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

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