Town of Ayer, MA Official Web Site

Volunteering Opportunities

On September 13th 2008 Ayer held it's first volunteer fair. It was a great success! If you missed the fair but are still looking for volunteer oportunities in the community, please see the list below.

If your organization would like to particapate in next years fair (date TBA) as well as be included on this webpage please click here to fill out your organization's information.
  • Town opportunities
  • Ayer Communications Committee
    Website: http://www.ayer.ma.us
    Organization type: government
    Dues: $0
    Contact: Jeffrey Mayes
    Phone: 978-772-1559
    Email: See main contact form
    Mission statement:
    The Communications Committee was formed in July 1998. The Committee is charged with improving communications between Town government and the residents of Ayer, increasing resident participation at Town Meeting, and in the overall governing of the Town.

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  • Ayer Greenwyay Committee
    Website: http://www.ayer.ma.us
    Type: Community Service
    Dues : $0
    Contact: Patrick Hughes
    Phone: 978-772-2528
    Email: See main contact form
    Mission statement:
    Assist the Conservation Commission as an advocate for the protection, preservation and responsible use of Ayer’s water resources; Open Space, natural habitat and recreational trails.

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  • Ayer Historical Commission
    Website: http://www.ayer.ma.us
    Type: other
    Dues: $
    Contact: Ruth Rhonemus
    Phone: 978-772-5890
    Email: See main contact form
    Mission statement:
    The Ayer Historical Commission is responsible for community wide historic preservation planning.

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  • Ayer Recycling Committee
    Website: http://www.ayer.ma.us
    Organization type: Community service
    Dues: $0
    Contact: Laurie Sabol
    Phone: 978-772-7858
    Email: See main contact form
    Mission statement:
    To support the transfer station’s efforts and to educate the citizens of Ayer about what can be recycled and removed from the waste stream.

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  • Community opportunities
  • Ayer Education Foundation
     
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    Website: http://www.ayer.k12.ma.us
    Type: other
    Dues: $
    Contact: Sheila Kelly
    Phone: 978-772-0823
    Email: sheilafitzkelly@hotmail.com
    Mission statement:
    AEF seeks to augment the educational experience of all children in the town of Ayer through the disbursement of grant money for programming and supplemental materials that enhance and enrich curriculum.

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  • Ayer Public Access Corporation
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    Website: http://www.ayerpac.org
    Organization type: other
    Dues : $0
    Contact: Doug Becker
    Phone: 978-407-9318
    Email: drbecker96@earthlink.net
    Mission statement:
    APAC provides access, training and assistance in the production and cable casting of television and bulletin board multimedia content. These Public Access capabilities and privileges are available to all residents and organizations of Ayer. The central focus and goal of APAC is simply to provide the most direct means for a user to place multimedia content on cable.

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  • Friends of Nashoba Valley Medical Center
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    Website: http://www.nashobamed.com
    Organization type: other
    Dues : $10.00 per year
    Contact: Norma Garvin
    Phone: 978-448-5424
    Email: normajoyibb@yahoo.com
    Mission statement:
    “Friends” is an active and vital organization within the Nashoba Valley Medical Center. The “Friends” mission involves promoting Nashoba Valley Medical Center (NVMC) to the community at large and assisting the hospital in any way deemed advisable. Major functions of the “Friends includes managing and staffing the Gift Shop, overseeing the “Plants for Patients” program, participating in special events and in promoting goodwill between NVMC and the community.

    The “Friends” also conduct fundraising activities for the purpose of awarding scholarships to high school students studying for a career in healthcare and to conduct Outreach Programs for citizens in the communities they serve.

    Participation in the “Friends of NVMC” is open to all residents of the surrounding communities and no person shall be denied participation on the basis of sex, age, race, creed, color or national origin, or on the basis of any other criterion lacking rational justification.

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  • Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, Inc.
    Website: http://www.devenspantry.org
    Type: Community Service
    Dues : $0
    Contact: Patricia Stern
    Phone: 978-772-4627
    Email: development@devenspantry.org
    Mission statement:
    Loaves & Fishes exists as a mission of love and faith to serve people of Ayer, Devens, Groton, Harvard, Littleton, and Shirley by providing food, emergency shelter, resource referral, and other temporary services, and by advocating for changes by its clients that will promote independence and self-reliance.

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  • Page Hilltop PTA
    Website: http://www.ayer.k12.ma.us
    Type: school
    Dues: $5
    Contact: Sarah Gibbons
    Phone: 978-772-1594
    Email: sgibbons@ayer.k12.ma.us
    Mission statement:
    The Mission of the Parent Teacher Association
    To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children;
    To assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children;
    To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.

    The Purposes of the Parent Teacher Association
    To promote the welfare of the children and youth in home, school and community.
    To raise the standards of home life.
    To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
    To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth.
    To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.

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  • People of Ayer Concerned About the Environment (PACE)
    Website:
    Type: Community Service
    Dues: $
    Contact: Laurie Nehring
    Phone: 978-772-9749
    Email: nehring_laurie@msn.com
    Mission statement:
    To ensure that men, women and children who reside in Ayer and neighboring communities are not exposed to unnecessary environmental risk to their health and well-being, now and during future generations, and to communicate these issues and concerns to residents, government officials and regulators through education and community outreach.

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  • Tyler Foundation
     
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    Website: http://www.tylerfoundation.org
    Type: other
    Dues: $0
    Contact: Heather Plotkin
    Phone: 978-732-0077
    Email: tylerfoundation@yahoo.com
    Mission statement:
    The Tyler Foundation’s mission is to financially support families of children with a brain malformation resulting in seizures that are being treated at Boston Children’s Hospital and UMASS Medical Center. We provide financial assistance with meals, parking, hotel costs, gas, and medical and therapy equipment that insurance doesn’t cover.

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  • World Computer Exchange
    Website: http://WorldComputerExchange.org
    Type: other
    Dues :
    Contact: Sumona Dey
    Phone: 617-818-3434
    Email: sdey@worldcomputerexchange.org
    Mission statement:
    World Computer Exchange’s mission is to bridge the digital divide for the world’s poorest youth by collecting donated, working computers and building the capacity of schools and youth organizations in developing countries to connect and maintain them. By re utilizing computer equipment, we help the environment by keeping computers out of landfills.

    WCE- Boston is a group of volunteers in the greater Boston area who help to raise funds as well as gather, test and pack donated computers that are sent overseas to schools and community organizations with approved plans to implement an ICT project.

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