Volunteer Opportunities for Kids in San Diego

We See You hosts a weekly Tuesday dinner party to serve guests experiencing homelessness and addiction, and extends an offer to help any neighbors who are ready to seek treatment and recovery. Families are encouraged to volunteer to serve at these dinners together, and there are a variety of tasks that are good for kids. Children under 12 must serve with their parent or guardian.

In its mission to prevent and end homelessness, Father Joe's Villages serves the thousands of men, women and children experiencing homelessness in San Diego by meeting basic needs and promoting self-sufficiency. Volunteers are needed for many varied projects including preparing and serving meals.

In its efforts to beautify San Diego and conserve the natural environment, ILACSD organizes volunteers to remove hundreds of thousands of pounds of debris from the area's coast, canyons, and neighborhoods each year. Community cleanups are held throughout the year and invite volunteers of all ages to participate.

The San Diego Food Bank has a wide variety of projects that volunteers help support, depending on the day and time they choose to volunteer. Volunteers help us sort and bag food, assemble outgoing food packages, and support the Food 4 Kids Backpack program.

Feeding San Diego provides nourishing meals for the area's food insecure, many of whom are children. Warehouse volunteers help the efforts to save and redirect food that would otherwise go to the landfill with tasks including sorting and packing donated food and produce. Volunteer opportunities in the warehouse are fun, well-organized, meaningful, and extremely welcoming of kids.

Tomorrow's Heroes Today empowers kids to make a difference in their community. They connect families with the causes they love.

Kelly R said:  Tomorrow's Heroes Today makes it easy for busy families to give back through organizing kid-friendly monthly community service activities in the San Diego area. Events encourage kids to be active members of the community and develop a love for service. Past activities have included making Valentine's Day cards for Meals on Wheels, a Halloween costume drive, and an annual fun run.

Volunteer families can support the Solana Center's mission of promoting Zero Waste, composting, and water conservation by helping out at a couple of kid-friendly volunteer events held monthly at its home base. Get your hands dirty at the Worm Wranglin' event, which involves feeding and caring for composting worms. Build and Beautify is a day for volunteers to get involved with the development of their home base and support Solana Center programs from the ground up!