Volunteers contribute thousands of hours and countless talents to AIDS Action each year. With opportunities in more than 10 locations throughout Greater Boston, we’re likely to have a volunteer opportunity that fits your skills and schedule.
Check out our list of open positions below, and fill out our volunteer application indicating the opportunity in which you are interested. Alternatively, email your resume/summary of qualifications to volunteer@aac.org, indicating the opportunity in which you are interested!
Open Internship Positions
Internships
Access Program Intern
Access, AIDS Action Committee’s Drug User Health Program, is seeking an intern for the summer. Under the supervision of the Site Coordinator, the Intern will deliver harm reduction services in a drop in setting. This includes providing needle exchange, data collection and individual and group-level interventions aimed to reduce disease transmission and increase access to care and treatment. Learn more and apply at idealist.org.
Open Volunteer Positions
AIDS Action is currently recruiting volunteers for the following positions:
Check-In Volunteer
Check-In accepts volunteer applications year-round.
Volunteers come in on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and provide a consistent, caring connection by phone for people living with HIV/AIDS. Each volunteer has a set of clients they develop relationships with over time. Volunteers complement our case management services by helping clients work through problems and encouraging their successes. Volunteers report feeling very connected to their work and enjoy the warm and supportive team atmosphere.
The Check-In program has a critical need for bilingual English/Spanish, Creole, Portuguese and/or Cape Verdean Creole speakers. Persons with an aptitude for those languages are strongly encouraged to apply.
Program/Department: Check-in
Location: 75 Amory Street, Boston, MA 02119
Special Events Volunteer
Sign-up to be on our mailing list for special events. When an upcoming event needs volunteers, you’ll be contacted to see if you can help out! Events include Taste of the South End, ARTcetera, AIDS Walk Boston, and more!
Click here for more information on AIDS Action’s special event volunteer opportunities
Program/Department: Development
Location: Various Locations
Youth on Fire (YOF) Volunteer
Engage homeless youth through relationship building, assist in creating and maintaining a safe space, and learn to work within YOF’s core philosophies and goals. You may be asked to engage in supportive, non-judgmental conversations with homeless youth around sex, sexual health, pregnancy, homelessness, substance use, HIV/AIDS and STDs. Assist in the kitchen, make trips to the food bank, help organize the space, and develop relationships with members while playing board games, pool, video games, watching movies and more.
Program/Department: Youth on Fire
Location: 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
Housing Search and Advocacy Volunteer
Volunteers help Housing Search Specialists by filing, organizing, and photocopying housing applications, and by calling property managers and housing authorities to discuss client needs and housing options. Volunteers in this position will play an integral role in providing the most up-to-date housing resources and information to our staff and clients. Volunteers in this position also have the option of assisting with weekly housing search groups for clients of AIDS Action Committee who are currently homeless or are looking for alternative housing. Volunteers work one-on-one with clients within the group to help them complete housing applications. We are looking for volunteers who are detail-oriented, proactive, and excited about working on projects to improve access to affordable housing for our clients. Volunteers must be available between 9 am and 5 pm on week days.
Program/Department: Housing and Residential Programs
Location: 75 Amory Street, Boston, MA 02119
Boomerangs Volunteers (Jamaica Plain, Central Square, West Roxbury, and Dedham)
Boomerangs offers both individual and group volunteer opportunities at our Dedham Distribution Center. While sizing, tagging, and hanging clothing volunteers can channel their inner fashionista and build comradery with their fellow team members. Every garment that is prepared for sale helps to secure critical funding for client programs at AIDS Action Committee. To learn more about this opportunity and other opportunities at Boomerangs visit shopboomerangs.org
Program/Department: Boomerangs
Location: Various Locations
Closed Positions
AIDS Action is NOT currently recruiting for these positions, but if you find something you’re interested in, check back often to see if our volunteer needs have changed:
Cambridge Needle Exchange Program Volunteer
The Cambridge Needle Exchange (NEP), a program within AIDS Action Committee’s Prevention and Education Department, is committed to the practice of harm reduction and founded on the idea that drug users deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. We provide a safe and confidential space for injection drug users to access sterile injection equipment, sharps disposal, risk reduction strategies, overdose prevention education and nasal Narcan, educational materials on HIV, HCV, and STDs, and rapid HIV testing. Our services are provided FREE of charge and participation is anonymous and confidential.
Program/Department: Needle Exchange and Overdose Prevention Program
Location: 359 Green St Cambridge, MA 02139
