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
Bay Area Ridge Trail
Volunteers are key to fulfilling the Council’s mission to build the Ridge Trail, and we welcome your help. There are many opportunities to volunteer, ranging from a day of trail building or maintenance, to sustained work on a County Committee …
Bay Area Mountain Rescue Unit
BAMRU is a volunteer wilderness search and rescue team specialized for operations involving difficult terrain, challenging weather conditions, or high altitude. We are based in the San Francisco Bay Area and operate throughout California.
Bay Area Legal Aid
Access to legal advocacy is critical to ensuring that Bay Area residents living in poverty understand and assert their rights to create stability for themselves and their families. Each year BayLegal’s services benefit 70,000 Bay Area residents.
Jewish Coalition for Literacy
The Bay Area Jewish Coalition for Literacy (JCL) is an affiliate of the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy. JCL aims to help reverse the trend of illiteracy across the country by mobilizing thousands of volunteer reading tutors, organizing book drives, …
Bay Area International Development Organization (BAIDO)
BAIDO (Bay Area International Development Organizations) is a network of San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits doing international development work. We promote understanding of the challenges facing people globally – and the solutions we are finding. BAIDO builds on the collective …
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp
http://www.bayareagirlsrockcamp.org
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp is a nonprofit dedicated to building confidence and empowering girls through music. We offer summer camps and after-school programs in Oakland for girls ages 8-18 years old. Want to help girls discover the power of …
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors
The Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BAADS) seeks to make all aspects of sailing accessible. To fulfill this mission, we offer dinghy sailing every Saturday and keelboat sailing every Sunday out of South Beach Marina, adjacent to AT&T Park. …
Ballet San Jose
The mission of Ballet San Jose is to provide our audiences with professional ballet performances that are produced to the highest artistic standard, which contribute to the cultural needs of the community, and that are accessible to the broadest possible …
Back on Track
Back on Track was founded in 1988 as an interfaith collaborative effort between Third Baptist Church and Temple Emanu-El. The unique partnership has crossed religious and cultural differences to build bridges of opportunity for K-12 students. As a non-denominational community-based …
Project Read
http://www.literacynet.org/balit
BALit (Bay Area Literacy) serves adults in the Bay Area who choose to improve their reading and writing skills. BALit’s 25 member programs are located in libraries from Mendocino County to Santa Clara County. Each year these programs serve some …
Bay Area Ridge Trail
Volunteers are key to fulfilling the Council’s mission to build the Ridge Trail, and we welcome your help. There are many opportunities to volunteer, ranging from a day of trail building or maintenance, to sustained work on a County Committee …
Bay Area Mountain Rescue Unit
BAMRU is a volunteer wilderness search and rescue team specialized for operations involving difficult terrain, challenging weather conditions, or high altitude. We are based in the San Francisco Bay Area and operate throughout California.
Bay Area Legal Aid
Access to legal advocacy is critical to ensuring that Bay Area residents living in poverty understand and assert their rights to create stability for themselves and their families. Each year BayLegal’s services benefit 70,000 Bay Area residents.
Jewish Coalition for Literacy
The Bay Area Jewish Coalition for Literacy (JCL) is an affiliate of the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy. JCL aims to help reverse the trend of illiteracy across the country by mobilizing thousands of volunteer reading tutors, organizing book drives, …
Bay Area International Development Organization (BAIDO)
BAIDO (Bay Area International Development Organizations) is a network of San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits doing international development work. We promote understanding of the challenges facing people globally – and the solutions we are finding. BAIDO builds on the collective …
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp
http://www.bayareagirlsrockcamp.org
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp is a nonprofit dedicated to building confidence and empowering girls through music. We offer summer camps and after-school programs in Oakland for girls ages 8-18 years old. Want to help girls discover the power of …
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors
The Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BAADS) seeks to make all aspects of sailing accessible. To fulfill this mission, we offer dinghy sailing every Saturday and keelboat sailing every Sunday out of South Beach Marina, adjacent to AT&T Park. …
Ballet San Jose
The mission of Ballet San Jose is to provide our audiences with professional ballet performances that are produced to the highest artistic standard, which contribute to the cultural needs of the community, and that are accessible to the broadest possible …
Back on Track
Back on Track was founded in 1988 as an interfaith collaborative effort between Third Baptist Church and Temple Emanu-El. The unique partnership has crossed religious and cultural differences to build bridges of opportunity for K-12 students. As a non-denominational community-based …
Project Read
http://www.literacynet.org/balit
BALit (Bay Area Literacy) serves adults in the Bay Area who choose to improve their reading and writing skills. BALit’s 25 member programs are located in libraries from Mendocino County to Santa Clara County. Each year these programs serve some …
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