EAST BAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

(Includes Alameda and Contra Costa counties)

• A BETTER WAY (Foster family, adoption, therapy programs) (Berkeley)
  
• AIDS VOLUNTEER CLEARINGHOUSE - Alameda County
• ALAMEDA COUNTY FOOD BANK
  
• AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
• AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BERKELEY COMMUNITY GROUP
  
• ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION (Contra Costa County)
  
• A SAFE PLACE (domestic violence services - Oakland)
  
• ASIAN AMERICAN DONOR PROGRAM
  
• ASSISTANCE LEAGUE a chapter near you
• BAY AREA LITERACY a program near you
  
• BAY AREA OUTREACH & RECREATION PROGRAM (for people with disabilities - Berkeley)
  
• BAY AREA YOUTH CENTERS (Hayward)
• BERKELEY ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE ASSOCIATION
  
• BERKELEY FREE CLINIC
  
• BERKELEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  
• BERKELEY - EAST BAY HUMANE SOCIETY
  
• BERKELEY PARTNERS FOR PARKS
  
• BERKELEY PATH WANDERERS ASSOCIATION
  
• BERKELEY SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS
• CALIFORNIA PEACE ACTION(Berkeley)
  
• CENTER FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LAW - BERKELEY
  
• CHARLOTTE MAXWELL COMPLEMENTARY CLINIC(low income women with cancer - Oakland)
  
• CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
• CHABOT SPACE AND SCIENCE CENTER(Oakland)
  
• CHILD ASSAULT PREVENTION at EAST BAY AGENCY FOR CHILDREN(Oakland)
  
• CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OAKLAND
• CITY OF BERKELEY ANIMAL CARE SERVICES
• CONTRA COSTA CRISIS CENTER
• CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES OF ALAMEDA COUNTY (formerly Suicide Prevention)
  
• DHARMA PUBLISHING (Berkeley)
  
• DIABLO VALLEY AIDS CENTER (Concord)
  
• DIABLO VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL
• DONALD P MC CULLUM YOUTH COURT(Oakland)
  
• DON EDWARDS SAN FRANCISCO BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
• EAST BAY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
• EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT
• EAST BAY STREET PROJECT
• EDEN I & R, INC. (Community Services for Alameda County)
  
• ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION (East Bay)
  
• EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
• FAMILY EMERGENCY SHELTER COALITION Hayward, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley
  
• FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW CENTER (Alameda County)
• FESCO - THE FAMILY SHELTER (East Bay)
• FORGOTTEN FELINES Sonoma
  
• FOTOS DOG RESCUE (Dublin)
  
• FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY
• FREMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  
• FRIENDS OF THE FAIRMONT ANIMAL SHELTER (San Leandro)
  
• FRIENDS OF THE REGIONAL PARKS BOTANIC GARDEN(Berkeley)
  
• GEORGE MARK CHILDREN'S HOUSE (Children's respite and end of life facility - San Leandro)
• GIRLVENTURES (Development and self-discovery for girls)
  
• GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
  
• GOLDEN GATE AUDUBON SOCIETY (Berkeley)
  
• HABITAT FOR HUMANITY an affiliate near you
  
• HARBOR HOUSE MINISTRIES (Oakland)
  
• HAYWARD ANIMAL SHELTER
• HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTER
• HEARST MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY (East Bay)
• HEAVENLY VALLEY-SKYLINE SKI PATROL
• HOME AT LAST ANIMAL RESCUE
  
• HOUSE RABBIT SOCIETY (rabbit rescue and adoption Richmond)
  
• "I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION" - EAST OAKLAND
• ISLAND CAT RESOURCE AND ADOPTION (Alameda)
  
• JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE OAKLAND-EAST BAY
• KOREAN AMERICAN MENTORSHIP PROGRAM (Oakland)
  
• LAWRENCE HALL OF SCIENCE (Docents)
  
• LIBRARIES (99 Ways to Volunteer at Your Local Library)
• LIFELONG MEDICAL CARE (Health Care - Berkeley)
  
• LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM (Wallnut Creek)
  
• MAKE-A-WISH-FOUNDATION - GREATER BAY AREA
• MEALS ON WHEELS AND OTHER FOOD PROGRAMS near you
  
• MOUNT DIABLO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION
• MUSEUM OF THE SAN RAMON VALLEY
• MUSIC FOR MINORS II ( East Bay)
  
• PARAMOUNT THEATRE (Ushering - Oakland)
  
• PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHASTA DIABLO (Concord)
• OAKLAND ANIMAL SERVICES
• OAKLANDCARES
• OAKLAND HERITAGE ALLIANCE (History and tours)
• OAKLAND SPCA
  
• OHLONE HUMANE SOCIETY (East Bay)
  
• OMBUDSMAN, INC. LONG TERM CARE ALAMEDA COUNTY
  
• OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY(Services at long term care facilities)
  
• OPTIONS RECOVERY SERVICES (Help for homeless and addicted - Berkeley)
  
• PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK
  
• PEACE ACTION WEST (Berkeley)
• PEOPLE'S GROCERY - WEST OAKLAND
• READ ALOUD VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (Contra Costa)
• REFUGEE TRANSITIONS (San Francisco and Oakland)
  
• RESEARCH SUBJECT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM UC BERKELEY
  
• RESTORE OAKLAND'S CLEVELAND CASCADE
  
• SENIOR OUTREACH SERVICES (Contra Costa Seniors)
  
• SEVA FOUNDATION(World Service)(Berkeley)
  
• SPECIAL OLYMPICS a chapter near you
  
• STUDENTS RUN OAKLAND (School - running)
  
• SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
  
• SUTTER VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION AND HOSPICE Bay Area
  
• THE PERINATAL COUNCIL (Alameda and Contra Costa)
  
• THE RICHMOND ART CENTER
  
• TRI-VALLEY ANIMAL RESCUE eastern Alameda Co.
  
• UC ACADEMIC CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE (East Bay)
  
• UHURU FOODS (Oakland)
• VOLUNTEER CENTER OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
• VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CONTRA COSTA
• WESTERN AEROSPACE MUSEUM (Oakland)
  
• WOMEN'S CANCER RESOURCE CENTER (Berkeley)
  
• WOMEN'S DAYTIME DROP IN CENTER (Berkeley)
  
• WOMEN'S INITIATIVE FOR SELF EMPLOYMENT (SF and Oakland)
  
• YGGPRASIL URBAN WILDLIFE RESCUE (Eastbay)