Volunteer Opportunities

Links to other volunteers opportunities for the City of Stockton are located on the left of this page.

Below is a listing of volunteer opportunities published in The Record on October 02, 2007.

• American Cancer Society Discovery Shop: Volunteers are needed for a variety of positions. The Discovery Shop is located at 207 E. Alpine Ave. Call Jackie Ronzone at (209) 941-2737.
• American Diabetes Association-San Joaquin Chapter: Needs help with a variety of office and fund-raising projects. (209) 472-2080.
• American Lung Association: Volunteers are needed to assist in programs such as distribution of educational materials at health fairs, educating youth and adults in schools and businesses and assisting staff with fund-raising activities. (209) 478-1888.
• Arc-San Joaquin: Serving persons with developmental disabilities and their families since 1954.. Please call Sharon at (209) 955-1625.
• Armchair Travelers: Share a national or international trip with 40 senior citizens at Delta College. Call Dot Robinson at (209) 957-5427.
• AseraCare Hospice: Learn how to be a comfort to a dying person and their loved ones. For more information, call Linda Amador, volunteer coordinator, (209) 474-8349.
• Camlu Retirement Community: Volunteer for the garden fitness walk, board games, cards, sing-a-longs or just socializing . (209) 951-2030.
• Catholic Charities: Needs volunteers to become companions to homebound seniors. (209) 948-1582.
• Community Blind Center: Simple sewing in its weaving department and ceramics. 130 W. Flora St. (209) 466-3836.
• Court Appointed Special Advocates: Trained volunteers research a case, interview parties involved, make recommendations to the court and lend support to the children. (209) 644-5313.
• Dameron Hospital Auxiliary: Openings are available at the coffee cart, reception desk, surgery information desk and the gift shop in sales. If your preference is sewing or making crafts, there are openings in boutique gifts or puppets. Call (209) 461-3152 and ask for the front desk.
• Delta Blood Bank: Volunteer drivers are needed to transport units of blood to the Stockton Laboratory, 65 N. Commerce St., and to local hospitals. (209) 473-6471.
• Emergency Food Bank: Volunteers are needed for office/clerical work, truck driving and general warehouse and food handling duties. (209) 464-7369.
• Golden Haven Residential Care Facility: Volunteer opportunities for those willing to help Alzheimer's patients. (209) 464-4743.
• Gospel Center Rescue Mission: For more information, please visit www.gcrms.org/volunteers
  
• Haggin Museum: Docents needed to welcome visitors and provide tours of galleries. (209) 940-6315.
• Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP): Volunteers needed as counselors to help medical beneficiaries navigate Medicare issues. Counseling sites in Lodi, Manteca and Stockton. Call for information. (209) 470-7812.
• Hospice Preferred Choice: Applications are being accepted for volunteers to visit terminally ill adults and their families in the Stockton and Lodi area. (209) 467-8902.
• Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program: The Department of Aging is seeking volunteers to assist people residing in long-term care facilities. Volunteers are trained and state-certified to investigate and resolve problems for residents in long-term care facilities. They also serve as mediators, resolving complaints on residents' rights, financial matters and abuse issues, dietary needs, exploitation, neglect, Advanced Health Care Directives and other concerns. (209) 468-3785.
• Meadowood Health and Rehab Center: Located on same campus with O'Connor Woods, 3110 Wagner Heights Road. (209) 956-3444.
• Mediation Center of San Joaquin County: Volunteers are needed to serve as mediators. Also seeking presenters to promote and teach conflict resolution skills. (209) 474-8794.
• Retired Senior Volunteer Program: RSVP of San Joaquin County helps people age 55 and older find service opportunities in their home communities. Participants serve in organizations that range from hospitals and youth recreation centers to local police stations and education facilities. Call Olivia Briesmeister at (800) 510-2020 or (209) 468-2208.
• Road to Recovery program: The American Cancer Society needs drivers to transport cancer patients to and from their treatments. (209) 941-2679.
• S.T.A.R.S.: Sheriff's Team of Active Retired Seniors is looking for volunteers. Must be age 50 or older. (209) 468-4622 or (209) 468-4469.
• SJC American Red Cross: Volunteers are needed in Tracy and the rest of San Joaquin County. The American Red Cross helps communities prepare and respond to disasters. Call Harper at (209) 466-6971.
• St. Joseph's Medical Center: Assist with visitor information, mail, newspaper and flower delivery to patients; transporting patients to their rooms or to X-ray; assisting in the gift shop, providing gifts and information to new mothers and more. (209) 467-6527.
• St. Mary's Interfaith Dining Room: Needs kitchen helpers; clothes sorters/distributors in women's/men's departments; volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses and hygienists; interpreters; project organizers; gardeners. (209) 467-0703.
• Stockton Animal Shelter Friends: Pet lovers needed at the Adopt-A-Pet Center, 7475 Murray Drive, Suite 19, for pet adoption counseling, animal care and transport, general office duties, special event planning and temporary foster homes for puppies and kittens. (209) 956-3647 or (209) 937-7096.
• Stockton Interfaith Caregiver Program: Provide volunteer assistance for seniors 60 and older who live at home and want to maintain their independence, dignity and quality of life. (209) 461-5112.
• Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library: Looking for volunteers to read to children up to age 5 and to provide parents with role models for reading aloud and engaging children in reading. Call (209) 937-8929 or e-mail RORSJ@ci.stockton.ca.us.
• Stockton Shelter for the Homeless: Volunteers for painting, cooking, arts and crafts, story time. (209) 465-3612.
• Troke Branch Library: Volunteers needed for checking in material and other library tasks. 502 W. Benjamin Holt Drive. (209) 937-7000.
• Valley Gardens Health Care Center: Read to residents, provide one-on-one visits, write letters or play music. (209) 957-4539.
• VIPS: Volunteers in Police Service: Support day-to-day operations of the department. (209) 937-8477.

Other Resources:

• University of the Pacific