Corporate Volunteer Program

Since 2010 we have worked with corporations and local businesses to offer fun and rewarding community service opportunities along the Mystic River. Our efforts began by tackling water chestnut, an aquatic invasive weed, and have since expanded to make additional park improvements. Project partners include Biogen Idec, MathWorks, Agero, BNY Mellon, Takeda Pharmaceuticals and many more.

The Opportunity

Work with us to schedule a volunteer event for your team of 10 to 100. Events run approximately 2-3 hours and include an orientation, time on the river/in the park, clean up. All supplies are provided.

Groups can choose to organize one of two events:

• Park Improvements - Volunteers remove litter, paint benches or even pull land-based invasive plants. Many of the projects happen in Macdonald Park in Medford, though our Trash Free efforts can happen throughout the watershed. Projects run May-October.

• Water Chestnut Removal - Volunteers get in canoes and hand-pull these aquatic weeds in various locations in Medford, Somerville or Arlington. Projects run in the months of July and August.

Costs

We ask that corporate and for-profit groups make a donation to MyRWA to support our volunteer program. Water Chestnut events have a fixed fee of $2,000. For park improvement projects fees are based on event size.

• 2-25 person event $1,500

• 26-50 person event $2,500

• 51-75 person event $4,000

• 76-100 person event $5,000

This fully tax-deductible donation helps to cover the costs of planning and executing our volunteer events (staff time, rentals, material removal and permitting) as well as sustaining the overall program. We are grateful for the work of our corporate volunteer groups. Thank you!

Contact Us

For more information and to schedule your event contact contact@mysticriver.org or (781) 316-3438.