ENVIRONMENT
- Friends of Temescal Creek – Needs volunteers to help expand its water-quality monitoring program, 10 am – noon, third Saturday of each month, no special skills required. fotc2005@yahoo.com
- Oakland Releaf - Seeks help in creating a greener, cleaner Oakland, volunteers trained in tree planting, maintenance, advocacy and GPS skills every Saturday. 510-601-9062
- Save The Bay – Needs volunteers to help with wetlands restoration and the new native plant nursery at MMLK Regional Shoreline in Oakland. 510-452-9261 ext 109.
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
- Lunch Tme Monitor-Maxwell Park Elementary School (Flemming off High St.) is seeking a volunteer as a lunch time monitor 2 days a week on the playground. The person would need to go through the OUSD volunteer clearance process (get a TB test and fingerprints). 3031 E 18th St Oakland, CA 94601-2457 (510) 845-4515
SENIORS
- Alameda Friendly Visitors – A program of Meals on Wheels needs volunteers to visit home-bound people 1-2 hours a week to offer support, companionship and resource information. 510-748-0342
- Experience Corps – Looking for volunteers 55 and older to work with youth as tutors and mentors at elementary schools in North and East Oakland and San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, with some monthly stipends available, 510-495-4966 or dmoren@aspiranet.org
- Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay – Needs volunteers to provide companionship in an elderly person’s life. 510-704-7475 ext 529
- Stagebridge – In Oakland, needs senior actors and storytellers for America’s oldest senior theater. 510-444-4755
HOSPICE
- Circle of Care - Needs playful and compassionate people to help children living with grief and loss. 510-531-7551 ext 109 or alinya@ebac.org
- Pathways Hospice – Needs volunteers support to terminally ill patients and their families by providing companionship and care giver relief, non-patient related opportunities also available. 510-613-2017 or http://www.pathwayshealth.org/
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- Alameda County Community Food Bank – Needs volunteers to staff the Food Helpline. 9am – noon and 1-4 pm weekdays. 510-635-3663 ext 308
- California Welfare to Independence Network 2000 – Looking for volunteers willing to learn computer, administrative and customer service skills. 510-553-1946
- Family Violence Law Center – Providing legal and support services for domestic violence victims and their children, needs volunteers to conduct front desk reception work, resource referral services and answer an agency crisis line. 510-208-0220
