Get Involved - Become a Volunteer
Navigation Games brings our PE curriculum, classroom lesson plans, and team-building adventure outings to schools in eastern MA and beyond. Navigation Games provides training, lesson plans, and materials. We need program delivery and administrative support. We will train you for your role.
Check out our volunteering options below!
School, After-School & Camp Teaching
We are always looking for people to get involved with our programming - whether a weekend public event, working with a youth organization for an orienteering activity or regularly helping at a school.
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Full training provided - no prior knowledge of orienteering needed!
Coach a Team
Help coach an orienteering team. Navigation Games will provide coach training, practice plans, and materials.
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Full training provided - no prior knowledge of orienteering needed!
Marketing, Fundraising & Administration
Assist with desk-based administrative support. In-person or virtual work is possible, flexible schedule with no required number of minimum hours.
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Outreach & Marketing may include communicating with clients (school districts, after-school programs, Parks & Rec departments), designing marketing collateral, writing blog posts, advertising events
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Fundraising & grant-writing support
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Admin support includes maintaining, repairing and organizing equipment used for orienteering (maps, checkpoints, computers etc.)
Map-Making & Course Design
Help us make maps and design courses and activities! We use Purple Pen, SportIdent, Easygec, Open Orienteering Mapper and OCAD. We will train you.
Java Programming
Help us update our orienteering electronic timing results software.
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Modify an existing body of code to improve the user interface and allow us to summarize student progress for teachers, as well as to accommodate new types of games.
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Update the code to work with the latest JDK and set up a development cycle including CI/CD for deployment.
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Leave documentation for future developers.
Required skills: java, Eclipse or IntelliJ, github, understanding of structure and deployment of a java application. We estimate a time commitment of 20-40 hours total over a 3 month period.
One-off Events
We run public events during the weekend or in evenings. They are most successful when we have fun-loving people who enjoy being outside, encouraging children and lending a hand.
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We use volunteers to help set up, provide activities for children (all training provided), keep participants safe, to encourage participation and to tidy up.
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Check out our upcoming events list.
Board Member
We are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to join our Board of Directors.
Board members play an active role in guiding the organization’s strategy, supporting fundraising efforts, and ensuring that our programs can continue to inspire adventure, learning, and teamwork.
We welcome candidates with a variety of professional and life experiences, particularly those with skills in finance, fundraising, nonprofit management, communications, and community partnerships.
Board members are expected to dedicate about 1-2 hours per month, with a mix of remote work and occasional in-person events.
Prior board experience is not required—just a passion for our mission and a willingness to actively contribute your time and expertise.
All Navigation Games staff and volunteers who work with children must pass a CORI criminal background check and take the SafeSport online training. Some positions have additional requirements.
