Volunteer Opportunities

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Helping Our Community

Zen Center North Shore is grateful to be part of an active and committed community of organizations and people in the area who are making the world a better place.

We have become deeply involved in providing support for immigrants who have been arrested/imprisoned or are in danger of arrest simply because of their immigration status. These arrests/imprisonments have often left children without parents. Coordinating with Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN) and ECCO (Essex County Community Organization), we have a number of opportunities that anyone can help with.

If interested in any of the opportunities listed, please contact us at info@zencenternorthshore.org for more information or to be included in mailing lists for future opportunities to help.

  • Accompanying people to court (daytime / weekday)

  • Writing letters of support

  • Providing transportation to and from the ICE facility in Burlington, MA

  • Participating in Solidarity rallies in Boston

Volunteering at Zen Center

Thanks and love to all who have helped in a variety of ways to nurture and support Zen Center North Shore as we reach out to each other and to others in our community.

There are always opportunities to become more active in our sangha. Please contact us at info@zencenternorthshore.org if you’d like to talk about what you’d like to contribute.

For meditation sessions mornings and evenings each week, we train people in various roles: Doan (bell-ringing), Kokyo (leading chants), Fukudo (playing a small drum during chants), and Chiden (caring for altars). Please let us know if you can help with one of these roles. Bell-ringing training is offered in-person Sunday mornings 10-10:45am. Email info@zencenternorthshore.org for more information.

Other donations to consider include: Tea, coffee, toilet paper and paper towels (100% recycled, ideally), and altar supplies: white pillar candles and votives.

Thank you very much for your support of Zen Center North Shore. It makes a difference, and allows you to become a significant part of our community.

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