Current Volunteering Needs
For more information, please call Volunteer Coordinator Sergio Cano at 415-487-8014 or email us at volunteer@sfaf.org.
Ongoing
HIV/STD Health Educator/Hotline
The California AIDS Hotline provides information, referrals & peer counseling about HIV/AIDS and STDs. Hotline volunteers respond to calls covering a variety of HIV-related issues & concerns in English or Spanish, as well as assist with special phone projects. Volunteers complete 32 hours of a combination of classroom training tutorials, and practice calls before taking calls on their own. Volunteers are asked to commit to one 4-hour shift per week. We are looking for volunteers with daytime availability Monday - Friday.
Exchange Provider
The HIV Prevention Project at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation is looking for energetic volunteers who have a few hours per week to assist us in our needle exchange sites. The HIV Prevention Project exchanges 2.3 million sterile syringes per year. HPP is one of the largest syringe exchange programs in the United States.
We are looking for people who have flexible schedules during the daytime and evenings.
Daytime Clerical Help
Volunteers are needed weekday mornings (and some afternoons) to assist with bulk mailings, photocopying, phone banking & other clerical & administrative tasks.
Development
Our Development Department is looking for Data Entry volunteers as well as general clerical volunteers any day of the week for four hours each day.
Internships
HIV/STD Health Educator Internship
Department: Volunteer-Based Programs/California AIDS and STD Hotline Cano
Supervisor: Sergio Cano
Number of hours: Ten to twenty hours per week, some evening and weekend work
Time Commitment: Initial training 32 hours and a 9am-1pm or 1-5pm shift M-F. Minimum 3 month commitment (or 100 equivalency to be determined by Supervisor)
Responsibilities:
- Provide peer counseling about HIV by helping callers define their relationship to the disease.
- Help the caller to make their own informed decisions about behaviors which may or may not expose them to the virus.
- Make appropriate referrals to social services agencies when necessary.
- Provide test site and test options in relation to HIV.
- Provide accurate and up to date information about the quickly changing approaches to treatment.
Qualifications:
- Eighteen years or older (or special arrangements must be made)
- Availability during business hours 9-5, Monday thru Friday for one of the 4 hour shifts either 9-1 or 1-5.
- Sensitivity to HIV-related needs and concerns
- Respect for confidentiality of HIV status
- Background in HIV information and or commitment to learn
- Familiarity with computer keyboarding is preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills, especially the ability to work with culturally diverse staff and volunteers including gays, lesbians, people of various ethnicities, and people with HIV
Skills gained from internship: Communication Skills, Decision-Making, and Peer Counseling skills are cultivated in a supervised environment. The education provided will allow the trainees to serve as HIV/STD educators. Hotline skill serve to enhance resumes.
How this position benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation: SFAF benefits by having intelligent and motivated individuals to work at the Hotline and assist in the continuing efforts to prevent HIV disease. Some Hotline volunteers/interns donate their acquired skills to work at SFAF health fairs, holiday dinners for the needy, or needle exchange programs. All these efforts help SFAF to serve the public and fight the spread of AIDS.
Sergio Cano
Volunteer Coordinator
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
415-487-8014
Event Planning Intern/Volunteer - Volunteer Based Programs
Department: Volunteer--Based Programs
Supervisor: VBP Staff
Number of hours: Ten to twenty hours per week, some evening and weekend work
Time Commitment: Minimum 3 month commitment
Responsibilities:
- Assist Volunteer Resources in recruiting, orienting and coordinating volunteers for special events (spring internship -- primarily for AIDS/LifeCycle and AIDS Walk San Francisco; summer internship -- primarily AIDS Walk San Francisco; fall internship -- primarily the Women and Family Holiday Party).
- Assist in planning and executing HIV/AIDS education and awareness outreach components for those events.
- If time allows, assist event managers for events on logistics, participant support and other duties as needed.
- Minimum 3 month commitment.
Qualifications:
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Creativity and problem-solving skills
- Previous event planning/logistics experience preferred
- Sensitivity to HIV-related needs and concerns
- Respect for confidentiality of HIV status
- Excellent interpersonal skills, especially the ability to work with culturally diverse staff and volunteers including HIV+, gay, lesbian people and people of various ethnicities.
Skills gained from internship: Interns receive real-world events experience from the planning to on-site logistics. We will go through the entire process from contracts to guest experience. The events will greatly enhance the resume of the intern and give them to confidence to know that they can run fantastic events.
How this position benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation: SFAF benefits by having intelligent and motivated individuals assist in the continuing efforts to prevent HIV disease and help those affected by HIV by bringing information to those most in need, as well as to fund needed services. All these efforts help SFAF to serve the public and fight the spread of AIDS.
