Volunteering

List of 11 items.

• Auction Party (March 28, 2026) and Online Auction (March 28-31, 2026)

  The Redwood Day auction party and the online auction are the PGA’s cornerstone fundraising events. The funds raised help support both the work of the PGA (Fall Festival and other community events) and the School (tuition assistance, teacher development grants, assemblies), and, most importantly, our children. The auction party provides an opportunity for parents, guardians, and adult friends to come together as a community and simply celebrate. Volunteer opportunities range from leading a team, securing donations, editing item descriptions, and organizing a hosted event to planning the party!

   

  Chairs: Susie DePianto and TBD

• Book Fair (January 26-30, 2026)

  The annual Redwood Day Book Fair is an opportunity to support the school while you shop for great books. Students will also have the opportunity to shop during the school day. The Book Fair presents an extensive and diverse variety of books from which you will surely find perfect gifts for friends and family, your child(ren)’s classrooms, and, likely, quite a few for yourself! Volunteer opportunities include cashiering, staffing, set-up and breakdown, and support at associated events.
  
  

  Chairs: Ariela Fedorov, Kate Holekamp, Anagha Sreenivasan, and Chris Keh

• Community Caring

  The Community Caring Committee helps support our immediate Redwood Day community when a family is in transition or crisis by mobilizing volunteers for support via meals, childcare, rides, and more. The Committee also helps support our larger Oakland community through activities like the OUSD back-to-school supply drive, meal packing event, and organizing other volunteer and service learning opportunities for our families.
  
  

  Chairs: Dorothy Lee and Jason Purdy

• Digital Wellness

  The Digital Wellness Committee helps broaden the conversations among families to consciously harness the digital world by leveraging Redwood Day's participation in the Connected Schools Program offered by Common Sense Media. They communicate to the community about hosted webinars and discussions and act as liaisons for parent education events.
  
  

  Chairs: Diana Pasquali and TBD

• Diversity in Action*

  This Committee supports the School’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Diversity in Action maintains a strategic partnership with the School supporting Heritage celebrations and Adult Affinity Groups for our parent/guardian community. They also help promote and represent the Redwood Day community at DEIB events such as the Oakland Pride Parade, Black Excellence, and Parent Education evenings.
  
  

  Chair: Anhthu Le

• Faculty & Staff Appreciation

  The Faculty & Staff Appreciation Committee exists to show our faculty and staff just how much they are respected and appreciated. Volunteers bring snacks, organize luncheons, and acknowledge birthdays, holidays, and National Teacher Appreciation Week with special treats and honorings.
  
  Chairs: Sumi Cate, Lisa Crounse, Caitlin Pakzad, and Marcia Peck

• Fall Festival (October 18, 2025)

  The Fall Festival is a longstanding Redwood Day tradition for the whole family. On a Fall Saturday, we come together on campus to play with and get to know each other. Various volunteer activities include event planning, set up, clean up, and shifts at various activity stations and games.
  
  

  Chairs: Nairobi Kim, Yogi Gamper and Nancy Wang

• Friday Community Coffee

  Redwood Day invites everyone for coffee, community, and conversation most Friday mornings throughout the school year. Every grade will have the opportunity to sign up to help by picking up pastries and assisting the chairs with set up and clean up. See the calendar for the full list of dates.
  
  

  Chair: Patrick Davies, Peter Marietta, and Andrew Smith

• Generations Day, (November 21, 2025)

  Generations Day is an event that welcomes grandparents and special friends to learn more about Redwood Day and their students’ experience here. Volunteers help set up, greet guests, serve refreshments, guide visitors on campus, take pictures, clean up, and offer assistance as needed.

  
  Chairs: Gening Liao and Barrie McClune

• Lost & Found

  The Lost & Found Committee helps keep our campus organized by regularly sorting through lost items, returning labeled belongings to students, and coordinating the donation of unclaimed items. This committee plays a key role in promoting responsibility and sustainability within our school community.
  
  

  Chairs: Sandra Lee Lawson and Lisa Marietta

• Room Parents/Grade Parents

  Room Parents (in the Lower School) and grade level parents (in the Middle School) coordinate directly with their teachers and administrators, as well as their fellow parents, to recruit volunteers for in-class/grade needs (field trip drivers, library volunteers, etc.), and school-wide events, purchasing teacher gifts, and more.

  
  Chairs: PGA Lower School Co-Coordinators Brandon Maslan and Alyssa Witten and PGA Middle School Co-Coordinators Betsy Jones and Deborah Schlosberg