Donate to Heart of Compassion Distribution
They appreciate canned goods, turkeys, and Thanksgiving food items. No vaccination requirements. Only adults can pick up food for food distribution and it is per household. Visit: https://www.heartofcompassionca.org/
Donate Your Old Cell Phones to Operation Gratitude
Donate Smartphones, Cell Phones & Tablets in Bulk! Operation Recycling is a joint recycling project of SmartphoneRecycling.com and 501(c)(3) nonprofit partner Operation Gratitude. All recycling proceeds will support Operation Gratitude’s efforts to send care packages to U.S. service members & first responders worldwide. Operation Gratitude has lifted the spirits of millions of deployed troops, veterans, military families, first responders, and healthcare heroes by going a step beyond saying “thank you for your service” and providing tangible expressions of gratitude in the form of care packages filled with items donated by grateful Americans & businesses. Visit: https://smartphonerecycling.com/operation-recycling/
Help Feed Families for Thanksgiving
Families Need Your Help This Thanksgiving! By giving today, you can help Feeding San Diego to make sure everyone has a place set for them at the table. This Thanksgiving, families around the county will be giving thanks for you. Every dollar helps provide two meals for local families, so please give as generously as you can. Donate now! Visit: https://give.feedingsandiego.org/give/516127/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=WEBSITE&c_src2=SPOTLIGHT
Donate to Project Angel Food’s Client Birthday Bag Program
You can make Project Angel Food's clients feel celebrated and loved on their birthday by donating new items such as candles, t-shirts, tea, mugs, soap, lotion, books, candy, picture frames, CDs, DVDs, pens, notepads, and toiletries to Project Angel Food’s Client Birthday Bag Program. Their resources are wholly devoted to preparing and delivering medically tailored meals to their clients, so they're depending on you to fill their birthday bags with thoughtfully selected gifts. To donate to the Client Birthday Bag Program, please contact them at (323) 845-1816. To learn more click here: https://www.angelfood.org/delivery/donate/ways-to-give
Donate to Support Food Forward
Every dollar you give allows Food Forward to rescue 80 servings of fruits and vegetables! Food Forward distributes this fresh produce to hundreds of hunger relief partners, free of charge, so that they can share this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity. Visit: https://give.foodforward.org/give/258007/?_gl=1*16wzw35*_ga*MjkzNTcwMDQxLjE2OTgwNzk5MTA.*_ga_307VQQN7HG*MTY5ODA4MTYxNC4xLjAuMTY5ODA4MTYxNC4wLjAuMA..#!/donation/checkout
Donate Funds to Support Hollywood Food Coalition
You are helping Hollywood Food Coalition build a more compassionate, just, and caring community. Your donation provides unhoused and low-income neighbors with high-quality meals, basic necessities such as clothing, shoes and hygiene supplies, and access to medical, wellness and housing resources. You also help them recover and distribute food and other items to over 125 nonprofits across Los Angeles, so they can build stronger programs in their communities. Visit: https://hofoco.org/donate-funds/
Donate your Vehicle and Give Back to Disabled Veterans with Vehicles for Veterans
Your car donation helps benefit disabled veterans throughout the United States. The proceeds from your donation help to fund programs that provide services offered to veterans in need of assistance and support. Since 2010, Car Donation Foundation's vehicle donation programs have made contributions of more than $147 million to worthy charities that now include charities serving disabled veterans. Your donation to CDF's Vehicles For Veterans campaign will allow CDF to continue to provide contributions to those important charities. Visit: https://www.vehiclesforveterans.org/car-donation-form/
Donate Food and Essentials to Hollywood Food Coalition
Your Business Can Help Feed the City! Do you work at a business with extra food? Call Hollywood Food Coalition and they’ll make sure your surplus food feeds the city. They can set up a schedule or accept donations as you have them. Get in touch via email or call them, and they’ll work with you to set up a donation plan. They will figure out how, what, and when you’ll be able to donate. Visit: https://hofoco.org/donate-food-and-essentials/
Donate to Support Crete Academy’s Students!
Crete Academy delivers an educational program to students TK-6th grade who are homeless and living in poverty, that will meet their physical, mental and emotional needs while developing strong character and critical thinking skills so that each child is prepared for college and beyond. Consider donating today! Visit: https://www.creteacademy.org/donate
Donate to Project Angel Food
Project Angel Food prepares and delivers healthy meals to feed people impacted by serious illness, bringing comfort and hope every day. Please consider helping this organization in their mission by donating to help provide these meals at https://www.angelfood.org/delivery/donate/donate.
