Speak Out: Volunteer
Friends Helping Friends
Volunteering benefits everyone! Each week, over 150 dedicated individuals volunteer for Friends. Check out current volunteer opportunities with Friends and check back frequently for new ways to get involved. Contact our Driver at 415-522-8604 or email driver@friendssfpl.org for details on how you can help.
Connecting Students and Community Through Service
Friends offers volunteer opportunities for Bay Area students. For a student volunteer application
click here.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Book Sales
Our Annual
Big Book Sale, this Sept 24-27, 2009, is currently looking for volunteers! Click here to sign up!
Big Book Sale Volunteer FormVolunteers are also needed for our outdoor
Step Sales, which are held on the steps of the Main Library the first Friday and third Wednesday of the month (April – October).
Book Bay Fort Mason
Located at historic Fort Mason Center, this large bookstore sells new and used donated books. Volunteers provide sales and customer service support. Cash register training available. Open everyday in Building C, from 10 AM – 6 PM. Volunteers are trained to use a cash register.
Book Bay Main
Volunteers are needed to assist staff at our store at the Main Library. Located inside the Grove Street entrance, this newest venture operates during all Main Library open hours. Cash register training available. Volunteers are especially needed in the evenings or the weekends.
Book Buddies
Read to hospitalized children in San Francisco. Book Buddies are asked to make a commitment of two to three hours a week for a minimum of one year. Volunteers need to be 18 years old and must attend a one-hour orientation.
2009 Orientation Dates: Tuesday, October 13 at 5:30 p.m.
All orientations are held in the Main Library Children’s Center on the 2nd Floor.
Book Donation Pick-Ups
Volunteers, with their own vehicle, pick-up donated books twice per month in city neighborhoods and Branch Libraries and take them to our Book Donation Center. Must be able to pick up a 30 lb. box of books. Great way to get exercise and help the library!
Our Donation Center will be relocating Summer 2008 to 438 Treat Avenue (between 17th and 18th). This move will provide new opportunities for volunteers at the Donation Center.
Neighborhood Library Campaign and Membership Outreach
Volunteers are needed for community outreach involving renovation, modernization, and expansion of our 24 branch libraries.
Office Assistance
Assist in our office at 391 Grove Street. Shifts are 3-4 hours per week during normal business hours.
Publicity
Place posters and flyers in neighborhoods to help advertise book sales and events.
Special Events
Volunteer at Friends events! Some events include: San Francisco International Poetry Festival events, Annual Big Book Sale, library openings and closings, author events and step sales.
Bookmark this page and check back for new ways to support the San Francisco Public Library!
