ETHOS RECEIVES $30,000 GRANT FROM THE BOSTON FOUNDATION FOR ITS JP@HOME PROGRAM Grant to Support Outreach and Member Recruitment Efforts in Jamaica Plain Boston, MA (August 14, 2015) – Ethos announced today that it has been awarded a grant of…
Seniors need your compassion, critical thinking, and creativity! Recruit and maintain relationships with community volunteers to support our neighbors as they age home with dignity and independence! Ethos is looking for candidates for our Volunteer Coordinator AmeriCorps*VISTA position! AmeriCorps*VISTA is a national…

A family that shops together, stays together… Sharon Berke, husband Marc Pelletier, and their children Romeo and Enzo live in Jamaica Plain. Each week, they take Jennie, a 99 year old resident of West Roxbury, to the grocery store. Romeo…
Since 2008, Cindy has been a volunteer Long-Term Care Ombudsman. With 28 years experience as a hospital social worker, Cindy is the perfect fit for this program, in which trained volunteers advocate on behalf of residents in long-term care facilities…
Summer is here and Ethos is excited to announce that our spring yard work program has wrapped up with record breaking numbers! Over 175 volunteers served 590 volunteer hours to help 22 seniors beautify their yards from Boston’s…
On Monday, June 1, 2015, Meg Licht, Ethos’ Volunteer Services Program Manager, highlighted Ethos’ programs at the 2015 Massachusetts Conference on Service & Volunteer, hosted by the Massachusetts Service Alliance. Meg presented on the topic of creatively matching volunteer…

Linda has a history of falling in her home. “A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns about Falling” is helping her to stay strong, safe, and confident. Like Linda, one out of three older adults fall each year, and falls are…
Chuck Furgason is a valued volunteer in our AgeWell West Roxbury In-Home Computer Training Program, teaching weekly computer lessons to seniors in their homes! “I do this because it makes me feel good,” Chuck explains. He is never bored…

On Thursday, April 9th, Ethos hosted the screening of “The Age of Love” a documentary about a first-of-its-kind speed dating event for seniors 70 to 90 years old. Over 50 eager friends gathered at the Hyde Park Branch Library with…
