Volunteer Opportunities San Jose, South Bay Area & Silicon Valley
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Volunteer Opportunities Santa Clara, South Bay Area
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Food Volunteer Opportunities South Bay Area, San Jose
Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Warehouses, San Jose, Peninsula
Sacred Heart Community Service, San Jose
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley (peninsula, South Bay), various locations
Sort or distribute food, deliver food to homes
Martha’s Kitchen, San Jose
City Team, San Jose
Animal Shelter Volunteer Opportunities San Jose
South Bay, San Jose Animal Volunteer Opportunities
Humane Society of Silicon Valley, Milpitas
Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue, San Jose
Technical help, transportation, admin, vets, teachers, outreach & more
Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority, Santa Clara
2 hours/week, 6-month commitment
13-17 y/o shifts available with guardian/parent present
Mini Cat Town, Palo Alto
Other locations: Milpitas, San Jose, Pleasanton & Santa Rosa
Nature, Gardening Environment Volunteer Opportunities San Jose
Veggielution, Community Farm, San Jose
Our City Forest, San Jose
Friends of the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy
Ulistac Natural Area, Santa Clara
Garden To Table Silicon Valley, San Jose
Gardening work; Mon/Wed 4-5:30 PM & Sat 10AM-12 PM.
Museum, Library South Bay & Peninsula Volunteer Opportunities
The Tech Interactive, San Jose
3 hour orientation shift required (held monthly)
Engineering shift, Stanford lab shift, visitor services, & more
Computer History Museum, Mountain View
Docents, demonstrators; collections (this is at Fremont location)
Resource Area For Teaching - RAFT, San Jose
Upcycles donated materials for hands-on learning, STEAM principles & sustainability
The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends
Patio sales clerk, book store clerk, donations coordinator, book sale monitor, book sorting, internet book shopper & more
Children’s Discovery Museum, San Jose
Lick Observatory, Mt Hamilton
Events, archives & more
Performing Arts, Arts & Crafts Volunteer Opportunities
Art in Action, Redwood City
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (Palo Alto, Mountain View)
Los Altos Stage Company
South Bay, San Jose & Peninsula Volunteer Opportunities
Sacred Heart Community Service, San Jose
Sunday Friends Foundation, San Jose
Hope’s Corner, Mountain View
2-3 hour shift, lift upward of 25 pounds, climb stairs
Sunwork, Milpitas
Surfrider Foundation, Various Locations
Beach cleanups as well as tabling (outreach) opportunities
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Milpitas
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