Emily Mariko-Sanders
Special Events Volunteer Coordinator
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
415-487-8081
emariko@sfaf.org
Magnet volunteer opportunities
Magnet (http://www.magnetsf.org), a gay men’s community health center in the Castro District of San Francisco, provides gay and bisexual men with sexual health services, and hosts community building activities and events. Volunteers are utilized in all service areas at Magnet.
Sexual Health Services for Gay and Bisexual Men
Testing/treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, and confidential rapid HIV antibody testing is offered Tuesday-Saturday during afternoons and evenings. Volunteers speak candidly and non-judgmentally with individuals about sexuality, drug use, and other factors affecting HIV/STD transmission; disclose/discuss sensitive test results; provide referrals; and are able to complete required documentation.
HIV Test Counselors must be State certified Rapid HIV Test Counselors, or be able to attend 40 hour training, followed by a two day advanced training within six months of completing the first. HIV Test Counselors are asked to commit to a minimum of two 4 hour shifts per month for at least six months.
Licensed clinical volunteers (RN, NP, PA, MD/DO), under the supervision of Magnet’s clinical supervisor and medical director, conduct screenings and treatment for syphilis, Chlamydia, and gonorrhea, and provide vaccinations. They are asked to commit to a 4-7 hour weekly shift for at least six months.
Customer Reception/Registration
Volunteers assist staff in registering customers, providing referrals, and coordinating the delivery of sexual health services in an active environment. They should be well organized, enjoy interactions with the public, possess proficiency with computers, and be able to address customer concerns in a candid, non-judgmental manner. Training is provided on site and volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of two 4 hour shifts per month.
General Office/Clerical
Volunteers are needed during operating hours for assistance with mailings, copying, filing, and other administrative help.
Community Building Activities and Events
Magnet conducts and hosts community building activities and events. Community events such as open mics and town hall forums are held in the evenings throughout each month, and community building projects are conducted on a regular and ongoing basis. Volunteers assist at individual events, and on projects with the Community Organizer.
Events
Year Round
Hygiene Products for clients via Client Services
Client Services provides client advocacy and various services to HIV positive people everyday. If you have personal hygiene materials such as soap, shampoo, razors, conditioner, toothbrushes, and toothpaste for our clients please bring them to the AIDS Foundation to either 995 Market Street 2nd Floor or Client Services 1 Sixth Street; San Francisco, CA 94103. Questions? Audra Robinson arobinson@sfaf.org or (415) 487-8002
September
Seismic Challenge’s Seismic Training Experience
Sunday September 21st, 2008
Crissy Field, San Francisco
This event replicates the look and feel of an actual day on the Seismic Challenge Biking event (see www.seismicchallenge.org for more details) The staff and volunteer team will set up bike parking, snacks, check-in, safety, etc. The riders arrive early and then we send them on their way. They ride out on a 80 mile ride and then instead of moving down the state from Fort Bragg to San Francisco, they loop back to us in Crissy Fields or "camp". 6-8:30AM (2), 12:30-3:30 (3) and 3-6:30pm (3)! Please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at emariko@sfaf.org or 487-8081.
AIDS/LifeCycle Thank You Party
Saturday September 27th, 2008
Crissy Field, San Francisco
A BBQ on the San Francisco Bay is a wonderful way to bring all the wonderful AIDS/LifeCycle riders and volunteers together for fun in the sun. The morning starts by setting up the BBQ area, sending out riders on a ride, getting things ready for their return and then making sure all the guests enjoy a picnic and BBQ! 9am-1pm and/or 12-4pm.
emariko@sfaf.org or call 415-487-8081.
Folsom Street Fair
Sunday September 28th, 2008, San Francisco
Folsom Street (SOMA), San Francisco
Folsom Street Fair, the original leather fair has become an internationally known event and we expect that once again this year will bring all the leather, pvc and skin that we have come to expect!!! Join us in the fun as we hand out literature, tattoo hot bodies, give out out now famous 'Who's Your Daddy?' paddles, have photos taken in compromising positions and give away fun stuff! 10:30am-2:30pm and/or 2:30-6:30pm. Please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at emariko@sfaf.org or call 415-487-8081.
