Local Resources

The following volunteer agencies have been specially selected to assist volunteers and nonprofit organizations find one another. If you are a volunteer in need of assistance to find the perfect volunteer opportunity, contact the volunteer agency that serves your county from the list below. If you are a nonprofit agency that wishes to post volunteer opportunities in the statewide database, please contact your local volunteer agency. In the event that a volunteer agency from the list below does not cover your county, please contact us at CaliforniaVolunteers (cvmn@CaliforniaVolunteers.ca.gov).

Alameda and Contra Costa

Volunteer Center of the East Bay
Loraine Meuleners, Executive Director
2401 Shadelands Dr., Suite 112
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
lmeuleners@helpnow.org
(925) 472-5770
www.helpnow.org

Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara

Hands On Bay Area
Lou Reda
330 Townsend St., Suite 16
San Francisco, CA 94107
Lou@handsonbayarea.org
(415) 541-9616 x101
www.handsonbayarea.org

Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba

Logo for Caring Choices

Caring Choices Volunteer Center of Northern California
1398 Ridgewood Drive
Chico, CA 95973
(530) 899-3873
Toll free (866) 703-3873
www.caring-choices.org

Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne

Logo for Sierra NonProfit

Sierra NonProfit Services
Donna Wilson, Executive Director
591 S. Washington St.
Sonora, CA 95370
donna@sierranonprofit.org
(209) 533-1093
www.sierranonprofit.org

Fresno

Volunteer Center of Fresno County, Inc.
Nicole Smaria
1900 Mariposa Mall, Suite 114
Fresno, CA 93721-2525
nsmaira@vcfresno.org
(559) 237-3101
www.vcfresno.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Spanish, Hmong
Español: Lydia Flores (559) 237-3101 or lyflores@vcfresno.org
Hmong: Song Her (559) 237-3101 or soher@vcfresno.org

Humboldt

Volunteer Center of the Redwoods
Todd Metcalf, Volunteer Coordinator
3300 Glenwood St.
Eureka, CA 95501
vcom@a1aa.org
(707) 442-3711 x215
www.a1aa.org/vcor

Kern

Volunteer Center of Kern County
Brenda Ratliff, Executive Director
1400 Chester Avenue, Suite #J
Bakersfield, CA 93301
bratliffvc@yahoo.com
(661) 395-9787
www.volunteercenter.info

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: Isis (661) 395-9787

Los Angeles

The Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach
Sherry Saacke, Associate Director
1230 Cravens Avenue
Torrance, CA 90501
volopps@volctr-sobay.org
(310) 212-5009
www.volctr-sobay.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (310) 212-5009 or volopps@volctr-sobay.org

Los Angeles

Hands on Santa Clarita
Randy Phillips, Executive Director
P.O. Box 802890
Santa Clarita, CA 91380
office@scvrc.org
(661) 294-2573
www.volunteerinscv.org

Los Angeles

Volunteer Center of San Gabriel Valley
Pattie Tellez, Executive Director
119 West Palm Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016
ptellez@ci.monrovia.ca.us
(626) 256-8187
www.1800volunteer.org/1800Vol/VCSGV\

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (626) 792-6118 or vsgv1943@sbglobal.net

Los Angeles

LA Works
Gilbert Gonzalez, Director of Programs
570 West Avenue 26
Los Angeles, CA 90065
info@laworks.com
(323) 224-6510
www.laworks.com

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: Mark Meinhardt (323) 559-8500

Los Angeles

The Volunteer Center of Los Angeles
Brenda Castaneda, Director of Volunteer Involvement
8134 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 200
Panorama City, CA 91402
celebratela@vcla.net
(818) 908-5011
www.vcla.net

Non-English Language Capabilities: Spanish, Tagalog
Español: (818) 908-5148
Tagalog: (818)908-5149

Marin

Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin
Darlene Fiscus, Volunteer Services Assistant
555 Northgate Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903
dfiscus@cvnl.org
(415) 479-5710
www.centerforleadership.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Spanish, French, German, Russian and Hindi
Español: Joshua Castro (415) 479-5710 ext. 330

