Current Volunteering Needs

For more information, please call Special Events Volunteer Coordinator Emily Mariko-Sanders at 415-487-8081 or email us at emariko-sanders@sfaf.org

• Ongoing
• Internships
• Events

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.

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

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.

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.

Internships

>1 Event Planning Intern

• Management of mailings of participant registration gifts and incentives
• Supplying and/or staffing recruitment outreaches and events, training rides, water stops and other participant-related events
• Assistance in tracking participant activity via database and/or spreadsheets
• Timely updating of online calendars with information on training and fundraising clinics, training rides, and other participant-related events
• Production of event-related correspondence and forms, including thank you letters, registration forms, etc.
• Conducting third-party research of pricing options for event supplies and participant incentives, site and venue availability, etc.
• General administrative assistance to >1 staff

• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Creativity and problem-solving skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Previous event planning experience preferred, but not necessary
• Database and Excel experience preferred, but not necessary
• 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 gays, lesbians, people of various ethnicities, and people with HIV

Skills gained from internship: Logistical, communications and decision-making skills are cultivated by working on participant pledge events.

How this position benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation: the Foundation benefits by having intelligent and motivated individuals assist in the continuing efforts to prevent new HIV infections and promote health among those living with HIV.

Cal Callahan
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
415-487-3065
ccallahan@sfaf.org 

HIV/STD Health Educator Intern

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.

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

AIDS Walk San Francisco
Sunday July 19th, 2009
Golden Gate Park

AIDS 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

Dore Alley Up Your Alley
Sunday July 26th 2009
Soma, San Francisco

Seismic Challenge Finish Line Expo

Sunday October 18th, 2009

TBD, San Francisco

December

World AIDS Day
Tuesday December 1st, 2009
Various locations around San Francisco and some BART stations in the East Bay

January

AIDS/LifeCycle Kick-Off Party
Sunday January 11th, 2009
The Galleria at the San Francisco Design Center
101 Henry Adams Street (map)