Volunteer Teams
Recollections:
Sharing Your Story
Recollections is a recorded storytelling service, like StoryCorps or The Moth, but offered by and for South Shore residents. A volunteer interviewer, skilled in the gentle art and practice of oral history, sits with a storyteller who wants to share their story. An iPhone and blue-tooth microphone records a 45-minute conversation, made available to the storyteller via a private YouTube channel. This unique heirloom can be shared as the storyteller wishes. This service is available to all at no cost.
Anyone and everyone has a story to tell! A grandparent thinking of their grandkids; a retiring teacher or nurse thinking back on their career; someone in recovery who believes their story might be helpful to others. What’s your story?
M+ volunteers provide this service in partnership with local senior centers, and in a storyteller’s home, upon request. Please contact us if you’d like to share and record your story.
We also welcome new volunteer team members! Anyone can learn how to interview and record. Our team meets the first Tuesday each month at First Parish Scituate. It’s a joy and privilege to connect with others through the intentional sharing and recording of stories.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Neighbors helping neighbors. People who need support connecting with people who can give support. We need each other and we’re not alone!
M+ Volunteers are CORI-Checked, supervised, and available to connect weekly or as needed. Volunteers are available to help with a variety of support needs:
Company and Socialization: someone with whom to take a walk, play a game, read aloud, watch TV. Helpful for people living at home and coping with loss of independence, and for people in residence at skilled-nursing, assisted, and independent living communities
Respite Support for Caregivers: someone responsible to stay and be present to your loved one while you step away for appointments and errands. Helpful for anyone managing the care of a loved one
Legacy Projects: someone to provide support and direction in letter writing, photo organizing, storytelling. Helpful for people engaged in advanced-care planning or thinking about end-of-life
Supportive Conversation: someone there just to listen. Helpful for people grieving the loss of a loved one, going through a challenging time, or simply in need of a little TLC
Are you looking for a meaningful volunteer experience?
Would you like to be part of a supportive volunteer community that offers camaraderie and opportunities for growth and self-discovery? Do you have particular skills or a passion you’d like to share? Do you have time and energy to give to others?
M+ welcomes anyone who simply wants to give the gift of time and presence, including individuals experienced and certified in pet, music, and Reiki therapies; veterans who’d like to connect with other veterans; retired healthcare professionals who’d like to “give back” beyond what your job allowed you to give; if you have something to give, we’ll connect you with someone in need.
“I really enjoy conducting the interviews and I’m fascinated by people’s stories. And as an added bonus, I get to work on enhancing my active listening skills.”
— Debi from Hingham
Are you looking
for a meaningful volunteer experience?
Would you like to be part of a supportive community providing camaraderie and opportunities for growth and self-discovery? Do you have particular skills or a passion you’d like to share with others? M+ welcomes people experienced and certified in pet, music, and Reiki therapies; veterans who’d like to connect with other veterans; retired healthcare professionals who’d like to “give back” beyond what your job allowed you to give; anyone who simply wants to give the gift of yourself and your time.