Salem Volunteers

Salem Arts Festival
2019-05-31 17:00 - 20:00, 2019-06-01 09:00 - 12:00, 2019-06-02 15:00 - 18:00, 2019-06-03 16:00 - 19:00, 2019-06-07 10:00 - 22:30, 2019-06-08 08:30 - 22:30 (America/New_York)
The 2019 Salem Arts Festival will take place June 7, 8, and 9. For three days each June, this free family-friendly festival transforms downtown Salem, MA into an opportunity for the arts community to showcase their talents. Now in its 11th year, the festival boasts attendance numbers in the thousands and celebrates all the arts: painting, photography, sculpture, dance, music, writing, film, new media, performance, theatre, poetry, culinary arts, and more!
Volunteers are needed to help at the festival and leading up to the event.
Sign up online, or for more information contact Kylie at kylie@salemmainstreets.org.

Community Roots garden harvesting and delivering
2019-06-01 | St. Andrew’s Church, 135 Lafayette Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
Join SPUR for watering and weeding in its Community Roots garden and harvesting and delivering crops.
The SPUR Community Roots garden was established in 2016 to grow fresh produce to benefit area food pantries and community programs. The garden is a tangible way to connect with one another and bridge the gap for those who may have barriers accessing healthy food, free of toxins and grown with a whole lot of love.
Sign up online, or for more information contact SPUR via web form.

Ipswich River cleanup
2019-06-01 08:00 - 12:00 | Ipswich River Park, 15 Central Street, North Reading, MA, 01864, United States
Join the Ipswich River Watershed Association for a cleanup of the Ipswich River in North Reading. We’ll we working to ensure the river and landings are ready for the paddling season. Meet in the morning at Ipswich River Park, or pick any spot on the river and join us back at the park in the afternoon for lunch. This is the 30th year for this annual cleanup.
For more information or to RSVP, contact rsvp@ipswichriver.org.

Habitat for Humanity ReStore
2019-06-01 08:30 - 16:30, 2019-06-04 08:30 - 16:30, 2019-06-05 08:30 - 16:30, 2019-06-06 08:30 - 16:30, 2019-06-07 08:30 - 16:30, 2019-06-08 08:30 - 16:30 | ReStore Peabody, 58R Pulaski Street, Building 14, Peabody, MA, United States
Habitat for Humanity North Shore welcomes volunteers at its ReStore in Peabody.
The store is open to the public for sales from 9am to 4pm Wednesday through Saturday. The store is closed to the public on Tuesdays but is open for a staff and volunteer work day. Volunteers are needed Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8:30am until 4:30pm for three to six hour shifts.
Sign up online, or for more information contact Janice at 978-586-3077 or restoremanager@habitatforhumanity-northshore.com.

Community Roots garden seeding and planting
2019-06-01 09:00 - 10:30 | St. Andrew’s Church, 135 Lafayette Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
Join SPUR for a morning of seeding and planting in its Community Roots garden.
The SPUR Community Roots garden was established in 2016 to grow fresh produce to benefit area food pantries and community programs. The garden is a tangible way to connect with one another and bridge the gap for those who may have barriers accessing healthy food, free of toxins and grown with a whole lot of love.
Sign up online.

Downtown Salem cleanup
2019-06-01 09:00 - 12:00
Join with your family, friends, and neighbors and help give downtown Salem a thorough late-spring cleaning. Keep Massachusetts Beautiful will provide trash bags, gloves, safety vests, trash grabber tools, and refreshments.
Volunteers will be split up into teams and head out all through downtown Salem. This event is rain or shine.
See the Facebook event page for more information.

Joseph's Storehouse Food Pantry
2019-06-01 09:00 - 13:00 | Joseph’s Storehouse, 207 Highland Ave, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Joseph’s Storehouse‘s mission is to alleviate hunger with supplemental food and emergency food assistance in the greater Salem area; to provide children with life-changing opportunities; to deliver groceries to the elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged; to offer programs to all ages that promote growth and self-confidence; and to serve the community with grace, dignity, and non-discrimination.
Volunteers are needed to help at Joseph’s Storehouse food pantry on selected Saturdays from 9am to 1pm.
Contact Carl at 978-594-4423.

Howard and Charter Street Cemetery cleanups
2019-06-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Old Burying Point Cemetery, 51 Charter Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Join the Friends of the Downtown Salem Historic Cemeteries for cleanups of the Charter Street and Howard Street Cemeteries on Saturday, June 1.
Join us at Charter Street Cemetery in the morning for a clean up and public outreach with information about current conservation efforts and distribution of flyers about the cemetery’s history. At noon we will move to Howard Street and repeat the process there. We will have water and lemonade for all our thirsty workers, and will provide gloves and trash bags, but you are welcome to bring your own.
For more information, see the Facebook event page or contact info@salemcemeteries.org.

Community Roots garden water, weed, harvest, and deliver
2019-06-02 06:00 - 15:00, 2019-06-03 16:00 - 20:00, 2019-06-06 08:00 - 17:00, 2019-06-09 06:00 - 15:00 | St. Andrew’s Church, 135 Lafayette Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
Join SPUR for watering and weeding in its Community Roots garden and for harvesting and delivering crops.
The SPUR Community Roots garden was established in 2016 to grow fresh produce to benefit area food pantries and community programs. The garden is a tangible way to connect with one another and bridge the gap for those who may have barriers accessing healthy food, free of toxins and grown with a whole lot of love.
Sign up online, or for more information contact SPUR via web form.

