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August 2019 - Silicon Valley |
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Bayshore Christian Ministries
Date/Time: Dinner meals needed for dates Monday, August 5 through Friday, August 9
Location: 1001 Beech Street, East Palo Alto
Ages: All ages are welcome to participate. Great for the whole family!
Time Commitment: Varies
Since its founding, the mission of BCM has been to equip the youth of East Palo Alto and Belle Haven to grow spiritually, gain life skills and develop as leaders so they have hope and a future. With the support of our partners--individuals, churches, and foundations--BCM continues to grow and impact the lives of East Palo Alto youth, serving close to 400 youth each year. Our vision is to disciple the next generation of community leaders who will lead in their homes, workplaces and communities.
Choose a way that works for you to provide meals:
- Make or purchase meals.
- Make a monetary or gift card donation for BCM to purchase meals.
Contact:
For more information or to sign up to donate a meal, email volunteer@bayshore.org or 650.327.9941.
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Family Volunteering to Help the City of Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale Community Services
Date/Time: Drop off donations Monday through Friday, 8:30am - 5pm. We are also open two Saturdays a month. Call in advance for Saturday dates.
Location: 725 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies
The mission of Sunnyvale Community Services is to prevent homelessness and hunger in our local community. Exposing children to the concept of giving back is important to many families and to SCS. We encourage the following family activities which are very helpful to SCS and can stimulate great conversation and discovery for you and your children. See our wish list page for specific donation needs. Feel free to bring your children with you when you donate items to SCS.
- Make monthly family shopping trips to purchase items specifically for an SCS donation.
- Establish a relationship with a local retailer to pick up damaged food, cleaning products, toilet paper, or other staple household items on a regular basis.
- Collect hotel/motel toiletries while traveling or on vacation. We distribute hygiene kits that include: toothpaste, shampoo, soaps, lotions, and disposable razors to low-income and homeless clients.
- Buy new books for low-income children. Feel free to wrap them and include a personal note (first names only please).
- Buy new socks and/or gloves for the homeless. Feel free to wrap them and include a personal note (first names only please).
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Stand Up for Kids- Silicon Valley
Date/Time: Open Monday through Thursday from 5:30 - 8pm and Saturdays from noon - 3pm.
Location: 25 E Hedding St., San Jose
Ages: Families with children ages five and older are able to participate in most of the volunteer opportunities listed below
Time Commitment: Varies
StandUp For Kids - Silicon Valley has been in the area since 2008 with our mentoring program working one on one with homeless youth to make progress in their life to get them off the streets. We grew our program in 2013 with street outreach and the opening of our outreach center, The Village. The purpose of The Village is to provide a safe place for kids to feel welcome, escape the dangers of the streets, and to find support. We also address immediate needs of kids such as food, clothing, personal hygiene, supplies for out on the street, a hot shower, access to the internet for job searching, resume drafting, and overall access to things like applying for an ID, birth certificate, etc. Volunteers help with these needs and, if needed, medical care, education assistance, and transportation. Volunteer opportunities with Stand Up for Kids include
- Making and Serving Dinner at the Outreach Center
- Collecting/Delivering Donations for the Wishlist
- Helping with Outreach (Flyer Distribution)
Contact:
Mario Rocha, 408.644.7597 or marior@standupforkids.org. Registration is available online. Once you complete the online form the volunteer coordinator will be in contact with you to schedule your volunteer session based on the needs of our youth and the ages of your family members that are participating.
www.Standupforkids.org/SiliconValley
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Volunteer at Foothills Park
Grassroots Ecology
Date/Time: Sunday August 11, 9am - noon
Location: Foothills Park, Foothills Park Interpretive Center, Palo Alto. We will meet at the
Foothills Park Interpretive Center. There is ample parking behind and to the side of the building.
Ages: Families with children ages 8 and older are welcome to participate. All minors under 18 must be accompanied and supervised by a parent or guardian.
Time Commitment: Three hours
Join us for a morning outdoors. Enjoy hands-on activities such as weeding, planting, and creating habitat structures that will enrich our environment and leave you with a smile! This event is rain or shine, unless otherwise notified. Grassroots Ecology encourages people from all identities and backgrounds to participate in our programs. Many of our programs are outdoors and involve moving and working in a variety of landscapes. We will provide gloves, tools, and light snacks.
