Volunteer Opportunity Details:

United Way Youth Venture
The Dream It. Do It. Challenge: Boston Fall 2009
Held at the Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Are you passionate about supporting young people? Want to help make the world a better place? Join us for the Dream It. Do It. Challenge—a 13 week program that guides high school students through the process of creating their own Ventures-- community-benefiting organizations, businesses and clubs. Your support and encouragement are needed to help young people realize they are capable of leading positive change in the community.

Boston Dream It. Do It. Challenge Volunteer Opportunities

Dream It. Do It. Challenge Coach
Commitment: 13 weeks, 3 hours/week

Coaches play a critical role in guiding young people through the Challenge, helping facilitate sessions, and mentoring youth through their project plans. Coaches will lead group discussions, direct activities, and work one-on-one with teams of youth. The coach position is extremely rewarding and provides the opportunity to build strong bonds with 6-8 young people as they complete the Challenge. We are seeking enthusiastic, creative, and patient coaches ready to commit to attending all 13 milestones (including an overnight retreat) and actively supporting and engaging a small group of young people.

Guest Speaker (Single Milestone Volunteer Opportunity)
1 hour

Do you have leadership, marketing, financial planning and budgeting, business development, fundraising, or other skills you could share with Challenge participants as they prepare to launch their own social Ventures? Guest speakers are needed to inspire participants and impart their expertise and knowledge. Speakers should be prepared to give a fifteen to thirty minutes presentation during a Milestone that is interesting and engaging to high school students. Dates for guest speakers are fairly flexible.

Community Panelist (Single Milestone Volunteer Opportunity)
1/2 day

The Community Panel is a time to celebrate the work Challenge participants have completed during the Challenge. Serving as a Panelist allows you to see first-hand the projects young people have created to benefit their communities. Panelists will listen to presentations by several teams of young people and evaluate each team’s readiness to launch and receive funding from Youth Venture. We are looking for panelists to participate in a Mock Panel on January 5, 2010 to prepare Teams for the Community Panel and panelists to serve at the Community Panel on January 11, 2010.
Please contact Jessica Shoemaker at Jshoemaker@youthventure.org or call 1-866-923-9863 ext. 5 if you are interested!

Dream It. Do It. Challenge Schedule (2009-2010):
Milestones held from 5pm to 8pm

•Milestone 1- Oct..20
•M2- Oct. 27
•M3- Nov. 3
•M4- Nov. 10
•M5- Nov. 17
•M6- Dec. 1
•M7 (weekend retreat)- Dec 5-6
•M8- Dec. 15
•M9 (Mock Panel)- Jan. 5
•M10 (Community Panel)- Jan. 12
•M11- Jan. 19
•M12- Jan. 26
•M13-Feb. 2

What is Youth Venture?
Youth Venture is creating a world where everyone feels powerful enough to create change in their community. We do this by supporting young people through a series of workshops to identify a problem in society, develop their own idea to fix the problem, and providing them with the tools, guidance, and financial support (up to $1,000) to make their dream a reality. Once they launch they are elected into a global community of youth creating positive change.

Anyone who is passionate about working with youth is a perfect fit for Youth Venture. All volunteers must be at least 18 years of age, have completed high school, and agree to undergo a background check prior to the Challenge.

All volunteers will be provided with training prior to the Challenge.

Please contact Jessica Shoemaker at Jshoemaker@youthventure.org or call 1-866-923-9863 ext. 5 if you are interested!

This opportunity is sponsored by: United Way Of Massachusetts Bay And Merrimack Valley

We need volunteers who are free at these times Weekly This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Senior Citizens Adults (55+) Unpaid Interns Individual Young Adults (18-25)

Contact Person: Sarah Lester, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

1 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142 (See a map)

Directions:

Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Kendall/MIT on the Red Line,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5 For maps or information, please see http://www.mbta.com

Miscellaneous Information

Does this opportunity serve youth in After-School programs?
	Yes
Is this opportunity available to family volunteers? (adults and children ages 12-17)?
	No
Is this opportunity a highly skilled volunteer opportunity?
	No
Is this opportunity available to youth ages 12-17, unaccompanied by an adult?
	No
Would this opportunity be appropriate for corporate groups?
	No
Please Choose an Impact Area
	Youth (Ages 6-17)