October
Seismic Challenge
Saturday & Sunday October 18-19th, 2008
Fort Bragg to San Francisco through Mendocino and Russian River Valley
The Seismic Challenge is a two-day, 200-mile cycling fundraiser for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation which will be held on October 18th and 19th, 2008. The ride follows the San Andreas Fault from Fort Bragg in Mendocino County, through the Russian River Valley and across the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco. Registration is open via the Seismic Challenge website, www.seismicchallenge.org. The ride will be supported by a volunteer Crew who will be doing things such as pouring water, making Gatorade, picking up trash, parking bicycles, fixing bicycles, picking up exhausted riders, wrapping sore knees, leading cheers, giving directions, hanging signs, marking the route, etc. If you are interested in being a member of this invaluable crew of fun-loving, compassionate people, we would love to have you.
All Crew members will receive a Seismic Challenge jacket and will be provided with meals and accommodations while working the event. Crew members are not required to fundraise but Crew members that reach the $1,000 fundraising level will also receive an official Seismic Challenge cap. Sound good? You can register or click on FAQ in the left-hand navigation bar on the website if you’d like more information: Register for Seismic Challenge.
Can’t volunteer for the whole ride?
Volunteers work with us in San Francisco (mostly) before the Seismic Challenge on all our pre-events the Kick-Off Party, some training rides, etc. You could also be at the shuttle stop on Friday, Oct. 17, to send the riders off on their adventure or at the finish line expo on Sunday, Oct. 19, to welcome them back…. or both. Volunteers will all receive a Seismic Challenge Volunteer t-shirt. You can sign up online to be notified about volunteering for the Seismic Challenge and San Francisco AIDS Foundation events.
Seismic Challenge Finish Line Expo
Sunday October 19th, 2008
Crissy Field, San Francisco
At Closing Ceremonies we will welcome back all the riders after their 2 day, 200 mile bike ride from Fort Bragg to San Francisco. Duties may include Checking-In Volunteers, set up, distributing t-shirts, providing food and hydration, manage the VIP tent, selling merchandise, Sponsor relations, traffic, merchandise, and/or Bike Parking. We need volunteers from 10am -2pm and/or 12-5pm. For more information, please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at
emariko@sfaf.org
January
AIDS/LifeCycle Kick-Off Party
Sunday January 11th, 2009
The Galleria at the San Francisco Design Center
101 Henry Adams Street (map)
The Kick-Off party represents the first party of the year for AIDS/LifeCycle* and historically it has been a blast! The Kick-Off Party gathers registered riders, their guests as well as people who have expressed interest in the ride. It is hoped that anyone who hasn't registered yet will decide to ride based on all the fun they have at the party with all of us! We expect at least 600 participants and we would love to have you there to help support their efforts! We will be setting up, doing coat check, guest check-in, giving directions, having fun, loading the vans up to return to the foundation. 7-11am, 9:30am-2pm, 2-6pm (22 volunteers) Please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders @ 415-487-8081 or emariko@sfaf.org.
*Please see the description in June events
March
The AIDS/LifeCycle Expo and Roadie Training
probably Saturday March 28th, 2009
SF County Fair Building (at 9th and Lincoln in Golden Gate Park)
This event gathers the cyclists and Roadies (volunteers on AIDS/LifeCycle) together to get them ready for the ride. It begins with a training ride, and encompasses vendor fair where participants (and volunteers!) can pick up all sorts of great items, Roadie Training, and a host of workshops to prepare the participants for the ride! As volunteers we will be doing everything to make this process understandable, smooth and more fun!!! 11am -4pm (4). For more information, please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at emariko@sfaf.org
April
The Day On The Ride
probably Saturday April 25th, 2009
SF County Fair Building (at 9th and Lincoln in Golden Gate Park)
This event replicates the look and feel of an actual day on the ride so we set up bike parking, snacks, check-in, safety, etc. The riders arrive early and then we send them on their way. They ride out on a ~40 or 80 mile ride and then instead of moving down the state they loop back to us in G.G. Park or "camp". 5-8:45AM (44 volunteers and believe it or not this time is the MOST energetic and fun), 12:30-3:30 (17) and 3-7pm (17)! PERFECT for groups! Please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at emariko@sfaf.org or 487-8081.
May
Leadership Recognition Dinner Set Up
First Thursday in May, 2009
Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason
Each year the San Francisco AIDS Foundation hosts the Leadership Recognition Dinner. The Dinner honors individuals and businesses who have made a significant impact in our ongoing battle to end the pandemic and the human suffering caused by HIV/AIDS. We are looking for volunteers to help us set-up the event. We need folks to assist us in setting up the tables, chairs, china, flowers, and making the place glamourous!!!
10am to 2pm and/or 1pm to 5pm. Please contact Sergio Cano at
scano@sfaf.org or 487-8014.
