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!
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Recent Volunteer Opportunities
Resource Area for Teachers
The Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) started with an idea. What if: Every child could get excited about learning through collaborative “hands-on” activities? Every educator could obtain low-cost materials and the training to use them in “hands-on” projects? 21st Century …
Research Services and Volunteer Program
Join the RSVP and YOU can be a volunteer research participant in exciting On-Site Studies taking place on campuses in the Berkeley-San Francisco bay area. In addition, you can take part in On-Line Studies being conducted by researchers from around …
Redwood Shores Lions Club
http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/redwoodshores/index.php
Lions Club International Mission “We Serve”. Since its inception in 1917, Lions Clubs International has been dedicated to helping those less fortunate in their communities and around the world. Cutting across all national, racial and cultural boundaries, activities include: Sight …
Learning Ally (Formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic)
Founded in 1948 as Recording for the Blind, Learning Ally serves more than 300,000 K-12, college and graduate students, veterans and lifelong learners – all of whom cannot read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, dyslexia, or other learning …
Rebuilding Together
http://www.rebuildingtogetherpeninsula.org
Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP) builds volunteer partnerships to rehabilitate homes and community centers for our neighbors in need. Rebuilding Together, formerly known as “Christmas in April,” began in Midland, Texas in 1973 when a few generous people decided to devote …
Rattie Ratz – Rescue, Resources, Referral
Our mission is to improve the lives of domestic pet rats and their guardians by promoting value and respect for all animal life. Our goals are: To promote domestic pet rats as valuable companions. To promote the proper care and …
Raphael House of San Francisco
Raphael House, conceived as the first shelter for children and families experiencing homelessness in Northern California, provides an environment of loving support where families are able to move toward brighter and more hopeful futures. The mission of Raphael House is …
Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is headquartered in San Francisco, California with office staff in Tokyo, Japan, plus thousands of volunteer scientists, teachers, parents, students and other concerned citizens around the world. We believe that a sustainable world can be created …
Furry Friends Rescue
http://www.furryfriendsrescue.org
Furry Friends Rescue (FFR) is an all-volunteer non-profit Bay Area companion animal rescue organization, comprised entirely of experienced volunteers who collectively have rescued hundreds of companion animals and placed them in loving homes. United and inspired by our compassion for …
Funeral Consumers Alliance of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
The Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer’s right to choose meaningful, dignified, affordable death care. FCA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Contributions to FCA are welcome, …
Resource Area for Teachers
The Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) started with an idea. What if: Every child could get excited about learning through collaborative “hands-on” activities? Every educator could obtain low-cost materials and the training to use them in “hands-on” projects? 21st Century …
Research Services and Volunteer Program
Join the RSVP and YOU can be a volunteer research participant in exciting On-Site Studies taking place on campuses in the Berkeley-San Francisco bay area. In addition, you can take part in On-Line Studies being conducted by researchers from around …
Redwood Shores Lions Club
http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/redwoodshores/index.php
Lions Club International Mission “We Serve”. Since its inception in 1917, Lions Clubs International has been dedicated to helping those less fortunate in their communities and around the world. Cutting across all national, racial and cultural boundaries, activities include: Sight …
Learning Ally (Formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic)
Founded in 1948 as Recording for the Blind, Learning Ally serves more than 300,000 K-12, college and graduate students, veterans and lifelong learners – all of whom cannot read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, dyslexia, or other learning …
Rebuilding Together
http://www.rebuildingtogetherpeninsula.org
Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP) builds volunteer partnerships to rehabilitate homes and community centers for our neighbors in need. Rebuilding Together, formerly known as “Christmas in April,” began in Midland, Texas in 1973 when a few generous people decided to devote …
Rattie Ratz – Rescue, Resources, Referral
Our mission is to improve the lives of domestic pet rats and their guardians by promoting value and respect for all animal life. Our goals are: To promote domestic pet rats as valuable companions. To promote the proper care and …
Raphael House of San Francisco
Raphael House, conceived as the first shelter for children and families experiencing homelessness in Northern California, provides an environment of loving support where families are able to move toward brighter and more hopeful futures. The mission of Raphael House is …
Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is headquartered in San Francisco, California with office staff in Tokyo, Japan, plus thousands of volunteer scientists, teachers, parents, students and other concerned citizens around the world. We believe that a sustainable world can be created …
Furry Friends Rescue
http://www.furryfriendsrescue.org
Furry Friends Rescue (FFR) is an all-volunteer non-profit Bay Area companion animal rescue organization, comprised entirely of experienced volunteers who collectively have rescued hundreds of companion animals and placed them in loving homes. United and inspired by our compassion for …
Funeral Consumers Alliance of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
The Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer’s right to choose meaningful, dignified, affordable death care. FCA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Contributions to FCA are welcome, …
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