Mendocino

The Volunteer Network of Mendocino County
Tami Bartolomei, Program Director
413 N. State Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
tbartolomei@ncoinc.org
(707) 462-2596 x110
www.mendovolunteers.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (707) 462-1954 Ext. 323

Monterey

United Way Monterey County Logo

Volunteer Center of United Way Monterey County
Gilda Estrada, Volunteer Program Manager
901 Padre Drive
Salinas, CA 93901
gestrada@unitedwaymcca.org
(831)757-3206
www.volunteermontereycounty.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (831) 372-8026 or gorantes@unitedwaymcaa.org

Napa

Volunteer Center of Napa Valley
Katie Rubin, Program Manager
1820 Jefferson St.
Napa, CA 94559
katier@volunteernapa.org
(707) 252-6222
www.volunteernapa.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (707) 252-6222

Northern Santa Barbara County

Northern Santa Barbara County United Way
Edward Taylor, Chief Executive Officer
1660 South Broadway, Suite 201
Santa Maria, CA 93454
contact@uwcentralcoast.org
(805) 922-0329
www.uwcentralcoast.org

Orange

Volunteer Center of Orange County
Valerie Troup, Volunteer Services Manager
1901 East 4th Street, Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92705
vtroup@volunteercenter.org
(714) 953-5757 x119
www.volunteercenter.org

Placer

City of Roseville Volunteer Center
Lisa Achen, Manager, Volunteer Center
311 Vernon Street
Roseville, CA 95678
volunteer@roseville.ca.us
(916) 774-5209
www.MyVolunteerPage.com/Roseville

Riverside

Volunteer Connection
Belinda Jones, Director
2060 University Avenue, Suite 212
Riverside, CA 92507
bjones@vcrivco.org
(951) 686-4402 x116
www.vcrivco.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (951) 686-4402 or 211

Sacramento

Hands On Sacramento
Kathy Chow, Director
909 12th Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
info@handsonsacto.org
(916) 447-7063 x304
www.handsonsacto.org

San Bernardino

Hands On Inland Empire Logo

Hands On Inland Empire
Shalini Lall, Operations Manager
9624 Hermosa Ave.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
info@handsoninlandempire.org
(909) 980-2857 x228
www.handsoninlandempire.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español

San Diego

Volunteer San Diego
Sarah Adams, Director of Agency and Volunteer Services
4699 Murphy Canyon Road
San Diego, CA 92123
volunteer1@volunteersandiego.org
(858) 636-4131
www.volunteersandiego.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (858) 636-4131 or volunteer1@volunteersandiego.org

San Francisco and San Mateo

The Volunteer Center of San Francisco & San Mateo Counties
Jill Blackburn
1675 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
info@thevolunteercenter.net
(415) 982-8999
www.thevolunteercenter.net

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (415) 982-8999 Ext. 233

Santa Barbara County

United Way of Santa Barbara County
Jen Bowman, Community Impact Coordinator
320 E. Gutierrez Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
jbowman@unitedwaysb.org
(805) 965-8591
www.volunteersbc.org

Santa Clara

The Volunteer Center of Silicon Valley, Inc.
Richard Vega, Director of Information and Referral Services
1922 The Alameda, Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95126
irspecialist@vcsv.us
(408) 247-1126 x301
www.vcsv.us

Non-English Language Capabilities: Spanish, French and Vietnamese

Santa Cruz

Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz
Lois Connell, Associate Director
1010 Emeline Bldg. C
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
lois@scvolunteercenter.org
(831) 427-5070
www.scvolunteercenter.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español
Español: (831) 427-5070 or (831) 722-6708

Sonoma

Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
Eunice Valentine, Executive Director
153 Stony Circle, Suite 100
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
vcsc@volunteernow.org
(707) 573-3399
www.volunteernow.org

Stanislaus

United Way of Stanislaus County
Barbara Borba, Program Director
422 McHenry Avenue
Modesto, CA 95354
volunteer@uwaystan.org
(209) 524-1307
www.uwaystan.org

Non-English Language Capabilities: Español

Ventura

United Way of Ventura County
Marisa Lopez, Volunteer Coordinator
1317 Del Norte Road
Camarillo, CA 93010
mlopez@vcunitedway.org
(805) 485-6288
www.volunteerventuracounty.org