Volunteer or Intern

Our marquee is one of our favorite marketing tools, and it takes a very special volunteer to manage it. Each week, we change out the letters on both sides of the marquee, sharing messages of hope, gratitude, and wisdom to over 14,000 daily passersby! Do you have the fitness level, patience, and passion for our work that it takes to help us with this critical task? It takes about 2 hours per week plus 30 minutes on average of marquee/letter maintenance.

Growing Grounds Farm (at 3740 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo / (805) 543-6071) provides individual or small group volunteer opportunities to work with our clients Tuesday through Friday from 9:00am to 1:00pm

The Fall 2020 Call Handler Volunteer training is not scheduled at this time. Please submit an application (linked at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in being contacted in the fall. One of our signature volunteer positions! (Internships available!) Call Handlers are trained to staff the County’s only 24-hour mental health support, information, crisis and suicide prevention line. The 32-hour training involves professional development unmatched by traditional volunteer programs. Participants learn communication skills, gain knowledge of mental health topics, and receive training to be a resource specialist. 

Do you love Growing Grounds Downtown store? Do you have a very flexible schedule? Are you friendly, warm, welcoming - but have the ability to explain to people that they need to wear a mask, use hand sanitizer, and wait until other shoppers leave the store? Growing Grounds Downtown is looking for volunteers who can replace staff, sometimes at the last minute, to greet customers and enforce COVID-related rules. Please fill out an application at the bottom of this page to apply.

Our Wellness Centers are closed at this time. Please submit an application (located at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in volunteering in the future. Thank you! Our Arroyo Grande Wellness Center, Safe Haven, is looking for a once-weekly guitarist/singer to perform for an hour. Our clients absolutely love this, and you will have adoring fans! Please email Caity McCardell or call her at 805-540-1926. Thank you!

Our Lompoc offices are not utilizing volunteers at this time. Please submit an application (located at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in volunteering in the future. Thank you! Lompoc ACT is looking for a volunteer with a clean driving record who is thoughtful, caring, and interested in helping us with our critical work. 

Our Lompoc offices are not utilizing volunteers at this time. Please submit an application (located at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in volunteering in the future. Thank you! Lompoc ACT is looking for a volunteer with clerical experience who has attention to detail and interested in helping us with our critical work. Please email Caity McCardell or call her at 805-540-1926. Thank you!

Our headquarters is not utilizing volunteers at this time. Please submit an application (located at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in volunteering in the future. Thank you! Can you lift at least 50 pounds and would like to help us occasionally with moving furniture and other large donations? This is an on-call type of volunteer position - we don't get these requests often! 

Our headquarters is not utilizing volunteers at this time. Please submit an application (located at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in volunteering in the future. Thank you! Our High Street office often has one-time, occasional clerical-related tasks that we could use some assistance with! Would you like to be on our list of folks we call when something comes up? It would be so incredibly impactful! Thank you so much for lending a hand! Please email Caity McCardell or call her at 805-540-1926. Thank you!

Our Santa Maria offices are not utilizing volunteers at this time. Please submit an application (located at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in volunteering in the future. Thank you! Volunteers are needed in Santa Maria to assist in driving clients up to SLO for dental appointments. As needed basis. Please email Caity McCardell or call her at 805-540-1926. Thank you!

Our Santa Maria offices are not utilizing volunteers at this time. Please submit an application (located at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in volunteering in the future. Thank you! Volunteers are needed in Santa Maria to help drive and co-facilitate monthly activities (for example, tennis day). Please email Caity McCardell or call her at 805-540-1926. Thank you!

Our Santa Maria offices are not utilizing volunteers at this time. Please submit an application (located at the bottom of this page) if you're interested in volunteering in the future. Thank you! Volunteers are needed in Santa Maria to assist with clerical tasks as needed. Please email Caity McCardell or call her at 805-540-1926. Thank you!