Current Volunteering Needs
Ongoing
Exchange Provider
The HIV Prevention Project (HPP) 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.
For more information about working with Needle Exchange, contact
Jahaira Fajardo, Volunteer Coordinator for HPP, at jfajardo@sfaf.org or call 415-241-5130.
Greeter and Workshop Assistant
The Speed Project is a harm reduction program for gay/bi and heteroflexible men in San Francisco who use speed. The project hosts a weekly drop in group, and secondary syringe exchange, which would greatly benefit from the help of volunteer Greeters and Workshop Assistants.
Clerical Assistant/Receptionist
The SFAIDS Foundation is in need of volunteers with daytime availability to assist with bulk mailings, photocopying, phone banking & other clerical & administrative tasks. This volunteer could be assigned throughout the agency and responsibilities would vary depending on the departmental needs.
Development Assistant
Our Development Department is looking for Data Entry volunteers as well as general clerical volunteers any day of the week (usually four hour shifts).
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.
For more information, or if you are interested in any of the volunteer oportunities at Magnet, please call 415.581.1600 or at info@magnetsf.org.
Internships
IT Intern
Department: Information Technology
Supervisor: Ilse Miranda
Number of Hours: Ten to twenty hours per week
Time Commitment: Six months
Responsibilities:
- Help with management of agency's IT network
- Remote and local desktop support
- Meeting with individuals within the agency to assess networking needs
- Provide desktop support locally and remotely
Qualifications:
- Experience deploying and troubleshooting Windows XP, and MS Office 2003-2007
- Hardware & software, ghost imaging (if possible)
- Some technical skills
- Ability to bend and lift, and crouch under tables, when necessary
- Working towards a degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or other technical degree (preferred)
Skills gained from internship: Providing technical support, remote and local desktop support, and communication skills.
Events
July
AIDS Walk San Francisco
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
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 lunch! For more information, click here:
http://www.sfaf.org/teamsfaf/info.html.
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 20th and/or Wednesday July 21st, 2010
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
995 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco (map)
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 Cal Callahan at
ccallahan@sfaf.org or call 415-487-3065.
August
If you’re not planning on running, walking or skipping in
The Big Gay 10K on August 14th, we would love to have you join in on the fun as a volunteer that morning. You could be on the route guiding the runners, helping out at a water stop, welcoming the runners at the finish, staffing one of our tents, or a number of other roles that we need help with. It should be a very interesting day so if you would like to help out please let us know by filling out our
volunteer info form.
September
AIDS/LifeCycle Thank You Ride & BBQ
Sunday, September 26
Crissy Field, San Francisco
Our Thank You Ride and BBQ is an opportunity to thank AIDS/LifeCycle 9 participants for their dedication and hard work, and get everyone fired up for AIDS/LifeCycle 10! We need enthusiastic volunteers to help with event set up, food service, participant check in, bike parking and event breakdown. Please contact Julie Brown at
jbrown@aidslifecycle.org for details and times.
October
Seismic Challenge
Saturday and Sunday, October TBD 2010
San Francisco and Napa Valley
Be Part of Seismic Challenge 3.0! Join the excitement as our cyclists face the challenge of riding two hundred miles in two days. They need your help with a big send off at the Start Line in San Francisco and at then again as we congratulate them as they cross the Finish Line in beautiful Wine Country. It promises to be a spectacular finish among the Autumn vineyards in Napa! For more information, please sign up online using the
volunteer info form or contact Cal Callahan at
ccallahan@sfaf.org or 415-487-3065.
- October 2nd (Saturday) Start Line, Presidio Parade Grounds
- 4:30-7:30am – Set-up, Check-In, Breakfast Table, Traffic Control, etc.
- October 3rd (Sunday) Finish Line Expo, Napa Valley
- 10am-2pm – Finish Line and Expo Set-Up
- 4-8pm - Participant Check-in, Finisher Medal and Shirt Distribution, Staff Hydration Table, etc. and breakdown and truck loading of supplies to return to the Foundation, rental agencies.
December
World AIDS Day
December 1st, 2010
Come join the San Francisco AIDS Foundation for World AIDS Day! In the past we have let people on the morning commute know that it is World AIDS Day by holding signage with various messages about HIV and the Foundation, handing out palm cards, giving breaks/switching activities with other volunteers, and speaking with commuters to raise awareness for AIDS/HIV. To sign up please contact
volunteer@sfaf.org, or 415-487-8014.
Page last updated:
8/25/2010