Conducting work or contributing effort that directly addresses specific social problems; doing charitable work or working directly with charitable organizations
Connect & Commit promotes community responsibility and civic engagement by expanding service-learning and community service opportunities for students in public schools in Winchester, Massachusetts. The primary focus is Winchester High School. Over 2,000 students have participated in projects on a wide range of topics.
Council of Social Concern was founded in 1969 by a group of concerned citizens who wanted to promote a sense of “neighborliness” in the community and address the absence of quality, affordable childcare and housing issues. Today, the Council of Social Concern assists approximately 1,900 individuals per year, with the support of approximately 100 volunteers. We provide a range of services to address community needs.
With supporters across the United States, Cradles to Crayons works to fight Children’s Clothing Insecurity directly in Chicagoland, Massachusetts, Greater Philadelphia, NYC, and the San Francisco Bay Area, and focuses on raising awareness about this urgent crisis nationally.
The Society’s objective is to provide aid, through volunteer services and through raising funds, for local charities, non-profit organizations and other groups that serve the people of Winchester.
We believe that recreation is a core element of community vibrancy and is essential to the well-being of individuals. In order to fully achieve that status, the quality of recreation facilities is of paramount importance. When you support the Friends of Winchester Recreation, you help ensure the continuation of quality recreational programming, facilities, and equipment in our community.
Any youth in grades K-12 in Winchester, Massachusetts is welcome to join a troop or participate as an independent Juliette in our Girl Scout program. We have more than 30 troops in all the following Levels:
Winchester Meals on Wheels is a non - profit organization, led by a volunteer board, that provides home-delivered meals to Winchester residents unable to prepare them or shop for food.
The Pan-Mass Challenge, presented by the Boston Red Sox Foundation, is the nation's original fundraising bike-a-thon, and today raises more money for charity than any other athletic fundraising event in the country. A model of fundraising efficiency, the PMC has donated 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since 2007.
Winchester Rotary has three major Fundraising events, Golf Tournament, Pancake Breakfast and Chili Fest. All monies raised are returned to the community through grant requests and donations. In addition we participate in volunteer service events such as Mission of Deeds, Meals on Wheels, and Winchester Got Lunch.
Scouting in Winchester prepares young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes with the goal of becoming responsible, participating citizens and leaders.
Scouting is available to first through fifth graders through Cub Scouts, and 6th graders and above (but no older than 17 yrs old) through Scouts BSA (formerly known as Boy Scouts).