AIDS and other acute life-threatening illnesses, who are unable to shop or cook for themselves. Volunteers carry the torch everyday, ensuring that our meals are prepared, packaged and delivered to the homes of the individuals and families who need them most. SVB'ers will be helping prepare and package meals for delivery.
Kitchen Volunteers help prepare and package meals. Working alongside our professional staff you will assist with a variety of essential tasks from chopping and peeling fruits and vegetables to dishing up our hot meals on the “line,” our 10-person, meal assembly line that allows us to get 650+ hot entrees and side items ready for delivery for our shift.
To sign up e-mail: communitymealsvb@yahoo.com (15 volunteers) Need men and women!
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Waltham Community Farm
Sunday, July 27th, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
(No Public Transit)
Come spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon at the farm. Volunteers at the farm will be helping with general farm tasks such a weeding and harvesting crops. Half of their harvest gets donated to local food kitchens/banks in the Waltham/Cambridge/Belmont area.
To sign up e-mail: svbwal02@yahoo.com (20 Volunteers) Need men and women!
August Volunteer Events
Other Non SVB Volunteer Opts
http://svboston.org/nonsvb.php
Help us to continue to offer the variety and number of events. Please sign up to team lead an event
e-mail John at svbteamleaders@yahoo.com for more info.
Franklin Park Zoo Landscape Project (Forest Hills, #16 Bus) Need Teamleader!
Saturday, August 2nd, 10am-2pm
Come hear the roar of the lion, or the calls of the peacocks as you help keep the Zoo pristine. We will be assisting with landscaping and general clean-up
projects. Come see a great inner city zoo.
To sign up email: volunteerzoonewengland@yahoo.com (20 Volunteers)
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Age Specific for volunteers 35+
Greater Boston Food Bank (Red Line T, Andrew , + #1 Bus)
Saturday, August 9th, 8:45am-1pm
Cereal, macaroni, soup, oh my! Learn the art of sorting food and walk away knowing how much of an impact you have made on the lives of others while getting to know your fellow volunteers. We know this is an early morning call, but what a great way to start the weekend! Volunteers will be cleaning, sorting, boxing, and weighing food for distribution throughout the Greater Boston region.
To sign up email: gbfbvolunteer@yahoo.com (20 volunteers) Age Specific for volunteers 35+
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Week night event
Cradles to Crayons (Red Line T, North Quincy , + short walk)
Tuesday, August 12th, 6 pm-8:30pm
What a great way to spend a few hours on a Tuesday night after work helping improve the lives of children in the Greater Boston area. Volunteers will help in the sorting, cleaning and processing new and gently used items that will then be distributed to families who need them most.
To sign up email: childrensevent@yahoo.com (25 volunteers)
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Charles River Conservancy
(Red Line T,Harvard Square +short walk)
Saturday, August 16th 9:00am - 2:00pm
Don't you want to join us this month for another fun morning of cleaning up along the river? Bring a snack and get to know your fellow volunteers during the afternoon break. Volunteers will be participating in a variety of activities from planting flowers, weeding, and cleaning up debris.
To sign up email: svbcha01@yahoo.com (20 Volunteers)
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All ages
Greater Boston Food Bank (Red Line T, Andrew , + #1 Bus)
Saturday, August 23rd, 8:45am-1pm
Cereal, macaroni, soup, oh my! Learn the art of sorting food and walk away knowing how much of an impact you have made on the lives of others while getting to know your fellow volunteers. We know this is an early morning call, but what a great way to start the weekend! Volunteers will be cleaning, sorting, boxing, and weighing food for distribution throughout the Greater Boston region.
To sign up email: svbgre02@yahoo.com (20 volunteers)
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Saturday's Bread
(Green Line, Govt Center + short walk)
Saturday, August 23rd, 12:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday’s Bread was founded upon the insight that, while there were food programs for people in need in Boston from Monday through Friday, few, if any, served meals on Saturday/Sunday. The goal was – and is -- to fill this crucial gap. We will be helping cook/serve/setup for a meal during our shift.
To sign up e-mail: communitymeal2svb@yahoo.com (10 Volunteers)
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Waltham Community Farm
Sunday, August 24th, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
(No Public Transit)
Come spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon at the farm. Volunteers at the farm will be helping with general farm tasks such a weeding and harvesting crops. Half of their harvest gets donated to local food kitchens/banks in the Waltham/Cambridge/Belmont area.
To sign up e-mail: svbwal01@yahoo.com (20 Volunteers)
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TEAMLEADERS Needed!
With Spring here and Summer fast approaching we will increase the number and variety of events and need teamleaders to cover them. Help us continue to offer a variety of events become a teamleader! This is a great way to participate in SVB, hone those leadership skills, and make new friends. Besides, it's easy! If we do not get an increase in teamleaders we will forced to cut back on events we offer. SVB is all volunteer there are no paid positions. Please help us continue to have SVB grow and be strong.If you are interested in being a teamleader please email John at: svbteamleaders@yahoo.com
Help Keep SVB Strong and Growing!
If you have enjoyed your SVB Experience and would like to make a donation to help us continue to be strong please send it to Any amount of a donation you could give would be appreciated! Donations are now tax deduct able since SVB is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit.
Send a check, payable to “Single Volunteers Boston,” to: Single Volunteers Boston
PO Box 52047
Boston, MA 02205
Donate to SVB
Or visit our Events page.
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