CAS Directory/ Contacts

Below is a list of links that you might use when looking for that perfect CAS
opportunity.
The fact that these links are listed here is in no way a suggestion of support,
either
implicit or implied, of these organizations and what they stand for, but
merely a resource
that you might use when trying to find a CAS opportunity that suits you, your
interests
and personality.

Search Engines
National
www.volunteermatch.org
www.servenet.org
Sacramento
www.volunteersacramento.org

School Clubs & Electives

The Torch Newspaper
Yearbook
Teacher Aide/Tutor (depending on what you’re doing!)
Amnesty International
Hidaya Leadership Society
(any other club you start/ join)

International Volunteer Opportunities

Global Works
1113 South Allen Street
State College, PA 16801
(814) 867-7000
www.globalworksinc.com
Cross-Cultural Solutions
www.crossculturalsolutions.org
International Volunteer Programs Association
www.volunteerinternational.org
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org
Earth Action Network
www.earthaction.org
Association of World Citizens
www.worldcitizens.org
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
www.theaward.org
Habitat for Humanity International
www.habitat.org
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
www.icbl.org
The Jane Goodall Centre
vax.wcsu.edu/cyberchimp/homepage.html
Street Kids International
www.streetkids.org
Volunteers for Peace: International Work camps
www.vfp.org
War Child
www.warchild.org

National Volunteer Opportunities

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc.
www.alznorcal.org
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
www.aafa.org
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
www.bbbs-sac.org
Epilepsy Foundation
www.efa.org
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
www.jdrf.org/norcal
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
www.leukemia-lyphoma.org
Lupus Foundation, Inc
www.saclupus.org
March of Dimes, Birth Defects Foundation
www.marchofdimes.com/california
Muscular Dystrophy Association
www.mda.org
National Council of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
www.ncadd.org
National Kidney Foundation
www.kidneymd.org/support/volunteer.cfm
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
www.nationalmssociety.org
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance, Inc.
www.firstcandle.org
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Sacramento
www.ucpsacto.org
Local Volunteer Opportunities
American Red Cross
Sacramento Sierra Chapter
2928 Volunteer Lane, #100
(916) 368-3130
emeryj@sacsierraredcross.org
www.sacsierraredcross.org
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Sacramento
www.bgcsac.org
City Animal Shelter
2127 Front Street
(916) 264-8166
pw.sacto.org/animalcare/volprograms.html
City of Sacramento Access Leisure Program
(916) 277-2340
www.cityofsacramento.org/parksandrecreation/ohs/access.htm
City of Sacramento Volunteer Program
Department of Human Resources/Administration
915 I Street, 2nd Floor
(916) 808-8317
mperry@cityofsacramento.org
www.cityofsacramento.org/volunteers
Communities in Schools of Sacramento
930 Alhambra Blvd., Suite 292
(916) 447-2477
County Animal Shelter
4290 Bradshaw Road
(916) 875-5848
www.sacanimalshelter.org/volunteer.htm
Creek Watch
Urban Creeks Council
4855 Hamilton Street
(916) 482-8377
Discovery Museum History Center
Science and Space Center
(916) 264-7057
El Camino Gardens
2426 Garfield Avenue, Carmichael
(916) 488-5722
camino@arvi.com
The First Tee of Greater Sacramento
4427 Freeport Blvd.
(916) 455-7888
nancy.gould@tftgs.org
www.thefirstteesacramento.org
Food Not Bombs
(916) 441-4812
sactofoodnotbombs@yahoo.com
home.pacbell.net/cicada3/fnb.htm
Hands on Sacramento
909 12th Street, Suite 200
(916) 447-7063 ext. 328
volunteers@handsonsacto.org
www.handsonsacto.org
Kids for Wish Kids Project
Make a Wish Foundation of Sacramento and Northern California
3841 N. Freeway Blvd., Suite 185
(916) 437-0206 Ext. 212
shaney@makeawish-sacto.org
www.makeawish-sacto.org
KVIE
2595 Capitol Oaks Drive
(916) 641-3593
lnelson@kvie.org
kvie.org/support/volunteer.htm
Meals on Wheels
Senior Nutrition Services
3013 D Street
(916) 875-3668
Project R.I.D.E.
8840 Southside Avenue, Elk Grove
(916) 685-7433
debs@projectride.org
www.projectride.org
Sacramento Children’s Home
2750 Sutterville Road
(916) 452-3981
judy.schefer@kidshome.org
Sacramento Food Bank Services
3333 Third Ave.
(916) 456-1980
www.sfbs.org
Sacramento Zoo
3930 West Land Park Dr.
(916) 264-7444
www.saczoo.com/1_about/_help_volunteer.htm
SMART Kids Tutoring
Whitney Elementary School
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15-4:15
Begins January 27th in Room 12
(916) 447-7156
pfong@cis-sacramento.org
Solemates
Girls on the Run
(916) 446-7274
taraseigel@sbcglobl.net
Subject: Solemates
Sutter Medical Center
(916) 733-8329
smcsvolunteerservices@sutterhealth.org
Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down!
American Lung Association of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails
909 12th Street
(916) 444-5864
smitchell@saclung.org
www.saclung.org
UC Davis Arboretum
Corner of California Avenue and La Rue Road on UC Davis campus, Davis
(530) 754-9126
almcguire@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Medical Health System
2315 Stockton Blvd.
7551 Madison Ave.
2261 Douglas Ave.
(916) 734-2401
web.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/volunteers
Volunteers of America
Greater Sacramento and Northern Nevada
(916) 442-3691
www.volunteersofamerica-sac.org
Volunteer Center of Sacramento
(916) 567-3100
hpjohnson@volunteersac.org
Weed Warriors
American River Parkway
(916) 213-4682
frankw2@pacbell.net