Animal Assisted Happiness: Volunteers
Description: Volunteer to enrich the lives of youth with needs through barnyard animal interactions at our Smile Farm
Location: Smile Farm:
Baylands Park
999 E Caribbean Dr
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Date: Ongoing
Volunteer Age: 6th grade +, younger with an adult
Contact: jonathan@aahsmilefarm.org
Reading Partners: Volunteer Tutors
Description: Tutor elementary students to improve literacy
Location: Remote, can be done from home
Date: Ongoing
Volunteer Age: 14+
Contact Peter Tran: peter.tran@readingpartners.org
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Lauren’s House 4 Positive Change: Volunteer Tutors
Description: Tutoring
Location: Remote or in-person at 413 Ivy Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025
Date: Ongoing
Volunteer Age: 16+
Contact Monique Graves: ceo@laurenshouse.org
School Based Health Alliance (SBHA): Join the 2024-2025 Youth Advisory Council Board
The Youth Advisory Council works to address health care issues affecting young people. Youth who are passionate about school-based health care are encouraged to apply.
Applications due: February 29, 2024
Details: https://www.youthhealthhub.org/yacapplication-2023/
Questions: youthadvisorycouncil@sbh4all.org
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Ronald McDonald House: Volunteer
Help out in the Activity Room or the kitchen.
Requirements:
• Age 16+
• Commit to 2 shifts per month (2-3 hours each) over a 6-month period.
Contact Kamryn Newport: kamryn.newport@rmhcbayarea.org
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Allcove Palo Alto: Youth Advisory Group
Description: Be part of the youth movement leading Allcove development and mental health access in California.
Requirements:
• Be between the ages of 16-25
• Commit to 8-10 hours per month over a 12-month period.
Contact Gloria Li: gloria.li@hhs.sccgov.org _________________________________________________________
Breathe California/City of San Jose: Decoy Operations
Description: Decoy operation to ensure retailers are not selling tobacco to underage youth
Dates and Locations: Ongoing, location will be scheduled
- 2-4 hours one day per week
Date: Ongoing
Volunteer Age: 18-20, non-tobacco users only
Contact Janet Herbst: janet@lungsrus.org
Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto: Edible Food Recovery/Food Distribution Project
Description: Food assistance, sorting and distributing food
Dates and Locations: Ongoing from 1/12/2023
- 8:00am–12:00pm: 1st/3rd Saturdays, 1991 Manhattan Ave, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
- 8:00am–12:00pm: 2nd/4th Saturdays, Rocketship Prep, 909 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City, CA 94061
- 2:00–6:00pm: Rise City Church, 1305 Middlefield, Redwood City, CA 94063
Date: 1/12/2023 ongoing
Volunteer Age: 16+
Contact Kelly: 201-401-5780
Environmental Volunteers
Description: Become a teen docent!
Details: Applications are open from December 1, 2023 to April 1, 2024
Must complete orientation/ training on May 18, 2024.
Commit to one full year, May 2024-May 2025
Volunteer at least twice a month (~3 hours each shift), option of volunteering weekly in the summer.
Volunteer Age: High School students
La Comida: Volunteer with Senior Lunch Service
Description: Help with dining room set up, client registration, hosting, or serving in either our South Palo Alto location at Stevenson House or our Downtown location at the First United Methodist Church
Locations:
Stevenson House
455 E. Charleston Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94306
First United Methodist Church
626 Hamilton Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Date: Ongoing
Volunteer Age: 14+, younger with an adult
Website: http://www.lacomida.org/
Volunteer signup:
https://www.lacomida.org/volunteer-requirements/
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Stevenson House: Volunteer with Seniors
Description: Volunteer with Senior residents
Location:
Stevenson House
455 E. Charleston Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Date: Ongoing
Volunteer Age: 17+, younger with an adult
Website:
https://stevensonhouse.org/
Volunteer signup:
https://stevensonhouse.org/support-us/volunteer/
Youth United for Community Action (YUCA): Volunteer
Description: Leadership development in a grassroots community organization created, led, and run by young people of color
Location: 2135 Clarke Ave, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Date: Ongoing
Volunteer Age: Youths of color, age 12-18
Contact Fili Zaragoza:
fili@youthunited.net
Palo Alto University Rotary: Tech help at weekly meetings
Description: Assist with weekly meetings
Location: Sheraton Hotel, 625 El Camino, Palo Alto
Date: Ongoing
Time: 7:15-8:30am
Volunteer Age: 16+
Contact Leif Erickson: leif@youthcommunityservice.org
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Family Giving Tree: Warehouse Help
Description: The warehouse is a flurry of activity in August for the Back-to-School Drive and in December for the Holiday Wish Drive.
Location: Family Giving Tree Warehouse in Sunnyvale
Time:
For Back-to-School: Mid-July to August
For Holiday Wish: Late November to early January
Volunteer Age: All Ages
Contact: info@familygivingtree.org