Volunteers/ Non-paid Internships (Boston Office)
There are many different opportunities at D.E.A.F., Inc for you to volunteer. The experience and opportunity to be a part of this unique, language-rich organization that services the Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened Communities is beneficial to anyone who plans to work with either of these cultures. (If you are volunteering for a class, please contact us early in the semester.) Below you will find a list of departments where you can volunteer as well as the requirements for volunteering at D.E.A.F., Inc. The most important requirements to have are an eagerness to learn and a desire to benefit others as well as yourself!!
Programs at D.E.A.F., Inc:
- Independent Living Services
- Elder Services (within IL)
- Project HOPE
- DBCAN
- Administration (front desk)
- Finance Department (background in accounting & finance preferred)
Please research our website to get a full description of each program and to get more information about D.E.A.F., Inc.
Some Possible Volunteer Opportunities:
- Helping for the Thanksgiving Dinner Event (A hall is rented for our consumers
in celebration of Thanksgiving; help would be needed to serve food, set-up,
make sure everyone is having a GREAT time, etc)
- Project HOPE’s Annual Health Fair that is held each spring.
- General office work (filing, copying, phone calls, TTY calls, etc)
- And much, much more!
Requirements:
- A commitment of at least three (3) hours per week for three (3)
months but you can volunteer more than three (3) hours and longer than
three months.
- You must have taken ASL 1 or have had a minimum of 1 year of ASL class instruction to volunteer
- You need to fill out volunteer paperwork and a background CORI check (this can take up to 2 to 4 weeks so again, if you need to volunteer for class requirements, contact us early in the semester).
Contact Jennifer Glinos, Executive Assistant
DEAF, Inc.
215 Brighton Avenue
Allston, MA 02134
1-617-254-4041, Ext.102 TTY/V
1-617-254-7091 Fax
jglinos@deafinconline.org
We hope to see you join the D.E.A.F., Inc. team!