Join us and help sort and organize books at the More Than Words bookstore. More Than Words is a Waltham non-profit bookstore & community space developing young leaders through real-world business experience.
Youth at Risk
Volunteer: More Than Words Bookstore
National Mentoring Month 2012
January is National Mentoring Month! Become a Mentor: There are over 3,000 youth in Massachusetts on the waiting list for a mentor. Contact Building Impact to find a mentoring opportunity that fits your lifestyle and schedule!
Email communityconnectors@buildingimpact.org or call 617.933.8262.
Volunteer: Sort Toys & Kids Clothes
Sort toys & clothing donated to kids in need. Benefiting Cradles to Crayons.

Volunteer: More Than Words Bookstore
Join us and help sort and organize books at the More Than Words bookstore. More Than Words is a Waltham non-profit bookstore & community space developing young leaders through real-world business experience.

DONATE: READY FOR SCHOOL DRIVE
Help send a child to school feeling confident and prepared! Donate school suppliesin the box in your lobby or organize your coworkers to do a drive in your office! Click here for a suggested list of items to donate. Your donation will go to a child in eastern Massachusetts, through one of these organizations:
Volunteer: Sort Clothing and Toys for Kids
Sort and inspect toys and clothing for children in need at the new Cradles to Crayons Giving Factory in Brighton! The organization just moved at the beginning of 2011, and are excited to welcome volunteers to their beautiful new space. Cradles to Crayons is a nonprofit providing low-income youth with supplies they need to be safe, warm and ready to learn. Kids age 6 and up are welcome!
Volunteer: Garden for Good
Help prepare local school gardens for Spring by pulling weeds, turning over soil and other gardening activities with CitySprouts. This is a great kid-friendly activity that is a learning experience for volunteers as well as the teachers and students who use the gardens.
Donate: Book Drive for More Than Words
More Than Words, a Waltham non-profit bookstore & community space developing young leaders through real-world business experience, is launching a second site in Boston in Spring 2011. Support their expansion to Boston by donating gently used books, children’s books, CDs, DVDs, and/or video games.
Volunteer: Sort Home Goods & Baby Gear
The Lowell Wish Project provides basic home and baby goods to families in the Merrimack Valley. Inspect and sort donations at their warehouse to be distributed to people in need.

Learn How to Become a Mentor in Your Community
While becoming a mentor can have a great impact on a child’s life, it is also a life-changing experience for the volunteers. Through a mentoring relationship, volunteers and mentees create life-long friendships that have a positive impact on both people.
January is National Mentoring Month, and Building Impact is working with several partners to help you find a mentoring program in your community that is convenient for you.
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