Get Involved: Top Volunteer Opportunities this Month

Get Involved: Top Volunteer Opportunities this Month, Marin Magazine

Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, a youth service program for young people of all ages, needs your action on campaigns that exist throughout a global network. rootsandshoots.org

Tab for a Cause is a charitable organization that supports causes worldwide. Just download the app and start raising money for charities you care about every time you open a tab in your internet browser. tab.gladly.io

Contribute your time to LITA (Love Is the Answer), a nonprofit that recruits, trains and matches volunteers with lonely elderly residents of Marin for visits. litamarin.org

Help Marin Friends of Ferals help feral cats by trapping them for spay/neuter. Also consider fostering feral kittens for eventual adoption through Marin Humane Society. marinferals.org

AIM (Agricultural Institute of Marin) is looking for local food enthusiasts interested in volunteering at farmers’ markets and helping to build vibrant local food communities. agriculturalinstitute.org


Give Back

Help continue the free distribution of Elizabeth Terwilliger’s nature films to educators throughout the U.S. by making a taxdeductible donation to the Terwilliger Nature Education Legacy. terwilligerfilms.org

Support Advokids’ legal programs and services that help families, caregivers, attorneys, social workers, pediatricians and child therapists advocate for children in foster care. advokids.org

Donate to Copper’s Dream Rescue — an all-breed dog rescue in the Bay Area — to help pay for medical care, transportation, food and supplies. coppersdream.org

Supporting Creative Growth means that 150-plus artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities have a professional studio environment for telling their stories and expressing themselves through art. creativegrowth.org

Your donation to Families for Clean Air, a science based nonprofit, supports the mission of protecting the public’s health from wood smoke pollution through education, advocacy and community involvement. families forcleanair.org