Donate to United Station Homeless Services’ Sacked Lunch Program
Union Station Homeless Services needs people to provide lunches for the shelter residents and community members in need. Email volunteer@unionstationhs.org to schedule a date to donate up to 50 sack lunches at our Adult Center. Learn more here: https://unionstationhs.org/help/volunteer/
Donate to Samaritan’s Purse’s Crisis Relief Fund
Donate to Samaritan Purse's Disaster Relief Fund. Find out more here: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/nam/#volunteer-now
Donate to Project Angel Food’s Holiday Gift Program
Nearly all of Project Angel Food's clients (98%) live at or below the federal poverty level and after paying for rent and medical expenses associated with their one or more serious illnesses, they are often left with little or no income for holiday gifts for children and grandchildren. You can bring joy to these underserved families by donating new toys, books, DVDs, CDs, gift cards, stuffed animals, and tickets to movies, theme parks, or educational experiences like the California Science Center or Aquarium of the Pacific. To donate to the Holiday Gift Program, please contact Client Services at 323-845-1810. For more information click here: https://www.angelfood.org/delivery/donate/ways-to-give
Donate Stocks to Support Operation Gratitude
Support Operation Gratitude with a Qualified Charitable Distribution from your IRA. With your help, Operation Gratitude can create opportunities to give back during these challenging times. Visit: https://www.operationgratitude.com/give/qcd/
Make a donation to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy
Join or renew your support for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy and help take care of the land that they have preserved, to maintain the beauty of the Peninsula and to create a legacy of open space for future generations to enjoy! Please join today by making a contribution. All contributions are tax-deductible. Visit: https://pvplc.org/donate-pvplc/
Donate to Support Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood
For over 85 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood has been at the forefront of youth development, working with young people from disadvantaged circumstances and fulfilling their mission to “inspire young people, especially those who need them most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring adults”. They are dedicated to ensuring that their students have greater access to quality educational programs; live in communities that are free of violence and all youth, especially youth in Brown and Black communities are empowered to dream big. Please consider donating to support their cause! Visit: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/boys-girls-club-of-hollywood
Donate Food/Supplies to Your Local Community Fridges with LA Community Fridges
Have extra food items at home? Please consider donating some food items or other much needed supplies to LA Community Fridges! Please see the guidelines on what items are acceptable in the link. Thank you so much! Visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10pGxwoZ4QB7sJg5mwbMvpohrjwDbZ4mnsY7WVT_GLRE/edit#heading=h.gseszftyw6ju
Donate to East Los Angeles Women’s Center
The mission of ELAWC is to ensure that all women, men, adolescents, and their families, live in a place of safety, health, and personal well-being, free from violence and abuse with equal access to necessary health services and social support. ELAWC is a beacon of hope, a lifeline, and a public voice for thousands of women, men, and families whose lives are shattered by DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING or HIV/AIDS.
Every year ELAWC provides, toys, books, gift cards and clothing to their participants in need, in person.Any donation is greatly appreciated, No age limits. Also, please don't forget about their teens :) Thank you and happy holidays!
You can contact them for donations pick-up. You can drop off donations at their office, or via their website. A donation letter with tax ID, will be provided. Thank you!
Consider Donating to CORE
Marginalized and vulnerable communities need relief in and beyond crisis now more than ever. Climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and conflict have increased global needs to dire levels. Together, you can support underserved communities’ resilience in responding and recovering from crises. Your support saves lives and helps create a more equitable future for those who need relief most across the globe. Visit: https://www.coreresponse.org/donate/
Support Foster Youth at United Friends of the Children
Use Instagram to raise funds for UFC! The next time you post an Instagram Story or go on Instagram Live, consider adding a donation sticker in support of United Friends. Find out more here: https://www.unitedfriends.org/grassroots-fundraising/
Support Foster Youth at United Friends of the Children
Create a Facebook fundraiser in support of United Friends, and donations from your friends and family will directly benefit their youth! Find out more here: https://www.unitedfriends.org/grassroots-fundraising/
Donate to United Friends of the Children
United Friends of the Children empowers current and former foster youth on their journey to self-sufficiency through service-enriched education and housing programs, advocacy, and consistent relationships with a community of people who care. With your help, they can continue on their mission. Please consider making a monetary donation at: https://www.unitedfriends.org/donate/
Partner With Hollywood Food Coalition’s Exchange
Hollywood Food Coalition is working hard to bring as many recipients into their program as they can, and they’ll continue to grow their partnerships as they increase their food donations. Hollywood Food Coalition started as a kitchen that cooked every meal with donated food. It’s hard to do that. Especially when donations come and go at random. And when they do arrive, the quantities and qualities are varied. If you ask them, there’s a better way. They’re driven to prove it.The Exchange goes to great lengths to learn about your organization, your programs, and the populations you serve. They’ll learn what your capacity constraints are and the types of food your clients love. They’ll do their best to accommodate all of it, collecting feedback as you work together. They think this is pretty exciting, and they hope you do too. Please fill out their initial inquiry form, and they’ll contact you with further information. Together, you’ll change the food rescue and redistribution game. Visit: https://hofoco.org/receive-food-and-essentials/
Pack a Shoebox for Operation Christmas Child with Samaritan’s Purse
Every year Samaritan's Purse helps delivers great joy to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes. Each box packed full of quality toys, school supplies, and personal care items. You can either click here to learn how to pack your own shoebox or build one online through a donation.
