Community Service Semester 1 Options
For the first semester, student teams will work together in groups to work in the community. You must select options from the following community service volunteer list to work for during the entire semester. The list includes the name of the place, an address, a contact person, and a brief job description.
*Argonaut Elementary School: 13200 Shadow Mountain Drive, Saratoga, CA 95070 ~ 408-867-4773 Opportunities for students include helping out with lunch duty (watching the kids, helping with rules for the games etc.) and working in the classroom with teachers to help grading or individually help kids.
*Almaden Care and Rehabilitation Center:2065 Los Gatos Almaden Road, San Jose, CA 95124 Contact: Teresita (408) 377-9275: Help out in activities such as card games, Yahtzee, provide manicures to the female patients, reading/reviewing current events or just spending some time one on one with some residents who enjoy having someone to talk to. There is also potential projects to manage if you ask the community service manager (last year this included the renovation of the courtyard for the residents and development of a website).
Emergency Housing ConsortiumP.O. Box 2346 San Jose Ca 95109-2346, 294-2100 x204. (Little Orchard Street) Students may choose to tutor a child, serve a meal, work on a special project, or participate in one of the many other volunteer opportunities at EHC, you will make a difference in the community, ending homelessness one life at a time.
Deer Hollow Farm:Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve Los Altos, CA 94024 contact Bridget Brown (650) 903-6430 Volunteers will assist staff and volunteers in the orchard, an acre of fruit trees. Duties will include pruning trees, thinning fruit trees, watering, weeding, and non- commercial fertilizing. This option is available only in the second semester.
Family Living CenterP.O. Box 4555, Santa Clara, CA 95056 Judy Benner 748-8623 for students include tutoring a child, filling in at the reception desk, organizing the kitchen stockroom, providing office assistance, and participating in special events. Group opportunities include preparing and serving a meal, conducting a donation/fundraising drive, participating in special events, and refreshing current facilities with paint, cleaning, landscaping, etc.
Foothill School867-4036 13919 Lynde Ave. 408-867-4036 Opportunities for students include helping out with lunch duty (watching the kids, helping with rules for the games etc.) and working in the classroom with teachers to help grading or individually help kids.
*Louise's Pantry Volunteerscontact Jim or Rebecca at (408) 278-2171 Volunteers will sort, pack and distribute food, help make sandwiches, bag rice & beans, and sort produce.
Martha’s Kitchen 311Willow Street San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 293-6111Jobs for groups here include helping prepare and serve meals to needy families and survey them on the positive and negative aspects of the aid.
Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Fatima Villa 20400 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd. Saratoga CA 95070 Phone: 408-741-2950 Help out in activities such as card games, reading/reviewing current events or just spending some time one on one with some residents who enjoy having someone to talk to. There is also potential projects such as helping in the business office.
Our City Forest: 595 Park Avenue Suite 100 San José, CA 95110 (408) 99-TREES. Our City Forest is a small nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and supporting citizens in the planting, caring and appreciation of the urban forest throughout Santa Clara County. Most of the opportunity would be related to office work, but your contribution would definitely help plant more trees in the South Bay Area. See website @ also download volunteer information @
Sacred Heart Community Service 1381 South First St. San Jose, CA 95110 ontact Sowmya or Jim @(408) 278-2171 (12:20-2:15) This is an umbrella organization which provides many different opportunities for service to the community. They run Louise’s Food Pantry (see above), have opportunities in the Welcome Center, the Homework Club, and the Clothes Closet, Duties in the Welcome Center include introducing customers, giving info & referrals, help on phones, & assisting with data entry. Bilingual volunteers are especially needed. Duties in the Homework Center include: helping children Grades 1st-10th with academic work, computers, and arts & crafts. Duties in the clothes closet include helping ensure our customers receive free clothing by hanging & sorting clothes, waiting on customers, greeting donors & accepting clothing donations. There are spots for one group here on both Monday and Thursday and another group on Monday only (perhaps the group could work at Hidden Village on Thursday)
Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department298 Garden Hill DriveLos Gatos, CA 95032 Contact Heidi Phone: (408) 355-2254Email:
Volunteers can help in providing visitor services, and in protecting and enhancing parklands at Stevens Creek, Vasona, or Sanborn Park.
*Saratoga Elementary School 14592 Oak Street, Saratoga, CA 95070 Ph: 408-867-3476 Opportunities for students include helping out with lunch duty (watching the kids, helping with rules for the games etc.) and working in the classroom with teachers to help grading or individually help kids.
Second Harvest Food Bank 750 Curtner Avenue, San Jose CA. 95125Lynn Lovely(408) 266-8866 (or) are needed to help with food collection, sorting, and distribution of food for the needy.
Services for Brain Injury2731 N. First Street Suite 100 San Jose, CA 95134 contact Karen at (408) 434-2277 x101 Volunteers will assist brain injured people to reach their highest level of independent living through accessible, affordable services, and to provide support for their caregivers. They can also choose to work on projects such as computer work, website construction etc. Students must be willing to show some initiative and find ways to help when not directly assigned things to do.