The Boston Network for Better Education, with the primary aim of bringing together researchers and community groups seeking to improve schools, is described as to its approach in recruiting and utilizing volunteers. Volunteers were solicited from lists of educational researchers in the Boston metropolitan area, and an attempt was made to identify community groups who would be the recipients of the Network's efforts. Volunteers for International Technical Assistance (VITA) was given charge of the program after initial efforts by the Network had produced little in the way of desired results. The Network volunteers have been involved in assisting a community school in program development and in planning for after-hours use of the school; in providing information on preschool programs; and in assisting an inner-city parochial school with Title I negotiations. (DB)