Volunteers

Consider volunteering at The Children’s Room in Arlington or Framingham. There are many ways to volunteer at The Children’s Room. We need help with public relations, graphics, website, office work and fundraising.

We also have opportunities to volunteer in a group as a facilitator.  Volunteer group facilitators are the heart of TCR’s unique offering  to the community.  Being present and listening with your heart to a child who has lost someone they love is a wonderful gift to the community.  Join the 80+ wonderful volunteer facilitators who give their time, energy and caring to help create a safe place where grieving children, teens, and families can come together.

Our next training for volunteer facilitators will be in Winter 2009.  The 25 hour training will be held over the course of two weekends:

Saturday, January 17- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday, January 18 - 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Saturday, January 31- 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sunday, February 1 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

For volunteers interested in facilitating a group, attendance at each of the training sessions is mandatory. 

All training takes place at The Children’s Room in Arlington, though volunteers are needed at both our Arlington and Framingham locations.  We have a particular need for Framingham volunteers at this time.

For more information on becoming a program volunteer, click here to read more and to download an application.

We Need Volunteers with Diverse Experiences

It is important that our volunteers reflect the diversity of the children and families we serve, so we are especially interested in attracting a diverse volunteer population.

Listen to our volunteer Karen Dillon who was interviewed by Tony Kahn for WGBH’s “Morning Stories”. Click here to go to the show’s page and look for the article called The Family Tree.