General Info

Operational for more than 25 years, the Santa Cruz Volunteer Center recruits and orients volunteers for placement in various nonprofit agencies. It offers Adopt-A-Family, a program where businesses and individuals can adopt a family of any size. The adopters in the program provide family packages that include food gift certificates, clothing, toys children and household items, such as blankets, towels and sheets. The agency also offers the File of Life, which is a national program that provides an individual's medical information on a card inserted in a magnet that attaches to the front of the refrigerator. In addition, the Santa Cruz Volunteer Center provides the Helping Hands program, which includes home repair services for low-income senior citizens. It is located in Santa Cruz, Calif.