Charity Organizations

Ongoing Community Service Opportunities Involving Charity Organizations

• AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY:  Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Boston unites the community to honor and celebrate breast cancer survivors, educate women about the importance of prevention and early detection, and raise funds to help the Society raise money to end this disease.    www.makingstrideswalk.org/bostonma
• AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION:  For information call 1-888-Diabetes.  Ext. 3487 or Diabetes.org
• AMERICAN HEART/STROKE ASSOCIATION:  For volunteer opportunities look online at their website.
• AMERICAN RED CROSS: Needs volunteers for registration & refreshment services at Danvers location. 
• LYNDA J. TALBOT 8th Annual Memorial 5K Run/Walk :  Held Annually in Sept. 
• MAKING STRIDES Against Breast Cancer Walk/Boston:  This ANNUAL walk is in, October   Volunteers are needed for set up or at the walk itself.
• MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Cancer Center Annual LungStrong 5K:  This 5K needed volunteers.

• CARE DIMENSIONS/Walk for Hospice:  Care Dimensions hosts their annual  “Walk for Hospice” in September  a.m.  Volunteers are also needed to assist loading the truck the Friday before and Sunday after the walk.  email walk@CareDimensions.org
• DanversCARES Coalition Fourth Annual “Light The Night Purple”: A walk and community gathering event to raise the  awareness of opiate and other substance use in our community, substance use prevention and treatment; to promote health, healing and recovery; and to erase the stigma associated with this disease.  The event takes place in May from 6:30-8:00 p.m. 
• FESTIVUS 5K FOR AUTISM: Come run the annual Festivus 5K for Autism in, December. All race proceeds will benefit the Northshore Education Consortium by helping educate and assist students with autism.  Last year, the race raised over $15,000 which helped purchase much needed technologies for students.  Volunteers are needed to support race coordinators.   For more information you can also access their website at www.festivus5k.com.
• DANVERS POST-OFFICE Food Drive:  Hosted by the People to People Food Pantry each May.
• GRIFFIN’S GIFT 5K and FAMILY FUN DAY (Annual): Come participate in the first Annual Griffin’s Gift 5K Road Race and “Family Fun Day”,  dedicated to helping potential adoptive families with the financial burden of the adoption process. This non-profit charity/5K run is being held in July.    The race will begin at Danvers High School, located at 60 Cabot Road, Danvers, Ma. Fifty (50+) volunteers are needed to assist in running children’s games during the “Family Fun” part of the event. Volunteers will also monitor the children’s “Fun Run” and assist with all other event activities.  
• 27th ANNUAL WALK FOR HAWC/HEALING ABUSE WORKING FOR CHANGE: HAWC’s mission is to create social change by taking action against personal and societal patterns of violence and oppression. This 5K walk is a fun, family-friendly event that brings together hundreds of community members to raise awareness about domestic violence and to fundraise for comprehensive programming. 
• REASON 2 RUN Danvers 5K: Is a run/walk that will be held in April , to benefit cancer care and research through the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.
• RTN Federal Credit Union Walk Home:  The RTN Federal Credit Union hosts it’s Annual RTN’s Walk Home, a 5K benefit walk to help homeless teens and families every June.  Individuals can walk, donate, sponsor a walker, or volunteer. One of the three Walk Home routes is the Danvers Rail Trail. 
• STEP UP FOR COLLEEN 5K Walk/Run:  Run or walk to support the Step Up for Colleen Fund on an early Sunday in May.   Friends and family of Colleen Ritzer established this walk/run as a way to celebrate Colleen’s life and her commitment to help and inspire others.  Step Up for Colleen provides an opportunity for the community to come together to remember Colleen and the values by which she lived while raising funds for charitable efforts that honor her legacy, including the Colleen E. Ritzer Memorial Scholarship Fund.  The Fund benefits Andover and Danvers High School seniors who demonstrate a passion for teaching and love of family. For more information please visit the website at colleenritzerscholarship.com

• CARE DIMENSIONS/Hospice of the North Shore:  Is looking for help with Special Events prep.  
• DanversCARES:  Needs volunteers 
• HAWC:  Healing Abuse Working for Change.  
• NORTHEAST ARC:  Volunteers needed at First Steps Child Care Center.  Work with toddlers and pre-school age children during their after school hours program. Volunteers also needed for their Friday Night Happenings.  
• SALVATION ARMY REDEMPTION CENTER:  Located in Saugus, Ma.  Call 781-231-0803
• TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE:  With multiple properties throughout the North Shore including Long Hill in Beverly, and Appleton Farms and the Crane Estate in Ipswich, there are a number of opportunities for student volunteers!  These include clean-ups, small painting projects, and much more. Sports teams and other student organizations are encouraged to come in as a group to work together on an assigned project.