ways to give

Volunteer Opportunities

Are you looking for a way to help girls, women, and their families in your community? The YWCA San Francisco & Marin has a variety of volunteer opportunities. Prefer hands-on work with our clients? You can mentor a teenager, lead a group of younger children in enrichment activities, or guide public school students in exploring career options. Want to help around the office? Lend your administrative and computer skills to support our FiftyPlus Employment Program’s Coordinator.

Please contact the program staff if you are interested in any of the following volunteer opportunities. If you would like to learn more about serving on our Board of Directors, please contact our Executive Director, Judy Case, at 415-479-YWCA.

NEST (Newcomer Elementary Student Tutorial) Program, San Francisco Chinatown

NEST After School Program and Summer Programs provide bilingual education and multi-cultural enrichment to Asian newcomers ages 6 to 13.

Job Description: Help youth with after school activities including reading, homework help, arts and crafts, and more. You can get involved in one of two ways:

Provide support to the Program Director for the NEST Afterschool Program, which is in session 1:30-5:30 Monday to Friday. Help youth with homework, reading, arts and crafts, computer lab workshops and more. The more volunteer support we have, the more individual attention each youth receives.

We also welcome volunteers who wish to share a specific skill, passion, or enrichment activity on an occasional or one-time basis. You might teach art, lead exercise classes, or give nutrition lessons in a one-hour long session of the Afterschool or Summer Program.

Commitment: Regular volunteers in the Afterschool Program are asked to be able to volunteer a few hours per week for one school term.

Contact Heather Mauer 415-788-5437

FiftyPlus Employment Program, San Rafael

Support a thriving employment readiness program for women 50 and older who are seeking re-entry into the work force. A volunteer is needed to support the Program Coordinator with administrative tasks such as database updates, computer file transfers, organizing email files, doing outreach, and more. This support will allow the program to help more clients find jobs.

Contact Betty Szudy 415-479-YWCA

Career Guide – Life Inc., San Francisco and Marin

Life, Inc. is an engaging, fun curriculum, divided into seven lessons. It is easy to facilitate and its pace can be adjusted to fit the youth you are serving.

Job Description: Teach and facilitate workshops to middle or high school youth in San Francisco and Marin public schools. Volunteers are responsible for keeping in contact with their assigned schools and for understanding the entire Life, Inc., curriculum.

Commitment: We ask that volunteers commit to one school year of service.

Contact Lynn Murphy 415-479-YWCA