Events
CCTV
Our Workshops
Strengthen your skills as a volunteer by participating in one of our civic engagement workshops. Many are free of charge thanks to our generous sponsors.
Many of our workshops are generously hosted by CCAE. Links go live once registration opens.
FIND YOUR MISSION
LUNCH & LEARN
VOLUNTEER FAIRS
Designed for anyone considering volunteering. In both sessions, learn about the nonprofit landscape in Cambridge and current opportunities that address your interests.
We thank Google for their support of Find Your Mission events.
REGISTRATION LINKS:
BOARD MEMBER BASICS
INTRODUCTION TO BOARD SERVICE
BOARD FINANCE BASICS
This workshop is for new or future nonprofit board members. Learn about 501(c)3 structures, traditional board roles and responsibilities, expected time or other commitments including fundraising, and more. Bring any and all questions.
REGISTRATION LINKS:
SHOWING UP RIGHT
WORKSHOP 1: POWER & IDENTITY
WORKSHOP 2: REPAIRING HARM
WORKSHOP 3: SHOWING UP RIGHT 4 YOUTH
“Anti-ism” and cultural competency discovery for all levels. Discuss interactions across social and personal identities, explore how privilege impacts volunteerism, and build tools to work effectively in your community. SUR4Y is expressly for volunteers who work with youth.
REGISTRATION INFO:
P&I TBD
REPAIRING HARM TBD
SUR4Y
Wednesday, 4/24 5:30-7:30pm
Space may be reserved for up to 65 active volunteers per session.
Volunteer Managers, please contact
info@cambridgevolunteers.org for information/reservations.
Please reach out to info@cambridgevolunteers.org if you have any questions about these workshops.
PAST EVENTS
FRI & SAT
NOV 17 & 18, 2023
Margaret Fuller House Thanksgiving Project
THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this year's Turkey Day Project such a success!
We so appreciate all of the volunteers who joined us at Margaret Fuller House to help pack and distribute food for our neighbors. We will share photos and more details on the impact of this event soon!
THURSDAY
JUN 8, 2023
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FAIR: Find Your Mission with Cambridge Volunteers
We were thrilled to engage dozens of new volunteers and introduce them to over 30 local agencies at this fantastic virtual event! Several volunteers reported finding positions that fit their interests, even before the event concluded. We are already looking forward to our next volunteer fair on February 8!
Thanks again to our key event sponsor, Harvard University's center for public service and engaged scholarship, Phillips Brooks House.
FRIDAY
NOV 18, 2022
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS: Margaret Fuller House Thanksgiving Project
22 CVC volunteers showed up Nov 18th at Margaret Fuller House to pack Thanksgiving feasts for 520 local families! It was also a special opportunity for volunteers to get to know this beloved institution, and make new friends over mounds of potatoes, carrots, and onions. Some worked multiple shifts and one volunteer has already become a weekly food pantry helper! MFH Food Pantry Coordinator Phoebe Heyman was unflappable. With her support, we finished more than an hour early!
THURSDAY
MAR 10, 2022
CAMBRIDGE SERVES: Reimagining Boards
Nonprofit thought-leader and author of the internationally heralded blog NonprofitAF.com Vu Le headlined our second annual Cambridge Serves event with his characteristic candor and humor, focusing on how to create community-centered nonprofit boards that support and sustain equity.
Before opening the floor to questions, Le bantered for about 45 minutes with Cambridge’s own Maritza Grooms, social justice educator/advocate and Assistant Director of CCTV.
The high-energy gathering attracted 190 nonprofit leaders, staff and board members, community residents, corporate representatives and elected officials.
A summary of the event appeared in the March 16 issue of Mass Nonprofit News.
We are grateful for the very generous support of Cambridge Trust, Biogen and MIT, which made this event possible.
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