Question 1

Application Process

Accepted Answer

Complete the application that best represents your reason for volunteering. The Volunteer Manager/Coordinator will contact you via email within 72 business hours of the application being submitted.

Question 2

Age Requirements

Accepted Answer

Volunteers must be in High School or older to serve during our primary Breakfast/Dinner Services. Students in 8th grade may volunteer (no service hours, experience only) with limited participation under a Family Application only, and must be accompanied/paired with a parent or legal guardian in preparation for independent service when they enter high school.

Question 3

Background Checks

Accepted Answer

Per our policy, all volunteers 18 years or older are required by the Archdioceses of Boston to complete a Massachusetts CORI. In addition: volunteers not residing in Massachusetts must provide the office via email (corunum2@comcast.net)(mailto:corunum2@comcast.net), with a certified copy of a completed CORI from the state in which they reside, prior to volunteering at Cor Unum.

Question 4

Groups

Accepted Answer

Group applications must be submitted by an adult group leader/ teacher or supervisor willing to coordinate and oversee group volunteer efforts. Group volunteers must represent an organized community, church, school, or business group and volunteer participants must be in high school or older to serve at  our primary meal services of Breakfast and Dinner.

Question 5

Volunteer Commitment

Accepted Answer

Meal services are provided 365 days a year as follows: Breakfast ~ 6:00 am to 8:00 am and Dinner ~ 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Volunteers are asked to arrive 30 minutes prior to start of each meal service and to stay and help with clean-up (usually finished within 30 minutes of closing). All volunteers are scheduled in 3 hour increments. Please note: No walk-in volunteers accepted. You must be on the schedule to volunteer or you will not receive credit for service hours.

Question 6

Dress code

Accepted Answer

Casual comfortable clothing, sneakers or flats (no sandals/open toed shoes), and hair shoulder length or longer must be tied back. No yoga pants, mini skirts, micro shorts, tank tops/low cut shirts, or graphic/suggestive slogans on shirts, attire must be respectful (note: orientation is not required at this time).

Question 7

Volunteer Records

Accepted Answer

In an effort to maintain space in our database for new volunteer records, we periodically purge old records as follows: volunteer records with inactivity for 6 months or more will be permanently deleted regardless of service hour history.

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