Community Engagement and Service Learning
This guide is designed to support students, faculty, and community members interested in the scholarly and practical aspects of community engagement and service learning.
Places to Volunteer in Our Community
- American Red CrossThere are many ways you can volunteer with us in your local community. Search now for opportunitites to volunteer - they are always looking for people with various backgrounds, talents, and skill levels.
- Amherst Survival CenterSince 1976, the Amherst Survival Center has promoted the health and well being of residents of Franklin and Hampshire counties with a wide variety of programs designed to help people meet their basic needs.
- Brookfield Farm - AmherstThis is a community farm that focuses on getting community members involved with sustainable agriculture methodology as a means to promote environmental sustainability and social equity.
- Food Bank of Western Massachusetts - HatfieldVolunteer at the local food bank!
- Help Yourself - NorthamptonA volunteer organization working to plant fruit trees and gardens in public and private spaces in town, and to inspire similar work in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.
- Hitchcock Center for the Environment - AmherstAn independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster a greater awareness and understanding of our environment and to develop environmentally literate citizens.
- Pioneer Valley Local First - NorthamptonEncourages people in Western Massachusetts to "Think Local First" -- to buy and bank in our own communities. Pioneer Valley Local First, formerly known as Pioneer Valley Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (PV BALLE), is one of 80 BALLE Networks through out North America. A volunteer run organization founded in 2001.
- Rachel's Table - SpringfieldWorking to alleviate hunger and reduce food waste in Western Massachusetts since 1992.
- Springfield Rescue Mission - SpringfieldAn emergency shelter for those in need of a place to go for survival purposes.
- Youth Action CoallitionYouth Action Coalition (YAC) promotes youth empowerment through creative expression and social action projects. YAC’s core program, Arts-for-Change (AfC), is a series of distinct arts and media projects that pairs intensive arts immersion with social justice education.
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