I’m often asked “How can I get more involved and volunteer in the City?”…and rather than come up with ideas on the fly—- I figured I’d create this volunteer directory to direct residents to :)
Scroll down for the directory.
If you have an organization or suggestion to add… please email me using this form below:
Fitchburg Volunteer Directory
City Cleanups / Litter Cleanups / Garden Cleanups
Gateway Park Community Garden is Fitchburg’s first and only public community garden open to all Fitchburg residents. Created in 2012, the garden serves as an open area for local residents to grow their own vegetables and flowers, and for visitors to enjoy.
19 Sheldon St, Fitchburg
Would you like a garden bed or want to volunteer for a clenaup? Contact Josiah Richards at josiahwr@gmail.com or 617-306-3840
Take Action to Prevent and Clean Up Litter in Our Community.
Email Keepfitchburgbeautiful@gmail.com to be added to the email volunteer list or go to keepfitchburgbeautiful.com for more info & to donate to the cause.
Food
https://lasagnalove.org/volunteer/
Feed families, spread kindness, strengthen communities
Put Your Cooking Skills to Use: If you love to cook and want to support your families in your community, consider becoming a lasagna chef. You can get the whole family involved and join our kindness project.
Pets / Animals / Dogs
Fitchburg Dog Park
The Friends of Fitchburg DOGS, Inc is a 501c3 nonprofit that supports regional animal welfare and our dog park in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
We assist with local Therapy Pets organizations, help organize low-cost vaccine and microchip clinics, and host fun community events for our pet parents around the Fitchburg and Leominster Mass area. Our organization is 100% volunteer run.
fitchburgdogpark@gmail.com
Disaster Services
The American Red Cross, through its strong network of volunteers, donors and partners, is always there in times of need.
https://www.redcross.org/local/massachusetts.html
Civil Air Patrol
Gocivilairpatrol.com Volunteer within emergency management services, search and rescues, and more.
https://worcestercadetsquadron.weebly.com/
The Fitchburg Emergency Management Agency is the city agency responsible for coordinating state, local, volunteer, and private resources during emergencies and disasters as well as assist both the fire and police departments in the City of Fitchburg
Kids
The Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster engages youth, ages 8-18 in innovative educational and recreational programming.
Volunteer as a tutor!
Interested applicants must complete a CORI, SORI, and First Advantage National Background check.
For additional information, please contact Kelly Hartnett at khartnett@bgcfl.org.
Media
FATV's mission is to provide equipment, training and channel time to members of the Fitchburg community for the purpose of building community, empowering the individual, and ensuring First Amendment expression through the utilization of television/media technology.
Join FATV and Volunteer on a show or live events as a camera operator, director, audio engineer, video editor etc!
FATV staff will teach you the skills you need for volunteering or even starting a career in multimedia.
Email: contact@fatv.org
Education
Literacy Volunteers of the Montachusett Area
There are many ways to volunteer with Literacy Volunteers of the Montachusett Area: you can become a tutor, help in a citizenship class, help in a conversation class, serve on a committee, or become a member of the board of directors.