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Every Tuesday, LA Community Fridges meet up at an LA location (meeting location may change weekly - you will be notified in advance) with a large amount of produce donated from Food Forward. Volunteers can help organize/bag the produce and/or help distribute it to community fridges. It's a fun way to meet and mingle with other volunteers in LA while also ensuring that LA Community Fridges keep their fridges stocked with fresh and healthy food for everyone's neighbors! Visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEWK2PcWlP8kbRD3UPf2kIV6CjCT8m9z_7e05FVcgGX3MNaw/viewform

The Lucky Duck Food and Water Initiative has distributed over 1.4 million meals to San Diego’s unsheltered neighbors since May 2020. Volunteers help pack, sort, and load food and water for homeless outreach teams to distribute throughout San Diego County. Volunteers also sort and distribute items like face shields, masks, hygiene kits, EMPWR Coats, and clothing. Volunteers are critical to making the program happen, so please consider signing up! Volunteer bagging shifts take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-3:00pm at the San Diego Rescue Mission Warehouse (212 East 26th Street, National City, CA 91950). Note: though it is most helpful if you can volunteer for 3 hours, you do not need to sign up for all 3 hours, you can volunteer in 1-hour increments. Sign up to volunteer via website link or email Will Shea at will@luckyduckfoundation.org with questions. Visit: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/volunteer/

Food Forward collects fresh, local produce that would otherwise go to waste and donate 100% to local hunger relief organizations.Open to volunteers 12 and older; anyone under 16 must have a parent/guardian who registers and volunteers with them. Visit: https://community.foodforward.org/events/27770

Project Ropa's mobile clothing closet takes to the streets of Los Angeles delivering hope as well as clean clothing, shoes and hygiene kits to those in need. They operate in Echo Park on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday of each month. They work in tandem with mobile showers as well as other service providers. Volunteers will help with distributing clothing and personal hygiene essentials directly to those in need at their service location. Project Ropa staff will be on-site at all times during services. Help stock their mobile closet! They are currently in need of the following items: - Men's and women's underwear (new only) - Men's and women's sneakers and boots - Travel size hygiene products - Men's pants - Men's and women's hoodies and coats - Adult size winter gloves - Men's belts - Men's T-shirts and thermal shirts. Unless otherwise specified they accept new and gently used clothing and shoes. All volunteers must be at least 18 years old. Visit: http://www.projectropa.org/donate

Come decorate Mosaic Suns with us! For the past few months, people enjoyed joining us to make beautiful, cheerful and unique mosaic suns to brighten up nonprofits around town. These cool projects are the brainchild of our old friend Cathy Weiss and will be led by Cathy and our own Big Sunday staff, Josh. We can use your help! You don’t need to be artistic – just sincere. Visit: https://bigsunday.org/get-involved/tuesdayartdays/

First New Christian Fellowship Church is a charitable, non-profit organization with a mission to serve the welfare of the city, alleviating hunger by providing nutritious food and nutrition education to people and families in need. Currently, more than 200 clients are served through FNCF's Food Bank program. What you'll be doing: Volunteers are needed to help pack and distribute turkeys and other food items this holiday season. Requirements & Skills: Must be 18 years or older, Must wear mask, Be able to lift up to 20 lbs, Be able to stand for long periods of time. FNCF requires all of their volunteers to sign a waiver form before volunteering. A copy of the waiver will be sent to you after you register. Disclaimer: FNCF is its own organization and its policies may not reflect those of the Food Bank. Visit: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_type=event&console_id=0338&cat_id=&filter_choice=&cal_choice=&res_choice=&res_code=&source=

Food Forward collects fresh, local produce that would otherwise go to waste and donate 100% to local hunger relief organizations. Open to volunteers 12 and older; anyone under 16 must have a parent/guardian who registers and volunteers with them. Visit: https://community.foodforward.org/events/27824

Each year we collect and pack big bags full of Thanksgiving dinner for thousands of people! We need folks to donate food, as well as pack everythingup and distribute it. And yes, everyone is invited to join together for a community breakfast, too! A true festival of gratitude. We also need folks to lead food collections in their community! And this year’s event will be back at the amazing Baldwin Elementary School! Visit: https://bigsunday.org/get-involved/thanksgiving2023/

We'd love to have you join us for our Accessible Wednesday morning program, AW@10! Previously held biweekly as "2W@10," these special events are held from 10:00am – 11:30am each Wednesday where we do fun activities to help local nonprofits. And what’s extra special about these Wednesday events? Our guests of honor are wonderful and fun volunteers with some developmental challenges who want to give back and help others, in groups and as individuals. The accessible activities we'll do on Wednesdays are specifically designed with these guests in mind, so that everyone can participate and have fun volunteering - because we believe very strongly that absolutely everyone has something to give. People of ALL ability levels are invited to join us on Wednesdays! All we ask is that you show up ready to be part of a community of helpful people! Visit: https://bigsunday.org/get-involved/aw10/

Project Angel Food is looking for assistance in delivering much needed meals to their seriously ill neighbors on Thanksgiving Day. Your help will provide their team of staff drivers some relief from their daily deliveries. They would love to arrange a route on Thanksgiving Day for you. o Deliver to 5 -10 clients. o You will need to provide your own vehicle. o Pick up client meals at Project Angel Food. o Pick-up time will be staggered between 9am-12pm and someone will provide your time closer to the date. If you have a preference, let them know. o Since there will be more volunteers delivering than usual, there may be a wait time for pick-ups so plan on 4 hours from start to finish. o Routes will be determined based on Dispatch/Staff Driver needs and your location preferences/limitations and availability. Let them know what area you would like to end up. They can try to send you in that direction. • Masks will be required while delivering to clients.

