VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Looking for a great way to be part of your community and offer your services as well? Become a volunteer! The City of Paso Robles is always in need of volunteers to do everything from clerical tasks and library help to Community Patrol with the Police Department and membership on our various committees. Without volunteers, the City wouldn’t be able to offer the quality or quantity of services it is able to. Volunteers are vital to our organization. Be part of it!
City Hall
Paso Robles offers a City Hall Volunteer Associate Program that provides
essential assistance to the daily operation of City Hall. If you have four hours a
week to give...we have a job for you!...more »
Police
If you have the time, we have a job for you! The Paso Robles Police Department
volunteers come from all walks of life, from professionals that are still in the
workforce to retired senior citizens. Volunteers perform many important functions.
Their participation allows police officers and other criminal justice employees to
spend more time conducting proactive law enforcement activities...more
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Library
The Paso Robles Public Library Volunteer Associates Program was instituted in 1995 to
help the library staff make full use of its beautiful new building. Starting with
only a handful of volunteers, the program has grown to be one of California’s most
innovative models in volunteerism. Today, our volunteer program is essential to the
daily operation of the library with nearly 100 trained volunteers contributing over
12,000 hours of their time and talents per year. Library Volunteer Associates come
from a wide range of backgrounds and their contribution to the library community is
immeasurable...more »
Recreation
The Recreation Division has a wide variety of volunteer
opportunities! They utilize folks as coaches and
scorekeepers for T-Ball and Coach Pitch Baseball; they need people
to help with Barney Schwartz Park events, at Centennial Pool, as
guest speakers and mentors for after school activities, the Senior
Center has need for volunteers and Centennial Park can always use
clerical help more »
Adopt-A-Street
The Adopt-A-Street Program is a fun and worthwhile program that gives individuals,
companies, schools or organizations an opportunity to adopt a City street and
beautify a part of Paso Robles in partnership with the City. Adoption requires litter
pickup on a section of street a minimum of twice a month for six months. This is a
great way to promote community pride and goodwill within your organization, and among
family and friends. For more information on the Adopt-A-Street program or to sign up,
visit the
Adopt-A-Street page.
Advisory Committees
The City has many advisory committees that are composed of dedicated community
members who volunteer their time. The committees are advisory bodies to the City
Council and provide important input regarding decisions to be made on specific issues
affecting the community at large as well as specific groups or interests such as
Senior Citizens, Teens, the Library and the Airport.
To learn more about the committees, check out the City Council Advisory Bodies page. It includes the purpose of each committee, when they meet and the terms of office.
To find out which committees will have vacancies due to term expiration during the year, download the following document, Advisory Committee Vacancies [pdf:104k/3pp]. This document is updated once a year per the Maddy Act and does not reflect those vacancies created by any other means (resignation, etc.) To apply for a committee, download and fill out the Advisory Committee Application [pdf:81k/1pp] and return it to the Office of the City Clerk. For questions regarding any vacancies, contact Shari Ryan at 237-3960.
