Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in California, United States

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Live a sustainable lifestyle with our family in the beautiful mountains of Santa Barbara, California, USA
* Looking for immediate help starting now. Spring cleaning and organizing! * Including house/dog sitting around 3 July - 14 July (perhaps 5-10 days). ~ Thank you 🌴 ☀️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, Please make sure you have ......
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Participate in a non profit eco-farm community on top of the Santa Cruz Mountains, USA
This is awesome land perched high on top of the mountains of Santa Cruz over looking the entire Monterey Bay and Santa Clara Valley. Come volunteer in a fun, beautiful, nurturing community with expansive awe-inspiring views focusing on planetary ......
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House and pet sitting on a peaceful desert spot in Apple Valley, US
About Me: Hi everyone! My name is Jonathan, a 38-year-old, LGBT-friendly, retired Air Force veteran. I own a 5-acre ranch in the high desert of Apple Valley, California. It’s a calm, grounding space designed for rest, reflection, and simple ......
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Relax in my airstream trailer and help beautify my place into a cozy retreat space in Morongo Valley, USA
I am an artist and shop owner with a fun roadside attraction called the World Famous Crochet Museum in Joshua Tree, California. I have been making and selling my art made from recycled things for the past 30 years. I enjoy natural health, my 3 ......
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Join our non-profit and multi-faith community in Annapolis, California, USA
WHO WE ARE: Located in beautiful northwestern Sonoma County, we are a certified organic farm (CCOF) and so much more! Founded in 1976, this is an independent, multi-faith monastic community. As a multi-faith community, we welcome those who are ......
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Enjoy the desert at our arts and ecology site in Joshua Tree, USA
Welcome!! We are a registered non-profit that provides a residency program for gifted artists and creative/critical thinkers bringing cultural vibrancy to the high desert through performances, workshops and our drylands permaculture demonstration ......
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Help with with day-to-day life in San Marcos, California, USA
Hello traveler! I am Debra a host and workawayer. Please read AND RESPOND to the entire profile, it's a communication thing; if you don't I'm probably not going to reply. Please don't send a canned response - they're really easy to spot and do ......
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Come stay with us at our spiritual ecological center and help on the land in Penn Valley, USA
We are a non profit Spiritual Ecological Center aiming to be of service to the surrounding community with Meditation retreats as well as social service projects. The resident project manager is a meditation practitioner and teacher. We are located ......
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Participate in a non-profit forest sanctuary in the Sierra Foothills, California, USA
We are a rural nonprofit that stewards a small farm, large forest, and budding educational center nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills - on the ancestral lands of the Central Sierra Miwuk people. We are a project of a social justice focused ......
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Help out some artisans around our piece of paradise on the Mendocino coast, California, USA
We are looking for helpers. PLEASE READ OUR ENTIRE PROFILE BEFORE YOU REPLY. Read all the way to the end or you may not get a reply. Thanks in advance as I want you to know and be happy about everything before you decide to ask for a visit. A poor ......
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Join me with small tasks and stay in the heart of Los Angeles, USA
Greetings! (1)🙏 PLEASE DO NOT contact me until it is LESS THAN 30 DAYS from your arrival in LA + YOU ALREADY HAVE A CONFIRMED TICKET that you will provide the confirmation code for in your first message. (2) In the SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR MESSAGE ......
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Help with gardening and daily life in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
I work in construction in the San Francisco Bay Area. My family are away for a few months, so I need help in the garden and around the house. We live in a duplex in a little town called Crockett. It is situated across the bay from San Francisco with ......
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Help my rescue dogs in my beautiful tranquil home with epic views in California, USA
I am a very involved volunteer with a group that does dog rescue and and advocacy to reform our animal shelter. If you join us, your role would be to help me take care of my rescue dogs, so I can put more time/energy into my efforts to improve the ......
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Peaceful stay and sharing daily life in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, USA
We live in the Santa Cruz mountains, about 15 minutes by car from the University (UCSC) in a neighborhood called Bonny Doon. I have 1 housemate and 3 other people live on the property in a cabins or RV. This is a sweet quiet spot in the redwoods, ......
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Animal loving volunteers welcome for cat, chicken and house sitting in Ojai, CA, USA
We are semi-retired medical doctors with a house near downtown ojai and the bike path. We live adjacent to the Los Padres national forest - for hiking and mountain biking- and a 20 minute drive ( or bus trip) to the Pacific Ocean- for surfing and ......
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Join us on our rural organic homestead in Willits, Northern California, USA
Hello! We are a married couple in our 40's with two boys, 13 and 1. We live in Mendocino county on land that has been in my family since 1970. We built a straw bale home 10 years ago and are working on creating a sustainable homestead. We are ......
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Help out on our homestead and enjoy the beautiful Central Coast of California, USA
Our Homestead/Retreat is located in the California Central Coast near the small town of Oceano. This part of the Central Coast is know for its mild climate and beautiful beaches and dunes. We are a small fairly new organic farm growing avocados and ......
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Live on a secluded organic hobby farm surrounded by beautiful nature on the Central Coast in California, USA
I live on a farm on the Central Coast between Monterey and Santa Cruz. My home is close to Elkhorn Slough Marine sanctuary, and many places in nature. My kids are grown and so I have 2 empty bedrooms and plenty places to camp. I have goats, ......
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Learn about gardening and experience life at a non-profit charitable farm in Ft Bragg, USA
Dear Planetary Helpers, Please note: Please be patient and we'll get back to you ASAP, We are few and there's much to do! Arriving in twos or more is helpful as right now we are low on population living at the farm. We would love to attract ......
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Exchange cultural experiences and make new memories together on the famous Monterey Peninsula in California, USA
Hi I'm Kimberly. I like to think that others see me in the same way I see myself, and these are some of my personality traits I am most proud of: I am I… Fun...hardworking.....nurturing...honest..….playful...athletic.....considerate......bold and ......
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