Our Partners
SouthCoast Serves (SCS) partners believe that by encouraging service/volunteerism in schools, businesses, and communities, we can take responsibility for our region's future. The ultimate vision of SCS is to engage service and volunteerism as a strategy to improve the health and welfare of our communities.
Member Benefits
- Attend networking events with like-minded people and organizations
- Receive recognition on our platforms: website, social media, public relations materials, etc.
- Share in grant opportunities
- Be included in signature events including days of service, service showcase, speed dating, service fairs, recognition events, SouthCoast 60 Pledge
- Have priority access to relevant ticketed events and speakers at UMass Dartmouth
- Connect with our LISTSERV on relevant topics
Member Responsibilities
- Support SouthCoast Serves' mission statement and vision
- Represent the collaborative to other entities and the public, and suggest like-minded potential members
- Actively participate in SouthCoast Serves' affairs and help to determine the strategic direction of the collaborative
- Make a good faith effort to attend monthly meetings
- Encourage volunteers and community members to partake in the SouthCoast 60 Pledge
- Report annual service hours, volunteer recruitment numbers, and impact of volunteers
Our Members
- AHA! New Bedford
- Dartmouth YMCA
- People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE Inc.) Emergency Food Bank
- B.M.C. Durfee High School
- Fall River YMCA
- People Incorporated - SMILES Mentoring
- Battleship Cove
- Family Service Association - Big Friends Little Friends
- Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction, Inc. (PAACA)
- BayCoast Bank
- GiftsToGive
- Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) - Temple Landing
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay
- GiveBackTime
- Samaritans Southcoast
- Boys and Girls Club of Fall River
- Global Learning Charter Public School
- Sharing the Harvest Community Farm
- Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford
- Groundwork Southcoast
- Social Capital Inc.
- Bristol Community College
- Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts
- South Coast Entertainment
- Bristol County District Attorney's Office
- Justice Bridge Legal Center
- South Coast Mission Hub
- Bristol County Savings Bank
- Legal Center for Nonprofits, Inc.
- SouthCoast Fair Housing
- Buttonwood Park Zoological Society
- Marion Institute - Southcoast Energy Challenge
- Southeastern Massachusetts Food Security Network
- Buzzards Bay Coalition
- Mass Audubon - Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary
- St. Andrew's Out-of-School Enrichment Program
- Child & Family Services, Inc.
- Morton Middle School
- The Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford
- City of Fall River - Youth Services
- Mount Hope at Kennedy Park Intentional Living
- The Lloyd Center for the Environment
- City of New Bedford - Department of Parks Recreation & Beaches
- My Brother's Keeper
- The Trustees of Reservations
- City of New Bedford - Department of Community Services
- New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!
- United Neighbors of Fall River
- Civic Support
- New Bedford High School
- United Way of Greater New Bedford
- Coastline Elderly Services, Inc.
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Leduc Center for Civic Engagement
- Community Economic Development Center
- New Bedford YMCA
- Westport River Watershed Alliance
- Dartmouth Council on Aging
- Operation Clean Sweep
- YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts
- Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT)
- Our Sisters' School
- Zeiterion Performing Arts Center