Volunteer Opportunities & Resources

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Volunteer Opportunities

Heron's Head Park Volunteer Opportunity every 2nd Saturday of the month 9 am- 12 pm,
Cargo Way & Jenning St, SF CA 94124
contact: Myla Ablog | heronshead@lejyouth.org | http://lejyouth.org/

Volunteer Resources

  • Many of our partners offer opportunities to volunteer. Please check their websites for more information.
  • Bay Area High School Environmental Network
  • BayIt: Bay Interpretive Training Program: Volunteers needed for an extensive training program covering many Bay and habitat topics with special emphasis on how to teach. Program accepts applicants any time but season starts October 18 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. For more information, call Patty Donald at 510-644-8623 or email pdonald@ci.berkeley.ca.us.
  • Berkeley Partners for Parks is an umbrella group for neighborhood and other Berkeley groups carrying out projects in local parks. Opportunities: Varied and changing volunteer opportunities including gardening, construction, and research. Contact www.bpfp.org for list of current opportunities.
  • Berkeley Marina Experience Program, Shorebird Nature Center, 160 University Ave. (Berkeley Marina). Opportunities: training for docents who lead school groups learning Bay ecology; summer volunteering opportunities including boating classes, organizing Coastal Cleanup. Hosts groups in shoreline cleanups, etc. Contact Patty Donald at 510 644 8623 or pdonald@ci.berkeley.ca.us.
  • Berkeley Path Wanderers Assn. seeks to restore and enhance Berkeley's pedestrian path network. Opportunities: Work parties for groups of 10 or more, installing simple steps, improving drainage, etc. on hill paths. Occasional work parties for general public. "Adopt-a-path" taking on simple maintenance of specific paths. Contact 841 8732 (adopt a path) or 524 4715.
  • California Native Plant Society East Bay Restoration Team: Seeks to control invasive non-native weeds. Opportunities: Work parties every first Saturday to combat invasive non-native plants in wide variety of locations. Contact Sarah Ginskey, 558 8139, artorganic@sbcglobal.net.
  • Earth Team is a collaborative network connecting Bay Area teenagers, teachers and youth leaders with numerous environmental, educational, and government organizations.
  • East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden Park showcases California native plants. Opportunities: Periodic training for docents to lead school and other groups; propagating natives for sale. Contact: 841 8732.
  • Friends of Five Creeks seeks to protect and restore the creeks and watersheds of North Berkeley, Albany, Kensington, and south El Cerrito and Richmond. Opportunities: Monthly restoration work parties; work parties organized for groups of 10 or more; water-quality monitoring including automated data loggers, testing for sewage pollution; frog-calling survey in late winter; staffing fairs, festivals, parades; thesis and other research opportunities and ideas. Contact 510 848 9358 or 5creeks@aol.com.
  • Friends of Strawberry Creek seeks to protect and restore Strawberry Creek and its watershed. Opportunities: Periodic work parties, advocacy, can arrange some work parties for large groups. Contact info@strawberrycreek.org or 510 848 4008.
  • Native Here Nursery: California Native Plant Society nursery in Tilden propagates local native plants. Opportunities: Seed gathering on Tuesdays; varied work in nursery, including learning propagation. Contact: Charli Danielsen, 549 0211, charlid@pacbell.net.
  • One Brick is a community volunteer organization that brings a social/networking element to volunteering, providing a fun and rewarding way to give back to the community. Through our volunteer projects, we provide Bay Area non-profit organizations with the much-needed labor to carry out their visions. At the same time we also foster an environment in which to meet people, both socially and professionally. And after each event, we gather at a local bar or restaurant for food, drinks and additional conversation and networking.
  • PRBO Conservation Science is looking for qualified individuals for many internship positions
  • Save The Bay's Community-Based Restoration program partners with resource agencies to involve local schools, corporate groups, non-profit organizations, and community volunteers in restoring wetland, creek, oyster, and island habitats at six sites around San Francisco Bay.  Student and community volunteers assist with invasive species removal, native seed collection and propagation, outplantings for revegetation projects, creek and shoreline clean-ups, and restoration site monitoring.  The activities are easy to learn and help us make a positive impact on the health of these Bay habitats.  Please contact Marilyn Latta (mlatta@savesfbay.org) at Save The Bay for more information or Denise Shea (dshea@savesfbay.org) to sign-up for a project.  More info and schedule of projects is on our website at http://www.savesfbay.org/getinvolved/restorewetland/.  There are also opportunities to volunteer for Save The Bay's Speakers Bureau, tabling events, bay outings, and in the office- please contact us to find a way for you to get involved!
  • Volunteer Match sets up volunteers with volunteer opportunities.Volunteers enter their ZIP code on the VolunteerMatch web site to find volunteer opportunities posted by nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations.