What We Do Here
The purpose of this website is to provide information about volunteer opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hopefully, volunteerism will be stimulated and facilitated by letting potential volunteers know about the wide range of opportunities open to them and by giving Bay Area non-profit organizations a means of publishing their goals and needs.
If you are considering volunteering, we hope this site helps you find the opportunity you are looking for. Volunteers are needed to do just about anything from repairing computers to picking fruit to making sandwiches. Time commitments can range from a few hours for a single project to as much time as you have available. Try something new. Learn new skills and meet new people.
We provide the most comprehensive searchable database of Bay Area nonprofits with continuing volunteer needs. We do not list individual opportunities. You may search for nonprofits geographically (above), by area of interest (search box above), or by other categories (links in yellow background to the right) to find organizations with the most appropriate opportunities for you.
How to Use This Website to Find Great Volunteer Opportunities Particularly Suitable for You
For example, if you are interested in working with children, type 'children' in the search box below and you will be presented with several pages of appropriate organizations and their websites for you to review and make contact with.
If you wanted to know about organizations only in Alameda County, you could type in 'Alameda' or click on 'Alameda' in the yellow box to the right, or click on 'East Bay' above to get organizations and their websites.
Then go to the listed websites to get more information and make contact through that organization's website to learn more and to set up the opportunity most suitable just for you. Hope this helps!
Find A Volunteer Opportunity
Recent Volunteer Opportunities
Know a Vet?
Know a Vet? is an advocacy program, focusing on assisting veterans, and their families, access and use the VA benefits they are entitled to receive. We also will assist veterans not eligible for VA benefits, and their family members, find …
The Plant Exchange
http://www.theplantexchange.com
The Plant Exchange, a registered 501(c)(3) organization, is a community and a celebration that encourages resource sharing, reuse, recycling, and organic living. Our mission is to encourage green practices and support Oakland’s designation as one of the greenest cities in …
Bay Area Crisis Nursery
https://www.bayareacrisisnursery.org
Bay Area Crisis Nursery is a gateway organization, dedicated to helping children and their families in times of extraordinary stress. We often see evidence of how larger social, economic and urban issues are affecting our local communities and the families …
Cinequest
Cinequest’s diverse departments seek dynamic, energetic, and reliable volunteers who want to make an impact on the best Cinequest Festival yet, and the truly wonderful artists, innovators, and audiences whom Cinequest serves. Our volunteers are vital to the community experience …
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
SunWork (sunwork.org), a Milpitas-based nonprofit, installs solar electricity systems on small-energy-footprint homes with the help of its cadre of trained volunteers. We also do installations for other nonprofits, such as schools and churches. Our mission is to make solar energy …
Foster City Village
http://www.fostercityvillage.org
Foster City Village supports older adults as they age in our community. We provide transportation, practical assistance, social connections, companionship and access to services and educational opportunities. We are neighbors helping neighbors. We invite all volunteers who can offer their …
826 Valencia
826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around the understanding that great …
Roots of Success
Roots of Success is an empowering educational program that prepares youth and adults who come from communities heavily impacted by poverty, unemployment, and environmental injustice for environmental careers and to improve conditions in their communities. Roots of Success is the …
Continuum Care Hospice
http://www.continuumhospice.com
We are seeking volunteers in Marin County who are interested in becoming part of our patient care team providing additional services such as friendly social visits, reading to patients, running errands, light gardening, playing music, assisting with letter writing, bereavement …
World Family Children
http://www.worldfamilychildren.org
World Family Children Foundation is an IRS recognized (501)(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Fremont,.California. Our mission is to help the children and the families in need as much as possible through fundraising, advocacy and education not only in the United …
Know a Vet?
Know a Vet? is an advocacy program, focusing on assisting veterans, and their families, access and use the VA benefits they are entitled to receive. We also will assist veterans not eligible for VA benefits, and their family members, find …
The Plant Exchange
http://www.theplantexchange.com
The Plant Exchange, a registered 501(c)(3) organization, is a community and a celebration that encourages resource sharing, reuse, recycling, and organic living. Our mission is to encourage green practices and support Oakland’s designation as one of the greenest cities in …
Bay Area Crisis Nursery
https://www.bayareacrisisnursery.org
Bay Area Crisis Nursery is a gateway organization, dedicated to helping children and their families in times of extraordinary stress. We often see evidence of how larger social, economic and urban issues are affecting our local communities and the families …
Cinequest
Cinequest’s diverse departments seek dynamic, energetic, and reliable volunteers who want to make an impact on the best Cinequest Festival yet, and the truly wonderful artists, innovators, and audiences whom Cinequest serves. Our volunteers are vital to the community experience …
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
SunWork (sunwork.org), a Milpitas-based nonprofit, installs solar electricity systems on small-energy-footprint homes with the help of its cadre of trained volunteers. We also do installations for other nonprofits, such as schools and churches. Our mission is to make solar energy …
Foster City Village
http://www.fostercityvillage.org
Foster City Village supports older adults as they age in our community. We provide transportation, practical assistance, social connections, companionship and access to services and educational opportunities. We are neighbors helping neighbors. We invite all volunteers who can offer their …
826 Valencia
826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around the understanding that great …
Roots of Success
Roots of Success is an empowering educational program that prepares youth and adults who come from communities heavily impacted by poverty, unemployment, and environmental injustice for environmental careers and to improve conditions in their communities. Roots of Success is the …
Continuum Care Hospice
http://www.continuumhospice.com
We are seeking volunteers in Marin County who are interested in becoming part of our patient care team providing additional services such as friendly social visits, reading to patients, running errands, light gardening, playing music, assisting with letter writing, bereavement …
World Family Children
http://www.worldfamilychildren.org
World Family Children Foundation is an IRS recognized (501)(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Fremont,.California. Our mission is to help the children and the families in need as much as possible through fundraising, advocacy and education not only in the United …
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