Additional Volunteer Resources
The referrals below are provided as information only. Please contact the organization listed for specific information regarding current volunteer opportunities. For a comprehensive list of volunteer opportunities in your area, please log on to www.volunteermatch.org
- Caregivers, Volunteers Assisting the Elderly - The basic assistance provided by CAREGIVERS volunteers permit many of these elders to remain in their own familiar & cherished surroundings longer than would otherwise be possible.
1765 Goodyear Ave., #205
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 658-8530
www.caregivers.org - FOODShare - Volunteers ensure that all food is sorted, packed and ready to go. They fill 1,900 brown bags with groceries weekly for low-income seniors. Volunteers make sure deliveries are on the road every weekday and much more.
4156 Southbank Road
Oxnard, CA 93036
(805) 983-7100 ext. 105.
www.foodshare.com - Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County – Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County was established in 1983. With donated land, labor and materials, we build homes in partnership with low-income families.
167 Lambert Street
Oxnard, CA 93036
(805) 485-6065
www.habitatventura.org - Humane Society - After attending an orientation, spend time socializing and training animals; assisting with kennel operations or attending special events to help staff information booths.
402 Bryant Street
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 646-6505
www.humanesocietyvc.org - Red Cross of Ventura County – The agency provides relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
2355 Portola Road.
Ventura, CA 93003
805-339-2234
www.arcventura.org - San Buenaventura Friends of the Library – The Ventura County Library has nine “Friends” groups that help support the library with fund-raising activities such as book sales. All money earned is given to the library to buy books.
San Buenaventura FOL
PO Box 403
Ventura CA 93002
E-mail: b.steele@adelphia.net
www.vencolibrary.org - School on Wheels – Tutors meet once a week with a child to help them learn to read and write, complete homework, or work on special projects/assignments. Tutor locations throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara County.
28128 Pacific Coast Highway, # 192
Malibu, CA 90265
1-800-923-1100
www.schoolonwheels.org - Surfrider Foundation, Ventura County Chapter – The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves, and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.
239 W. Main Street
Ventura,CA, 93001
(805) 667-2222
www.surfrider.org/ventura/ - United Way of Ventura County - United Way of Ventura County is an independent local, nonprofit organization made up primarily of volunteers who work to raise and allocate funds for a broad range of human service agencies in the community.
1317 Del Norte Road, Ste. 100
Camarillo, CA 93010
(805) 485-6288
www.VolunteerVenturaCounty.org - Ventura County Library Reading Program for Adults – The reading program is a volunteer based adult literacy tutoring program. Volunteers are trained to help adults improve basic literacy skills. Tutoring centers are located throughout Ventura County at libraries, community centers, schools, and jails.
Reading Program for Adults, 196 S. Fir Street, Suite 100
Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 641-4484
www.vencolibrary.org - Ventura County Rescue Mission – Volunteer duties consist of preparing food, for future meals, serving meals to the homeless, general kitchen and dining room clean up, dishwashing, staffing of reception area and answering phones, light typing and clerical work.
234 E. Sixth Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 487-1234 Ext-3180 - Ventura County Special Olympics - Opportunities to assist Ventura County Special Olympics expand its programs to individuals with intellectual disabilities. Opportunities include office assistance, public relations, speaker’s bureau, specific management of VCSO programs in a specified area of the county (oversee sports and fundraising, recruiting additional volunteers).
1559 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 206
Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 650-7717
www.vcso.org - Ventura Hillside Conservancy – The Mission of the Ventura Hillsides Conservancy is to "preserve the hillsides, canyons, and open space that contribute to the unique character and natural environment of the City of San Buenaventura and the surrounding region for the benefit of present and future generations."
P.O. Box 1284
Ventura, CA 93002
(805) 643-8044
www.venturahillside.org - Ventura Social Services Task Force – The task force works with local non-profit agencies to help the homeless in the community improve their quality of life by providing crisis assistance, job skill upgrading, supportive housing and money management counseling.
(805) 212-4856
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