Current Volunteer Opportunities
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON LOCATION
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Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
UCSC Queer Cantú Center
Food Pantry Volunteer: Great opportunity for a student interested in reducing food insecurity on campus! Duties include: monitoring inventory, assessing student needs, and communicating with campus partners. Time Commitment: 2hrs a week.
Peer Group Leaders: Lead a peer group based on a common identity or social interest within queer and trans communities! Groups can meet weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Volunteer Commitment depends on meeting schedule.
Library Volunteers: Great opportunity for someone who loves queer books and film! Duties include, sorting and cataloging books, manage student borrowing program and ensuring titles are relevant and up to date.
For more information on these volunteer opportunities with the UCSC Queer Cantú Center please contact Logan at queer@ucsc.eu
Sign up Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw4m8cKipAFLEqWagUN4-Qh3v5vcL8sOlyt5FE_ePTcEdobQ/viewform
Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Friends need help keeping their library open downtown!
Open Shifts are as follows:
UCSC West Side Pop-Up Pantry!
Sign up for shifts using this link: https://docs.google.com/
Saturdays in the Soil
Ongoing, every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
Next opportunity: October 19th
Location: At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 East Cliff Dr.
Drop-in hours 10:00am-12:00pm
Description: Help us keep our Garden Learning Center thriving! Our Garden Learning Center functions as a model of sustainable gardening practices, designed to reduce use of resources, increase ecological diversity, and keep harmful chemicals out of our watershed. We also bring school groups through the garden to explore plants used by local tribal groups for food, tools, medicine, and shelter. As a garden volunteer, you will help us with general landscaping, occasional watering, weeding, and replanting. You will also learn about sustainable gardening practices and California Native plants! All ages are welcome; children under 14 require adult supervision.
Please RSVP to volunteer@santacruzmuseum.org
Event Name: Drive a Senior to their Doctors Appointment
Time: Monday- Friday 9am to 3pm
Location: Countywide
Description: “It's So Much More Than A Ride”. As a volunteer driver, you provide rides to seniors for doctor and dentist appointments, grocery shopping and banking. Volunteers have the freedom to choose their destination, driving schedule and frequency. Drivers will receive a mileage reimbursement and the satisfaction of connecting with isolated seniors in need.
Contact: Jan Brady, (831) 427-5070, Jan@scvolunteercenter.org
Homeless Services Center
Each position is offered multiple days a week, however the time commitment to is it completely up to the volunteer, they can do however many/few days they want. The contact information for all of the opportunities would go as follows-- Main phone contact: 831 458 6020, Main email contacts: smichels@santacruzhsc.org and Miranda Pettiford mpettiford@santacruzhsc.org
The Kitchen Assistant assists cooks in their tasks. Performs other tasks such as assisting in food preparation, storing foods after delivery, and cleaning coolers, freezers, and storerooms. Assists in completing weekly kitchen cleaning and maintenance lists. Helps serve meals to our guests.(Monday- Friday 7am-8:30am or 4:30pm-6:30pm)
The Mail Room Coordinator ensures that the incoming mail is collected, sorted, and distributed to the correct clients quickly and reliably. This position requires diligent volunteers who can sort through hundreds of pieces of mail accurately and efficiently. (Monday-Friday, 10am-2pm)
The Hygiene Bay Attendant greets our guests and makes sure that they have all the toiletries and towels they need. Provides oversight to the day to day operations and has the ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment. Additional duties include washing the laundry/towels and light housekeeping of the general Hygiene Bay area. (Monday-Friday, 9am-1pm)
The Front Desk Coordinator performs all duties necessary to ensure an efficient flow in the front office at HSC. They have key interaction with staff, residents and other volunteers and must have the ability to provide the highest level of customer service. The FDC oversees and facilitates all front office duties including, but not limited to, greeting/checking-in residents, answering phones, helping our development department and helping people with resources. FDCs must possess organizational, analytical and problem solving skills and excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills. (Monday-Friday, 8am-12pm or 12pm-4pm)
The Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) Outreach Support Volunteer will be trained to be proficient and knowledgeable about HSC programs and other community resources for Veterans and their families experiencing homelessness. This position will work with the SSVF Outreach and Intake Specialist both on and off campus. Must demonstrate effective communication skills. Will be trained in Motivational Interviewing and other resources. Will assist with pre-screenings, intake support, outreach opportunities and connecting people with veteran resources. (Monday-Friday, 10am-2pm with some flexibility)
The Housing Navigation Support Volunteer will work closely with Homeless Service Center Housing Navigators in order to assist clients on their housing pathway. This will include assistance with housing applications, conducting credit checks, and searching online property listings. Volunteers may also support clients with challenges like computer proficiency, email use, basic writing skills etc. Volunteers will assist in data collection, helping to track the length of time a client is searching for housing, number of searches completed, and landlord receptiveness to voucher programs. (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10am-2pm)
