Students at Sacramento State are calling volunteers to help disadvantaged communities.

The Western Service Workers Association – made up of about 80 percent of student volunteers – is an independent, free and voluntary organization that provides the low-income community with food, clothing, medical and legal assistance, and job information.

Jose Ramirez, junior anthropology major and volunteer for WSWA, was on campus recruiting volunteers for the organization.

“We’re talking to students about the conditions for low-income workers in Sacramento,” Ramirez said.

Volunteers for WSWA are on campus every Tuesday.

About one in every 10 students stopped to talk with the organization volunteers.

“People are preoccupied with themselves; that’s the main reason why they don’t stop,” Ramirez said. “They might not care about the larger problems in this world.”

Those who work in service jobs, part-time employees, domestic workers and farm workers make up the community that the organization is reaching out to.

“A lot of people aren’t making enough money to make ends meet?we’re trying to change this,” Ramirez said.

Jose Martinez can be reached at [email protected].