Volunteer Program Brochure

WITH THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO

WHY VOLUNTEER?

• Gain new skills
• Meet new people
• Make use of talents
• Develop greater knowledge and understanding of city government
• Help solve community issues
• Secure job references
• Explore career possibilities
• Personal satisfaction of making a difference

Kevin Johnson , Mayor
Ray Tretheway, Council District 1
Sandy Sheedy, Council District 2
Steve Cohn, Council District 3
Robert King Fong, Council District 4
Lauren R. Hammond, Council District 5
Kevin McCarty, Council District 6
Robbie Waters, Council District 7
Bonnie J. Pannell, Council District 8
Ray Kerridge, City Manager

For details about any of these opportunities, please contact:

Mary Lynn Perry, Department of Human Resources,

Volunteer Coordinator, City of Sacramento
915 I Street, Second Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 808-8317  mperry@cityofsacramento.org

On-going Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers assist in most departments. Opportunities exist for docents (tour guides) with an interest in art, history and science. Individuals who wish to help with ardening have several choices and those wishing to help care for animals can be foster families for puppies and kittens and other animals needing special attention. Help older adults with memory loss or disabled teens. Assist with recreation and enrichment activities for youth. Volunteers help too with police services and fire education outreach. These opportunities may require training and volunteers often assist on a scheduled basis. Some require background checks and TB testing.

Community Service Projects

Projects support education and recreation programs for children, teens and older adults. Collect plastic bottles to be used as worm farms, make catnip toys to stimulate and enrich the environment of cats and kittens, make quilted or crocheted lap robes for older adults with memory loss, or collect craft supplies for recreation programs. These projects work well for groups and families and can be done off-site. Visit our web site:  www.cityofsacramento.org/volunteers/

Short-term and Special Event Volunteers

Sign up today to help with the many short-term projects and and special events. Volunteers help with tours, supervise carnival games at festivals, take photos of an event, hand out flyers, serve as hosts and greeters, help set up booths and staff them, direct participants, serve as runners at events, help with registration, serve refreshments, compile materials, help with recycling activities and, and assist with neighborhood clean-ups and fi x-ups. Many of these opportunities are on the weekends and volunteers usually serve in shifts. Many programs are suitable for groups.

When one volunteers they

not only give back to

their community, but

define themselves as well.

-- Kricia W.

When you give you get.

When you give to an individual

or to a community, a sense of

pride and goodwill and true

citizenship is what your heart

gets in return. And that

feeling is something special.

-- Royal T.

Volunteering is the

moment you realize that

what you have done

meant the world to

someone else.

-- Katie A.