{"id":14744,"date":"2013-12-17T03:17:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T11:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=14744"},"modified":"2013-12-17T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T11:17:15","slug":"13-christmas-volunteer-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/13-christmas-volunteer-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Ways to Chip in and Help this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/calvolun.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p>California volunteer opportunities &#8212; Dorothy&#8217;s Place in Salinas (left) helps those in need of shelter, clothing and food. Merced&#8217;s Applegate Zoo needs donations to feed the animals. Zoos &amp; aquariums throughout California seek help in feeding and caring for animals and fish.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us feel the need to help someone or perform gestures of goodwill at Christmas time. We previously mentioned the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/holidays\/christmas-red-kettle-salvation-army.html\">Salvation Army<\/a>\u00a0Red Kettle bell ringers and their history. While it may be too late to become a volunteer bell ringer this year, there are countless opportunities allowing you to \u00a0make a donation or offer your time to a program or event in the gesture of goodwill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER IN CALIFORNIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. \u00a0ALBANY Volunteers needed for\u00a0Volunteer Corps,\u00a0albanyca.org\/volunteer<\/li>\n<li>2.\u00a0AMERICAN CANYON Toys for Tots Drive call the Fire District: 707-551-0650<\/li>\n<li>3. \u00a0BALDWIN PARK $50 donations needed to clothe children at Walmart shopping event. Donations accepted all year long. Call 626-813-5268<\/li>\n<li>4. \u00a0BRADBURY &#8211; Volunteer opportunities: \u00a0Office Work at City Hall,\u00a0Handyman Projects, Trail Maintenance, Planning Commission.\u00a0cityhall@cityofbradbury.org<\/li>\n<li>5. \u00a0BRAWLEY La Genter Car Club Toy Drive. December 21, 2013 \u00a0brawley-ca.gov<\/li>\n<li>6.\u00a0CARLSBAD &#8211; CERT Training, assist seniors and more Volunteer Resources.\u00a0volunteer@carlsbadca.gov<\/li>\n<li>7. \u00a0DALY CITY Operation Santa Claus for Needy Families accepts toy or cash donations,\u00a0calling (650) 991-8138<\/li>\n<li>8. \u00a0FAIRFIELD Senior Day Program services volunteer opportunities call 707.428.7742.<\/li>\n<li>9. GRASS VALLEY Volunteer Patrol for non-hazardous police functions. cityofgrassvalley.com<\/li>\n<li>10. \u00a0KING CITY Alliance on Aging volunteers needed. kingcity.com<\/li>\n<li>11. LA MESA \u00a0V\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\">olunteer with the City of La Mesa, call 619.667.1322. cityoflamesa.com<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>12. MERCED Applegate Zoo fundraiser to name the new Alpaca. $1 per entry, cityofmerced.org<\/li>\n<li>13. \u00a0SALINAS &#8211; Dorothy&#8217;s Place volunteer assistance in even the smallest of gestures and time such as working in the kitchen\u00a0for a holiday meal served to the homeless and hungry.\u00a0dorothysplace.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California volunteer opportunities &#8212; Dorothy&#8217;s Place in Salinas (left) helps those in need of shelter, clothing and food. Merced&#8217;s Applegate Zoo needs donations to feed the animals. Zoos &amp; aquariums throughout California seek help in feeding and caring for animals and fish. Most of us feel the need to help someone or perform gestures of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14744"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}