Caring at Carey

Nurturing kindness is a key part of the Carey mission. Through an awareness of how we can help our community, we can help instill kindness in our children and help fulfill the school’s mission.

Volunteer activity not only helps the people you reach out to, it builds stronger and happier kids. Children feel empowered when they understand that they can help others. They learn responsibility, tolerance and sometimes even job skills. By volunteering as a family, you can demonstrate the value of kindness to your kids.

Check out our event calendar below for volunteer opportunities suggested for families. on upcoming opportunities that you want to tell other Carey families about.

Family-friendly Volunteering Opportunities

For families planning to volunteer, Network for Good has compiled a set of tips on volunteering wisely.

• Friday, January 9 (this opportunity is also available the first Friday of every month) - 3:00PM to 6:30PM: Join Fair Oaks in distributing food to families and assisting with memberships. Family Harvest serves as a host site for Second Harvest. Spanish-speaking volunteers preferred, but not required. Please come to the project wearing closed-toed shoes. Volunteers age 10 to 15 welcome with supervising parent. Email goodforfamilies@handsonbayarea.org to register your child. (Redwood City) LEARN MORE
• Sunday, January 18 (this opportunity is also available one Sunday every month) - 1:00PM to 3:00PM: Make ice cream sundaes and deliver them to veterans at the VA Hospital Ice Cream Social. LEARN MORE
• Sunday, January 11 (this opportunity is also available the second Sunday of every month): Individuals and families are invited to join the residents at Lytton Gardens in a fun hour of arts and crafts, cards, games, Bingo, or other acitvities. Lytton Gardens is a multi-level care center and senior retirement community in the heart of downtown Palo Alto. Children volunteers of all ages welcome with supervising parent. Email goodforfamilies@handsonbayarea.org to register your child. (Palo Alto) LEARN MORE
• Every Saturday January through June: Help find homes for rescued cats and kittens at an adoption fair at Petsmart in San Mateo. Homeless Cat Network needs help for the adoption fairs to set up the fairs and talk with potential adopters. You can also help by playing with the cats during weekdays. LEARN MORE
• Saturday, January 24 (this opportunity is also available the third Saturday every month) - 9:00AM to 12:00PM: Volunteers will participate in restoration activities such as planting native seedlings and non-native plant removal. Save the Bay (in partnership with the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve and the City of Palo Alto) works to celebrate, protect, and restore San Francisco Bay. Volunteers 10 to 15 welcome with supervising parent. Email goodforfamilies@handsonbayarea.org to register your child. LEARN MORE
• Saturday, March 21 (this opportunity is also available in April and May) - 9:00AM to 12:00PM: Save The Bay has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to begin wetlands restoration at this former salt pond on the south side of the Dumbarton Bridge in Menlo Park. Our first community-based restoration projects will include shoreline cleanups and informational tours along the levy trail. Join us to learn about the future of this and other South Bay Salt Ponds, the largest urban restoration project in the country. No experience necessary. Gloves, tools and instruction provided. Each event is led by Save The Bay staff certified in CPR and Wilderness First Aid and all site projects have been planned to ensure safety. LEARN MORE