Cohasset, Massachusetts
Community Organizations
A food pantry, an emergency assistance fund, a long-running social service league, the town library, and the newsrooms that cover your own town meetings. Every organization on this page takes volunteers, and several of them are how a resident with no title at all ends up helping run the town.
Community Organizations
| Organization | What they do & contact |
|---|---|
| Cohasset Food Pantry | A community food pantry serving Cohasset residents in need. It runs on donations and volunteers. |
| Cohasset Community Assistance Fund | Provides immediate, short-term financial relief for Cohasset residents facing a crisis or food insecurity. |
| Social Service League of Cohasset | A long-running local charity that gives back to Cohasset and its surrounding communities in a range of ways. |
| Paul Pratt Memorial Library | The town’s public library at 35 Ripley Road. The Library Trustees who govern it are one of the boards Cohasset voters elect directly, so this is a board you can run for. |
Where to Follow the Town
| Source | Notes |
|---|---|
| South Shore News | An independent newsroom that reports Cohasset town government, its Town Manager search and its Town Meeting in detail. |
| The Patriot Ledger | The Quincy daily that covers the South Shore, Cohasset included. |
| cohassetma.gov | The town’s own site, with the Agenda Center, meeting minutes, and sign-ups for alerts when an agenda is posted. |
For current hours and a fuller list of services, see the town’s own staff directory at cohassetma.gov.