VOLUNTEER FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS

• Hands On Bay Area, www.handsonbayarea.org, 415-541-9616
• Volunteer Match, www.volunteermatch.org, 415-241-6868

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)
• Meaningful Teens, www.meaningfulteens.org
• Special Olympics, www.sonc.org/volunteers/become-volunteer, 925-944-8801
• Stand Against Violence, www.standffov.org, 925-676-3845
• Sydney Paige Foundation, www.sydneypaige.org

CRISIS

• Contra Costra Crisis Center, www.crisis-center.org, 925-939-1916
• Monument Crisis Center, monumentcrisiscenter.org, 925-825-7751

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