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10 Ways to Find the Time

We each have 8,760 hours in a year, roughly 720 hours in a month, 168 hours in a week, 24 hours in a day. How many can you spare to make someone's day? It's not as hard as you think. With a little advance planning, you can work volunteering into an already busy schedule.

1. Combine family time with volunteering. Volunteering is a great way to spend quality time with the family while passing your values to your children.

2. Many companies give their employees time to volunteer during the workday. Ask about policies at your job.  read more »

Become a Volunteer

Find a volunteer opportunity on Volunteer Solutions!
Take a look at Volunteer Solutions, where interests become actions. On Volunteer Solutions you can search for a volunteer opportunity based on your interests, skills, and location.

Serve on a Nonprofit Board through Board Bank!  read more »

Corporate Volunteering

Business Meets Community

United Way will link your employees to meaningful volunteer opportunities aimed at helping youth. We are working with the business community to identify goals for companies, volunteers and kids. And we are partnering with organizations to connect you with volunteer opportunities that have proven results for youth including:

  • Mentoring:United Way, in collaboration with The Mass Mentoring
    Partnership, can help your employees connect to youth in need of mentors.  read more »

Day of Action

June 22, 2008

LIVE UNITED began as a simple T-shirt—something individuals could wear to show they are part of a collective of people working to advance the common good. Since then, it has become the beginnings of a much larger movement, a mentality that we are all people, connected, interdependent, united. and that when we reach out a hand to one, we have the power to influence the condition of all.  read more »

Ed Rocha

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I LIVE UNITED by tutoring at-risk kids in my community and getting my friends to talk about the issues that affect them. I remember what it was like to bee a teen and how important it was to have guidance and support.

How Bruin Dennis Wideman Lives United

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I LIVE UNITED by regularly visiting and reading to hospitalized children and encouraging others to volunteer in their communities.

How Ed Lives United

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Ed Rocha
Ed Rocha, Age 25. I LIVE UNITED by tutoring at-risk kids in my community and getting my friends to talk about the issues that affect them. I remember what it was like to bee a teen and how important it was to have guidance and support.

How Maria & Bridget Live United

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Maria Semsa, Age 29.

I LIVE UNITED by Working at Ensuring Stability through Action in our Community, a United Way partner agency, and by working as a health educator, teaching families about asthma treatment.  read more »

Open your heart. Lend a hand.

Unite with others to create change.

Volunteering for a cause, organization or person that you believe in lets you contribute in a very personal way. Give your time. And be a catalyst for the change that you want to see in the world.

How do you want to get involved?

Volunteer through MSTi

ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY: Be a Guest Speaker at an MSTi after-school site. During this one-time visit, an employee or group of employees may talk about what drew them to science and/or technology, their career path, and what they currently do at BD Biosciences. Guest speakers are encouraged to stay at the program for the duration of the “science club” hour to assist with an experiment or be ‘taught’ by the kids.  read more »

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