Young Adult Service Opportunities (YASO)

BOSTON URBAN OUTREACH SATURDAY MISSION PROGRAMS

To facilitate scheduling for groups, Boston Urban Outreach is now partnering with three agencies to offer consistent Saturday programming. We can service groups of middle schoolers, high schoolers or adults with these programs. The program can be extended to a weekend experience or can be completed in one day. For more information or to book a date contact Carl McDonald at 617-742-6830, ext 210 or cmcdonald@cmsboston.org.

First or Second Saturday of the month: Homelessness Awareness

Groups of no more than 15 will serve at the Children’s Clothing Exchange in Cambridge. CCE is one of the programs of Solutions at Work, an agency that works to empower people who are homeless or have experienced homelessness. We will work side by side with the staff, all of whom have experienced homelessness. Groups will come prepared to offer a craft activity for the children who come into the Exchange and groups will have the opportunity to stock the shelves and interact with clients. Arrangements can also be made to have a speaker from the Speak Up program share their experience of what it was like to be homeless. All of this will help your group become more aware of why people are homeless and hopefully lead them to thinking about ways to eliminate this problem.

Third Saturday of each month: Criminal Justice Awareness

Groups will become more familiar with the criminal justice system and some of the inhumane conditions that prisoners endure. We will spend time serving at the Prison Book Program, processing requests for books. A Public Voice Speaker will come in to speak about their experience of being incarcerated. For youth groups we can also add a juvenile justice jeopardy game.

Fourth Saturday of each month: Homelessness Awareness

People who are homeless are of all ages. We will work at Birthday Wishes packing birthday boxes for children in family shelters and then hear from a speaker who has spent time living without shelter. Then we will move on to Pilgrim Church in Dorchester to prepare and cook the dinner meal for the men’s shelter. The coordinator of the meal who works with the group is an individual who spent some time living in this shelter.

You can be in touch with Carl McDonald directly to arrange a session OR you can be in touch with Kris LoFrumento (lofrumentok@macucc.org) and we can plan a MACUCC YA Day.