North Shore Moving Market
2019-06-05 09:00 - 12:00 | Salem MA, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
The North Shore Moving Market (NSMM) is a free food, free delivery service operating to assist low-income elderly, handicapped, and disadvantaged individuals and families. The NSMM delivers groceries monthly to nearly 200 households in local communities. The NSMM is also the only mobile market that includes pet food with regular delivery.
We all need to be fed. Here’s how you can feed and be fed!
Volunteers are needed to help deliver groceries on Wednesday mornings from approximately 9am until noon. Come and learn the side roads of Salem, see first hand how your volunteering helps, and hear a heartfelt “God bless you.” All you need is a car and a warm heart!
Contact via web form.

Salem Pantry fresh harvest pop-up
2019-06-05 09:00 - 14:30 | 68 Loring Avenue, Salem, 68 Loring Avenue, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
The Salem Pantry will be holding a fresh harvest pop-up at its Salem State University location on Wednesday, June 5 at 68 Loring Ave in Salem. Volunteers are needed to help in a variety of capacities from from 9am to 2:30pm.
Sign up online, or for more information contact Kerry Murphy via web form.

Family Promise volunteer training
2019-06-05 18:30 - 20:00 | First Church in Salem, 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Family Promise North Shore Boston aims to return newly homeless families to economic self-sufficiency, while serving each family that experiences homelessness in a manner that embraces the dignity and strength of the family. Family Promise is committed to keeping families together during their time of homelessness and to helping them through the process of finding support and housing.
Family Promise is hosting a training for new volunteers on Wednesday, June 5 at 6:30pm at First Church at 316 Essex Street in Salem. Street parking is available. Enter to the right of the building at the business entrance. Training will be about an hour and a half, and we ask that you bring a driver’s license to complete a CORI background check.
You do not have to be affiliated with a faith-based community or have any faith background to volunteer. If you are interested in bringing the meal, setting up and enjoying dinner with the guests, or taking the overnight shift, we will find a conveniently located host site/congregation for you! We have host sites/churches in Salem, Beverly, and Danvers, all in need of volunteers.
Contact Rachel Hand at rachel@familypromisensb.org for more information.

Ipswich River Watershed Association greenscaping
2019-06-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Riverbend, 143 County Road, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
Join the Ipswich River Watershed Association one Thursday each month from April to November to keep Riverbend looking beautiful, the trails accessible, and the sustainability gardens healthy and thriving. Learn about greenscaping practices while working outside with fantastic people. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information, contact irwainfo@ipswichriver.org or call 978.412.8200.

Pepperweed pull
2019-06-08 09:00 - 12:00 | Ipswich
Help the Ipswich River Watershed Association protect the biodiversity of the Great Marsh by pulling pepperweed at sites in the Great Marsh region in Ipswich. Groups of volunteers are needed to help control this invasive plant by manually pulling out plants and disposing of them properly. Mass Audubon and US Fish & Wildlife Services staff will train you to recognize the invasive species and to distinguish them from native species we are working to protect. We are working to contain pepperweed in the Great Marsh region and to prevent its spread to other locations. Please help join the team! Meet at the First Church at 1 Meetinghouse Green in Ipswich.
Contact Liz Duff lduff@massaudubon.org or 781-392-6507.

Marblehead cleanup and marine debris sort
2019-06-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Marblehead
Join Salem Sound Coastwatch and the Rozalia Project for a cleanup of beaches in Marblehead on Saturday, June 8 from 10am until noon.
Pick your favorite beach spot in Marblehead, clean up, and then bring your bag to the public multi-beach sort in the Marblehead Community Charter School parking lot at 17 Lime Street. We will sort through all the trash, collect all the data, and have a discussion of what we have found and why it matters! If you are not sure what beach to go to, a team from Rozalia Project will be at Riverhead beach at 102 Ocean Ave in Marblehead from 9am. We will have extra gloves and bags. There is plenty of parking there, and you will have access to clean both Riverhead and Devereux Beaches.
Contact Salem Sound Coastwatch at at 978-7900 or info@salemsound.org.

SJSF Berklee Summer Series concert
2019-06-08 13:00 - 20:30 | Derby Square – Salem, MA, Derby Square, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival’s Berklee Summer Series features concerts on the second Saturday of each month from May to August.
Concerts run from 5 to 7pm. Help is needed for equipment loading and set up, merchandise sales, and break down.
Contact volunteers@salemjazzsoul.org.

Run/Walk for the Beach
2019-06-09 08:00 - 12:00 | Dane Street Beach, 93 Lothrop Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Join Salem Sound Coastwatch for the 10th annual Run/Walk for the Beach 5K. The event will take place at Dane Street Beach in Beverly on Sunday, June 9. All proceeds will benefit Salem Sound Coastwatch.
Volunteers are needed to help with the event. If you are interested in helping out, call 978-741-7900 or email info@salemsound.org.
