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
Rock-it Science
As a nonprofit organization, Rock-it Science needs your support in order to continue bringing science to underserved schools and creating free videos for our website. Please contact us to volunteer your service or materials.
Trinity Center Walnut Creek
Trinity Center offers a Safety Net of Basic Human Services, including: Food, breakfast & hot lunch Showers & Laundry Clothing Mail and Telephone Access Referral Services Help with benefit applications Community Trinity Center serves people who are homeless and those …
Dogs For Diabetics
http://www.dogs4diabetics.com/
The Mission of Dogs for Diabetics is to: •Provide quality medical alert assistance dogs to insulin-dependent diabetics through programs of training, placement, and follow-up services; and to, •Develop, promote and advocate standards of quality, performance, support and disclosure for all …
Ashby Village
Ashby Village is a vibrant nonprofit that connects members with each other and with the resources we need to stay active, independent and fulfilled. We rely on one another and on our over 300 trained essential service volunteers, program leadership …
Up On Top Afterschool and Summer Program
Up On Top would like you to volunteer with our K-5 students. You will have the opportunity to provide homework assistance, engage in recreational activities, and participate in fun and enriching activities with our students. We are an after school …
International Rescue Committee
http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-northern-california-ca
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced …
Sustainable Lafayette
http://www.sustainablelafayette.org
Sustainable Lafayette, a non-‐profit committed to providing the community of Lafayette with the information, inspiration, tools, and assistance to facilitate the adoption of sustainable practices is seeking four, energetic, passionate, volunteer summer interns.
Worldreader
Using mobile phones (Worldreader Mobile) and e-readers (like the Amazon Kindle), Worldreader is providing children and families access to hundreds of thousands of books, giving them an opportunity to change their lives.
Northwest YMCA
http://www.ymcasv.org/northwest/
At the Y, you can coach a sports team, help teach a child to read, or raise funds through our Annual Giving Campaign to ensure the Y is accessible to everyone in our community. Don’t you want to help us …
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
http://www.supportforfamilies.org
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities is a parent-run, San Francisco-based non-profit organization founded in 1982. Our purpose is to ensure that the families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need have the knowledge …
Rock-it Science
As a nonprofit organization, Rock-it Science needs your support in order to continue bringing science to underserved schools and creating free videos for our website. Please contact us to volunteer your service or materials.
Trinity Center Walnut Creek
Trinity Center offers a Safety Net of Basic Human Services, including: Food, breakfast & hot lunch Showers & Laundry Clothing Mail and Telephone Access Referral Services Help with benefit applications Community Trinity Center serves people who are homeless and those …
Dogs For Diabetics
http://www.dogs4diabetics.com/
The Mission of Dogs for Diabetics is to: •Provide quality medical alert assistance dogs to insulin-dependent diabetics through programs of training, placement, and follow-up services; and to, •Develop, promote and advocate standards of quality, performance, support and disclosure for all …
Ashby Village
Ashby Village is a vibrant nonprofit that connects members with each other and with the resources we need to stay active, independent and fulfilled. We rely on one another and on our over 300 trained essential service volunteers, program leadership …
Up On Top Afterschool and Summer Program
Up On Top would like you to volunteer with our K-5 students. You will have the opportunity to provide homework assistance, engage in recreational activities, and participate in fun and enriching activities with our students. We are an after school …
International Rescue Committee
http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-northern-california-ca
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced …
Sustainable Lafayette
http://www.sustainablelafayette.org
Sustainable Lafayette, a non-‐profit committed to providing the community of Lafayette with the information, inspiration, tools, and assistance to facilitate the adoption of sustainable practices is seeking four, energetic, passionate, volunteer summer interns.
Worldreader
Using mobile phones (Worldreader Mobile) and e-readers (like the Amazon Kindle), Worldreader is providing children and families access to hundreds of thousands of books, giving them an opportunity to change their lives.
Northwest YMCA
http://www.ymcasv.org/northwest/
At the Y, you can coach a sports team, help teach a child to read, or raise funds through our Annual Giving Campaign to ensure the Y is accessible to everyone in our community. Don’t you want to help us …
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
http://www.supportforfamilies.org
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities is a parent-run, San Francisco-based non-profit organization founded in 1982. Our purpose is to ensure that the families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need have the knowledge …
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