Volunteer
Annually
Relay
For Life of Milpitas
Usually held in June each year. Read about this event and find
out how to register.
Currently Needed
Child Advocates of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
Over 400 needy children are on our waitlist for an Advocate.
Help a child today. Contact us: , (408) 416-0400, (650) 627-8541.
Kaiser Reach Out and Read Program
Volunteers read to children who are waiting in the lobby of the
Pediatrics Department. They offer flexible days and times. For
more information, call the Support Services Department at 945-2025.
Vision Literacy Adult Literacy Services
Orientations in Milpitas in 2005 will be Wednesday, April 20
from 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10:30-11:30 a.m.;
and Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 6:30-7:30 p.m., all at 40 N. Milpitas
Blvd. To schedule an appointment or for more information, call
262-1349 or email .
Ongoing - Milpitas
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
Provides essential services to this vulnerable population since
1986. The organization trains and supports Court Appointed Special
Advocate (CASA) volunteers. Sobrato Foundation center, off Abbott.
The Digital Business Academy at Milpitas High School
Continuously recruits mentors. Our mentors come from several
local companies, all committed to helping the local community
in some fashion.
Friends of Milpitas Library
If you wish to volunteer for library book sales, please call
the library at (408) 262-1171 and leave your name and phone number
so a member of FOML can contact you.
Fresh Lifelines for Youth
FLY helps teens in trouble learn to make healthy decisions. Founded
in 1998, we provide at-risk and disadvantaged youth with vital
information regarding the decisions they make in their lives.
We provide volunteer mentors who listen. Sobrato Foundation center,
off Abbott.
Graffiti Terminators
Become a graffiti terminator and help beautify Milpitas.
Milpitas Volunteer Partners
The City of Milpitas offers many community programs, activities
and services. Volunteers are recruited to assist in various aspects
of these programs, providing valuable staff supplementation and
support, as well as help and encouragement to the public.
Neighborhood Beautification Volunteers
Volunteers will have the opportunity to be trained to provide
customer service, yard maintenance and other duties as related
to neighborhood clean-up events. Call Milpitas Volunteer Services
at 408-586-3210 TDD 408-586-3208.
Public Allies
Through our signature AmeriCorps program, Public Allies identifies
talented young adults from diverse backgrounds and advances their
leadership through a ten month program of full-time, paid apprenticeships
in nonprofit organizations, weekly leadership trainings, and
team service projects. Sobrato Foundation center, off Abbott.
Volunteering at Habitat for Humanity Silicon Valley
Volunteers are always needed at Habitat. Use skills you already
have, or learn new skills by helping to build a Habitat home,
working in the office, assisting with a fundraising event, or
on a committee. 513 Valley Way, 942-6444.
Ongoing - Bay Area
Bay Area Volunteer Information Center
The purpose of this Web publication is to provide information
about volunteer opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
If your group needs volunteers, you should list here. Santa Clara
County, 1922 The Alameda, Suite 211, San Jose, California 95126.
Be a Blood Donor
American Red Cross Blood Services, Northern California Region
is proud to offer online appointment scheduling. It's easy, convenient
and "open" 24 hours a day.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
Helps build responsible, independent children and youth by matching
each with a supportive and caring adult role model. Sobrato Foundation
center, off Abbott. 586-0150.
Got a Way with Worms? Become a Master Composter
You'll get special training from the Home Composting Education
Program (HCEP) to be an expert. Then, you're needed to help spread
the word.
Hands On Bay Area
Every day our volunteers, 10,000 strong, are teaching children
the joy of reading, beautifying our parks, coaching athletes
with disabilities, cooking meals for our homebound neighbors
playing bingo with seniors, distributing food to low income families,
cleaning up our city blocks and learning what it means to create
positive change. 514 Valley Way, 956-1448.
Sports 4 Kids
Recruits and trains enthusiastic adults to lead games and physical
activities for all the students at each school. Sobrato Foundation
center, off Abbott.
Today's Youth Matter
Provides battered and abused children in need of positive adult
mentoring a wilderness experience followed with year-round support
from caring adults, giving them reason for hope and a future.
Sobrato Foundation center, off Abbott.
Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley NEW
Volunteers are the backbone of our organization. From animal care to data entry, volunteers keep the Wildlife Center, and our animals, alive! Whatever volunteer opportunity you choose, your contribution of time makes a BIG difference and gives wildlife a second chance.
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