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After-school Programs

Volunteers to work with kids in the community garden project, lead healthy cooking classes, help with homework, organize sports activities, help with computer use, or other assistance for this busy after-school program for youth. Opportunities are both at the main site and/or at several school sites.

Hours: Weekdays at after-school hours.
Clearance: Obtain TB test and fingerprinting before volunteer position begins.
Orientation: Arrange for an orientation as soon as you contact your supervisor.

Ongoing volunteers to provide assistance with homework and computer lab activities.

Hours: Individually arranged between the student and the site.
Clearance: Individually arranged between the student and the site.
Orientation: To be arranged between the instructor and the organization.

Need short-term or semester long volunteers in after-school programs for girls, such as WOW (Watch out World) for 3rd-5th grade girls, or Girl-Start for 1st-3rd grade girls. Volunteers assist in a range of activities, including games, homework help, sports, and creative projects.

Hours: Generally after-school hours; 3:30-5:00 Mondays through Thursdays
Clearance: Fingerprinting required; information provided at mandatory orientation
Orientation: Volunteers must attend 3-hour volunteer orientation, 6-9 PM on a specific date; contact supervisor for more details

Volunteers to help children with reading, writing, and homework activities in the Mini Learning Center (MLC)

Hours: Weekday, after-school hours.
Clearance: Individually arranged.
Orientation: An application displaying English and proofreading ability must be submitted to Karen Wilson.

Long and short-term volunteers to help children with reading and homework activities after school.

Hours: Weekday, after-school hours. Volunteers will have to create a schedule before service begins and attend to it consistently until committed hours are fulfilled.
Clearance: Individually arranged.
Orientation: Volunteers are to come during an after-school homework session and meet the coordinators.

Animal Shelter

Volunteers to assist in the rescue, care, and adoption of dogs, cats and rabbits coming from Castro Valley, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, and the unincorporated parts of Hayward, in an animal shelter. In the volunteer office, duties include mopping the floor and cleaning litter boxes and cages, and also feeding, watering, brushing, petting and playing with cats, and with support, medicating cats. Volunteers in the shelter will feed cats and dogs.

Hours: Shifts exist between 11:30 AM and 5:30 PM daily. Specific hours on certain days will call for different duties than other shifts.
Clearance: A completed and approved shelter volunteer form is required upon arrival at an orientation. Students have to specify their involvement in the Chabot College Service-Learning Partnership.
Orientation: An hour-long orientation is held on a weekly basis every Saturday at 1:00 PM. Appointments are not necessary to attend so prospective volunteers should simply walk into an orientation.

Childcare

Volunteers to provide support to the Chabot College Childcare Center. Volunteers will assist in scheduled daily activities, and will have an opportunity to lead individually designed programs.

Hours: Weekdays between 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Some evenings between 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
Clearance: Fingerprinting and TB testing is required of students. Students may start service without clearance but will only be allowed to claim 2 hours before complete clearance is passed.
Orientation: A group orientation and screening will be held specifically for service-learning students.

Education

Volunteers to tutor Middle and High School Native American youth in basic core subjects. Must be able to commit to a Monday & Wednesday or Tuesday & Thursday schedule.

Hours: Monday and Wednesday: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (Middle School students) Tuesday and Thursday: 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM (High School students)
Clearance: A clean driving record and valid CA license is required.
Orientation: Individually arranged between the student and the organization.

Ongoing and short-term volunteering to tutor writing and reading and/or math skills, design and lead fun reading and writing and/or math activities in middle school classrooms.

Hours: School hours and after-school hours
Clearance: TB (available on campus), fingerprinting, and set procedures; site coordinator will assist with fingerprinting procedures. Forms to be given to Mrs. Connors (Anthony Ochoa Middle School Administration)
Orientation: English or Math instructor for briefing

Long and short-term volunteers to work 1-on-1 with elementary school students as a Reading Specialist and give general assistance to teachers. Spanish-speaking volunteers are especially welcomed.

Hours: Individually arranged.
Clearance: Fingerprinting and a completed and approved "Volunteer Hayward" packet are required.
Orientation: Contact Joellen Anderson to arrange an orientation.

Volunteers to provide support in a K-12, hearing-impaired youth educational community. Examples of existing volunteer opportunities include volunteering in the classroom, in offices, in the Student Health Center, and in the cottages in the evenings, helping students with homework and their evening/night preparations. The variety of amount of volunteer opportunities is decided by the volunteer's age, interest, and ability to sign.

