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
Pets Unlimited
Pets Unlimited is a 24-hour Veterinary Center where a portion of every dollar you spend on the care of your pets helps support our charitable veterinary care programs and our Shelter and Adoption Center. Our state-of-the-art Veterinary Center saves the …
Pets Lifeline Animal Shelter
An enthusiastic and dedicated group of VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT THE WORK of Pets Lifeline. With so many animals needing your help, you will always know “it was a job worth doing.” YOU CAN LEND A HAND BY: Becoming a Canine Handler …
Therapy Pets
TherapyPets is an organization of volunteers and their pets who visit various facilities in order to enrich the lives of children and adults. Through this experience, we all become aware of the rewards of TherapyPets and encourage others to actively …
People’s Grocery
People’s Grocery is a health and wealth organization – our mission is to improve the health and economy of West Oakland through the local food system. We pursue positive community change and address social determinants of health through a food …
Peninsula Catworks
http://www.peninsulacatworks.org
Peninsula CatWorks is a non-profit, all volunteer group dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and placing cats and kittens in need. We take the time to find the cat who will be the best match for you and your family because we …
Peninsula Academies – Sequoia Union High School District
The Academy Program is a unique partnership between public education and the private sector to provide technical and academic training to high school students. The students gain hands-on experience with computers in a unique school-within-a-school setting and have the opportunity …
Peace Action West
http://www.peaceactionwest.org
Peace Action West works for smarter American approaches to global problems. If we want to address problems like war, poverty, global warming, terrorism — the US needs to work together, cooperatively, with other nations. It also means overcoming the partisan …
PAWS – Pets Are Wonderful Support
PAWS believes that the healing impact of the human-animal bond is one of the best supports available for medically vulnerable individuals, and mounting evidence indicates that this bond can yield valuable health outcomes. For many people, having a companion animal …
Pathways – Home Health, Hospice, and Private Duty
Pathways is a community based, not-for-profit organization that provides a family of health services at home to families in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1977. Support from the community has enabled us to create a comprehensive array of health …
Parents Helping Parents
PHP’s mission is to help children and adults with special needs receive the support and services they need to reach their full potential by providing information, training, and resources to build strong families and improve systems of care. “Parents are …
Pets Unlimited
Pets Unlimited is a 24-hour Veterinary Center where a portion of every dollar you spend on the care of your pets helps support our charitable veterinary care programs and our Shelter and Adoption Center. Our state-of-the-art Veterinary Center saves the …
Pets Lifeline Animal Shelter
An enthusiastic and dedicated group of VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT THE WORK of Pets Lifeline. With so many animals needing your help, you will always know “it was a job worth doing.” YOU CAN LEND A HAND BY: Becoming a Canine Handler …
Therapy Pets
TherapyPets is an organization of volunteers and their pets who visit various facilities in order to enrich the lives of children and adults. Through this experience, we all become aware of the rewards of TherapyPets and encourage others to actively …
People’s Grocery
People’s Grocery is a health and wealth organization – our mission is to improve the health and economy of West Oakland through the local food system. We pursue positive community change and address social determinants of health through a food …
Peninsula Catworks
http://www.peninsulacatworks.org
Peninsula CatWorks is a non-profit, all volunteer group dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and placing cats and kittens in need. We take the time to find the cat who will be the best match for you and your family because we …
Peninsula Academies – Sequoia Union High School District
The Academy Program is a unique partnership between public education and the private sector to provide technical and academic training to high school students. The students gain hands-on experience with computers in a unique school-within-a-school setting and have the opportunity …
Peace Action West
http://www.peaceactionwest.org
Peace Action West works for smarter American approaches to global problems. If we want to address problems like war, poverty, global warming, terrorism — the US needs to work together, cooperatively, with other nations. It also means overcoming the partisan …
PAWS – Pets Are Wonderful Support
PAWS believes that the healing impact of the human-animal bond is one of the best supports available for medically vulnerable individuals, and mounting evidence indicates that this bond can yield valuable health outcomes. For many people, having a companion animal …
Pathways – Home Health, Hospice, and Private Duty
Pathways is a community based, not-for-profit organization that provides a family of health services at home to families in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1977. Support from the community has enabled us to create a comprehensive array of health …
Parents Helping Parents
PHP’s mission is to help children and adults with special needs receive the support and services they need to reach their full potential by providing information, training, and resources to build strong families and improve systems of care. “Parents are …
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