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Saratoga
Play live music for senior citizens in Saratoga, California
Opportunity Date: July 8, 2021
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Mill
Student volunteers needed to teach virtual guitar and piano lessons
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Virtual
Create cards for people in senior centers or hospitals with Smile Card
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Angeles
Virtual
Write letters to nursing home residents and other volunteering tasks
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Angeles
Donate supplies for unhoused individuals moving into a new home
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Virtual
Practice English conversation with Indonesian high school students
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Redwood City
Become a reading partner this Fall – make a lifelong impact on a child
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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San Bernardino
Serve the communities of San Bernadino by sorting food and more
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Virtual
Hopkinton
Upland
Volunteer with thrift store that supports homeless pet population
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Angeles
San Jose
Berkeley
Volunteer to assist with after school program for low-income youth at Ashby Lofts
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Oakland
Jurupa Valley
Virtual
Van Nuys
San Francisco
San Bernardino
Assist at events at The California Theatre of the Performing Arts
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Virtual
San Jose
North Highlands
Virtual
Teach and perform music for pediatric Cystic Fibrosis patients
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Virtual
Virtual
Virtual
DANVILLE
Long Beach
Help volunteer with Dream Catcher of L.A. Therapeutic Riding Center
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Fairfield
Help children and the community at Leaven After School Program
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Concord
Virtual
Start a virtual chapter of Young Americans Coalition for Unity
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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San Francisco
San Francisco
Santa Rosa
Petaluma
Benefit your community by helping out at Sacks Hospice Thrift Store
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Mission Viejo
Virtual
San Pablo
Virtual
Thousand Oaks
Napa
Richmond
Varies throughout Contra Costa/Solano county
San Diego
San Diego
San Rafael/Ross
Concord
Orinda
Oakland
Escondido
Encinitas
Encinitas
Oakland
Increase your STEM and job skills by working at the Chabot Space & Science Center
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Berkeley
Support students learning remotely in Berkeley’s Public Schools
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
Lakeside
Folsom
Be a mechanical staff for the Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Folsom
Carmichael
Various places in Sacramento area
Sacramento
San Diego
Rancho Cucamonga
Santa Rosa
La Canada
Become a member of the Teen Advisory Board at La Canada Flintridge’s Library
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Sacramento
Varies
Volunteer with the Pasadena Humane Society at offsite locations
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Angeles (Westchester)
Van Nuys
Become a hygeine program ambassador and help give showers to those in need
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Angeles
Gardena
Throughout Los Angeles
Huntington Beach
Riverside
Menifee
Westminster
Virtual
Lake Elsinore
Long Beach
Provide food, clothing, shelter and spiritual guidance to the homeless
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Santa Monica
Santa Monica
La Canada
Camarillo
Students and Homeschoolers – Volunteer with Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force Auxiliary (Group 4-61)
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Santa Monica
Volunteer with the Santa Monica Public Library Friends of the Library
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Newport Beach
Write thank you notes for animal charity & use donor management software
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Alamitos
Volunteer with Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force Auxiliary (Group 7-153)
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Can be performed virtually or at a nearby cemetery
Preserve the past by taking photos of and transcribing gravestones
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Alamitos
Anywhere in Los Angeles
Upland
Volunteer with Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force Auxiliary (Group 3-25)
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Thousand Oaks
Volunteer for on-going children’s and senior programs and events
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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San Jose
Volunteer to help homeless residents by building temporary shelters
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Virtual
Virtual
Virtual
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Hacienda Heights
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Bell
Volunteer with Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force Auxiliary (Group 1-138)
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Pasadena
Gardena
Pasadena
Get involved in Los Angeles River protection and restoration efforts
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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La Verne
Rowland Heights
Lancaster
Stitch a Memory Bear or Memory Pillow and create a forever friend
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster
Make real public policy change for those living with Alzheimer’s
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles
virtual
Yorba Linda
Start a chapter of an environmental and society based organization
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Bellflower
Pack and deliver groceries for the financially distressed, immuno-compromised, and seniors
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Los Angeles
Virtual
Virtual
Start a fundraiser to aid those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Opportunity Date: Ongoing
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Fremont
San Jose
San Jose
