Volunteering with StarVista is an excellent opportunity to learn more about yourself and receive valuable training while making an important contribution to your Community. As a non profit organization, StarVista depends on thousands of hours of volunteer work each year to serve our clients. All volunteer positions receive training and ongoing support from StarVista staff.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
STARVISTA AMBASSADOR | Discover StarVista Tours
Our mission focused tours happens once a month, and it is held virtually via Zoom. You are welcome to sign up just once as an ambassador, or as many times as you’d like.
The main role of an Ambassador is to help raise awareness about StarVista and the services we provide to the communities we serve. Ambassadors help to connect us with people in their personal and professional networks/communities who want to join us in achieving our mission of delivering high-impact services. We collectively aim to provide hope and act as a catalyst for change for those struggling with mental illness and other challenges.
As an Ambassador, you will play an integral role through connecting us with your networks by inviting 6-12 people to a 1-hour Zoom meeting at a time that works best for the Ambassador and your group. We connect with each attendee around their potential mission connection, our CEO, Sara Mitchell, shares an overview of the agency, and we share powerful client impact stories.
For further interest and any other queries about how to get involved with out tours, please email development@star-vista.org.
CRISIS CENTER HOTLINE VOLUNTEERS & YOUTH PEER COUNSELORS
StarVista’s Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center offers counseling, support and referrals to callers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Crisis Line volunteers may take calls from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and our local crisis hotline.
Volunteers take calls from individuals dealing with issues that include: family stress, relationships, suicide, substance abuse, and mental illness. Counselors are fully trained by our professional staff before they volunteer.
Crisis Hotline Volunteers must be 21+ years old and be a resident of San Mateo County or surrounding counties to volunteer.