The schools, Lincoln and Steele Lane elementary, offer an after-school service known as Safe Havens for Youth, a United Way program which provides kids with learning activities and a place to hang out. Do your part by enlisting in action groups formed by the schools and the Safe Havens program to oversee development. To learn more, call 528-4485, ext. Sonoma County's Search and Rescue Team is looking for young people ages 14-20 to help with searches or other emergencies such as earthquakes. The training includes going for a ride in the sheriff's helicopter during abalone season.
Volunteers also assist with safety fairs and school presentations.
You must have at least a 2.0 grade point average and a First Responder medical certificate, which can be earned through the program. Meetings are the second and fourth Wednesday each month in the helicopter hangar at the Sonoma County Airport. To learn more, phone 565-2317. Check out the Harvest for the Hungry Garden, a project of the Organic Garden Club of Sonoma County. This will be the 13th season that volunteers will work the soil at the garden on Santa Rosa's Yulupa Avenue.