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Mission

The Mission of the Volunteer Center of Sacramento is to strengthen Sacramento communities, organizations and individuals through facilitating volunteer services.

Vision

The Vision of the Volunteer Center of Sacramento is to enrich lives and community through leadership in volunteerism. Our vision conveys a strong and positive message about the agency's commitment to the greater Sacramento community.

By providing quality volunteer matching and several other community services and programs, the Volunteer Center of Sacramento continuously works to ensure volunteer opportunities are available to everyone and area non-profit organizations are receiving the volunteer support they need.

History

Founded in 1962 as the Volunteer Bureau by the Soroptimist Club and Junior League, the Volunteer Center of Sacramento (VCS) originally functioned as a center for senior citizens. By 1965, the Volunteer Center of Sacramento expanded to serve volunteers of all ages.

Beginning in 1976, the Volunteer Center began to operate the regions only Alternative Sentencing Program (ASP). ASP’s primary purpose is to provide alternative sentencing, also known as community service, for adult and juvenile offenders referred through the Sacramento County Court system.

Throughout the 1990’s VCS served as the coordinating agency for all local United Way non-profit agencies and volunteer opportunities.

From 2000 to 2005, VCS launched its first volunteer matching website, managed the Youth Empowerment Academy (YEA) which taught local high school students how to make a positive impact in our community, and worked with Americorps.

Since 2006, VCS has unveiled our Community Resource Center which offers volunteer opportunities and community resources to the public, introduced the Adopt-A-Family Program which brings food and gifts to families in need during the Holiday Season, and began the Birthday Wishes Program which provides fun, personalized and memorable birthday parties to children living in local homeless shelters.

Today, VCS continues to serve as a volunteer clearing house or central location for all volunteers to learn about new volunteer opportunities. To further our commitment to the community we’ve created a cutting edge website so it’s easy to find quality volunteer opportunities and provide local non-profit organizations the volunteer support they need.