- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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9 people are interested
Winter Volunteer at Y2Y Harvard Square Shelter!
ORGANIZATION: Y2Y Harvard Square
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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9 people are interested
Run entirely by students and volunteers, Y2Y Harvard Square is recruiting a group of dedicated volunteers who contribute a wide variety of skills and time to the shelter. We aim to have around 150 volunteers weekly, and greatly need the help from the community when our student volunteers return home over Winter Break.
Our shifts include:
Dinner: 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM
Evening: 9:00 PM - 11:15 PM
Overnight: 11 PM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast: 6:30 AM - 8:3 0 AM
*But if it is a weekend morning, both Overnight and Breakfast run until 10:00 am*
You can sign up for a shift here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ptbq_mgdfR87PN0xCp8OXdcASpMqyjzO2UOjH7vfWY4/edit?usp=sharing. Thank you!
More opportunities with Y2Y Harvard Square
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About Y2Y Harvard Square
Location:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138, US
Mission Statement
Y2Y Harvard Square, a student-run overnight shelter, employs a youth-to-youth model to provide a safe and affirming environment for young adults experiencing homelessness. Y2Y guests have opportunities to collaborate with service providers, other youth experiencing homelessness, and student volunteers to create sustainable pathways out of homelessness and develop skills for long-term success. Y2Y provides opportunities for both guests and volunteers to become the next generation’s leading advocates for youth-driven solutions to homelessness.
Description
In 2012, staff members at PBHA’s Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (HSHS) realized that there was potential to do more to serve the community of people experiencing homelessness in Greater Boston. They discovered an urgent and growing need that was receiving inadequate resources. After a long feasibility process of research and discussions with advisors and service providers, the students determined that the ideal way for HSHS to expand and improve its services would be to create a shelter dedicated to meeting the unique needs of young adults. Since then, the group has grown to include graduate students, faculty, advocates, community members, and service providers. Today, we are working together to make our vision: a network of communities where all young adults experiencing homelessness have a safe place to rest, grow, and lead, a reality.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3 Church StreetCambridgeCambridge, MA 02138
DATE POSTED
December 11, 2017
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 11
- No experience necessary!