Prepare for Working Outdoors:
- Bring a water bottle
- Wear long pants, long sleeves recommended
- Wear sturdy closed-toe shoes that can get dirty
- Bring a hat/sunscreen or rain gear/boots
- Plan for potential exposure to sun, poison oak, ticks
Contact:
claireg@grassrootsecology.org. Registration is available online. All participants must register & approve the online waiver through this Eventbrite page. Youth under 18 must have their legal guardian approve the waiver on their behalf.
https://www.grassrootsecology.org/
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Start your own Neighborhood Clean Up Team
City of San Mateo
Date/Time: Flexible
Location: In your own San Mateo County neighborhood
Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies, plan on one to three hours
Team Up to Clean Up brings San Mateo residents and neighborhoods together in a joint effort to eliminate litter in our streets, storm drains, parks, and waterways. Litter is not only unsightly, but also unsafe and harmful to our natural environment. Here's how to start your own "Team Up to Clean Up" group. Connect with friends and neighbors who want to keep our city litter-free. City staff will meet with you to explore the possibilities of working together to keep our communities clean and safe. We will support your project by providing your team with safety gloves & vests, cleanup bags, cleaning supplies, and arrange for the free pickup of all the trash at the end of your event. Volunteers receive safety instructions and sign an Annual Waiver of Liability. Community Service reports are available for students who participate.
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World Dog Surfing Competition- Volunteers Needed
Norcal World Dog Surfing
Date/Time: Saturday, August 3, 8:30am - 2pm
Location: Linda Mar Beach, Highway One and Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica
Ages: Volunteers must be able to focus and perform the tasks at hand. Minors under 18 must be supervised by parent or guardian at all times.
Time Commitment: Flexible shift times available.
The Norcal World Dog Surfing event celebrates the best in the sport, but this event is not only for sport and for fun. It's also for great causes, like the Peninsula Humane Society. You can also help local charities raise money by having friends and family sponsor you or your team using our partners, Eventbrite and Crowdrise.
There are several volunteer opportunities in areas such as:
- Registration Table
- Host/General Question Answerer
- General Volunteer Coordinator
- Surf Dog Competition Wrangler Volunteer
- Fashion Competition Coordinator or Volunteer
- Dog Fetch Competition Coordinator or Volunteer
- Surf Dog Village Assistant
- Overall Event Setup
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Tunitas Creek Beach Clean Up in Half Moon Bay
TLC Locals
Date/Time: Sunday, August 18, 10am - noon
Location: 23000 Cabrillo Hwy S, Half Moon Bay
Ages: There are no age restrictions, however this opportunity is not recommended for children under age five due to the challenging hike in, glass on the beach and other dangers.
Time Commitment: Two hours
TLC Locals is a movement to strengthen our local communities through community projects, fundraising, small business support, and local classes & workshops Please bring a change of socks/shoes or galoshes - this time of year the creek and lagoon on the beach have dried up slightly, but there are a couple of crossings to get through that may involve some wading. We provide water, but ask that you bring a reusable bottle to fill-up. We also have buckets and gloves, hand sanitizer, and sunscreen. New Leaf also provides bananas and one additional snack for our clean-ups. TLC Locals Tunitas Creek Beach Clean-Ups are organized in partnership with San Mateo County, CalTrans, Pacifica Beach Coalition and Heirs to Our Oceans and are sponsored in part by Hasset Ace Hardware and New Leaf Community Markets in Half Moon Bay.
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Jared Box
Date/Time: Flexible - choose a time that works for you.
Location: Deliver your box in person or by mail to a hospital near you or to a hospital on the Jared Box's
Hospitals List.
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies
The goal of the Jared Box Project is to lift the spirits of children in the hospital. The boxes symbolize the importance of play and are filled with well wishes, hope, and love. Over 500,000 Jared Boxes have been delivered across the United States. A Jared Box is a plastic storage box filled with small gifts, toys, games, and fun activities. Each box contains items selected for a specific age and gender. The boxes are delivered to hospitals. Jared Boxes provide a special diversion for young patients in emergency rooms, patient rooms, surgical centers, and clinics as they receive chemotherapy and other medical treatments. Jared Boxes bring smiles and laughter and lift the spirits of children in the hospital. Click here for step by step instructions on how to make a Jared Box.
Contact:
thejaredbox@gmail.com, 814.883.8615
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Help a Student in Need
Date/Time: Ongoing opportunities
Location: Your home or community
Ages: Varies depending on volunteer role but great for the whole family!
Time Commitment: Varies
Since 2006, My New Red Shoes has helped to close the clothing, confidence and opportunity gap for more than 62,000 students living in poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area by providing them with the basic necessities of new shoes and clothing for school. Through our Clothing for Confidence Program, we currently reach homeless and low-income students in Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda, and Marin counties. Beyond providing the necessities of new shoes and clothing, they strive to create a long-term impact by boosting self-esteem and confidence, providing a sense of normalcy, increasing school attendance, engagement and readiness, and improving the overall educational experience and quality of life of our community's poorest students. Each year, My Red Shoes collects thousands of new shoe donations from shoe drives led by individual donors, community groups and corporate teams. To ensure that they have the variety of shoe sizes and styles that every student requests, they supplement their inventory with wholesale shoe purchases, as needed. There are many ways to volunteer, including:
- Individual and group opportunities
- At Home Projects
- Donating Shoes or Hosting a Shoe Drive
Contact:
To learn more about volunteer opportunities, email outreach@mynewredshoes.org https://mynewredshoes.org
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