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Boston Cares organizes and leads team oriented volunteer opportunities and services in Greater Boston that have a positive impact on individuals and communities. Founded in 1991, Boston Cares serves more than 120 non-profit organizations with needs that can be filled by flexibly scheduled teams of volunteers. The organization’s signature Calendar Program features up to 150 projects each month through which members volunteer at a variety of projects -- serving meals, planting community gardens, cleaning parks, painting community centers, tutoring, reading to kids, and much more. Youth and their families volunteer through special BOOYAH! - Boston’s Young Active Hands – projects. Our Citizen Academy offers volunteers and others the opportunity to explore issues encountered through community service and identify action steps they can take. Frosty’s Friends is a Winter Holiday gift drive through which volunteers respond to letters from 1,700 disadvantaged children. Boston Cares is a member of the Hands On Network, an alliance of volunteer organizations working to transform individuals and communities through service and civic engagement, with affiliates and partners in 58 US and international locations.