Community

Volunteer Opportunities

As future pharmacists, we understand that helping the community not only builds interpersonal skills, but also gives pre-pharm students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the community they will be serving later on in their career. Here are some locations and organizations for the Bay Area:

Hospitals/Medical Centers

Alameda County Medical Center
Address: 470 - 27th Street, Oakland, CA. 94612
Volunteer Services: (510) 437-8363

Alta Bates Medical Center
Ashby Campus: 2850 Ashby Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705
Herrick Campus: 2001 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Volunteer Services: (510) 204-1695

 Children's Hospital Oakland
Address: 747 Fifty Second St., Oakland, CA 94609
Volunteer Services: (510) 428-3471

Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Address: 280 W. MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94611
Volunteer Services: (510) 752-6859

Lifelong Medical Care
Attn: Volunteer Coordinator
P.O. Box 11247, Berkeley, CA 94712
(510) 704-6010 ext. 240
volunteer@lifelongmedical.org

 San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA 94110
Volunteer Services: (415) 206-8193

UC Berkeley's University Health Services
Address: 2222 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
Volunteer Services: (510) 642-7202

UCSF Mt. Zion Medical Center & Children's Hospital
Addresses:
Mt. Zion Medical Center - 1600 Divisadero St., San Francisco, CA 94115
Children's Hospital - 505 Parnassus Ave., M914 San Francisco, CA 94143-0290
Volunteer services:
Mt. Zion Medical Center - (415) 885-7353
Children's Hospital - (415) 353-1196

Tutoring

Berkeley School District
Address: 1835 Allston Way, Berkeley CA 94703
Phone Number: (510) 644-6244

Oakland Asian Students Educational Services (OASES)
On-campus Address: 505 Eshleman Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone Number: (510) 643-0306

Student Learning Center (On-Campus)
Cesar Chavez Plaza, Lower Sproul

Healthcare Clinics
Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic
Address: 558 Clayton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone Number: 415-487-5638 ext. 107

St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic
Address: 105-107 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: 415-241-8320

Suitcase Clinic
On-campus Address: 505 Eshleman Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone Number: (510) 643-0306

Women's Needs Center
Address: 2166 Hayes Street, Suite 104
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone Number: (415) 379-7800

Other Suggestions

Alameda County Meals on Wheels
Address: 6955 Foothill Blvd, Suite 300, Oakland, CA, 94605
Volunteer Services: (510) 577-3581

Berkeley Reads Literacy Program
Address: 1125 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone Number: (510) 981-6299

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Oakland
Address: 870 Market Street
Suite 928 San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: (415) 693-7700

Food Bank of San Francisco
Address: 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107
Volunteer Services: (415) 282-1900

Hospice by the Bay
Address: 1540 Market St
Suite 350 San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number: (415) 626-5900

Refugee Transitions
Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 1219 San Francisco, CA 94102
Volunteer Services: (415) 989-2151

Wonderworks
On-campus Address: 505 Eshleman Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone Number: (510) 643-0306