Hours: Individually arranged between the student and the site.
Clearance: A completed and approved volunteer application, TB testing and fingerprinting is required, and potential volunteers may not start any service until they are cleared. Fingerprinting must be done at the site, after the site receives the student's TB results (TB test may be done at Chabot at no cost to the student). As the processing time is dependent on the DoJ and may take from days to weeks, the site recommends that the applicant begin this process as early as possible.
Orientation: Individually arranged between the student and the site.

Volunteers to provide elementary school math tutoring.

Hours: Weekday after-school hours.
Clearance: TB (available on campus), fingerprinting, and set procedures; site coordinator will assist with fingerprinting procedures.
Orientation: To be arranged between the instructor and the organization.

Ongoing and short-turn volunteering in general assistance in a 5th grade, elementary school classroom.

Hours: Weekday school hours
Clearance: Individually arranged
Orientation: To be arranged between the instructor and the site coordinator.

Environmental Services

Volunteers to help with environmental education for the public as well as daily activities at the Center. Volunteers will also assist, with training and supervision, animal care and rehabilitation, cleaning, and feeding.

Hours: Shifts run from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM and 1:30 to 5:00 PM.
Clearance: Contact site for clearance information.
Orientation: Contact Tia or Laurie for information on orientation and training.

Short to long-term volunteers to participate in groups picking up garbage at Lake Merritt on a regular basis. Volunteers may also participate at a special Saturday session that consist of 45 minute discussion on the ecology of Lake Merritt and a 2 1/2 hour clean-up session afterwards.

Hours: Regular clean-up sessions: 10:00 AM Tuesdays and 10:30 AM Saturdays
Clearance: Individually arranged.
Orientation: To be arranged between the instructor and the organization.

Long-term volunteers to care for animals, providing wildlife rehabilitation and assist in cleaning and feeding. Volunteers must commit to 3-4 hours per week, and 1 year of service (past the duration of the semester). Prospective volunteers should contact the site to confirm if the site is in need of volunteers.

Hours: Shifts take place at 8:30 pm to 12:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Clearance: Individually arranged. A volunteer form from the site must be completed and approve.
Orientation: Training and supervision provided. Contact Gracie to arrange an orientation.

Family Services

Ongoing and short-term volunteering to work with kinship caregivers, families who adopt their own kin but do not receive assistance for special needs like in the fostering system.

Hours: Individually arranged
Clearance: TB testing (available on campus)
Orientation: To be arranged between the instructor and the organization.

Volunteers to be structured activity coordinators for children in an after-school program. The site is located

Hours: After-school hours, individually scheduled between the student and the site.
Clearance: Individually disclosed between the student and the site.
Orientation: Students should individually arrange an orientation date with Vicky Haney. On the arranged date, students are to arrive at the Southgate school office and ask for Vicky.

Gay And Lesbian

Volunteers to man the front desk for a gay and lesbian rights organization and recreational center.

Hours: Individually arranged.
Clearance: Individually arranged.
Orientation: To be arranged between the instructor and site coordinator.

Health

Short or long-term volunteers to greet and orient visitors, and other tasks in assisting the functioning of the hospital.

Hours: Individually arranged.
Clearance: Contact Raina for clearance requirements.
Orientation: Training will be provided. Students contact Raina to arrange an orientation.

Nutrition

Volunteers to participate in a community nutrition program, by working in an organic garden or in healthy cooking and nutrition classes at various local schools, or at a nutrition information stand at a school’s farmers market. Fall volunteers participate through the planning phases of the project and spring volunteers participate in the activity phase.

Hours: Individually arranged.
Clearance: TB (available on campus)and fingerprinting; site coordinator will assist in fingerprinting procedures.
Orientation: To be arranged between the instructor and the organization.

Political Awareness

Volunteers to participate in the League of Women Voters' mission in raising political awareness in the community and increasing voter turn-out. Volunteers will participate in a student outreach program, which has them appear in local classrooms and give presentations on voter awareness and an opportunity to become a registered voter. Other opportunities are open to volunteers upon interest.

Hours: Individually scheduled between the student and the organization, dependent upon the type of project the student takes on.
Clearance: Individually disclosed between the student and the organization.
Orientation: Individually arranged between the student and one of the site supervisors.

