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Share your interests, time, and talents with your community.

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 Volunteer Resources 

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Explore volunteer opportunities in and around Cambridge

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Strengthen your skills as a volunteer through our monthly workshops 

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🍁 Fall 2026 Volunteer Fair!

🗓️ Wednesday, Sep 30, 12 - 1:30pm

💻 Remote via Zoom

Hear from dozens of agencies about the volunteers they need now.

Let your voice be heard!

We don’t have an easy way of tracking our volunteers or impact, so your feedback is critical to understanding how we can best support volunteers!

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How do we find our place in the communities where we live? Read how City of Cambridge volunteers Tracie and Karim found one lasting way, written by CV volunteer writer Chris Featherman

Read Tracie and Karim's full stories here

Learn about the City of Cambridge Boards and Commissions and how to get involved here!

Cambridge Volunteers Director, Laurie Rothstein, leading a workshop

Credit: D. Rabkin

 Volunteer for us! 

Cambridge Volunteers often needs help with administration, communications, database management, or other projects.

 

Learn more about how you can Volunteer for CV!

 Volunteer with us! 

Check out our Events page for one-time opportunities with our CV Volunteer Teams!

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Margaret Fuller House, Credit: D. Rabkin

 Additional Volunteer Resources 

​Cambridge’s local giving platform – built, funded, and guided by residents since 1916.

Advancing equity and justice in the community by strengthening the Cambridge nonprofit sector, building collective voice, and promoting collaboration.

MHH365 works to increase local volunteerism and create/promote service events for all ages, most notably, the Cambridge MLK Day of Service, which is the biggest single service event in the city.

The city's agency to understand our diverse social history and its legacies that exist today. ​

Offers unique tools for exploring the city, like maps of landmarks, community gardens, the African American History Trail, and local human services.

A database of programs for Cambridge residents seeking services.

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