{"id":13142,"date":"2020-08-19T02:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T09:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaba-network.org\/norcal\/?page_id=13142"},"modified":"2022-02-08T00:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T08:45:32","slug":"volunteering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gaba-network.org\/norcal\/volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; wpex_shape_divider_bottom=&#8221;tilt&#8221; wpex_shape_divider_bottom_flip=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1600172819603{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #08509f !important;}&#8221; wpex_shape_divider_bottom_height=&#8221;100&#8243; visibility=&#8221;hidden-phone&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1595401149969{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;]\n<h1>Volunteering<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; wpex_shape_divider_bottom=&#8221;tilt&#8221; wpex_shape_divider_bottom_flip=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1600172867722{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;background-color: #08509f !important;}&#8221; wpex_shape_divider_bottom_height=&#8221;50&#8243; visibility=&#8221;visible-phone&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1595401149969{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;]\n<h1>Volunteering<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1605634280758{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<h2 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl h2-pages-first\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Why Volunteer for GABA?<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text]Volunteering is an opportunity to share your talents and stretch your abilities as an important member of our team. 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