Volunteering Opportunities
A list describing the many great opportunities to volunteer with Chevron Humankind and to participate in events of interest put on by the Employee Networks can be found in the current Newsletter.
Chevron Humankind - Grants and Volunteering
Chevron Humankind is your resource for getting cash grants for your favorite non-profits and for finding outlets for that volunteering energy you have. Chevron announced in February that they have reduced the company match to $2,000, and $1,000 of that can be based on your volunteering with a non-profit.
With the move from San Ramon to Houston, Chevron does not have as many volunteering opportunities in the Bay Area. There are still quite a few through the refinery, and there will still be a 2025 Fall Volunteer Campaign. Go to Chevron Humankind to see these opportunities. Do you have a project at a non-profit that can use volunteers? Retirees can also submit projects to Chevron Humankind.
Occasionally, members have projects where they are looking for volunteers or have volunteer positions that they are looking for candidates. We can selectively include those in the newsletters if you send them to us in a timely fashion.
Lee Oller, Art Oller’s wife, is co-Secretary of the non-profit Community Arts Foundation, which provides scholarships to students of all ages who want to take art classes but cannot afford to do so. They have been serving this need since 2006. Here is their website: https://www.commartsfoundation.org/. Their board is currently in need of a new Treasurer – are you interested? Contact us at cracocoevents@gmail.com and we will put you in contact with Lee.
Special Events & Fun Activites
Hiking Group
We are enjoying the sunny skies and brisk air in the mornings on our hikes. Since it’s warming up we are doing more of our hikes further to the west. We have hikes from Easy to Difficult so there’s something for every interest. Contact us through cracocoevents@gmail.com for more info and to get on the Hiking Group Mailing List. You can see pictures of our past hikes and hikers at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1TBeGYuHzZPniVWV5x6Dok-UuDJixGDmC
Chevron Golf Club San Ramon
Chevron Golf Club San Ramon (CGCSR) is an NCGA Affiliate Club that has as its base Chevron employees, contractors, and retirees. The club has about 60 members with indexes ranging from 5 to 39. We’ve played 4 of our planned 24 outings this year, where the club officers arrange for tee times. At these outings, we have an optional small game going (net or skins), closest to the pin prizes on 2 holes, a season-long match play, a club championship (net and gross winners) and a special end-of-year tournament. Most outings are on Friday or Saturday. We play a wide variety of courses, mostly East Bay, North Bay and Tri-Valley, but a couple up in Sacramento and a Monterey weekend. The NCGA affiliation means that you get an official NCGA handicap and have the opportunity to represent CGCSR in NCGA tournaments (partially subsidized by the club). For 2025, membership is only $85. For more information, contact cgcsanramon@gmail.com.
Chevron Heritage Center Retiree Tour, May 15, 2025
The Chevron Retirees Association has been invited to attend complimentary tours at the Chevron Heritage Center in Dublin. Guided tours are limited to 20 people, and the next tour is scheduled for Thursday, May 15 from 10:30 – noon. There will be two additional tours later this year.
The Chevron Heritage Center offers a vast tableau of the oil industry’s rich and varied history. Established within legacy-company Texaco in 1950 to collect historic material, the archive now provides a hefty record of Chevron’s growth from a modest oil prospecting organization formed in 1879 to its current status as one of the world’s great energy companies. The archive’s collection underscores this growth by encompassing the history of Chevron’s many legacy companies, which include such energy pioneers as Standard Oil Co. of California, Texaco Inc., Gulf Oil Corp., Getty Oil Co. and Unocal Corp.
Please RSVP or direct questions to Maggie Pryde at maggie4131@gmail.com. Reservations will be on a first come, first served basis. Additional information will be provided to attendees prior to the tour date.