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Your
talents, financial help, item donations and other assistance is needed at the following
organizations:
BAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY
1506 Mendocino Drive
Concord, CA 94521
Help Line: (925) 685-8052
Website:
www.bacn.jkmas.com/
Non-profit residential care facility providing temporary
home for infants, toddlers and preschoolers of parents who are momentarily unable to cope
during a time of stress.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial and Item
donations needed.
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CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER
1146 Lacey Lane
Concord, CA 94521
(925) 798-1078
Provides needed services to people of all ages in a
low-income target area in the city. The programs emphasize three primary areas: basic
needs, childcare and senior support. Philosophy is to assist neighbors in obtaining
self-sufficiency and healthy family lives.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial and Item
donations needed. |
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE EAST BAY
(CCEB)
433 Jefferson Street
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 768-3100
Website: www.cceb.org
Serves people in need, advocates for justice in social
structures and collaborates with others to build just compassionate communities. Catholic
Charities is a human services and policy development agency of the Diocese of Oakland.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal Opportunities,
Financial donations needed.
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CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL
(CAPC)
1485 Treat Boulevard, Suite 202
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 946-9961
Website:
www.capc-coco.org
Helps parents get
through rough spots in an attempt to give every boy and girl the happy childhood they
deserve. The Council strongly believes that every child has the right to grow up free from
the pain and trauma of abuse. CAPC acts as a clearinghouse of resources and services that
reach thousands of county residents each year. All services are provided free to the
community.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial
donations and office equipment, supplies, etc. needed. |
CONTACT CARE
P.O. Box 901
Lafayette, CA 94549-0901
(925) 284-2207
Listens and responds to the need of the people in
the communities we serve, primarily through the use of telephone
help lines. Provide a
safe, non-judgmental place for people to call when they are experiencing depression,
grief, parental stress, child or spousal abuse, hunger, pain or suicidal feelings. Provide
education and support to teams and adults through training in basic counseling skills,
active listening, self-awareness and current social issues.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal
Opportunities, Participate in Races for pledges, Fund Raising events. |
CONTRA COSTA CRISIS CENTER
P.O. Box 3364
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 939-1916
Website:
www.crisis-center.org
Keep people alive and safe, help them through
crisis and connect them with additional resources in the community. Founded in 1963,
incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1969.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial
donations and Goods/Clothing donations for Leftovers Thrift Shop needed. |
CONTRA COSTA INTERFAITH
COALITION
Website:
http:/www.ccichope.org
Work with SJV
Parishioners and members of other
local churches on a variety of
projects to serve the needy in
Contra Costa County.
We build once a month, usually the
second Saturday of the month. |
CRISIS RESOLUTION SERVICES, INC.
(CRS)
712 Bancroft Road, PMB #281
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 937-9724
Our vision is to be as innovative as necessary in
order to succeed in assisting sworn and emergency personnel with victims of trauma and
crisis: thereby, enhancing the quality of life for our community and all our citizens.
Emergency personnel secure the scene and volunteer Interventionists, trained to respond
within 30 minutes, provide "emotional first aid."
>>Volunteer Opportunities |
DIABLO VALLEY AIDS CENTER
Diablo Valley AIDS Center (DVAC) has merged
its food distribution program with the Food Bank of Contra Costa
and Solano (FBCCS) and has ceased operations as a separate
organization effective June 30, 2006. Please visit the FBCCS
web site to learn more about the new "Extra Helpings" program.
FBCCS Web Site:
www.foodbankccs.org/
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Food donations and
donations of winter coats, new socks and undergarments needed. |
FAMILY EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES AND
SERVICES TOGETHER (FERST)
St. Vincent de Paul Society FERST Center
2691 Monument Boulevard
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 691-6228
By linking the
social outreach efforts of area churches to existing public and private community-based
organizations, FERST gives hope and encouragement to Contra Costa County's homeless and
low-income families.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial
donations needed. |
FRIENDS ACROSS BORDERS
4665 Crow Canyon Road
Castro Valley, CA 94552
(510) 889-1787
Website:
www.friendsacrossborders.org
This ministry of the Mary knoll Missionaries
provides faith-based experiential learning through cross cultural exposure trips. These
immersion opportunities, offered locally and overseas, stress face to face interaction
with the poor. Trips include both preparation and carefully planned follow up. Also offers
local retreats and workshops.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial
donations needed. |
HEALING OUR NATION FROM VIOLENCE
P.O. Box 5667
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 932-6943
Educate the public
about the real impact of the entertainment industry's verbal disrespect, physical
violence, ubiquitous sex, and constant consumerism on our children. Find mentors for youth
at-risk in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial
donations needed especially for scholarships. |
THE HUNGER
SITE
Web Site:
www.thehungersite.com
Provides information about world hunger and sponsors donation of
free food to hungry people around the world. By clicking on the
button marked "Donate Food" on the web site, the United Nations
World Food Program arranges for distribution to places where it
is needed.
>>Visit the web site daily and click the "Donate Food" button to
help the world's hungry. |
INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES
(925) 939-0450
Assist elderly and
those physically challenged meet their needs.
