Donate to the Salesian Family Youth Center
Since 1966, the Salesian Family Youth Center of Los Angeles has served the Boyle Heights and City Terrace communities by providing after-school activities and low-cost alternative programs for thousands of at-risk and economically disadvantaged youth between the ages of 6 and 18. Their mission is to help these kid realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens and to support their families in this effort. If you can consider donating to them: https://www.salesianclubs-la.org/membership#donate
Donate to Ascencia’s Holiday Giving Campaign
Ascencia has provided housing and services to homeless individuals and families across Los Angeles County since 2006. They offer crucial support such as case management, emergency shelter, clinical services, mental health support, housing navigation, permanent supportive housing, and more. Right now, they are in need of funding to continue their essential services related to mental health and wellness for their clients. They are asking for contributions towards their Holiday Giving campaign. To donate, please visit www.AscenciaCA.org/Donate.
Help Project Ropa by Making an In-Kind Donation
If you would like to help Project Ropa in their mission to provide clothing to the homeless, they accept new and gently used adult size clothing and shoes as well as new hygiene products, granola bars, water, blankets and more. If you are interested in making an in-kind donation, please complete the questionnaire on their website. For a list of clothes they are looking for and to sign up, click here: https://www.projectropa.org/donate/
Donate to Support Second Harvest Food Bank
At Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County they envision an Orange County with food and nutritional security for all. In collaboration with their partners, they provide dignified, equitable and consistent access to nutritious food, creating a foundation for community health. They rely on your support! Visit: https://feedoc.org/donate/
Donate to AHEAD With Horses Inc.
In December 2017 AHEAD With Horses purchased property to develop into their permanent location for their nonprofit developmental therapeutic vaulting program for children with disabilities. Here they are 6 years later, due to general delays and then the worldwide pandemic, still waiting to complete development and move to their forever home.
Recent progress has them nearing plan approval, but to keep the momentum going they desperately need funds to complete the development and move operations.
Won't you join them in bringing their dream to fruition and make a donation today?
AHEAD With Horses is celebrating 55 years of serving the Los Angeles community and needs your help to keep serving for another 55 years or more.
Donations can be made online at their website: awhla.org or through our Forever Home Campaign here: https://givebutter.com/AWHforeverhome
Thank you for any donation you are able to give! Every dollar helps them!
Volunteer and Donate Jingle Bags to PATH: People Assisting the Homeless
You can make a difference this holiday season by assembling Jingle Bags to enable PATH to meet their goal to spread holiday cheer to individuals and families experiencing homelessness! Jingle Bags can be assembled at home in reusable tote bags, drawstring backpacks, or holiday gift bags. They encourage you to also include a handwritten card of support and holiday cheer. To be mindful of the diversity of clients they serve, they ask that all cards and holiday messages be generalized to all winter holidays. Feel free to decorate in theme with the holidays and have fun with it! Please check out their Jingle Bag Wishlist for ideas of what to include.
Urgent Needs:
• Blankets*
• Hygiene Items* (Shampoo, lotion, soap, etc.)
• Cold Weather Items* (Sweatpants, wool socks, gloves, etc.)
• Festive Snacks (Cookies, hot cocoa, etc.)
• Gift Cards ($20 for Target, Marshall’s, etc.)
*For health and safety reasons, all donated items must be new & unopened. Jingle Bag items can be purchased via their Jingle Bag Wishlist, shipped to their office, or delivered in person.
You also have the option to purchase from their wish list to send items directly to PATH for their team to assemble into kits!
Contactless Delivery Options
They are asking for all Jingle Bags to be delivered to PATH by Thursday, December 14th to allow time for distribution to those most in need.
1. Purchase from their Jingle Bag Wishlist for direct delivery to PATH.
2. Ship items to: PATH, Attn: Cyndie Trejo, 340 N. Madison Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004
3. Schedule an in-person donation drop-off by emailing Cyndie Trejo at CyndieT@epath.org.
If you have any questions, please email us at PATHVolunteers@epath.org!
