Volunteers

Consider volunteering at The Children’s Room in Arlington. 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.

We have an intensive 32- hour training program that is typically broken into five sessions.  For example:

Saturday – 9:00am – 5:30pm

Sunday – 1:00 – 7:00pm

Wednesday – 5:30 – 9:00pm

Saturday – 9:30am – 5:30pm

Sunday – 1:00 – 7:00pm

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.

Our next training for volunteer facilitators has not yet been scheduled. Please check back for dates.

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.