Poverty And Homelessness

Growing Youth food security project Volunteers to work alongside formerly homeless APC residents in maintaining a community garden, promoting self-sustainability and a healthy, positive lifestyle.

Hours: Individually arranged between the student and the organization every Saturday.
Clearance: A completed and approved volunteer application sheet by the student is required to begin service. Forms can be attained by e-mailing Maxine.
Orientation: Students should establish an orientation and first day of service with Maxine.

Short and long-term volunteers to take part in an organization that helps formerly homeless and low-income families. Programs that a volunteer may take part in include but are not limited to varying youth services, self-sustainability education, a nursery project growing organic produce for the residents, and a community bicycle shop.

Hours: Individually arranged between the organization and the student.
Clearance: A completed and approved volunteer application sheet by the student is required to begin service. Forms can be attained by e-mailing Maxine.
Orientation: Students should establish an orientation and first day of service with Maxine.

Volunteers to provide aid to residents in an emergency shelter for women and children. The location to either site, in Alameda or San Leandro, is disclosed to students on an individual basis. Most volunteers will assist in general children's programming, such as baking cookies, beading projects, and t-shirt decorating, among others. Volunteers can also, with arrangement, provide after-school tutoring, serve dinner to residents, or work on special weekend projects.

Hours: Shifts are available from Sunday to Thursday, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Students will individually arrange their schedule with the site.
Clearance: A completed and approved volunteer application, background check, and confidentiality agreement is required before starting service.
Orientation: An hour-long orientation is held specifically for Chabot service-learning students, organized between the Chabot service-learning program and the site. The mandatory confidentiality agreement is completed at this time.

Volunteers construct affordable housing for formerly-homeless and low-income families. Volunteers do all aspects of construction, directed by site leaders. No experience neccessary.

Hours: Most construction shifts are all-day shifts (8:30 AM- 4:30 PM), but half-day shifts can be arranged.
Clearance: None required
Orientation: Orientations are held at the Community Reformed Church in East Oakland, 457 Capistrano Dr, from 10-11 AM every Saturday. Sign up by going to the Habitat website at www.habitateb.org, or by calling the volunteer coordinator. Orientation not neccessary for short-term (1 or 2-day) volunteers. A brief information session about the mission and purpose of Habitat for Humanity precedes each day of building.

Senior Citizens

Short and long-term volunteers to participate in a variety of activities with elderly and disabled residents, working with and assisting residents individually or in groups. Activities include reading, watching movies, playing games, and room visiting residents on a consistent basis. Unique projects are also welcomed, examples include gardening, presenting musical talent or pet animals, book club, or recording a resident’s life story for an oral history project, or any idea approved by a supervisor.

Hours: Flexible weekday hours between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM
Clearance: TB testing and completion of volunteer paperwork prior to starting duties.
Orientation: Contact Activities Director for information on orientation. May be held in a group setting.

Short and long-term volunteers to interact with residents within an elderly retirement community. Duties include providing individual assistance to residents during a group game activity, such as reading and hearing aid, resident visits on a consistent basis in common areas, assisting in decoration for holiday activities, or sitting at the front desk to receive phone calls and guests when it is necessary. Unique projects are welcomed, examples such as story telling, an oral history project, building flower boxes friendly to elderly and disabled residents, or any idea approved by a supervisor.

Hours: Individually arranged between the student and the supervisor.
Clearance: Completed volunteer application.
Orientation: Individually arranged between the student and the supervisor; ask for volunteer information.

Assist with and/or lead a wide range of activities for elderly and disabled residents. Activities may include visiting and reading with patients, organizing with games or other activities, assisting patients in groups or individually.

Hours: Flexible daytime weekday hours, between 8 AM- 4 PM.
Clearance: TB test required. May be obtained at the Chabot Student Health Center, free of charge.
Orientation: Contact Activities Director to set up an orientation

Youth Programs

Long-term volunteers to be trained to go into schools and teach children self-protective strategies. Training provided.

Hours: Hours are flexible and during school hours.
Clearance: Need to obtain TB test and fingerprinting (talk to supervisor about this; usually they use the fingerprinting service at the Alameda County Office of Education, 313 West Winton Ave, Hayward, CA 94544-1198, tel 670-7711).
Orientation: Arrange for an orientation as soon as you contact your supervisor.