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Best known for its community-based radio and television
cable casting, Access Sacramento is a nonprofit
public service organization dedicated to providing outreach, training
and media opportunities to traditionally non-served and underserved
citizens. Access operates two cable television channels and two cable
radio stations, showcasing programming by for and about Sacramento
issues and concerns. Access Sacramento also provides extensive training
in all areas of new media. It operates a major interactive community
service bulletin board, administers the Official Sacramento Homepage
on the Internet and produces innovative community-based multimedia
resources for a wide variety of clients.
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The Alive at 25 Program is an interactive, four hour, defensive driving
course. This course is designed for young drivers, between the ages
of
15 and 24 years old, incorporating group discussion, role-play, video,
and guest speakers. It is a great way for young drivers to learn defensive
driving skills and safety techniques.
Our classes are offered once a month. Information about upcoming classes
and registration is available online at www.safetycenter.org
For questions, please contact Heather Gendreau at (916)366-7233
X 233 or via email at heather@safetycenter.org
- ALS Association
The ALS Association is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization located in
Sacramento, CA. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou
Gehrig's disease, is a fatal progressive neuromuscular disease that
attacks the nerve cells and pathways in the brain and spinal cord. Our
organization serves ALS patients in 24 counties in Northern and Central
California.
Our mission is to improve the quality of life for ALS patients, families,
and caregivers; to promote community awareness and education about ALS;
and to support efforts to find a cure. Our patient services include
a durable medical equipment loan program which includes communication
devices, monthly support meetings, and a resource library that includes
books, pamphlets, and videos about ALS. For more information please
call toll free (866) 979-9265..
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The Animal Care Services
The Animal Care Services Division of the City of
Sacramento’s Department of Public Works is holding a series of orientations
at the City Animal Care Services Center for those interested in volunteering
their time to assist the center’s animal and human customers. For
more information, call 264-8166.
- Animal Shelter,
Sacramento County
Sacramento County Animal Shelter needs volunteers to photograph animals
for their new website -www.saccountyshelter.net
to increase adoptions. Contact Kim at 875-5848
- Arts
& Business Council of Sacramento
Business Volunteers for the Arts, a program of the
Arts & Business Council of Sacramento, offers a unique opportunity
for you to play a supporting role in the arts as a business consultant.
The Arts & Business Council of Sacramento recruits and places business
executives, managers and professionals into pro bono consulting projects
with arts organizations in such areas as strategic planning, accounting,
marketing, law, public relations and information systems to name a few.
Projects vary widely in scope with regard to time commitment and arts
organizations.
The Arts & Business Council Staff will work with you to find the
right arts organization to suit your particular interests, business
skills and schedule.
Event Volunteers
Event Volunteers are added to a database that reflects their interests.
When an arts organization needs help putting on a one-time event, or
needs to recruit volunteers to serve on event committees, an e-mail
is sent to those volunteers expressing an interest. This type of volunteer
is offered the opportunity to participate in fund raising galas, art
fairs, and other events, as well as help art organizations with clerical
and administrative projects. Usually this is a short term project.Consider
becoming a Business Volunteer for the Arts or an Event Volunteer and
help a dance company, theatre, museum, children's art program or one
of the many other arts organizations that make the Sacramento region
such a great place to live and work. Everyone benefits--the region,
the arts and YOU.
Contact: Gale Pearson 916-444-1659 or gpearson@metrochamber.org
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Breaking Barriers is a
secular outreach program of the River City Metropolitan Community
Church that is dedicated to activating the Sacramento community’s
compassion and care for those with chronic and catastrophic illnesses.
The organization’s main focus is to meet the needs and wants of people
living with HIV as it works to raise awareness in the community and
educate to stop the spread of the virus. A key service is to provide
transportation to doctor appointments.
- Californai
Bicycle Coalition
The California Bicycle Coalition is creating a new
cycling culture in California communities by harnessing public and private
resources to make our streets and trails good places to ride, to educate
bicyclists and motoristists regarding their respective rights and responsibilities,
and to promote competent bicycling as a safe, clean, fun and healthy
means of transportation and recreation.
