Category Archives: Peninsula

Breathe California

Breathe California has many services to promote lung health and clean air. Our current focus is on Asthma, Air Quality, Tobacco Prevention and Control and Lung Health Research

Science is Elementary

We work to effect systemic change in elementary school science education by teaching students, training teachers, and engaging the scientific community.Want to do fun science experiments with elementary school kids? Science is Elementary (SIE) needs volunteers that love to show …
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18 Reasons

18 Reasons is a non-profit based in SF’s Mission District. It is the only organization in the Bay Area running Cooking Matters, a Share Our Strength nationwide program. Through Cooking Matters 18 Reasons brings free 6 week nutrition and cooking …
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SCRAP

SCRAP is a creative reuse center in San Francisco. Essentially, the way SCRAP works is businesses and individuals donate unwanted art parts and materials (things like upholstery sample books, misprinted stickers, or an old yarn collection), then we sort them, …
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TEALS

According to a 2013 study by Code.org, 90% of US high schools do not teach computer science. TEALS helps high schools offer computer science by providing a team of trained volunteers to partner with a classroom teacher and teach a …
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FacesSF

FacesSF has 3 day care sites where we serve our kids 3 meals a day. We are currently looking for volunteer cooks! We have one kitchen at our Haight/Ashbury site and one at our Bayview/Hunters Point site. Must be able …
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BUILD

Ignite the spark by becoming a BUILD mentor by sharing your wisdom, experience, and expertise to impact the lives of high school students in under-resourced communities. As a BUILD mentor you will help students create, market, and manage a business …
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Midpeninsula Community Music Center

The Midpeninsula Community Media Center is a non-profit organization where every citizen can make a difference. Use it to: -Learn Video Production Make Shows on Local Cable TV Access Channels -View Programs on the Cable Channels or this Web Site …
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Asante Africa Foundation

Asante Africa Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes quality educational access and leadership development for children in East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania). Asante Africa Foundation believes in the power of knowledge as a catalyst to help young people …
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Citizen Schools

Teach what you know and love to low-income middle schoolers in the East Bay, South Bay, or on the Peninsula with Citizen Schools! Volunteers are needed to teach students topics from robotics to soccer to law in 10-week apprenticeships (90 …
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