Be the Difference
Are you interested in volunteering your time to support our programs and participants? We rely on the support of volunteers like you in a variety of areas. Below are our upcoming and year-round volunteer opportunities and ways that you can support our mission.
Opportunities to Support Upcoming Events
Nutritious Meals
Providing nutritious meals is a key component of the WISEPlace Way. In 2020, WISEPlace served 64,521 meals. Please consider sponsoring an upcoming breakfast by purchasing breakfast staples here from our Amazon Wish List.
Learning Session (Virtual)
WISEPlace is hosting virtual learning sessions to support our community in better understanding homelessness and the ways we can work together to end it. Join us for an upcoming learning session (see more here).
Click here to download our brochure for more upcoming volunteer opportunities.
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Provide a Meal
Sponsor or cook and bring a meal for the women rebuilding their lives: 35 meals.
Volunteer Your Time
There are many ways to give and get involved with our community. We’d be happy to have you lead a WISEPlace drive in your workplace or neighborhood, serve a meal, or share a workshop/skill with our participants.
Bring Your Smile and Be a Volunteer Greeter
We need volunteer greeters to safely and socially distanced be onsite to greet & open the parking lot gate to let in program participants, donors and meal providers for donation drop-offs. Afternoon and evening shifts available.
Adopt-a-Graduate Gifts
Our participants continuously graduate from WISEPlace, and you can help make the transition to independent living a little easier. On your next shopping trip, consider ‘Adopting-a-Graduate’ and provide them with grocery store gift certificates, basic starter kitchen items, linens, and other items necessary for independent living.
Wellness Workshops Guest Speaker
Do you have something to share? Knowledge is empowering! Help teach a Life Skills class on an evening from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Speak on your subject of expertise: career development, education, health, nutrition, beauty, employment readiness, financial well-being, psychological health, housing, family systems, personality assessments, anger management, substance abuse, STD’s, women’s health issues, legal issues, tax questions, credit repair and more.
Special Events Committee Member
Help us raise funds in exciting ways through sponsorships, raffles, auctions and more. Committees include our Annual Help Them Home fundraising event (April), Christmas in July Summer Bash (July), the Hope and Housing Alliance (October) and the Holiday Gifts (December).
To learn more about these opportunities and how you can support WISEPlace, email us at Volunteers@WISEPlace.org. We’ll also send you an application and schedule of upcoming Volunteer Orientation events.
How can you help?
When you support WISEPlace, you provide safe shelter solutions and empowering wrap-around services to unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness. Donate now to provide a caring community for those who call WISEPlace home.
WISEPlace is proud to be chosen as a California 2021 Nonprofit of the Year
by Assemblymember Tom Daley.
WISEPlace is a platinum-level GuideStar participant, demonstrating its commitment to transparency.
