Volunteering

Report issues to 311

When you see something wrong, let the City know.

Adopt a street

Groups, individuals and businesses can adopt an area to keep clean. We will give you free cleaning supplies.

Adopt a drain

Residents or business owners can take care of a storm drain. You will need to keep it clear and free of debris.

Become a Rain Guardian

Adopt a rain garden in your neighborhood. You’ll need to guard it and pick up trash and debris.

Join your Community Clean Team

Work alongside City workers to keep our neighborhoods green and clean.

Join your neighborhood Graffiti Watch

Fight graffiti. We’ll give you supplies and training.

Volunteer at an animal shelter

Make a difference for animals in need at San Francisco Animal Care & Control. Meet new friends, reduce stress, and get some exercise.

Volunteer with Rec and Parks

You could beautify and maintain one of the City's amazing outdoor spaces.

Join the Urban Harvesting Program

Collect food grown on trees to distribute at shelters and food banks.

Serve as a poll worker

You could help protect voter rights. You'd also help San Franciscans cast their vote.

Host a voting location

You could have a polling place in your garage, recreation room, lobby, or other space.

Serve on an election advisory committee

Community members can help design, deliver, and evaluate election services.

Become a Youth Commissioner

If you are age 12 to 23, live in SF, and care about your community, you could join the SF Youth Commission.

Serve as a Civil Grand Juror

Each jury chooses which issues to investigate. Jurors serve for a year.

Apply to be a mediator for complaints about police officers

Help the Department of Police Accountability handle complaints about police conduct.

Apply for a Community Challenge Grant

Improve your neighborhood with a grant for things like building a park or painting a mural.

Propose a parklet

Build temporary parks in public spaces.

Propose a sidewalk garden

Gardens make a neighborhood more beautiful. Gardens also help in storms and can make trees live longer.

Plant a street tree

Get a permit to plant a tree on the sidewalk.

Get a bike rack installed

Apply to have a bike rack installed on a sidewalk, so there will be more parking for bikes.

Take care of your city with Shine on SF

Help beautify public spaces. Get matched to real needs like neighborhood clean-ups and gardening projects.

Sign up for neighborhood disaster training

Volunteer for the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT).

Join the Auxiliary Law Enforcement Response Team

Get training to help in the aftermath of an earthquake, fire, or other disaster.

Join the San Francisco Medical Reserve Corps

Medical and health professionals can volunteer and get training to help in a large scale disaster.

Map your block

Prepare your community for an emergency, one block at a time.

Volunteer at Zuckerberg General Hospital

Greet patients and help them find their way around the hospital.

Volunteer at Laguna Honda

Talk to and help residents at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.