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Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from People Making a Difference (PMD), Charitable organisation, Essex Station Post Office, 7 Avenue De Lafayette, Box 120189, Boston, MA.

PMD volunteer opportunities need your help at https://www.pmd.org where they are listed by date, with "Read More Details" links that tell you HOW easy it is to sign up to participate and the deadlines one month in advance. People Making a Difference (PMD) organizes one-time, hands-on volunteer projects for individuals to help with; partners with businesses to promote effective community involvemen

t; and trains and assists nonprofit leaders in strengthening volunteer management. By offering flexible project-by-project registration, PMD engages a variety of volunteers seeking opportunities for interesting, needed work, meeting other philanthropic people, and learning how local charities are solving complex problems. PMD organizes service projects assisting primarily small, community-based charities, the majority of which do not have adequate staffing and other resources dedicated to working with volunteers and so need assistance in order to involve volunteers effectively. PMD partners with businesses of all sizes to identify clear community service goals and objectives (like team building and morale development) and then to develop appropriate employee volunteer opportunities for groups of 6 to 100.

08/19/2026

08/18/2026

"Honor the historic 25th anniversary of September 11 by rekindling the spirit of unity, compassion, service, and doing good that brought communities together afterward."

Set Up the Evening BEFORE the Big 9/11-Day
Meal Packing Project for Bostonians in Need

Thursday, September 10
4:45-8pm or 5:45-9pm
The TRACK at new balance, Brighton (Boston Landing commuter rail station or #86 or #64 buses)
Optional remembrance toast at nearby Broken Records beer hall ~9:15pm
(where they validate parking for 40, 71, and 80 Guest Street so that it only costs $5/vehicle).

Volunteers age 18+ needed. Must be able to lift and carry 35-50 pounds unaided, from moving boxes of equipment on carts to set up 56 work tables, to emptying heavy sacks of oatmeal and sugar into bags lining bins that are then closed and stacked on carts.

Prepare stations and supplies for the 1,200 volunteers(!) who will pack 385,000 meals on 9/11.

NEW: Receive a free t-shirt!

Learn more at https://www.pmd.org/project/?id=1091

Sign up by 9/5 at https://pmd.org/s/091026.htm

08/10/2026

Save these 2027 Dates for the NOSB Virtual Sponge Bowl!

+Saturday March 20, 9:20am to 4:20pm ET (One less round, so ends 45 minutes earlier than 2026)
+Sunday March 21, 12 noon to Up to 4:45pm ET (Staggered endings since only one TCQ Session followed by three elimination/championship rounds like 2025 & 2026)

Virtual/Zoom Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer registration will begin after Thanksgiving and hopefully conclude before 2/23/2027.

Save this 2026 Hour!
If you can make the time next month, on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 8pm to 9pm ET, please "save this hour" to help us load test the new Team Challenge Question (TCQ) software osb.pmd.org via zoom on non-safari browsers. We're hoping for 100+ testers so that Patton can log, identify, and fix any bugs. See https://www.pmd.org beginning on 8/30 to sign up, through 9/27

08/10/2026

Save both of dates for the 2027 Blue Lobster Bowl: March 13 & 14

Attention, Coaches, Students & Volunteers:
Save BOTH Dates!
2027 Blue Lobster Bowl at MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Saturday, March 13 primary competition date
Sunday March 14 snow postponement date

08/10/2026

PMD volunteer Sandra packs two meals with burgers, corn ribs and lime, pickled cucumbers, and dressing. Not shown: slice of American cheese, two slider buns, kimchi, and homemade potato salad

07/15/2026

Attention, STEM supporters!
WEEKNIGHT, AIR-CONDITIONED VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Assemble Paper Monoscopes for BPS Students in Dorchester
Thursday 7/23, 6:30-9pm
MIT (Exact location only provided to registrants

Build and check tools that enable middle school students to discover the microscopic world AND to master Next Gen Science Standards hands-on.
Students get to keep their scopes, too, thank to (optional) donations from PMD volunteers. A $15 donation pays for 3 scopes w/led lights.

Learn more at https://pmd.org/project/?id=1088

Sign up by 7/18 at https://pmd.org/s/072326.htm

07/15/2026

Attention, cookout enthusiasts!
COOKING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Throw a Cookout for Lonely Elders
Saturday 8/15, 9:30am-1:30pm
Boston's South End

Learn more at https://pmd.org/project/?id=1090

Sign up by7/26 at https://pmd.org/s/081526.htm

Team up to throw a cookout for formerly homeless elders now permanently living in Hearth's Anna Bissonnette House. Hearth advocates on behalf of homeless elders, reaching out to, identifying, and assisting homeless elders in Boston, plus provides housing and services for this often neglected, vulnerable population.

Volunteer labor and donations for the groceries make this project possible.

Optional: Donate $15 or more to help us purchase the $350 groceries needed so that we can cook and serve hamburgers, hotdogs, sausages w/onions & peppers, falafel burgers, potato salad (from scratch), watermelon, iced tea & sodas for 20-40 elders.

Address

Essex Station Post Office, 7 Avenue De Lafayette, Box 120189
Boston, MA
02111

Website

https://www.pmd.org/

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