March
The AIDS/LifeCycle Expo and Roadie Training
Sunday TBD late March early April, 2009
SF County Fair Building (at 9th and Lincoln in Golden Gate Park)
This event gathers the cyclists and Roadies (volunteers on AIDS/LifeCycle) together to get them ready for the ride. It begins with a training ride, and encompasses vendor fair where participants (and volunteers!) can pick up all sorts of great items, Roadie Training, and a host of workshops to prepare the participants for the ride! As volunteers we will be doing everything to make this process understandable, smooth and more fun!!! 11am -4pm (4). For more information, please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at emariko@sfaf.org
April
The Day On The Ride
Saturday TBD late April, 2009
SF County Fair Building (at 9th and Lincoln in Golden Gate Park)
This event replicates the look and feel of an actual day on the ride so we set up bike parking, snacks, check-in, safety, etc. The riders arrive early and then we send them on their way. They ride out on a ~40 or 80 mile ride and then instead of moving down the state they loop back to us in G.G. Park or "camp". 5-8:45AM (44 volunteers and believe it or not this time is the MOST energetic and fun), 12:30-3:30 (17) and 3-7pm (17)! PERFECT for groups! Please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at emariko@sfaf.org or 487-8081.
May
Leadership Recognition Dinner Set Up
First Thursday in May, 2009
Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason
Each year the San Francisco AIDS Foundation hosts the Leadership Recognition Dinner. The Dinner honors individuals and businesses who have made a significant impact in our ongoing battle to end the pandemic and the human suffering caused by HIV/AIDS. We are looking for volunteers to help us set-up the event. We need folks to assist us in setting up the tables, chairs, china, flowers, and making the place glamourous!!! 10am to 2pm and/or 1pm to 5pm. Please contact Sergio Cano at scano@sfaf.org or 487-8014.
AIDS/LifeCycle Registration Packet Assembly
Mon-Fri May 18-22nd, 2009
San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 995 Market Street @ 6th, San Francisco
Volunteers will be helping to assemble approximately 3,500 check-in packets for Orientation Day. Tasks include labeling envelopes, stuffing with numerically ordered bike frame numbers, helmet stickers and wristbands, inserting additional wristbands and coupons based on pre-set criteria, and sorting completed envelopes alphabetically by last name. This project requires meticulous attention to detail!
If you have group we can adjust timing to work with you. 10am-2pm (15 volunteers), 1-5 pm (15) and/or 5-9 pm (15) Please contact Sergio Cano at scano@sfaf.org or 415-487-8014
AIDS/LifeCycle Binder Assembly
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 995 Market Street @ 6th, San Francisco
We will be putting together the binders of directions, maps etc. for the AIDS/Lifecycle staff and Roadies. Perhaps your company or social club is interested in an evening group activity for charity!?!?! 6-9pm (10 Volunteers) Please contact Sergio Cano at scano@sfaf.org or 487-8084.
Pre- UPLOAD for AIDS/LifeCycle
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Cow Palace, San Francisco
Volunteers will help 'id' the vehicles that will accompany the ride down to LA. 9am-1pm (3-4 volunteers) and/or 1pm-5pm (3-4) Please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at emariko@sfaf.org
UPLOAD for AIDS/LifeCycle
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Cow Palace, San Francisco
We will be sorting and organizing the supplies for the event and then loading up the vehicles. Please be aware that there will be lifting of 20-50 pounds. There will be snacks and beverages and lunch for the early shift. 10-2pm and/or (this shift will receive lunch) 1-5pm. For more information, please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at emariko@sfaf.org
June
AIDS/LifeCycle Orientation Set Up Day
Friday May 29th, 2009
Cow Palace, San Francisco
We are prep the Cow Palace for Orientation Day when the AIDS/LifeCycle riders from far and wide will all come together for the first time! We will set up Bike Parking, Check-In, Information/Hospitality, Medical, Safety Video Theater, Tent Assignment, Traffic Control, Volunteer Check-In, Pledge Office and Merchandise areas. 8-1:30pm (10 volunteers) and/or 12:30-6pm (10 volunteers) For more information, please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at emariko@sfaf.org
Orientation Day
Saturday May 30th, 2009
Cow Palace, San Francisco
This is the day that all of the registered Riders and Roadies come from all over the world to participate in AIDS/LifeCycle. They will Check-In, turn in any additional monies/their medical forms, they will receive the last of their safety information, they will get their tent assignments, the rider's bikes will be parked for the ride out the next day and the roadies will gain their last training. Volunteers will make sure that all of this goes off without a hitch and the later shift will prep the areas for Opening Ceremonies! 8 am -- 1:30 pm, 12:30 -- 6pm and/or 4-7pm. For more information, please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at emariko@sfaf.org
