2025 Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities San Francisco Bay Area
2025 Thanksgiving volunteer opportunities Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Alameda, Thanksgiving volunteer shifts San Mateo, Contra Costa, Sonoma, Palo Alto
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2025 Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities Bay Area
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Note To Volunteers
Please consider giving in any way you can to causes and organizations. Any and all help is appreciated and very much needed.
Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for volunteering, so much that many organizations are unable to accommodate the volunteers making themselves available this day.
Similarly, there is some inefficiency with volunteering as it takes time, money and effort to teach folks what is needed to be done for a one-time shift. Please consider volunteering on other days, times throughout the year that are in as much if not more need when volunteers are smaller in numbers, especially rainy days, holidays etc. Most shifts below may already be filled by regular volunteers who help regularly, don’t need as much training and can work productively, quickly.
On that note, opportunities for kids this day is especially slim (training, liability, physical strength needed etc.). If you want to do something great this day and can’t find anything to do, consider picking up trash at your local beach, park, playground etc. That is always in need and always welcomed any day, but especially this day.
You can also stock little libraries with food. Make food and distribute to those in need in your neighborhood.
Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities Bay Area
Please consider volunteering on other days as well given slots for Thanksgiving fill up on the most popular volunteering day of the year well in advance. That said, here are some options for volunteering on Thanksgiving Day and days leading up (more will be added shortly).
Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities San Francisco
Glide Memorial Kitchen, San Francisco
San Francisco City Impact, San Francisco; 8-2pm 144 Taylor Street
Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly, San Francisco
In-Person Visit & Meal Delivery 10-12:30pm
St Anthony’s, San Francisco (filled up but check back for openings)
Tenderloin Tessie, San Francisco
City Team, The City Eats, San Francisco
8-12pm, Potluck
Project Open Hand, San Francisco
Salvation Army Meal Delivery (up to 3 hour shifts)
Sunset, Chinatown, Excelsior, South San Francisco
Mama G’s Thanksgiving Street Dinner, San Francisco (11/22-23)
Martin de Porres House of Hospitality, San Francisco (TBD)
Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities East Bay, Alameda
Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities Oakland, Berkeley, Contra Costa
2 Star Market Thanksgiving Day Event, Oakland
City Team, Oakland
Oakland Turkey Trot, 11/25-27
Benefiting Alameda County Community Food Bank & Oakland Education Fund
Lake Lunches, Oakland 11:30AM-1:30PM; Info here.
Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, Oakland
Volunteers needed, please contact them at info@geoffreyslive.com
Bay Area Rescue Mission , Richmond (get started with application asap as it fills up ahead of time)
11/11-27 - culinary 8-12pm; 12-4pm (food prep)
11/24-26 - 8-12pm; 12pm-4pm; 4-7pm (meal service)
Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities Peninsula, North & South Bay
Sonoma County Acts of Kindness, Santa Rosa, 11/27 2pm
Guy Fieri Foundation Thanksgiving Turkey Smokeout
11/19, 9-4pm (set up, prep turkeys)
11/20-21, 9-4pm prep food, assemble orders
11/22, 9am, finish food, organize meals for pick-up
All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto (TBD)
Sonoma Community Center Thanksgiving Dinner
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