Match Activity Handbook
The 2010 Highland Street Corps Ambassadors of Mentoring updated the Match Activity Handbook, which provides program staff and mentors with a starting point for planning fun activities, trips and events. It includes activities around all the regions of Massachusetts that are free or low-cost; activities for site-based programs; and activities for matches to participate in year-round and seasonally. It features sections for both community and site-based programs throughout Massachusetts.
- search the top 10 activities by county
- search by games and projects for site-based programs
- look up seasonal activities all around MA
- find ideas for a year’s worth of activities
you can also download PDF copies of the Match Activity Handbooks:
Summer Activities
theMOVE (the Massachusetts Outdoor Volunteer Experience)
Single-day reflective farm-volunteer experiences for diverse groups throughout the Boston area, to reconnect individuals with the social and natural systems that sustain us daily. FOR INDIVIDUALS: Open sign-up trip available for individual volunteers. Gardenraising in Roxbury on Aug. 7, a full-day trip to Bay End Farm on Aug. 8, and a farm-volunteer camping trip over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3-5. Vist the Volunteer Events page for more information. FOR GROUPS: You can organize a farm-volunteer trip at no charge. For more information, please see the Group Volunteering page. If you have any questions, please email Heather at heather@getoutma.org.
Elma Louis Playhouse in the Park
Franklin Park, Boston. Free music and dance performances every Tuesday through Aug. 10 at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. www.franklinparkcoalition.org
Salsa in the Park
Blackstone Community Center Park, Boston. Every Monday night at 6:15 p.m. through Aug. 23. Free for everyone, all ages welcome. www.metamovements.com
Mass Dance Festival
Aug. 21-22, Boston; Aug. 28-29, Amherst. Saturday concerts, featuring professional dancers, are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Sunday concerts, featuring emerging artists, are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. www.massdancefestival.org/festival
Folk Art Center of New England Free Folk Dancing by the Fountain
Aug. 27, Harvard Square. www.facone.org
Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out
Free dance performances in Becket, MA, through August. www.jacobspillow.org
Free Friday Flicks at the Hatch Shell
For the 25th year, WBZ NewsRadio 1030 and the DCR proudly present Free Friday Flicks at the Hatch Shell. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. - grab a spot on the lawn, relax and visit the WBZ tent area for lots of free giveaways, games, food samples and more! Get more information from the WBZ website.
July 30: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Aug. 6: Monsters vs. Aliens
Aug. 13: How to Train Your Dragon
Aug. 20: The Princess and the Frog
Aug. 27: Up
Highland Street Foundation Free Fun Fridays
The “Free Fun Fridays” program invites Massachusetts residents and tourists to visit for free a 
designated museum or attraction over 10 Fridays this summer. The program launched for the first time in the summer of 2009, and many of our mentors, mentees and program staff really enjoyed all the activities. Below are the dates and locations for 2010. For more information visit the Highland Street Foundation website.
- July 30: Museum of Fine Arts - Boston
- Aug. 6: Peabody Essex Museum - Salem
- Aug. 13: Old Sturbridge Village - Sturbridge
- Aug. 20: Institute for Contemporary Art - Boston
- Aug. 27: Museum of Science - Boston
Grand Finale Weekend
Sept. 3
- New England Historic Genealogical Society - Boston
- Sports Museum - Boston
- EcoTarium - Worcester
- Cape Cod Museum of Art - Dennis
- New Bedford Whaling Museum - New Bedford
- Concord Museum - Concord
- Stone Zoo - Stoneham
- Buttonwood Park Zoo - New Bedford
Sept. 4
- Edward Gorey House - Yarmouth Port
- Worcester Art Museum - Worcester
- USS Constitution Museum - Charlestown
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Springfield
- American Textile History Museum - Lowell
- Discovery Museums - Acton
- Cape Cod Children's Museum - Mashpee
- Berkshire Museum - Pittsfield
MMP Programs for Matches
Match of the Game
Vince Wilfork, his wife Bianca, 98.5 The Sports Hub, and the New England Patriots Radio Network have extended an invitation to 
mentor/mentee matches in the MMP network to attend a Patriots home game for the 2010-11 season as their special guests. Sign up today!
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation
The Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation is proud to present its 
third annual ticket donation program for the 2009-10 season. The Foundation has again chosen MMP as a community partner for this program and by extension, our network of more than 165 mentoring programs statewide.
The deadline to apply for tickets for the 2009-2010 season has passed, but stay tuned for updates in the future.
Any questions regarding match activities should be directed to Alexa Magdalenski, 617-695-2475 or amagdalenski@massmentors.org.
