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    Volunteer Service Opportunities for Acalanes High School Students

     
    The College & Career Center is a resource for community services opportunities within our community.  Review the list below for suggested community service opportunities that may suit your areas of interest. Internship opportunities are listed at the bottom. Please visit the College & Career Center for more information.

     

    VOLUNTEER-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS/WEBSITES

    •      Hands On Bay Area, www.handsonbayarea.org, (415) 541-9616

    •      Volunteer Match, www.volunteermatch.org,  (415) 241-6868

    •      Teen Life, www.teenlife.com 1 (800) 248-8336

    •      Teens Volunteer, teensvolunteer.org

    •      Community Reading Buddies (Mentor), https://communityreadingbuddies.org/

     

     

     

    ANIMALS

    •      Animal Rescue Foundation, www.arflife.org, (925) 296-3106

    •      Community Concern for Cats, communityconcernforcats.org, (925) 938-CATS

    •      Contra Costa Humane Society, www.cchumane.org, (925) 284-8586

    •      Lindsay Wildlife Museum, https://lindsaywildlife.org, (925) 935-1978

    •      Oakland Zoo, http://oaklandzoo.org, (510) 632-9525

     

    CHILDREN

    •      Bay Area Crisis Nursery, www.bayareacrisisnursery.org, (925) 685-8052

    •      Community Reading Buddies Oakland, aspireeducation.org, (510) 658-7500

    •      Jewish Coalition for Literacy East Bay, www.jclread.org, (510) 809-4904

    •      Local elementary schools (contact individual schools directly)

    •      Special Olympics, www.sonc.org/volunteers/become-volunteer, (925) 944-8801

    •      Stand Against Violence, www.standffov.org, (925) 676-3845

     

    CRISIS

    •      Contra Costa Crisis Center, www.crisis-center.org, (925) 939-1916

    •      Monument Crisis Center, monumentcrisiscenter.org, (925) 825-7751

     

    EVENTS*

    •      Lafayette Art and Wine Festival, lafayettefestival.com

    •      Lafayette Reservoir Run, www.lafayettechamber.org/events/reservoir-run

     

    FOOD BANKS, SOUP KITCHENS, AND HOMELESS SERVICES

    •      Bay Area Rescue Mission, www.bayarearescue.org, (510) 215-4865

    •      Food Bank of Contra Costa, www.foodbankccs.org, (925) 676-7543

    •      Glide Memorial San Francisco, www.glide.org, (415) 674-6081

    •      Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa County, www.loavesfishescc.org, (925) 682-7212

    •      Shelter, Inc., shelterinc.org, (925) 935-0698

    •      St. Anthony’s San Francisco, www.stanthonysf.org, (415) 241-2600

    •      White Pony Express, www.whiteponyexpress.org, (925) 322-0604

     

    HEALTH

    •      John Muir Hospital, www.johnmuirhealth.com, (925) 939-3000

    •      Oakland Children’s Hospital, www.childrenshospitaloakland.org, 100-hour minimum

     

    LIBRARY & LITERACY

    •      Books for the Barrios, booksforthebarrios.org, (925) 934-6718

    •      Lafayette Library and Learning Center, www.lafayettelib.org, (925) 385-2280

     

    OFFICE WORK

    •      American Cancer Society, (925) 944-1991

    •      American Heart Association, (925) 827-1600

    •      American Red Cross, (925) 603-7400

    •      Battered Women’s Alternatives (925) 676-2845

    •      Shelter, Inc., shelterinc.org, (925) 935-0698

     

    OUTDOOR WORK

    •      Camping Unlimited, campingunlimited.org, (510) 222-6662

    •      East Bay Regional Park District, www.ebparks.org, (510) 544-2515

    •      Friends of the Creeks, www.friendsofthecreeks.org, contact@FriendsoftheCreeks.org

    •      Habitat for Humanity, www.habitat.org, (925) 933-1296

    •      Heather Farms Garden Center, gardenshf.org, (925) 947-1678

    •      John Muir Historical Site, www.nps.gov/jomu, (925) 228-8860

    •      Lafayette Community Garden, lafayettecommunitygarden.org

    •      Ruth Bancroft Garden, www.ruthbancroftgarden.org, (925) 944-9352

    •      Urban Farmers, www.theurbanfarmers.org

    •      Walnut Creek Open Space Foundation, www.wcosf.org, volunteer@wcosf.org

    •      Community Education Partnership,   Virtually support students experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity

                                     

     

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