There are numerous opportunities to volunteer at Harvard College through the Phillips Brooks House Association, the Institute of Politics, and student organizations officially recognized by the Dean of Students Office. Check out the links below to view a comprehensive guide to current public service opportunities.
Term-Time Volunteer Opportunities
Public Service Programs by Issue Area
Advocacy
PBHA’S Athena Program, PBHA
PBHA’S Habitat for Humanity (HFH), PBHA
Harvard Cancer Society (HCS)
Harvard China Care (HCC)
Harvard College Code Orange
Harvard College Forum for International Development
Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition
Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (HSHS), PBHA
Harvard Square Transitional Summer Homeless Shelter, PBHA
Harvard Undergraduate Legal Committee (HULC), PBHA
Harvard UNICEF
Health Leads
Housing Opportunities Program (HOP), PBHA
Harvard Undergraduates Love Animals (HULA)
LIFT - Cambridge
Small Claims Advisory Service (SCAS), PBHA
SPARK
Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), PBHA
Students Taking on Poverty (STOP)
Students Against Malaria
Arts
College Prep
Construction Work
Alternative Spring Break (ASB), PBHA
Habitat for Humanity (HFH), PBHA
Harvard University Engineers WIthout Borders (HUEWB)
Education: Adult
A Stitch In Time
Best Buddies, PBHA
Chinatown ESL, PBHA
Chinatown Citizenship Program, PBHA
Elderly 1-2-1, PBHA
LIFT-Cambridge
Partners Empowering Neighborhoods (PEN), PBHA
Pets as Therapy, PBHA
Suffolk County House of Corrections Tutoring, PBHA
Women's and Men’s Empowerment & Prison Education, PBHA
Recent Immigrant Term Enrichment (RITE), PBHA
Education: Afterschool
Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE) Extension, PBHA
Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE) Tutoring, PBHA
Chinatown Afterschool Program, PBHA
CityServe
CityStep
CIVICS, PBHA
Cambridge Afterschool Program (CASP), PBHA
EnviroEd, PBHA
ExperiMentors, PBHA (program website here)
Food Lab for Kids
Franklin Afterschool Enrichment (FASE), PBHA
HARMONY, PBHA (program website here)
Mentoring and Afterschool Harvard College Friends of Scouting
Harvard College Science for Girls
Harvard College Youth Leadership Initiative, PBHA
Harvard Emerging Literacy Program (HELP), PBHA
House and Neighborhood Development (HAND)
Keylatch Afterschool Program (KASP), PBHA
Mission Hill Afterschool Program (MHASP), PBHA
Peer Health Exchange (PHE), PBHA
Roxbury Youth Initiative Term (RYIT), PBHA (program website here)
South Boston Afterschool (SAS), PBHA
Student Theather Advancing Growth and Empowerment (STAGE) (program website here)
Education: Awareness/General
Advocating Success for Kids (ASK)
CHANCE, PBHA
Committee on Deaf Awareness (CODA), PBHA
Harvard China Care
Harvard College Friends of the Red Cross
Harvard Global Health and AIDS Coalition
Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP)
Peer Health Exchange (PHE), PBHA
Students for Education Reform (SFER)
Education: In-School
CityStep
CIVICS, PBHA
Digital Literacy Project - Computer science in Boston middle schools
EnviroEd, PBHA
ExperiMentors, PBHA
HARMONY Mentoring and Afterschool, PBHA
Harvard College Health Advocacy Program (HAP)
Harvard Emerging Literacy Project (HELP), PBHA
Harvard Program for International Education (HPIE)
Peer Health Exchange (PHE), PBHA
Elderly
Environment
Health
Access Health
Advocating Success for Kids (ASK)
Best Buddies, PBHA
Committee on Deaf Awareness (CODA), PBHA
Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children
Friends of Project Sunshine
Harvard Cancer Society (HCS)
Harvard China Care (HCC)
Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition
Harvard College Friends of the Red Cross
Harvard College VISION
Harvard Story-Time Players
Harvard-Radcliffe MIHNUET
Harvard Undergradaute Crimson Care Collaborative
Harvard University Engineers Without Borders (HUEWB)
Health Advocacy Program (HAP)
Health Leads
Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP)
King School Buddies, PBHA
Peer Health Exchange (PHE), PBHA
STRIVE, PBHA
Team HBV at Harvard College
Students Against Malaria
Homelessness
A Stitch In Time
Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, PBHA (program website here)
Harvard Square Transitional Summer Homeless Shelter, PBHA
Housing Opportunities Program (HOP), PBHA
LIFT Cambridge-Somerville
Student Taking on Poverty (STOP)
Y2Y Homeless Shelter, PBHA
International
Digital Literacy Project - Computer science in Boston middle schools
Foundation for International Medical Relief for Children
Habitat for Humanity, PBHA
Harvard China Care (HCC)
Harvard College Act on a Dream
Harvard College Code Orange
Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition
Harvard College Friends of the Red Cross
Harvard College Stories for Orphans
Harvard Program for International Education (HPIE)
Harvard Project for Sustainable Development (HPSD)
Harvard University Engineers Without Borders (HUEWB)
Mentoring
Advocating Success for Kids
Alberta V. Scott Leadership Academy (AVS)
Athena Program, PBHA
Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE) 1-2-1, PBHA
Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE) Teen, PBHA
CHANCE, PBHA
Chinatown Big Sib, PBHA
Chinatown Teen, PBHA
CityServe
CityStep
Committee on Deaf Awareness (CODA), PBHA
David Walker Scholars (DWS), PBHA
Harvard College DREAM
Harvard College Science Club for Girls
Harvard College Special Olympics
House and Neighborhood Development (HAND)
Keylatch Mentoring, PBHA
Kids with Special Needs Achievement Program (KSNAP), PBHA
LEADERS!, PBHA
Mission Mentor, PBHA
Native American Youth Enrichment Program (NAYEP), PBHA
REACH
South Boston Big Sib, PBHA
STRIVE, PBHA
Strong Women Strong Girls (SWSG), PBHA
Social Enterprise
Summer Programs
Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE), PBHA
Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program (CYEP), PBHA
Chinatown Adventure (CHAD), PBHA
Franklin I-O Program (FIO), PBHA
Summer HARMONY, PBHA
Summer CIVICS, PBHA
Harvard China Care (HCC)
Harvard-Radcliffe MIHNUET
Health Leads
Harvard Square Transitional Summer Homeless Shelter, PBHA
Housing Opportunities Program (HOP), PBHA
Keylatch Summer Program, PBHA
LIFT Cambridge-Somerville, PBHA
Mission Hill Summer Program (MHSP), PBHA
Native American Youth Enrichment Program (NAYEP), PBHA
LEADERS! Summer, PBHA
Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment (RYSE), PBHA
Roxbury Youth Initiative (RYI), PBHA
South Boston Outreach Summer (SBOS), PBHA
Summer Science, PBHA
Summer Urban Program (SUP), PBHA
Youth/Teen
Advocating Success for Kids (ASK)
Alberta V. Scott Leadership Academy (AVS)
Athena Program, PBHA
Best Buddies, PBHA
Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE) Teen, PBHA
CHANCE, PBHA
Chinatown Teen Program, PBHA
Digital Literacy Project - Computer science in Boston middle schools
Dreamporte
Food Lab for Kids
Friends of Project Sunhine
Harvard College Coaches
Harvard College Friends of ScoutingHarvard College Mentors for Urban Debate
Harvard Program for International Education (HPIE)
Health Advocacy Program
Keylatch Mentoring, PBHA
LEADERS!, PBHA
Mission Mentor, PBHA
Peer Health Exchange (PHE), PBHA
Refugee Youth Term Enrichment (RYTE)
Youth in Focus, PBHA
Youth Prison Tutoring Program, PBHA