Volunteers for Outdoor California

Welcome to 2026! Our spring season is starting soon (and we're still HIRING!) We're starting off with a Season Kickoff Party on Feb 22, then we have a Crew Leader Training on Mar 14 and our annual O'Tool Day when we get all of our tools ready for the season on Mar 21. Then our PROJECTS get started - China Camp Mar 27-29, Mt. Madonna Apr 15-17 and Joaquin Miller May 15-17. In August, we'll have a project in Santa Clara County and the East Bay Hills Benefit in September, and more to come!   We're also hiring a new Executive Director, check out the job listing here!

Help us take V-O-Cal to the next level by contributing to our GoFundMe From our current Executive Director, Cathy Moyer: After 18 years(!) as the Exec Director, it is well past time that V-O-Cal has real, paid staff to support the amazing volunteer efforts that has been the heart of the organization and to move the V-O-Cal into a more robust future. I have been saying this for years, with the holdup being the need to have a healthy enough bank account to give that new staff member a little financial runway. Thanks to an amazing volunteer, we have set up a GoFundMe to make it all happen. Thank you, Brittany! Another volunteer (who has asked to remain anonymous) has made a $50,000 contribution to get the fundraising started. Our goal is to match his contribution with another $50,000 from the GoFundMe. Help make that incredibly generous donation just the beginning and enable V-O-Cal to start a formal search for a new E.D. The planning team is finalizing the job description and we will post it soon. Please check out the GoFundMe page and share it with all your friends.

Who are we? Volunteers for Outdoor California (V-O-Cal) is a volunteer workforce for large-scale trail maintenance and construction projects, habitat restoration, and related land stewardship activities on public lands in partnership with public agencies and other nonprofit organizations.

2025 Season Sponsor Special Thanks to Bay Area Barns and Trails for their generous grant supporting the 2024 V-O-Cal Project Season. BABT assists landowners and land managers with preservation and maintenance of publicly accessible Bay Area barns, stables, pastures, staging areas, horse camps, and trails.