Volunteer Opportunities

We believe every child deserves to become a confident adult well-equipped for a successful life. Inspired by this belief, we partnered with our local schools to help solve one of their greatest challenges… helping all students learn how to read confidently. When a student is able to read with confidence it changes the trajectory of their educational experience. Our simple model: One student, one volunteer, one hour a week has led to over 2,000 students changing the story of their lives.

Our all volunteer search and rescue team provides critically needed services to the community. Our motto is "These things we do, so that others may live".

Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in over 1,300 communities across the United States and in approximately 70 countries around the world. Habitat has served over 10,000,000 people around the world with housing needs. Habitat works toward our vision by building strength, stability, and self-reliance in partnership with people and families in need of a decent and affordable home.

Volunteers at Enloe Medical Center enhance the experience of our patients and their families. They provide services and care that complements the outstanding service of our caregivers.

Support us to inspire and enable all youth to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Why Volunteer in Chico Parks and Greenways? FOR FUN! It keeps you active and fit. It provides you with new experiences. Some classes offer academic or service hours credit. To connect with and give back to the Chico Community. To feel good about yourself. To make a positive difference.

Butte Humane Society (BHS) is one of the oldest non-profit agencies in Butte County, California, working since 1911 to bring humanitarian care to dogs and cats. We have many volunteering opportunities within the facility working with animals and in our warehouse and would love your help!

Girls On The Run is a fun character-building program for girls in 3rd through 8th grade that uses the power of running and an experience-based curriculum to help build confident and strong girls from the inside out.

Our mission is to create a more healthy, resilient, local food system in Butte County.

Passages is a Non-Profit organization that offers resources and services to older adults and family caregivers for little or no cost. Passages offers a network of volunteer opportunities within our service area to help keep community members active and engaged.

I am for the child who has attended eight schools in four years. Because he is in foster care. Because his birth mother, debilitated by mental illness, neglected him. I am for him. The child who almost died. Who now sits, surrounded by strangers, in the back of yet another class. Failing. Because he is without glasses and nearly blind. I am for that child. So I am there for that child. To listen to him. To stand up for him. To speak for him. To champion without compromise for what’s in his best interest. Because if I am there for him, I know he will be half as likely to languish in foster care, and that much more likely to find a safe, permanent home. That is the child I am for. I am a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer. NVCSS CASA mobilizes community volunteers to advocate and make a difference for abused and neglected children in foster care. We invite you to join us in that mission – Become a CASA…The Voice for a Child.

CHIP's main focus is housing for low-income residents of the Northern Valley. The self-help program promotes homeownership, while the property management program provides low-income rental housing. Within the property management program, we have the resident services program which, with the support of local agencies, this program supports the self-development of the residents living in our rental properties with social events, workshops, informational presentations, classes, etc.

The Mission of the Chico Area Recreation and Park District (CARD) is to provide recreation opportunities to the greater Chico Community in a coordinated and cost effective manner.

At The American Cancer Society "The Shop" thrift store, we are a volunteer oriented organization where volunteers are the lifeblood of ACS. Volunteers are imperative to our mission to provide much needed dollars for cancer research and treatments to individuals within our community, as well as promoting health equity among all people.

Chico Velo's mission is to promote bicycling for transportation, recreation, and health through public education, advocacy, and community stewardship.

Our Mission: To improve the economic security and well-being of low-income residents of Butte County and our surrounding service area through diverse housing, human service programs, and community collaborations.