Community Service Information
Community Service is an important part of our junior high religion program. Each child is required to donate five hours to the community outside the family each quarter, and in reality many give many, many more hours.
Our students help others in many not-for-profit organizations from aiding teachers and doing traffic duty right here at St. Matthew School to making quilts for premature babies born at Stanford Hospital. Some of our students are more adventurous, leaving campus to spend their hours at Samaritan House or St. Anthony's Kitchen serving those who have less than we do; others work restoring the ecology along the coast.
The aim of community service is to be the hands of Jesus touching the world with love today. As those of us who have participated in serving others have experienced, there is a tremendous payback of joy and fulfillment that comes from reaching out with love and helping others in need.
Students making quilts for the
premature babies at Stanford Hospital.
Students volunteering at the San Francisco
Rescue Mission on Thanksgivng morning.
Students collecting clothing and toys
at the Samaritan House.
Want to find a place to do service that is near your house? Want to do stuff you are interested in? Check out VolunteerMatch (www.volunteermatch.org) and it will connect you to all sorts of service providers that want volunteers!
Click Here for the Community Service Form (pdf)
Below is a list of organizations that offer a variety of service opportunities.- American Cancer Society
650-578-9902
- Acterra is a local environmental organization.
www.acterra.org
3921 East Bayshore Road
Palo Alto CA 94303-4303
650-962-8234
- CA State Parks (Half Moon Bay)
cal-parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=531
650-726-8819
- CAR (Community Association for the Retarded)
http://www.c-a-r.org/volunteer.html
650-812-2827
525 East Charleston Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
- Catholic Worker
Oakland Catholic Worker
4848 E 14th St
Oakland CA 94601
510-533-7375
www.catholicworker.org/index.cfm
members.tripod.com/~CatholicWorker/cw3.html
- Habitat for Humanity is a program that builds houses for those in need. Think about getting a large group (like your class!) to get together and build!
www.habitat.org
http://sites.hsprofessional.com/penhabitat
650-324-2266
- Haven Family House/Shelter Network (esp pen pal program volunteer)
www.volunteermatch.org/results/opp_detail.jsp?oppid=76776
260 VanBuren Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-325-8719
- Lytton Gardens is a home for the elderly in Palo Alto. Volunteer by visiting with the clients, helping them garden or doing all sorts of things!
(650-328-3300)
http://www.lyttongardens.org/
437 Webster Street
Palo Alto, CA 94031
- Mid-Peninsula Boys and Girls Clubs
http://www.midpenbgc.org/home/home.html
San Mateo: 650-347-9891
- Museum of American Heritage
351 Homer Avenue
Palo Alto, California
www.moah.org/members/volunteer.html
- Palo Alto Art Center
www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/volunteer.html
650-329-2370
1313 Newell Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303
- Palo Alto Nursing Home
911 BRYANT STREET
PALO ALTO CA
650-327-0511
- Penninsula Volunteer Little House
650-326-2025
800 Middle Avenue
Menlo Park, CA
- Project Read
http://project-read.buggysoftware.com/tutor.htmx
1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063
650-780-7077
- Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary
19672 Stevens Creek Blvd. Ste. 260
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-420-7233
www.safehavenforanimals.org
- Samaritan House
401 N. Humboldt St.
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 347-3648
http://www.samaritanhouse.com/new/home/index.shtml
- San Carlos Special Needs Program
650-802-4304
- Sequoia Convalescent Hospital
Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas
Redwood City, CA 94062
http://www.sequoiahospital.org/stellent/websites/get_page_cache.asp?ssDocName=068902
650-367-5690
- Shelter Network
http://www.shelternetwork.org/participate.html#youth
650-685-5880
- Special Olympics is a sports program that works with developmentally disabled children and adults.
www.specialolympics.org
http://www.sonc.org/regions/region_wb.html
- St Vincent De Paul Society
http://www.svdp.org/
- Sunrise of San Mateo Assisted living for Senior Citizens
955 S El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94402
(650) 558-8555
- United Way
http://www.uwsv.org/index.php?id=39&sub=0
408-345-4382
- Veteran's Hospital
http://www.va.gov/kids/6-12/index.asp?intSiteID=3
3802 Miranda Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1290
650-493-5000
- Volunteer Match
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
- YMCA
San Mateo - 1877 S Grant St
San Mateo, CA 94402-2647
650-286-9622
http://www.ymcasf.org/Peninsula/index.html
Mid-Pen: http://www.ymcamidpen.org/textpage.php?b=0&p=volunteer
