Volunteering

The Yosemite Facelift, a five-day spiffy-up, traditionally arrives at the end of the summer season. Can’t make it? You can tidy your home turf.

Food banks continue to operate as essential businesses and are struggling to meet the increased need in services because of the pandemic. Consider volunteering at your local food bank this Spring to make a difference in your community. The list below includes information about each food bank’s specific volunteer needs and ways to get involved. Volunteer duties can include...

A 21-year-old San Jose pilot has volunteered to transport future service puppies to Carlsbad so the pups can be taken to their volunteer raisers.

Heightened voter awareness campaigns in 2020 have generated so much interest in the democratic process that officials are turning away volunteers in all nine Bay Area counties the day before Election Day.

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley — one of the largest food banks in the nation — issued an urgent call for volunteers this week to help distribute food to the now-half a million people receiving food assistance from them.

Xan Wesley wants to save the world! The medical school-bound student is helping test the homeless for Covid-19 and he talks to Danielle Nottingham about his experience and what he hopes to accomplish next.

Caridad Canales has been volunteering with My Grief Angels online for five years. She talks with people who are mourning a loss or suffering from anxiety. You don’t need training in bereavement counseling to volunteer with this non-profit, she says, because people just want to connect with another human and have someone listen to them.  “It is very gratifying...