Volunteer
VOLUNTEER WITH US

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Braille Institute.
Our dedicated volunteers engage in a variety of outreach, daily life skills, technology training, literacy, art, recreation and leisure activities to empower thousands of students and patrons with vision loss – joining us in our unwavering belief that vision rehabilitation is a beginning, not an end. Find your opportunity to help a student embrace the challenge of sight loss and live well.

Find Volunteer Opportunities by Location (Click to expand)
Receptionist
Share your people skills while assisting at our busy reception area. Duties include answering phones, greeting and assisting students and guests and light clerical work. Various shifts are available Monday through Friday.
Exercise/Movement Class Instructor
Share your passion for fitness and help our students stay active. Instructors are needed for various types of movement classes: general exercise, yoga, dance, etc. No experience teaching visually impaired students is necessary. Training will be provided. Classes are offered once a week, 10:00-11:30 am or 1:00- 2:30 pm.
Library Volunteer
Assist Library patrons with book orders and general questions, sort our digital book collection and more! Volunteers should be personable, detail oriented and have general computer skills. Various 2-3 hours shifts are available Monday through Friday.
Exercise Class Assistant
Have fun while assisting adult students in one of our popular exercise classes. Duties include helping students to perform movements correctly and safely, following the teacher’s instructions. Classes meet once a week for one hour. Training will be provided.
Creative Arts Instructor
Share your passion for art with our blind and visually impaired students. An instructor with experience in any art medium and/or general crafts is needed for our Fall Term. 1.5 hour-long classes meet once a week, Monday through Friday. No experience in working with visually impaired students is necessary. We will train you!
No volunteer opportunities currently available. Check back soon!
Exercise/Movement Class Instructor
Share your passion for fitness and help our students stay active. An instructor is needed for a general/chair exercise or movement class. No experience teaching visually impaired students is necessary. Training will be provided. Classes are offered once a week, 10:00-11:30 am or 1:00- 2:30 pm.
Volunteer Greeter
Are you looking for a simple, yet interactive and fulfilling volunteer role? Volunteer Greeters welcome students and guests to our campus, direct and guide them to classes, and answer basic questions. No experience necessary. We will train you in how to effectively assist people who are blind and visually impaired. Various 2-3 hours shifts are available, Monday through Friday.
Library Circulation
Volunteer behind the scenes in the Circulation Department of Braille Institute’s unique library! Duties include sorting our book collection, shelving and preparing audio book cartridges to be mailed to blind and visually impaired library patrons. No experience necessary – just a willingness to help and attention to detail. Various 2-4 hour shifts are available, Monday through Friday.
Library Reader Services
Library Reader Services Volunteers mail out packets, call library patrons with information, and assist with other clerical duties. A pleasant phone manner is required and bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferred. Various 2-4 hours shifts are available, Monday through Friday.
Library Machine Repair
Use your “fix-it” skills to help keep digital audio book players in circulation for our library patrons. Volunteers will repair, clean and charge/change batteries on the digital players. Training will be provided. Hours are flexible.
American Sign Language Interpreter/Aide
Use your ASL skills to assist students in our Deaf/Blind Program. Experience and conversational skills with ASL is required. Training in the development of Tactile ASL skills will be provided. Hours are Fridays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Connection Point Greeter/Receptionist
Connection Pointe, Braille Institute’s busy technology lab, needs volunteers to help create a welcoming experience for blind and visually impaired students. Duties include greeting students, assisting with getting them set-up at a computer recording names for call back appointments. Various 3-4 hour shifts are available, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Class Assistant – Sensory Awareness
Assist instructor and students in our Sensory Awareness class. This interesting class is designed to help blind and visually impaired students fine tune their remaining senses through a series of lessons and exercises. Training will be provided. Class meets on Wednesdays, 1:00-2:00 pm.
Exercise Class Assistant
Have fun while assisting adult students in one of our popular exercise classes. Duties include helping students to perform movements correctly and safely, following the teacher’s instructions. Classes meet once a week for one hour. Training will be provided.
Art Class Assistant
Share your creative side while assisting students create projects in one of our popular art classes – Basketry, Ceramics, Mosaic, Paper Mache, Quilting and more! Classes meet once a week for two hours. Training will be provided.
No volunteer opportunities currently available. Check back soon!
Library Volunteer
Assist Library patrons with book orders and general questions, sort our digital book collection and more! Volunteers should be personable, detail oriented and have general computer skills. Various 2-3 hours shifts are available Monday through Friday.
Receptionist
Share your people skills while assisting at our busy reception area. Duties include answering phones, greeting and assisting students and guests and light clerical work. 12-3 pm shifts are available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Beginning French Instructor
Volunteer Instructor is needed to teach a remote Beginning French class to blind and visually impaired adult students. One hour class times are available Monday through Friday.
Creative Arts Instructor
Share your passion for art with our blind and visually impaired students. Painting, ceramics and general crafts instructors are needed. 1.5 hour-long classes meet once a week, Monday through Friday.
Receptionist
Share your people skills while assisting at our busy reception area. Duties include answering phones, greeting and assisting students and guests and light clerical work. Various shifts are available Monday through Friday.
Ukelele/Guitar Instructor
Share your love of music with our blind and visually impaired students. A beginning guitar and/ukulele instructor is needed. 1.5 hour-long classes meet once a week, Monday through Friday.
Yoga Instructor
Teach beginning yoga to blind and visually impaired adults. We have space, mats and eager students — we just need a teacher! 1.5 hour-long classes meet once a week, Monday through Friday.
CONTACT
Donna Wager
Director of Volunteer Services
(714)-503-2113
dewager@brailleinstitute.org
Monday-Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm PT
GETTING STARTED IS EASY
- Select a location and volunteer opportunity from the list.
- Complete the Volunteer Application and submit.
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