Shelter Advocates provide direct support and assistance to hotline callers and shelter residents. Duties include answering crisis calls, safety planning, screening callers for shelter and making appropriate referrals.
Wanted — Docents for the Truckee Railroad Museum. It’s simple, it’s fun! No experience necessary. If you have as little as 3 hours a month, please volunteer to be a docent.
Tracking the chemical and physical characteristics of a stream is important. It helps us learn what’s working—and where we can do more. So volunteer as a family, a group or on your own. And get ready to wade in the water, use scientific techniques and have some fun.
Volunteers must be 18 or older to handle dogs. Volunteer training orientation is required for all of our dog walkers.
We have many different projects going on. Let us know what you like to do and we’ll have a project for you! Some of our on-going projects include cleaning, organizing, landscaping, painting, sorting, marketing, PR, community events, and fundraising. Come on out and get dirty with us! It’s guaranteed to be fun!
There are many corporate and community outreach volunteer opportunities available or you may have some ideas of your own! Many groups choose to sponsor an event for our children or to provide volunteers for a service project.
Our Sibling Preservation Program is in need of event support and camper volunteers.
Donations to SJRC are picked up each Tuesday, and we are in need of someone to assist the driver.
Our thrift store is open seven days a week. We rely on volunteers to help create the best shopping experience for our customers. Opportunities are available daily, weekly or monthly.
Perhaps one of the busiest areas on our campus, the mailroom, receives close to 40 large bins of mail every day and with only one part time employee sorting, we could really use additional help.