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Museum for History, Women and The Arts
The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts preserves, presents
and creates California history. The Museum brings our rich and diverse
history alive through the extraordinary collection of the California
State Archives and other collections throughout the state. For the first
time, California's women have a home for their stories in a Museum about
California history. And the California Museum promotes our artistic
and cultural heritage. Here you will find an active, engaging center
that serves as a bridge from the past to the future.
1020 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
General Information:
(916) 653-7524
info@californiamuseum.org
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If history is of particular interest to you, The
California State Capitol Museum’s Volunteer Association is
a nonprofit organization whose docents are dedicated to informing
the public about the historical living museum and presenting special
events at the Capitol. Volunteers lead historic room tours, greet
visitors and re-enact historic events in period costumes.
For more information, call 324-0312, ext. 217
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Serving the Sacramento region since 1939, the nonprofit
Community Services Planning Council builds strong, safe and
healthy communities through services, education and planning. CSPC
currently coordinates programs serving children, seniors, medically
underserved, hungry and homeless people and nonprofit organizations.
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The Congress of California Seniors
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of
life for seniors and their families through education and advocacy.
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The Discovery Museum is a public service educational
institution dedicated to fostering curiosity, wonder, and stewardship
by revealing the links between history, science, and technology and
the everyday lives of people of all ages, cultural affiliations and
backgrounds.
The Discovery Museum is located in two different
sites. The History Center, located in Old Sacramento, displays artifacts
and documents of Sacramento and California History and the Science
and Space Center, located on Auburn Blvd., houses the Challenger Learning
Center and science exhibits for families.
Docent volunteers lead tours of school children in
the Discovery Museum History Center and walking through Old Sacramento.
They share their interest in History of Sacramento & California
with school children on weekday mornings. Volunteers help at the many
special events, including Gold Rush Days during Labor Day Weekend,
Golden Tea, and Gold Bug Ball. Volunteers help with ongoing programs
such as Challenger Learning Center and after-school science classes
through Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL).
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Fairytale Town is a special
place just for kids that promotes imagination, creativity, and education.
Children come to play, learn, and participate in fun learning and
artistic activities in a fantasy-like setting designed to engage their
imaginations. We're located in beautiful William Land Park, just north
of the intersection of Sutterville Road and Land Park Drive. Fairytale
Town is home to a friendly menagerie of animals from the pages of
favorite children's stories. Playground sets with their imaginative
slides and climbing structures put children in the midst of classic
children's stories and rhymes.
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Family Alliance, the foster
family agency for Sacramento Children's Home, River Oak Center for
Children, Sierra Adoption Services and Stanford Home, is committed
to creating lifelong connections for children. Our website will tell
you how you can make a difference in a child's life.
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FamilyShield
Originally begun during Desert Storm, FamilyShield
is a local nonprofit association of volunteers who assist active-duty
military families during times of war. Mowing lawns, fixing faucets,
fostering pets, and helping with auto maintenance chores, child care
and computer repairs are just a few examples of practical ways these
volunteers reach out to troop families.
Call 387-0524 or (800) 608-1786 for more information.
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Hospice care is a coordinated effort provided to
the patient and the family by a professional team of doctors, nurses,
social workers, clergy and hospice volunteers. There is a growing
need of trained and willing volunteers to serve hospice patients and
their families. You can soon be one of those volunteers!
As a volunteer, you can provide uplifting support
and compassionate care just by offering your presence to these families.
First Call Hospice offers its support so the patient is allowed to
remain in familiar, comfortable and appropriate surroundings through
this process.
Day and evening training sessions are available.
These sessions run approximately three to four hours in length, leading
to completing the certified volunteer program in just four to five
meetings. Call for the next training session. After training expectations
ask only two to three hours of service per week.
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A squad of volunteers at Francis
House, at 1422 C Street, provides personal attention to those
coping with severe poverty. Volunteers receive training and support
to become resource specialists and agents of change in the lives of
those who would otherwise be alone. Coordinated and supported by 16
downtown churches, Francis House has been operating as a walk-in resource
center for 31 years. It provides practical assistance in the form
of regional transit passes for disabled individuals, gas vouchers,
hotel and motel vouchers for homeless families with young children,
and assistance in obtaining birth certificates from out-of-town locations.
