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
Remember that for every retiree Chevron will match employee contributions to non-profits, up to $3,000. The donations need to be made to 501(c)3 organizations see the rules on the Chevron Humankind website.
Please submit your requests as early as possible. There are always a large amount of matching requests in January - let's try and smooth that out a little.
Also remember that if you donate at least 20 hours to a non-profit organization you can apply for a $500 grant. You can apply for up to 2 grants per year. This is included in the $3,000 total.
Volunteering Events
Volunteer with employees and retirees at the 2024 Bay Area Fall Volunteer Campaign. This year it runs from September into October. You are able to sign up for any project on the list, and in future years can submit your own project. There are 2 projects this year coordinated by retirees. Lots of opportunities to get out there and help your community. The sign-ups are available on the Chevron Humankind website (https://chevron.yourcause.com/auth/ basic) and click on the opportunities to volunteer link. This is available all year long and so I suggest you look at the opportunities periodically. Please check out our Volunteering events list - go to our website at http://chevronretireescontracosta.org/special_events.html and click on the opportunities to volunteer link.
Volunteering Distribution list – we had a distribution list of people who were interested in getting a push of volunteering opportunities on approximately a bi-monthly basis. The opportunities are mostly pulled from Chevron Humankind for projects primarily in the East Bay (though in the past we have included others as well). We would like to build that list again from scratch. If you would be interesting in getting this bi-monthly email of opportunities, whether you were on it before or not, please send a note to cracocoevents@gmail.com.
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 4 to 34. We plan to run 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, and some further afield. 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 2024, membership is only $85 for new members. For more information, contact cgcsanramon@gmail.com.
Chevron Retirees Association website
Take a look at the CRA website (www.chevronretirees.org). There are lots of great pictures out there of retirees having fun, good benefits information, links to Benefit Hub and Chevron Humankind, information on the Chevron Advocacy Network, etc. It has been substantially updated recently, so if you haven’t been on there in a while, take a look.
Benefit Hub
The Chevron Recreation BenefitHub website offers links to Chevron related social clubs, including Golf, Toastmasters public speaking, and a Women’s Social Club! It also contains discount offers for many services and goods. In the summer season, travel and entertainment ticket discounts are of special interest.
Not yet a member of BenefitHub? Membership is free to employees and retirees. All you need is a referral code to register. Retirees simply email Jim Bonwell at jbonwell@pacbell.net to request a BenefitHub referral code. Your access will be authorized against our retiree database.
The Chevron Championship, The Woodlands, TX
Chevron has invited Chevron retirees to attend The Chevron Championship in the Woodlands, TX on April 24-27, 2025. If you want to volunteer at the tournament they would love to have you. If you just want to attend the tournament, Chevron is offering you free passes and access to the Chevron tent (sorry, travel there is on you). More details will be available soon, but if you are interested please contact Brad McCullough (cracocoevents@gmail.com).
San Francisco Chapter Luncheon, March 20
CRA San Francisco Chapter is having their First Quarter Luncheon on Thursday, March 20 at Delancey Street Restaurant starting 11:00. The speaker will be from the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team of the SF Fire Department. Deadline will be March 13. Contact Brad McCullough (cracocoevents@gmail.com) if you’re interested.