Volunteer Opportunities - Children Services
UC Cooperative Extension
4-H Program
Do you enjoy interacting, teaching and mentoring the future movers, shakers and leaders of tomorrow? If the answer is yes, becoming a 4-H adult volunteer and club leader may be for you. 4-H isn’t about cookies and cows anymore - youth can study and learn about science literacy, veterinary science, citizenship, public speaking, photography and foods and nutrition to name just a few. Through hands-on learning and positive youth-adult partnerships youth acquire knowledge and develop life skills that enable them to find and focus their energy into their passions while also giving back to the community.
Volunteer Coordinator:
Leah Taylor
(619) 829-3753
leataylor@ucanr.edu
Health & Human Services
HHSA All Programs Coordinator
HHSA offers volunteer opportunities to assist with providing a broad range of health and social services, promoting wellness, self-sufficiency, and a better quality of life for all individuals and families in San Diego County.
Volunteer Coordinator:
Sheri Boose
(858)
495-5225
Personnel.HHSA@sdcounty.ca.gov
HHSA Child Welfare Services - Foster Youth Mentor
The Foster Youth Mentor Program (FYMP) provides mentors to youth starting at age 6 in the San Diego County Foster Care system. A volunteer mentor can be a significant help for a foster youth by being a consistent person in the child's life.
Volunteer Coordinator:
CWSFYMP.HHSA@sdcounty.ca.gov
More on volunteering with Foster Youth
HHSA Child Welfare Services – A.B. and Jessie Polinsky Children’s Center
Polinsky emergency shelter volunteers provide special attention and activities for the children at PCC. This may include helping children up to 18 years of age with homework, gardening, art projects, sports, and social activities.
Volunteer Coordinator:
Elizabeth Rosas
(619)
336-5711
elizabeth.rosas@sdcounty.ca.gov
Library
Volunteers perform a variety of duties, including, but not limited to: presenting and assisting with branch events, tutoring adult literacy learners, reading to children, helping students with homework, leading book discussion groups, etc.
Volunteer Coordinator:
Renuka Pottathil
(858)
694-2429
renuka.pottathil@sdcounty.ca.gov
Parks & Recreation
Our award-winning park system features 154 facilities across 56,000 acres of land, including parks, camping parks, sports parks, community and teen centers, open-space preserves, nature centers, and historic sites. Some 380 miles of trails take visitors through multiple climates and habitats - from the coast to the desert and the valleys to the mountains.
That is a lot of outside! To maintain, operate, and enjoy these incredible locations, we engage local community members who volunteer their time so everyone can experience “the upside of outside” throughout San Diego County!
Volunteer Coordinator:
Tony Richardson (858)
966-1335
ParksVolunteer@sdcounty.ca.gov