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Friends For Life Animal Outreach
is a newly established Sacramento-based organization dedicated to
the care and well-being of companion animals. Our members are concerned
citizens with the collective hope of making a difference for the many
homeless cats and dogs crowding the shelters and surviving in the
alleys, parks, and buildings of our city.
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Sacramento Habitat for Humanity
is a local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, an ecumenical
Christian housing ministry. We are a community-based nonprofit organization
whose mission is to eliminate poverty housing in our community and
to make decent shelter a matter of conscience. The goal of Sacramento
Habitat for Humanity is to build decent, adequate and affordable homes
in partnership with people in need, volunteers, and local organizations
and businesses.
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Hands On Sacramento (formerly People Helping People
Care) of the Community Services Planning Council provides opportunities
for families, friends and businesses to volunteer together for flexible,
one-time, literally "hands-on" projects. For those who can't commit
on a regular schedule, this is a great way to learn about the benefits
of volunteerism. Activities include the popular bedtime story reading
and tutoring at St. John's Shelter for Women and Children and dog-walking
duties for the PuppyLove Rescue program.
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Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary
at 721 56th Street is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5:30
p.m., for the rescue and adoption of cats, dogs, rabbits and other
discarded pets. Since it opened in November 2000, it has made more
than 325 adoptions and has grown to almost 250 volunteers. On an “as-needed”
basis, volunteers occasionally feed and water pets left behind in
emergency situations when older people are temporarily taken to the
hospital. Volunteers as young as 10 are welcome to spend a few hours
each week cleaning, feeding and cuddling the animals. On an "as-needed"
basis, volunteers occasionally feed and water pets left behind in
emergency situations when older people are temporarily taken to the
hospital.
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The Health Insurance Counseling
and Advocacy Program (HICAP) is a volunteer supported program
that provides assistance with Medicare problems and help with health
insurance. The program provides unbiased information to help you make
the best choice for your individual health care needs. HICAP does
not sell, endorse, or recommend any specific insurance. HICAP assistance
is free, and includes community education services and individual
counseling.
- Hospice Thrift Shop
3257 Folsom Blvd
Needed Dressing room attendants 2 hours weekly. 2 hours shifts as dressing
room attendants in our thrift store. Store hours 10am - 6pm, Tuesday
- Saturday.
Working persons with a desire to volunteer, retired, students, seniors,
handicap are encouraged to participate. This is a low physical impact
assignment with a lot of opportunity to socialize with customers. Hospice
Thrift Shop is an upscale resale store located in midtown. 33rd and
Folsom Blvd, 3 blocks east of Alhambra. Easy access for both bus routes
and freeway. Free parking for volunteers. 3257 Folsom Blvd, 95816. 457-1877
ask for Lynda Tyler. CHFThrift@aol.com
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The Kiwanis Family House
at 2201 48th Street is dedicated to providing temporary housing and
support to families of seriously ill children being treated at UC
Davis Medical Center. Supported by Kiwanis clubs in Sacramento, Nevada,
El Dorado, Yolo, Amador and Placer counties, the house has provided
shelter to more than 9,000 families since it opened in 1984. Many
families arrive at UC Davis Medical Center as a result of medical
emergencies and are in need of basic living items and resource information.
The house is staffed with volunteers from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day
of the year. For more information, call 734-5320.
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Literacy Program at Fremont Presbyterian Church
The Literacy Program at Fremont
Presbyterian Church in East Sacramento is co-sponsored by the
Sacramento City Unified School District’s Adult Education Division.
If you can give two hours a week to help an adult learn to read and
write better English, please call for more information, call 456-0437.
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RAIN is a local nonprofit
dedicated to the rescue and placement of companion animals. RAIN
focuses on rescuing adoptable animals from Sacramento animal shelters.
All animals are tested, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, micro-chipped
and live in foster homes prior to adoption.
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Resources for Independent Living
is unique. We are the only organization in Sacramento providing services
to people with all forms of disability. The majority of our policy-making
board is comprised of individuals with disabilities. Therefore, our
decision-making process is both innovative and highly effective, because
we are, in essence, helping ourselves.
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Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
RSVP is a federally funded
program with approximately 500,000 volunteers nationwide and is sponsored
locally by Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance. Locally,
about 700 RSVP volunteers serve in many capacities, from tutoring
children to joining crime patrols to helping emergency workers respond
to a crisis; drivers deliver hot meals to handicapped shut-ins; and
more opportunities.
