Thank you for your support of the Volunteer Center of Contra Costa. Each day, several young people contact us to learn about volunteer opportunities in Contra Costa. When students contact the Volunteer Center of Contra Costa, we help them find several opportunities to meet their time constraints, interests, and a location they can get to. I have recommended you several times and I will continue to do so . . . Keep up the great work.
Young people become engaged in community service for a variety of reasons.
Some young volunteers seek activities to meet school requirements or to build a resume for college applications. Other young people want to learn a new skill, practice a foreign language with an immigrant family or young person from another country, or simply make the world a better place by just being involved. Many young people just want to make a positive difference in their community and 500 of them will start volunteering after connecting with us this year. Students and teachers also use our services by requesting a Volunteer Center representative to make a classroom presentation about participating in community service. In a 50-minute interactive session, we work with students to help them learn how to connect with a meaningful volunteer experience, and offer referrals to dozens of nonprofit organizations in our Contra Costa community.