Duxbury Safe Water Committee, Inc.
This is a Volunteer position.
Position: Volunteer Internship
Interested in making a difference and ensuring the safety of Duxbury’s public water supply? Founded in 2021, the Duxbury Safe Water Committee, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the health, safety, and welfare of residents living in the Town of Duxbury and other municipalities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by ensuring the safety and reliability of the public drinking water supply.
The Committee is in search of interns to perform the following:
• update the Committee’s website and linked social media platforms with information relating to of the status of both the efforts of the Committee and the Town to address contaminated water wells and clean-up efforts of the private dump site commonly referred to as the “McNeil Dump;”
• Compile email database of interested residents for our e-newsletter and push out newsletters; and
• attend monthly status meetings of the Committee, which typically are held the second Tuesday of the month, at 7:30 p.m., in the Duxbury Senior Center.
This internship is a great opportunity for students who are interested in environmental science and the sustainability of a critical natural resource to gain practical knowledge about clean-up efforts and civic responsibility. This is also an opportunity to secure volunteer hours for students interested in applying to/fulfilling obligations on National Honor Society and/or for credit at Duxbury High School as an independent study. Experience on the Committee will prove to be not only a great resume builder, but it will also yield the satisfaction of knowing that you are making a difference in the betterment of our Town.
Please visit our website at https://duxburysafewater.org to learn more about what we do, and email us at to apply: info@duxburysafewater.org.