For more information, call 875-3631.
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SABA is a volunteer organization
that promotes cycling as an environmentally benign, healthy, cost-effective
form of transportation. Its mission is to make cycling in the Sacramento
area safe, convenient, desirable and welcomed. SABA wants more people
cycling for transportation so we have healthy air, healthy citizens
and healthy communities.
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Sacramento City Fire Reserves
consists of more than 50 Volunteers who train and work with the Sacramento
City Fire department. They provide valuable resources to our community
including such things as - Providing support during flooding, Rehab
for Fire Fighters during Greater Alarm Fires, Salvage and Lighting
Operations, and anything else during an Emergency or disaster. They
even take Santa Claus through the streets of Sacramento for the Kids
during December. The Web site has links to local public safety web
sites including the local Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Services.
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County Animal Shelter
Sacramento County Animal Shelter needs volunteers to photograph animals
for their new website -www.saccountyshelter.net
to increase adoptions. Contact Kim at 875-5848
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Local chapter of national non-profit animal welfare
& rescue organization. SHRS rescues rabbits from local
animal shelters and finds homes for them. Volunteers provide educational
services and materials to the public about the benefits of rabbits
as house pets. Volunteers provide ongoing support and information
to newandlong standing families with rabbits.
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Seeks volunteers to help adults who are struggling
to learn to read. Volunteers are need for two to four hours per week.
For more information, call Jackie Miller, literacy coordinator, at
916-264-2891
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Since 1982 the Sacramento Tree Foundation has educated
people on the benefits of trees and inspired them to plant trees and
care for the urban forest. You can join your neighbors and community
in ensuring our trees will care for us for generations to come by
becoming volunteering with the Sacramento Tree Foundation.
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For the ultimate in animal care, the Sacramento
Zoo offers an extensive program for volunteer docents who teach
visitors about animals and wildlife conservation. Docents, trained
in the rt of interpreting the natural world by studying basic biology
of reptiles, birds, and mammals, are an integral part of the Sacramento
Zoological Society Education Department. They assist with classes
and overnight visits for children and families, and they lead programs
for school groups and other special audiences. Classes begin January
10 and run into early March. Saturday classes also are offered. The
average fee is $70 per participant. For more information, call 264-5889
or visit saczoo.com.
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Senior Peer Counseling
Senior Peer Counseling
trains and matches volunteers with lonely, homebound seniors. Volunteers
visit an "older adult" once a week for an hour or so. For the senior,
it's having a friend drop by for some hot coffee and warm conversation.
For the volunteer, it's a chance to take time out from the day-to-day
routine to relax with someone who is very happy to see them. The peer
sessions might include shopping trips, park visits or just sitting
around having a good gabfest. Three socials events are held each year
for volunteers and their clients to meet and have fun. Lots of good
food, great door prize and entertainment are provided.
Senior Peer Counseling is a nonprofit, volunteer
human service organization. For more information, call 855-5444.
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Ever feel like "clowning around" to lift people's
spirits? Shriners Hospitals for Children
of Northern California trains volunteers for a number of traditional
and nontraditional projects, such as clowns and magicians for their
welcome programs. They are looking for individuals who would like
to work directly with patients or in an office setting as they assist
children with orthopedic conditions, spinal cord injuries and burns.
The hospital also invites volunteers to participate in its popular
artists in residence and pet therapy programs, which enrich hospital
experiences through visual and performing arts and visits with socially
oriented animals. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old.
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Valley Vision is dedicated
to creating a vision for the quality of life and the types of communities
we want to have in this region in the 21st century.
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The Volunteer Center gives
you the keys to hundreds of volunteer opportunities in the Sacramento
community. Over 150 nonprofit agencies, including museums, hospitals
and youth facilities are affiliated with the Volunteer Center.
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WEAVE is a nationally recognized
prevention and victim assistance. Established in 1978, WEAVE is supported
through government grants, individual, business and corporate giving
as well as volunteerism. WEAVE's mission is to reduce victim trauma,
promote recovery and decrease the incidence of domestic violence and
sexual assault in our community.
