Be Good, for Goodness’ Sake:
Options for volunteering without breaking your shopping flow

1. The CambridgeSide Galleria’s holiday gift-wrap booth, which raises tens of thousands of dollars each year for homeless shelter Rosie’s Place, takes volunteers for three-hour shifts (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from Thanksgiving to 12/12; every day from 12/12 to 12/24. 617-318-0218, rosies.org).

2. For those who can spare even more time, the Women’s Lunch Place on Newbury Street—celebrating its 25th year of providing homeless and low-income women with home-cooked meals—seeks volunteers who can commit two hours at least twice a month to assist with meal preparation or help women with résumés, housing applications, and benefits claims (67 Newbury St., Boston, 617-267-1722 x16, womenslunchplace.org). —A.L.

 

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