Health and Safety

Thank you for volunteering with Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley. We are so thankful for your help! Your health and safety is our number one priority. Please review our updated volunteer safety health and safety information before your volunteer day.

Stay Home If You’re Sick

If you are feeling unwell, show symptoms such as a cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, fatigue, nausea, or fever, or if you have been exposed to someone with symptoms in the last 14 days, please stay home. Staying home is the best way to protect your fellow volunteers, Habitat staff, and community. If your organization has decided to postpone your day, we will make future arrangements.

Vaccine Verification and Site Entry

Effective May 11, 2022, Habitat EBSV no longer requires in-person volunteers to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test.

We ask unvaccinated volunteers to continue to wear a mask while working indoors or when they cannot socially distance, and all volunteers to continue to abide by state and local guidelines. Please stay home if you are sick. 

Face Coverings

In addition to vaccination/testing requirements, all volunteers are required to bring a face covering to their shift and wear it in line with state and county guidelines.

• We do have a limited supply of face masks in case you do not have one or need an additional mask during the day.
•  For more information about appropriate face masks/coverings, please visit the California Department of Public Health’s website.

Social Distancing

Staff and volunteers will be asked to maintain at least 6 feet distance when possible.

Hand Washing, Cleaning, and Sanitizing

Volunteers are encouraged to wash their hands often with soap and water or use hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available, and cover their cough or sneeze with your sleeve, not your hands.

• Handwashing stations and hand sanitizer will be available for frequent cleaning throughout the day. If you have hand sanitizer, please bring it for yourself.
• We are limiting tool sharing and increasing cleaning of tools.
• Bring your own work gloves if you can.

Lunch & Water

• We will break for an hour for lunch around noon.
• Please bring multiple water bottles with enough water for your volunteer day. For safety, we have discontinued the use of communal water sources.

What to Bring

✓ Face covering
✓ Bagged lunch and plenty of water
✓ Hand sanitizer and work gloves (if you have them, both will also be available on site)

And Always Remember to Wear:

✓ Closed-toed shoes
✓ Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, paint on or ruined
✓ Layers for fluctuating weather
✓ Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, rain jacket for outdoor activities (optional)

Questions?

Please contact the Volunteer Team at Volunteer@HabitatEBSV.org or 510-803-3322.