Family Gym has worked with Greater Boston area high school and college students for more than a decade to provide fun and safe opportunities for play based educational and wellness opportunities. Listed below are some of our longstanding partnerships with area institutions.
If you do not find your school or university listed below, please contact our team (FamilyGym@foundaitonforbcyf.org) to see how a new partnership can be established.
Feel free to reach out to use whether you are an individual student looking to do a capstone or community service, a National Honor society chapter looking for a one time volunteer opportunity, or a faculty member looking for a semester long service-learning placement.
Northeastern University
- Interested students can reach out to our program coordinator directly or join through one of Northeastern’s many service initiatives like ACES and the Community Volunteers Program.
- Interested faculty members can reach out to the Community-Engaged Teaching & Research team for a potential Service-Learning course partnership.
- Examples of Past Course Partnerships:
- Capstone
- Counseling Psychology: Clinical Skills, Practicum in Counseling Psychology
- First Year Seminar: Connections & Decisions
- Honors: Contemporary Issues in Healthcare, The Science of Play
- Human Services: Social Change and Human Services,
- Marketing: Principles of Marketing, Marketing Research
- Physical Therapy: Psychosocial Aspects of Healthcare
- Public Health: Public Health and Nutrition
- Writing: Advanced Writing for the Health Professions, First Year Writing
- Examples of Past Course Partnerships:
Simmons University
- Simmons Community Engagement
- Interested students can reach out to our program coordinator directly.
- Interested faculty members can reach out to Community Engagement for a potential Service-Learning course partnership.
- Examples of Past Course Partnerships:
- Business: Foundations of Business and Management
- Physical Therapy: Foundations of Exercise and Health, Health Promotion, Wellness and Advocacy
- Social Work: Human Behavior and the Social Environment
- Examples of Past Course Partnerships:
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Student Leadership & Community Engagement
- Interested students can find opportunities with Family Gym by visiting the Office of Student Leadership and Community Engagement (OSLCE)’s GivePulse Page.
- Department of Exercise and Health Sciences and the Office of Community Partnerships
- Opening & Staffing Family Gym Location in Dorchester through volunteers and service-learning
- Department of School and Counseling Psychology
- Examples of Past Course Partnerships:
- Sports Leadership & Administration: Capstone, Sport for Social Change
- Examples of Past Course Partnerships:
Boston College
- Boston College Volunteer & Service Learning Center
- Interested students can reach out to our program coordinator directly or through the VSLC opportunity database.
Boston University
- Boston University Community Service Center
- Boston University Preprofessional Advising office
- Interested students can reach out to our program coordinator directly or sign up via GivePulse.
Tufts University
- Tisch College of Civic Impact
- Interested students can reach out to our program coordinator directly or sign up via Tufts Civic Impact on GivePulse
Boston Latin School
- Boston Latin School Community Service
- Interested Students can sign up via Innerview