How does supporting volunteers strengthen San Diego?

Programs alone don't transform communities. It’s people who make the real difference, and every volunteer needs support to get there. Your gift funds the recruiting, training, and coordination that turns someone willing to help into someone actually making an impact: at a food bank, a park cleanup, a senior center, classroom.

That’s volunteer infrastructure, the unglamorous but essential work behind every success story. When you give, you’re not funding a single event. You’re funding the system that makes thousands of acts possible, all year long.

Here’s what your gift will support:

Recruiting - connecting new volunteers to the nonprofits that need them
Training - preparing volunteers to show up ready and equipped
Matching - pairing the right volunteers with the right opportunity, across 100+ local nonprofits
Support - helping, grassroots nonprofits who don’t have the staff to manage volunteers on their own

The impact so far:

10,636 volunteers mobilized last year across San Diego County

108 nonprofit partners supported with volunteers last year

Our nonprofit partners that post volunteer shifts on a weekly basis have referred to us as a “game changer” for their organizations. For example, A Way Home for Dogs has seen an increase of volunteers from 8 to 65 per week since they first partnered with us. This has allowed them to provide more socialization and engagement opportunities for their rescue dogs, ultimately finding their “forever homes.”

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When volunteers thrive, San Diego thrives. Thank you for being part of it.

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