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Looking for ways to give back to community? Become an Openhouse volunteer!

Join us as a volunteer!

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Openhouse Volunteers - we couldn’t do it without you!

Interested in lending Openhouse a hand? We have multiple needs for volunteers from facilitating discussion and support groups, coordinating events, serving lunches, becoming a “friendly visitor”, administrative tasks such as data entry, and much more – our volunteers are a big part of our Openhouse community and their efforts make a big impact! If you’re interested, reach out and fill out one of our volunteer questionnaires.

How You Can Lend a Hand at Openhouse:

  • Data Entry

  • Deliveries with a Car

  • Event Support

  • Facilitators/Program Leaders

  • Friendly Caller*

  • Friendly Visitor

  • Front Desk Reception

  • Handyperson/Fix-it Help

  • Peer Support

  • Regular Errand Runs

  • Tech Support*

*Can be performed remotely

Jordyn focuses mostly on Home Delivered Grocery and Rainbow Lunch while also supporting remotely for Zoom events. She fit in as a volunteer here because she is ambitious, empathetic, and outgoing. Jordyn considers herself a “wide-ranged activist” spreading her passions between equality, equity, LGBTQ+ rights, free education, free health care, climate change, immigration reform, foster care reform, and more! Clearly, she does so much for so many and we are lucky she has chosen to volunteer with us.

My time at Openhouse has
completely changed my outlook on community engagement and has inspired the work I hope to do as a therapist. And I am beyond grateful for that. 

- Isaiah M.

Openhouse has partnered with Mon Ami who provides an app specializing in coordinating companionship and assistance for seniors. Volunteers can use this app to schedule calls and visits and even receive reimbursements for essential items via PayPal.

What we’re offering together:

  • Friendly Calls – Openhouse will match seniors with volunteer callers – and not just a random caller each time! Our volunteers are here to build meaningful relationships, a beautiful opportunity in a time of crisis.

  • Essential Errands – Volunteers will get groceries, pick up prescriptions, mail important documents, and more while following these guidelines to protect public health.

  • App Support for Volunteers – All of this will be coordinated by Mon Ami’s proprietary technology which keeps everyone’s identities safe, manages scheduling, and handles reimbursement for volunteers.

Friendly Visitor Program:

Are you interested in helping to keep LGBTQ seniors in our community-engaged, and thriving in the city and community they helped to create? Get involved in the Openhouse Friendly Visitor program!

Openhouse works to center the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQ elders by providing opportunities to make social connections and build community. Through the Openhouse Friendly Visitor program, LGBTQ seniors are matched with queer-and trans-identified folks and allies of different ages to receive ongoing social and emotional support such as taking walks, sharing stories, or just connecting about shared interests. These activities can make a big difference in the lives of LGBTQ seniors seeking stronger community connections.

Being an Openhouse Community Member means building community across generations. Friendly visitors of all ages are interested in cultivating deep and enriching friendships with LGBTQ seniors. These friendships can take shape in many forms- going on walks, museum visits, sharing stories over coffee, or simply connecting over shared interests! Volunteers help provide companionship, emotional support, and some practical assistance to foster connections to our community.

TO LEARN MORE > connect with our Intergenerational Program Coordinator, Lila Goehring (she/her) at lgoehring@openhousesf.org.