Project Angel Food is looking for assistance in delivering much needed meals to our seriously ill neighbors on Thanksgiving Day. Your help will provide their team of staff drivers some relief from their daily deliveries. They would love to arrange a route on Thanksgiving Day for you. o Deliver to 5 -10 clients. o You will need to provide your own vehicle. o Pick up client meals at Project Angel Food. o Pick-up time will be staggered between 9am-12pm and I will provide your time when we get closer to the date. If you have a preference, let them know. o Since there will be more volunteers delivering than usual, there may be a wait time for pick-ups so plan on 4 hours from start to finish. o Routes will be determined based on Dispatch/Staff Driver needs and your location preferences/limitations and availability. Let them know what area you would like to end up. They can try to send you in that direction. • Masks will be required while delivering to clients. Please email holly@angelfood.org.

LA Community Fridges needs your help! Every Thursday, they need help picking up food from Food Forward and bringing the food to park to be sorted and organized for drop off. Visit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sul9BF4vcOaEmyMUHLL_eROpbtChCA-ERR2Vt6qqOHA/edit#gid=0

LA Community Fridges needs your help! Every Thursday, they need help organizing and packing up food from Food Forward. These packed foods will be going to various community fridges throughout LA! Visit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sul9BF4vcOaEmyMUHLL_eROpbtChCA-ERR2Vt6qqOHA/edit#gid=2

LA Community Fridges needs your help! Every Thursday, they need help delivering the sorted and packed foods to the various community fridges throughout LA. Visit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sul9BF4vcOaEmyMUHLL_eROpbtChCA-ERR2Vt6qqOHA/edit#gid=2

The Lucky Duck Food and Water Initiative has distributed over 1.4 million meals to San Diego’s unsheltered neighbors since May 2020. Volunteers help pack, sort, and load food and water for homeless outreach teams to distribute throughout San Diego County. Volunteers also sort and distribute items like face shields, masks, hygiene kits, EMPWR Coats, and clothing. Volunteers are critical to making the program happen, so please consider signing up! Volunteer bagging shifts take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-3:00pm at the San Diego Rescue Mission Warehouse (212 East 26th Street, National City, CA 91950). Note: though it is most helpful if you can volunteer for 3 hours, you do not need to sign up for all 3 hours, you can volunteer in 1-hour increments. Sign up to volunteer via website link or email Will Shea at will@luckyduckfoundation.org with questions. Visit: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/volunteer/

Help collect and distribute food for those in need. Find out more: https://www.sjcsp.org/parish/calendar

Join the Bolsa Chica Conservancy at their weekly Live Animal Feedings to witness firsthand the feeding behavior of California native animals! If you're looking to get out of the house and learn about local animals, join them in person for their weekly live animal feeding! Here you will be able to learn more about the animals at the Interpretive Center, including snakes, sharks, crabs, and much more! During the feeding, they will cover topics like feeding habits and the general biology and anatomy of reptiles and marine animals! This is a free event but donations are always welcome to help with the cost of caring for and feeding their animals. They hope to see you there! Spaces are very limited due to COVID-19 social distancing protocols, so please contact jeannette@bolsachica.org if you can no longer attend. *This presentation may also be recorded and live-streamed on their YouTube channel and Facebook Live. Your attendance at this event is your consent for the Bolsa Chica Conservancy to use your image and likeness for use in print, media, and promotional purposes.* This is an observational event, not a volunteer event. ***Please note that the snake feedings involve live mice.*** Visit: https://bolsachica.charityproud.org/VolunteerRegistration/Calendar

Join the Bolsa Chica Conservancy for their monthly Public Service Days on the Last Saturday of each month from 9:00a - 12:00p to help remove harmful trash/debris and non-native/invasive plant species from the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. Visit: https://bolsachica.charityproud.org/VolunteerRegistration/Calendar

Hollywood Food Coalition’s Community Dinner is their signature and longest-running program. They serve nightly to anyone in need of a hot, nutritious meal. Their consistency builds trust with their guests, which helps connect them with further services. Consider helping out with their Community Dinners on Saturdays and Sundays! Visit: https://hofoco.org/about-our-community-dinner/

Food Forward collects fresh, local produce that would otherwise go to waste and donate 100% to local hunger relief organizations. Open to volunteers 12 and older; anyone under 16 must have a parent/guardian who registers and volunteers with them. Visit: https://community.foodforward.org/events/27802