>>Volunteer Opportunities |
NEWBORN CONNECTIONS, CONTRA COSTA
COUNTY
P.O. Box 5017
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 934-4010
Prevent child abuse
by enhancing the skills, confidence and satisfaction of new parents who are at increased
risk of abusing their children because of social isolation, financial stresses, feelings
of powerlessness or adolescent immaturity. By helping mothers to feel better prepared to
take on the responsibilities to parent a first or subsequent child, and by offering
mothers (and occasionally fathers) emotional support and parenting education, Newborn
Connections hopes to strengthen families and avert crises in parenting.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial
donations needed. |
OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER
4848 International Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94601
(510) 533-7375
Website:
catholicworker.tripod.com
A faith-based
community of Latin Americans and North Americans working together to support Latin
American immigrants and refugees who have arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area. Attempt
to provide hospitality, to build community and to empower immigrants to realize their own
potential and that of their community. Provide room and board to help meet their basic
needs. Serve as a community center and offer information, referral, food, clothing, etc.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal
Opportunities, Financial and material donations needed. |
OAKLAND ELIZABETH HOUSE
6423 Colby Street
Oakland, CA 94618
(510) 658-1380
Website:
www.oakehouse.org
Serves as a
transitional residence for women and their families when in crisis. Provide a safe, warm,
clean and loving home to families who have experienced the poverty of homelessness,
violence or addiction.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial
donations needed. |
THE PREGNANCY CENTER
4991 Clayton Road
Concord, CA 94521
(925) 827-0100
Provides confidential counseling to empower
individuals making life preserving decisions. It provides abortion alternatives. Services
include free pregnancy testing, information on fetal development, education on abortion
and alternatives, referrals to medical care, crisis counseling, maternity clothing, baby
clothing and furniture, life skills training, childbirth and parenting classes, post
abortion counseling for both men and women and referrals for adoption, foster care and
maternity home.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal
Opportunities, Financial donations and maternity and baby clothing and furniture needed. |
RAPE CRISIS CENTER
2101 Van Ness Street
San Pablo, CA 94806
(510) 237-0113
Provide
compassionate care immediately for child and adult victims to reduce emotional trauma.
Provide protection for children and adults by increasing prosecution, penalty or treatment
of perpetrators. Coordinates major collaborative projects such as Sexual Assault Response
Team (SART) and Children's Interview Center (CIC). Also, testifies at public hearings and
represents adult and child victims' concerns to community policy makers.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial and
goods and services donations needed. |
SHELTER, INC.
Crisis Line -
(800) 808-6444
Website:
www.shelterincofccc.org
Provides programs to help homeless Contra Costans
obtain economic self-sufficiency, sustain permanent housing, promote innovative homeless
prevention programs and enhance human dignity.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal
Opportunities, Financial, vehicle and planned giving donations needed. |
SJV ACTION TEAM/CONTRA COSTA
INTERFAITH COALITION, INC.
Mimi Buenneke
(925) 939-7911
Assists those in
need in Contra Costa County by cooking and serving monthly dinners to residents of the
North Concord Shelter, sponsoring and annual Baby Shower to benefit the Pregnancy Center
in Concord by collecting and distributing basic furniture, bedding and kitchen starter
sets to local individuals and families.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Financial
donations and basic furniture, bedding towels and kitchenware needed. |
ST. ELIZABETH ADOPT-A-FAMILY
Carol Carter
(925) 939-7911
Provides a Christmas gift for families of our
sister parish, St. Elizabeth.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Bi-lingual help
needed, Seasonal Opportunities, Donations needed. |
STAND!
AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
P.O. Box 6406
Concord, CA 94524
(925) 676-2845
Crisis: 1-888-215-5555
Website:
www.standagainstdv.org
Committed to ending domestic violence through the
provision of prevention and intervention services primarily in Contra Costa County.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal Opportunities,
Financial and Item donations needed. |
ST. MARY'S CENTER
http://www.stmaryscenter.org
Helps obtain basic housing needs, health care, food
and education, and promotes self-reliance and leadership development by encouraging
participation in shaping our programs and empowering them to advocate for better services
with city and state legislators.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal
Opportunities, Financial donations and canned food, toys, books, Christmas presents for
seniors/children and warm clothes for preschool children needed. |
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, CONTRA COSTA
COUNTY
2210 Gladstone Drive
Pittsburg, CA
(925) 439-5060
Website: stvincen.org
Serves needy by
providing emergency food, shelter vouchers, vocational rehabilitation, employment
information, clothing, rent assistance and home furnishings.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal
Opportunities, Financial donations (5th Sunday in a month), food, clothing and furniture
donations needed. |
TELECARE
Assistance League of Diablo Valley
2711 Buena Vista Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 934-0901
Provides a daily telephone reassurance call to housebound
people. Clients are entertained at a Christmas Holiday Luncheon
by the TeleCare committee members.
>>Volunteer Opportunities |
WARDROBE FOR OPPORTUNITY
www.wardrobe.org
Helps low income
women improve their appearance and self-esteem so they can secure employment and become
economically self-reliant by providing them with quality business clothing appropriate for
job interviews and the professional work place.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal
Opportunities, Financial donations and dry-cleaned business clothing, shoes, purses and
accessories needed. |
WINTER
NIGHT'S SHELTER
1543 Sunnyvale Ave
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
(925) 933-6030
Email: eye4cee@aol.com
Website:
http://www.cccwinternights.org/
The Winter Nights Program provides a
clean, safe, and warm facility at night and a daytime services
center during winter for homeless families with children and for
homeless seniors.
>>Volunteer Opportunities, Seasonal
Opportunities, Financial donations. The
Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County is a nonprofit
organization. Your donation is entirely tax deductible. |
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