Opportunity Details

We are looking for individuals who would like to use their passion and energy to help others. If you are friendly, have good communication skills, are punctual, dependable and able to maintain professional boundaries then you will enjoy this volunteer opportunity with the Connect 2 Culture program.

The Connect 2 Culture (C2C) program is a specialized social engagement program that offers a fun and comfortable way for people with memory loss and their care partners to build a social network and connect with like individuals in their own community through meaningful social activities. The program is designed for participants to attend events with a care partner/friend/family member, who will be responsible for the safety and well-being of the person with memory loss, as well as transportation to and from the events. For families dealing with Alzheimer’s, the program is a breath of fresh air, simply enabling them to get together with friends, have a good time, and forget about the disease for a while!

Past activities have included a Brain Dance workshop at our offices in Irvine, Timeless Melodies at the Bower's Museum and a tour of the Lyon Air Museum.

Volunteers will arrive early at assigned events and meet/coordinate with the Programs & Education Specialist. Volunteers will be apprised of all event details in advance and will assist the Programs & Education Specialist in supporting attendees during events, helping everyone to have fun and feel comfortable. Volunteers will foster connections between clients and join in with the group activity. The Program is one to two hour several times a month, usually Tues, Wed or Thurs. early afternoons. Volunteers are asked to help with an activity at least once a month.

Volunteer must maintain confidentiality of group members. All volunteers are required to attend New Volunteer Orientation and training as well as complete a confidentiality form, HIPAA training and a background check.

Opportunity Details

Help Veterans, Senior Citizens, Homeless, Families and Group Home Residents obtain nutritional food boxes in the East Valley. You can help as a group, a family or as an individual for once or ongoing times at our Mesa, Chandler and mobile locations. Opportunities are from one time to six days a week (Mondays - Saturdays), two to six hours a day. We are flexible about adjusting to your available volunteering times.

RSM distributes millions of pounds of nutritional food to tens of thousands of food insecure people annually. Opportunities exist from sorting food to be added to the food boxes, packing dry good food boxes, packing boxes to be distributed, to handing out full food boxes at our Mesa location. We also need drivers to recover food (CDL not required), deliver food to housebound people and many other volunteer opportunities.

Opportunity Details

Making a gift of your time is one of the most significant and personally meaningful contributions you can make. Below, find volunteer activities as they apply to you–or to a work, school or group.

Activities for individuals:

Help serve dinner at one of our shelters.
Sort mail in our Client Services Office weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
We can always use one-time volunteers for donation sorting, office help, and more.

Activities for groups or families:

Purchase, prepare and serve dinner for 40-80 people at one of our sites (suitable for 3-8 people).
Bring just a dessert and help dish up supper at one of our shelters (suitable for 2-3 people).
Prepare and serve weekend brunch for 80 people at one of our sites. (suitable for 3-8 people).
Bring breakfast to one of our shelters to serve 40-80 people to be served by 7:00 am (suitable for 3-8 people).
Form a cleaning or yard work party to help one of our transitional housing sites (group size varies per property).

Activities for your workplace, social, or faith group:

Provide a meal at one of our sites (see above).
Make 150-200 sandwiches for clients of our Peter’s Place Day Center (365 days a year).
Collect and donate new socks, bath towels, washcloths, twin-size bed linens, pillows, new sweat pants (sizes L – XXXL), soap, disposable razors, deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes.
Make quilts for our shelter beds.
Plan a yard work or cleaning project.

Opportunity Details

Meals on Wheels Texoma depends on over 150 volunteers to deliver our hot, nutritious meals to homebound elderly and disabled every day. On a yearly basis, we require the assistance of 700 volunteers to ensure that our seniors don't go hungry. Volunteers are our most precious resource and we never have too many of them. Volunteers are needed to pick up our hot, prepared meals at a local senior citizens center and deliver them to the seniors on any one of 83 different routes we deliver daily. Each route contains between 10 and 30 stops on it, and it generally takes a volunteer between one and two hours to complete their duties which include picking the prepared meals up, delivering them to the senior citizens on their route, notating on the route sheet whether or not the meal was successfully delivered, and then returning the delivery bags and coolers to the senior center.

