Other Active Partners
The California Wilderness Coalition
The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal. CWC is the only organization dedicated to protecting and restoring California's wild places and native biodiversity on a statewide level. The California Wilderness Coalition seeks student volunteers and interns to help protect wilderness! Interns are persons who work for the purpose of fulfilling educational objectives and receive no compensation or benefits in return from the CWC. Interns typically work 2-10 hours per week (arranged). Interested volunteers should contact the Upland office at 909-946-1855 or email info@calwild.org.
Clearance Requirements:
Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ)
CCAEJ is a nonprofit of united communities who find common interest in demanding environmental change for their afflicted communities. CCAEJ and students volunteering there are involved in grassroots organizing around environmental crises in San Bernardino and Riverside, including issues of air quality, land use, toxic dumping, perchlorate poisoning and others.
Clearance Requirements:
Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe
Looking for volunteers to assist with research, event planning, college mentorship, grant writing , web layout and more. This tribe is part of the Ohlone Nation and is a non-profit organization devoted to fighting for the rights (and federal recognition) of this American Indian Tribe. Students are involved in research and activism around legal rights, health care access and cultural or historical research projects. Students may also get involved in community outreach and advocacy through college mentorship as well as policy and lobbying work. Days/ times negotiable. Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Scott Scoggins. Pitzer Vans may be available. Click here for CRCT events.
Clearance Requirements:
Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
Foundations Class at Claremont High School
Looking for volunteers to help at-risk freshman high school students. Volunteers needed Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am-12pm though this time/day may be negotiable. Interns would work with two sets of students on content area concepts and reading as well as provide a positive role model for students. Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Sandra Mayo. Within walking distance.
Clearance Requirements:
Proof of a current TB test (within the last 6 months); CUSD district volunteer form; Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
Garey High School
This Pomona public high school has extremely high drop-out rates, teen pregnancy rates, domestic violence rates and a lack of mentors or support programs. Pitzer students work at Garey as mentors and college counselors. Students founded and facilitate a unique program called “Girl Talk” for teen girls to create safe space to talk about issues of peer-pressure, relationships, family crises and abuse or violence. Program runs Tuesdays 2:30pm-4pm. Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Urban Fellow Debbie Lieberman. Pitzer Vans may be available.
Clearance Requirements:
TB Test; PUSD Volunteer Application; Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC)
Through community organizing, youth leaders are making change around issues of violence and racism among youth in the Inland Empire. ICUC has been successful in uniting schools, neighborhoods, religious congregations and others to mobilize for change. Pitzer students have been involved in community organizing, conducting ongoing research and organizing actions for social change. Inland Empire youth serviced by ICUC are in need of college mentorship. Days/times may very. Interested parties should contact Pitzer in Ontario Director Tom Dolan.
Clearance Requirements:
Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
Montessori
Exciting opportunity to design and run your own programs with pre-school children . Montessori in Montclair (near the mall) is looking for self-starters to share their interests with kids. Enjoy gardening? Soccer? Painting? Math? This site is very open to student run programming so contact us if you have an idea - work alone or team up with friends. Each program is for 2-6 year olds and can run M-F after 2:30pm. Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Sandra Mayo. Within biking distance.
Clearance Requirements:
Interview; TB Test; Live Scan; Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
Reading Company
Looking for tutors - all ages, all subjects. Possibility of paid positions in the future. Tutors have two options: tutor at a Reading Company Center where clients pay a small fee for each visit - OR tutor/run a program at a Reading Company location sponsored by the No Child Left Behind Act working with underserved/ at risk communities. Complete training session provided as well as all materials. Volunteers required to complete Live-Scan fingerprinting, TB test, and drug test. Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Sandra Mayo. Pitzer vans available.
Clearance Requirements:
Volunteer Application; TB Test; Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
SOAR
Looking for tutors and mentors. SOAR, a new community school run by the Ontario-Montclair school district helps students ages 11– 14 who are at risk of dropping out or of expulsion from school. This alternative school provides rigorous academic assistance and skill building. Pitzer students will tutor and mentor, hours 10am-3pm (one hour minimum). Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Sandra Mayo. Pitzer vans available.
Study Buddies
Looking for twenty tutors . Tutor children (K-8th grade) in various subject matters . Kids are at-risk students from schools in Ontario, Montclair and Pomona. We need approximately twenty tutors . Tutoring takes place TWTh from 4pm-6pm. Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Sandra Mayo. Within walking distance.
Clearance Requirements:
Volunteer Application; TB Test; Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
School of Arts and Enterprise (SAE)
The School of Arts and Enterprise (SAE) is a state-certified public charter high school located in the Pomona Arts Colony. SAE emphasizes two unique areas: visual and performing arts and business skills. The curriculum is delivered through a Project-Based Learning (PBL) learning approach to instruction, one which minimizes traditional lecture and recitation. Each semester students are assigned an experiential, community oriented learning project that demands research and problem solving and represents authentic, marketplace situations. Students learn by doing. Utilizing a community-based approach, students have the opportunity to participate in physical education, arts classes and afterschool programs throughout the Pomona Arts Colony, including the YMCA and the dA Center for the Arts. Students also interact with local artists, gallery owners, arts related businesses, entertainment companies and public agencies through internships and other coordinated activities. Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Sandra Mayo.
Clearance Requirements:
Live Scan; Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
Soledad Enrichment Action (SEA) After-School Program
Soledad Enrichment Action (SEA) is a charter high school that provides educational opportunities to students that have not been successful in traditional schools, have been expelled from traditional schools, or have been incarcerated. Most of the students are reading far below grade level and are more than a year behind on high school credits. The school has small classroom sizes in order to provide students individualized attention. SEA has also implemented an after-school program to provide students with more personalized assistance. The goal of the after-school program is to increase students’ progress toward reaching grade-level proficiency in reading and mathematics, as well as improved performance in the four content areas: history, math, English and science. Students work one-on-one or in small groups with a teacher, teacher assistant, or tutor to complete activities that reinforce concepts learned during the week. Activities such as projects, data collection, novel reading, poetry writing, and research are utilized to expand students’ understanding of the topics being studied. Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Sandra Mayo.
Clearance Requirements:
Liability Waiver; Photo Release; CCCSI Ethics Contract; attend mandatory CCCSI Orientation
Uncommon Good
435 Berkeley Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
Contact: Nancy Mintie or Sue Kieth
Tel: (909) 625 - 2248
uncommongood@uncommongood.org
Key Issues: youth outreach, tutoring and mentoring
This nonprofit works to provide fair access to education, health-care and legal services in underprivileged communities and populations. Students are involved in mentoring programs to help break the cycle of poverty through education. Students can also be involved in UC's Teen Green program (a youth environmental group to raise community awareness and work for environmental justice locally). Interested parties should contact CCCSI's Tricia Morgan. Within walking distance.
Vina Danks Middle School
1020 N. Vine Ave.
Ontario, CA 91762
Contact: Mark Lim
Tel: (909) 459-2947, (909) 983-2691
Fax: (909) 459-2959
Key Issues: school success, youth outreach