Donate To Support Exceptional Children’s Foundation
Please consider supporting ECF’s exceptional programs and Kayne Eras School. Your gift will provide life-changing services to individuals and families living with special needs, helping them live as independently as possible. Visit: https://www.ecf.net/donate/
Donate to the Immediate Items Needed by Hollywood Food Coalition
Hollywood Food Coalition helps to fulfill immediate practical needs of people experiencing homelessness and general poverty! People experiencing homelessness and general poverty often need basic items just to survive each day. These items are hard to keep for long periods of time and also difficult to keep clean making frequent replacement necessary. Visit: https://hofoco.org/community-wellness-immediate-needs/
Donate to Support Imagine LA’s First Annual Dancing with the Imagine LA Stars
Imagine LA is hosting the first annual Dancing with the Imagine LA Stars fundraiser on November 15th, 2023. Prominent community members and celebrities of Los Angeles will perform ballroom dance routines with a professional partner to compete for the Mirror Ball Trophy and YOU will have the chance to vote and support your favorite team while raising money for an important cause! Visit: https://givebutter.com/DWTILAS
Donate to LA Family Housing
Participate in LA Family Housing's Thanksgiving snack and food bag drop off. 11 Collecting meal bags, snack bags and ready to eat snacks or pantry essentials to be distributed on Thanksgiving and throughout the holiday season. Drop offs can begin as early as November 1st and will be accepted throughout the month of November 2023. Visit: https://lafh.org/
Consider Donating to World Impact
At World Impact, they know that many church leaders struggle to sustain ministry impact and grow healthy churches in urban neighborhoods because they do not have the training they need. They know this because we’ve been in your shoes for five decades.Their training is designed for the urban context and empowers leaders to build healthy churches in communities of diversity and poverty. When urban church leaders are empowered to own and lead their own ministries, individuals, families, and neighborhoods flourish. Please consider supporting their cause! Visit: https://www.worldimpact.org/donation/
Donate to Union Station Homeless Services
All donations are accepted at Union Station Homeless Services' Adult Center (412 S. Raymond Ave, Pasadena) every day of the week between 8:00am - 4:00pm. Items can also be purchased through their Amazon or Target wishlist and delivered directly to their facility. Donations are accepted until November 14th. Any amount you are able to contribute is greatly appreciated. They thank you in advance for your generosity and support! Visit: https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift-giver?registryId=9a443470-3d3b-11ee-8a91-3544f6a0de8f&type=CHARITY
Featured Projects
Relax and Make Art at Big Sunday’s Sun Days on Tuesdays
Big Sunday,
joshua@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
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/
Make A Difference at Big Sunday’s AW@10 Event
Big Sunday,
jake@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
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/
Make A Difference at Big Sunday’s TM@10 Event
Big Sunday,
nicolo@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
TM@10 (Thursday Morning @ 10) is not only one of our favorite programs, but it’s one of our most popular, too! We meet every Thursday morning, from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. And we host hands-on projects to help local nonprofits. At TM@10 we’ve assembled birthday gifts for folks in shelters; written letters to soldiers stationed overseas; packed backpacks for ex-gang members starting college; made quilts for preemies; and about 1000 other things. Even better – and in classic Big Sunday fashion – it’s a great way for people to meet new people, work together, and enjoy some laughs while helping someone else. Visit: https://bigsunday.org/get-involved/tm10/
Stuff Thanksgiving Meal Kits with Big Sunday
Big Sunday,
nicolo@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
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/