Join the Legacy Society at Lucky Duck
The Lucky Duck Foundation’s Legacy Society honors everyone who has included the Lucky Duck Foundation in their estate plan. You are entitled to be a member if you have included the Lucky Duck Foundation as a beneficiary in any of the following: Will, Living Trust, Retirement Plan, Life insurance policy, and Life income gift arrangement (charitable remainder trust, charitable gift annuity). Join today! Visit: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/legacysociety/
Give Clothes to Lucky Duck Foundation
Donate Your Clothes to Help Job Seekers! Pick-Up, Cleaning, Distribution – FOR FREE Set it up in LESS THAN 5 MINUTES! Lucky Duck has partnered with LNDRY, a premier laundry service in San Diego, to pick up your gently used clothes donation (for free!) to help homeless employment and education-seekers look and feel their best! Donate your clothes if you can! Visit: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/give-clothes/
Provide Food and Water for Lucky Duck Foundation
Thanks to generous support from local philanthropist Gwendolyn Sontheim and the Aqualia International Foundation, LTD, Lucky Duck partnered with the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, Regional Task Force on the Homeless, and numerous outreach teams to distribute food and water to people living unsheltered throughout San Diego City & County. The San Diego Sheriff’s Department provides the meals and water, and Lucky Duck Foundation staff and volunteers pack the meals and coordinate with local outreach workers to distribute them across the City & County. These efforts provide neighbors experiencing homelessness with life-saving sustenance to support their efforts to end their homelessness. The program reaches approximately 1,000 people daily. In less than two and a half years, the program has distributed more than 1,500,000 meals. With your help they can continue to expand this number to provide food and water and help move even more people move off the streets and into shelter, housing, and a healthier and brighter path. Consider donating to this program! Visit: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/provide-food-and-water/
Give Hope to Seniors with Lucky Duck Foundation
Homelessness among individuals 55 or older is tragically the largest and fastest growing segment of people living unsheltered in San Diego and nationwide. According to the latest point in time count, seniors over the age of 55 account for 29% of San Diego County’s unsheltered homeless population, with 46% falling into homelessness for the first time. Preventing unsheltered homelessness before it begins is critical for a myriad of reasons. Donate to Lucky Duck Foundation to help these seniors. Visit: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/seniorssafeathome/
Provide Sleeping Bag Coats to Lucky Duck Foundation
While they call on regional elected officials to add more immediately available beds, the need to provide protection and warmth from the elements is critical. As such, the Lucky Duck Foundation has committed to distributing several thousand more Empowerment Plan winter coats during the fall and winter of 2022. This is in addition to distributing more than 5,000 coats since 2020. The first 100 coats were distributed on World Homeless Day (10/10) in partnership with the Empowerment Plan, who distributed 100 coats across 10 different cities on 10/10. These weather-resistant coats are manufactured by homeless parents and transform into sleeping bags to provide reprieve and protection from the cold pavement. It is the least everyone can do while everyone encourages elected officials to add inclement weather shelter beds. Coats will be distributed through the food and water initiative, which has provided more than 1,500,000 meals to date and reaches approximately 1,000 people per day. Please consider donating in support of this effort. All donations are matched up to $1.5 million per year by LDF co-founders Pat & Stephanie Kilkenny. Visit: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/provide-sleeping-bag-coats/
Give Hope to Youth with Lucky Duck Foundation
Youth homelessness is a crisis in San Diego. On any given night more than 1,000 young people are unsheltered. Help Lucky Duck Donation to provide housing and education to these youths! Donate Now. Visit: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/youthhomelessness/
Donate In-Kind Items to Long Beach Community Table
Long Beach Community Table is always looking for food donations. Besides food, their most-needed items include Hygiene Items and Garden Supplies. Please consider donating the items to support Long Beach Community Table. You can find more information on what items they need in their website and the drop off times. Dry goods, hygiene products, and gently used clothing donations are also accepted any time of day without an appointment at: 3166 Ostrom Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808. Visit: https://www.longbeachcommunitytable.com/donate
Donate to Support Long Beach Community Table
Long Beach Community Table (LBCT) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, cooperative (meaning that all volunteers and recipients share in the effort and the benefits), that nourish those who are struggling and provides resources that allow all to mutually sustain each other, families, and neighbors. In the spirit of community, many of their volunteers are also recipients, and vice versa…this is what makes them a true mutual aid organization and not a charity. They foster sustainable community to support the well-being, empowerment, and self-determination of food- and housing-insecure residents in the greater Long Beach area with dignity and compassion. To support their mission, please consider donating! Visit: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UA9E7UMF8N6HW
Donate to Alexandria House
Alexandria House is collecting canned food and essentials for Thanksgiving. They need your help to fill boxes for the community members! Please donate all items by Friday, November 17, 2023. For more information contact volunteer@alexandriahouse.org.
Donate to Project Ropa
Project Ropa is a nonprofit organization restoring dignity and empowering the lives of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles by providing clean clothes, hygiene essentials, and employment opportunities while reducing textile waste and minimizing carbon footprint. If you would like to help them in this mission, consider a one-time or monthly donation. For more information, click here: https://donorbox.org/projectropa-general.
Donate to Self Help Graphics & Art
Self Help Graphics & Art is dedicated to the production, interpretation, and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latinx artists. They aim to promote artistic excellence and empower their community by providing access to space, tools, training and resources. Help them with this mission by donating here: https://www.selfhelpgraphics.com/donate
Donate Shelf-Stable Kits to United Station Homeless Services
As food insecurity continues to rise, these shelf stable kits help Union Station Homeless Services provide emergency food packs for our program participants and community members in need. These kits include shelf stable food items that are preservable and ready to eat. Check out the flyer for more information and email volunteer@unionstationhs.org to schedule a delivery. Visit: https://unionstationhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shelf-Stable-Kits.pdf
Consider Donating to U.S. Vets (Inglewood)
U.S.VETS — Inglewood, the inaugural U.S.VETS site, opened in 1993 with only five clients. Today the location operates over 600 beds of transitional and permanent housing. Employment services are provided through a workforce program that helps over 100 veterans return to employment each year. Additionally, over 300 veteran family households are provided rapid re-housing and homeless prevention services. Please consider donating to their cause! Visit: https://usvets.org/donate
Shop U.S. Vets (Inglewood)
U.S.VETS is on a mission to end veteran homelessness in the United States.Founded by veterans to serve fellow veterans, U.S.VETS is the leading nonprofit dedicated to the successful transition of military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support. To support, please consider buying items at the U.S. Vets online store! Profits from each item sold will be donated to support this Guidestar Platinum Level charity. Visit: https://shopcallforfire.com/collections/u-s-vets
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/