Opening Ceremonies
Sunday May 31st, 2009
Cow Palace, San Francisco
Opening Ceremonies are the grand send-off of the riders and Roadies and represent the first day of AIDS/LifeCycle's 7 day ride down to Los Angeles. The riders are warmed up, stretched out and then the ceremonies begin with speakers representing the beneficiaries and the sponsors of the ride. The end of the ceremonies is the sending out of the riders on their grand 585 mile journey to end the AIDS pandemic! Duties will include Arena Crowd Control, Bike Parking, Gear, Late Registration, Security, Traffic Control, Volunteer Check-In, Water, and Breakfast Staff. 4-8:30 am (another early one but REALLY fun and extremely inspiring!) For more information, please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at emariko@sfaf.org
AIDS/LifeCycle
Sunday May 31st-June 6th, 2009
First weekend in June to the second weekend in June
Begins in San Francisco and ends in Los Angeles
AIDS/LifeCycle is a bicycle ride which begins in San Francisco and ends in Los Angeles over 580 miles. This extraordinary ride has been raising money and awareness for over 10 years. It is the only AIDS fundraising bicycle event in California organized by the non-profit agencies it benefits but we can only do this with your help. Our volunteer Roadies are on the Event to do everything that needs to be done. This includes, but is definitely not limited to setting up and breaking down campsites and rest stops, serving meals, pouring water, making Gatorade, picking up trash, parking bicycles, fixing bicycles, picking up exhausted riders, wrapping sore knees, giving massages, leading cheers, giving directions, hanging signs, marking the route, and just about anything else you can think of. If you are interested in being a member of this invaluable crew of over 400 people, please go to www.aidslifecycle.org/roadies/teams.html to see which team you would like to join and then register via www.aidslifecycle.org/register/form.cfm?b=sf. Questions? Call 415.581.7077 info@aidslifecycle.org
AIDS/LifeCycle Bike Retrieval
Monday and Tuesday June 8-9, 2009
SF County Fair Building (at 9th and Lincoln in Golden Gate Park)
We will be getting all the bikes that are returning via truck from the ride to LA ready to be picked up by their tired and sore riders! We will be moving the bikes around so volunteers should be able to lift 20 pounds.
Shifts for Monday: 9AM -- 12PM (4-6 volunteers), 12PM -- 5PM (4), 4PM -- 8PM (4)
Shifts for Tuesday: 8AM -- 12PM (4 volunteers), 12PM -- 5PM (4), 4PM -- 8PM (4)
Please contact Sergio Cano at 487-8014 or via e-mail at
scano@sfaf.org.
JULY
AIDS Walk San Francisco
Sunday July 19th, 2009
Golden Gate Park
Join SFAF Team and walk in California's most popular, with over 35,000 walkers(!), AIDS fundraiser. The ten kilometer (6.2 miles) AIDS Walk begins and ends in Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park. You can join Team SFAF and raise urgently needed funds and to send the message that the AIDS crisis is not over - change the course of the epidemic. You will get a continental breakfast, snacks, beverages, and if you raise $25 or more a a t-shirt and a delicious BBQ lunch! For more information
http://www.sfaf.org/aidswalk2008
If you don't wish to walk but would like to help us out, we would love to have you volunteer at the SFAF tent! Please join us 10am -4pm (Outreach),
11am-5:00 pm (Hotline Promotion) and 3:00-7:00pm (Closing/Breakdown) For more information about the team or volunteering at the SFAF tent, please contact Emily Mariko-Sanders at 487-8081 or via e-mail at
emariko@sfaf.orgAIDS Walk Check Counting and Organizing!
Tuesday July 21st and/or Wednesday July 22nd, 2009
San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 995 Market Street @ 6th Street, 2nd Floor
We will be helping the AIDS Walk office get all those checks processed and everything settled from the walk. Please come and join in the fun! Money, money, money, money... MONEY! 9am-12pm/12-3pm/3-6pm and/or 6-9pm.Please contact Sergio at scano@sfaf.org or call 415-487-8014.
Dore Alley Up Your Alley
Sunday July 26th 2009
Soma, San Francisco
The Up Your Alley Fair is organized by the same people as the Folsom Street Fair is held in San Francisco's South of Market district. Expect to see lots of leather, (other) skin and interesting fetishes. The Fair will take over Dore Alley between Folsom and Howard Streets and the adjoining block of Folsom Street between 9th and 10th Streets. We are always very fortunate to have enough women volunteer for this event, so we would really like to encourage the men!
10am-2pm and/or 2-6pm. emariko@sfaf.org or call 415-487-8081.
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