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
Companion Animal Rescue Effort
CARE’s mission is to find good, permanent homes for dogs and puppies that were abandoned, relinquished, or found and never reclaimed. CARE will provide temporary shelter, food, love, and medical care to these foster pets until they are placed. In …
Canopy – Trees for Palo Alto
Canopy’s work is accomplished by a diverse range of dedicated volunteers, board members, and supporters as well as a small staff of three. Our work is rooted in the community and involves residents of all ages in a variety of …
Camping Unlimited
http://www.campingunlimited.com
Camping Unlimited is a non-profit organization providing special needs children and adults a full program of recreation, education, fun and adventure. Our program encourages independence, nurtures responsibility, develops competence and builds lifelong friendships in a warm supportive atmosphere of planned …
California Youth Outreach
Originally founded as Breakout Prison Outreach – the organization was established by Pastor Ortiz to provide support and give hope to youth victimized by drug abuse, violence, and gang lifestyles. In 1998, the Agency began doing business as (dba) California …
California Pacific Medical Center
Mission We enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in health care services. Vision Sutter Health leads the transformation of health care to achieve the highest levels of quality, …
California Historical Society
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
Our mission is to inspire and empower Californians to make the past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives. The current CHS headquarters accommodate the administrative offices, North Baker Research Library, exhibition galleries, and museum store.
Building Futures with Women and Children
The mission of Building Futures with Women and Children is to help women and children in crisis become safely and supportively housed, free from homelessness and family violence. Our programs include two emergency homeless shelters (55 beds); a domestic violence …
Building Futures Now
http://www.buildingfuturesnow.org
Building Futures Now is a non-profit organization dedicated to opening the doors of the Bay Area’s top public and private schools to high-potential, under-served students from East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park. Through year-round, individual mentoring from third grade …
Breathe California
OUR MISSION As the local lung health leader, Breathe California of the Bay Area fights lung disease in all its forms and works with its communities to promote lung health. OUR VISION Healthy Lungs in a Healthy Environment TAGLINE “The …
Breast Cancer Emergency Fund
Breast Cancer Emergency Fund responds quickly and compassionately to provide emergency financial assistance to low-income women and men of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties who are in active treatment for breast cancer, in order to cover basic …
Companion Animal Rescue Effort
CARE’s mission is to find good, permanent homes for dogs and puppies that were abandoned, relinquished, or found and never reclaimed. CARE will provide temporary shelter, food, love, and medical care to these foster pets until they are placed. In …
Canopy – Trees for Palo Alto
Canopy’s work is accomplished by a diverse range of dedicated volunteers, board members, and supporters as well as a small staff of three. Our work is rooted in the community and involves residents of all ages in a variety of …
Camping Unlimited
http://www.campingunlimited.com
Camping Unlimited is a non-profit organization providing special needs children and adults a full program of recreation, education, fun and adventure. Our program encourages independence, nurtures responsibility, develops competence and builds lifelong friendships in a warm supportive atmosphere of planned …
California Youth Outreach
Originally founded as Breakout Prison Outreach – the organization was established by Pastor Ortiz to provide support and give hope to youth victimized by drug abuse, violence, and gang lifestyles. In 1998, the Agency began doing business as (dba) California …
California Pacific Medical Center
Mission We enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in health care services. Vision Sutter Health leads the transformation of health care to achieve the highest levels of quality, …
California Historical Society
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
Our mission is to inspire and empower Californians to make the past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives. The current CHS headquarters accommodate the administrative offices, North Baker Research Library, exhibition galleries, and museum store.
Building Futures with Women and Children
The mission of Building Futures with Women and Children is to help women and children in crisis become safely and supportively housed, free from homelessness and family violence. Our programs include two emergency homeless shelters (55 beds); a domestic violence …
Building Futures Now
http://www.buildingfuturesnow.org
Building Futures Now is a non-profit organization dedicated to opening the doors of the Bay Area’s top public and private schools to high-potential, under-served students from East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park. Through year-round, individual mentoring from third grade …
Breathe California
OUR MISSION As the local lung health leader, Breathe California of the Bay Area fights lung disease in all its forms and works with its communities to promote lung health. OUR VISION Healthy Lungs in a Healthy Environment TAGLINE “The …
Breast Cancer Emergency Fund
Breast Cancer Emergency Fund responds quickly and compassionately to provide emergency financial assistance to low-income women and men of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties who are in active treatment for breast cancer, in order to cover basic …
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