Opportunity Details

Meals on Wheels Texoma depends on over 150 volunteers to deliver our hot, nutritious meals to homebound elderly and disabled every day. On a yearly basis, we require the assistance of 700 volunteers to ensure that our seniors don't go hungry. Volunteers are our most precious resource and we never have too many of them. Volunteers are needed to pick up our hot, prepared meals at a local senior citizens center and deliver them to the seniors on any one of 83 different routes we deliver daily. Each route contains between 10 and 30 stops on it, and it generally takes a volunteer between one and two hours to complete their duties which include picking the prepared meals up, delivering them to the senior citizens on their route, notating on the route sheet whether or not the meal was successfully delivered, and then returning the delivery bags and coolers to the senior center.

Opportunity Details

Meals on Wheels Texoma depends on over 150 volunteers to deliver our hot, nutritious meals to homebound elderly and disabled every day. On a yearly basis, we require the assistance of 700 volunteers to ensure that our seniors don't go hungry. Volunteers are our most precious resource and we never have too many of them. Volunteers are needed to pick up our hot, prepared meals at a local senior citizens center and deliver them to the seniors on any one of 83 different routes we deliver daily. Each route contains between 10 and 30 stops on it, and it generally takes a volunteer between one and two hours to complete their duties which include picking the prepared meals up, delivering them to the senior citizens on their route, notating on the route sheet whether or not the meal was successfully delivered, and then returning the delivery bags and coolers to the senior center.

Opportunity Details

Meals on Wheels Texoma depends on over 150 volunteers to deliver our hot, nutritious meals to homebound elderly and disabled every day. On a yearly basis, we require the assistance of 700 volunteers to ensure that our seniors don't go hungry. Volunteers are our most precious resource and we never have too many of them. Volunteers are needed to pick up our hot, prepared meals at a local senior citizens center and deliver them to the seniors on any one of 83 different routes we deliver daily. Each route contains between 10 and 30 stops on it, and it generally takes a volunteer between one and two hours to complete their duties which include picking the prepared meals up, delivering them to the senior citizens on their route, notating on the route sheet whether or not the meal was successfully delivered, and then returning the delivery bags and coolers to the senior center.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	100	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Share a talent or skill with the group, lead an age-appropriate presentation, workshop or activity (e.g. arts & crafts, health & wellness, literature, cooking).

For more information on volunteer opportunities in the Sunrise Senior Activities Program, visit us at: http://eastendhouse.org/get-involved

Opportunity Details

Open Doors tackles food insecurity in Burlington through free community programming.
Open Doors has a Community Supper and Seniors Lunch that provide over 10,000 meals a year.
Open Doors serves 450 families a month and provides 7 days of food each visit to the Community Market. Our Community Garden produces food to support both the meals and market during the growing season and boasts a living fence for access to fresh food at all times.
Community kitchens operate year round at Open Doors, with a special "What's for Dinner?" program to share food literacy skills and build new skills in reducing food waste.

All volunteers are supported and trained in good food handling skills and must comply with Public Health and Safety regulations.

Opportunity Details

Volunteers are critical to our success at Community Bridges. And with 10 programs, 20 sites throughout Santa Cruz County, and 20,000 people to serve, there are countless ways you can help.

Examples of volunteer opportunities at Community Bridges include: joining our Board of Directors, joining our Fund Development or Event Planning Committees, delivering meals to seniors, guiding a child through after-school programs, leading an activity with one of our child, family or senior programs, or helping in the office to help us run as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

The first step to becoming a volunteer with us is to complete a volunteer application, which can be found at www.communitybridges.org/volunteer. If you have questions about where your passion and skills fit best, or if you have an idea for a project, please contact us at 831-688-8840.

Applications can be sent by email to hr@cbridges.org or delivered by mail or in person to 519 Main St, Watsonville, CA 95076. We are open M-F from 9am to 5pm.