Donate to Support LA Family Housing
LA Family Housing helps people transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing enriched with supportive services. Last year, they connected more than 13,000 women, men, and children with housing resources and services, and moved 2,600 people into permanent homes. As a leading affordable real estate developer in the region, they own and operate more than 30 affordable, interim, and supportive housing residences throughout LA County, and have 750 additional housing units in various stages of development to be completed by 2025. By supporting LA Family Housing, you are investing in solutions that work. Join them in the movement by making your gift today. Visit: https://lafh.org/donate
Donate Goods to Family Health Centers of San Diego
For more than four decades, Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD) has provided affordable, high-quality health care and support services to all people, with a commitment to the uninsured, low-income and medically underserved. They provide care to more than 190,000 patients citywide. Family Health Centers accepts donations for their Baby Boutique, specifically new or gently used baby items for new moms and moms-to-be in their wellness program. Consider donating today! Visit: https://www.fhcsd.org/baby-boutique/
Donate to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers. Since 1949, they've invested more than $1.6 billion in groundbreaking research, pioneering many of today's most innovative approaches. Consider donating to them to support their cause! Visit: https://givenow.lls.org/give/342076/?&&&&ds_rl=1278572&ds_rl=1278572&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7JOpBhCfARIsAL3bobdtpZw7T4ewiU2nDsZRYud9ShlIGjHTp8mFgf5nzL-Rxj6-dqNQodoaAkPKEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#!/donation/checkout
Donate Food to Feeding San Diego
Feeding San Diego accepts non-perishable items, such as dry or canned goods, at their distribution center. Feeding San Diego partners with a range of businesses to rescue food, including grocery stores, retailers, farms, packing sheds, manufacturers, food distributors, convenience stores, restaurants, caterers, and hotels. They also accept donations from individuals through food drives and Instacart Community Carts. You can bring items to donate to their Sorrento Valley location during business hours. Visit: https://feedingsandiego.org/get-involved/donate-food/
Adopt-An-Item for Union Station Homeless Services
Are you looking for an easy way to give back? Union Station Homeless Services' Adopt-an-Item program is a simple way to make a positive impact in the community. By adopting an item, you provide essential ingredients that help their kitchen staff cook delicious and nutritious meals for our residents. Visit: https://unionstationhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Adopt-an-Item-Flyer-8.23.23.pdf
Donate to the Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Huntington Beach with the Alzheimer’s Association of Southern California
At the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, they’re fighting for a different future. For families facing the disease today. For more time. For treatments. They’re closer than ever to stopping Alzheimer’s. But to get there, they need you. Join them for the world’s largest fundraiser to fight the disease. Visit: https://act.alz.org/site/TR?sid=23932&type=fr_informational&pg=informational&fr_id=16422
Donate to Project 614
Project 614 exists to provide holistic support that empowers historically underserved youth to succeed in education through the leveraging of strategic partnerships that serve to meet tangible needs. This comes in the form of tutoring, reading programs, and enrichment programs through which students can explore new hobbies and experiences. Please help this organization and the youth they serve by donating at this link: https://www.project614.la/donate
Donate Hygiene Kits to United Station Homeless Services
Union Station Homeless Services’ Hygiene Kits Program helps provide people experiencing homelessness with a “Hygiene Kit” of necessary items. This important program assists Union Station in meeting the basic needs of the people they serve as they rebuild their lives and escape homelessness. They need people to provide basic hygiene items using the list provided in their flyer. Email volunteer@unionstationhs.org to schedule a delivery. Learn more here: https://unionstationhs.org/help/volunteer/
Gift Toys to Patients at Harbor UCLA Pediatrics for the Holidays
The Department of Pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center likes to provide their pediatric patients with free gifts during the holidays, as they are a county hospital that primarily serves low-income families. They are looking for toy donations (such as generic coloring books, Crayola markers and colored pencils, Play-Doh, medical/doctor play kits, baby rattles, baby mirrors, infant toys (0-2 years old), musical toys (cause and effect), pop-up toys (cause and effect), bubbles, superhero action figures, barbie dolls, hard-body baby dolls (please no plush/soft-body dolls), dinosaurs, legos, craft and bead kits, educational/science kits,. tabletop games –UNO cards, connect four, etc., earbuds and headphones for older patients). They usually hand out gifts a week or two before Christmas. Please email Kathy Garcia for any questions: kathy.garcia@lundquist.org.
Donate to Helen Woodward Animal Center
Your Support Saves Lives! The orphan pets and programs at Helen Woodward Animal Center need your support. Your donation will go a long way in making sure they can continue their mission of people helping animals and animals helping people. Visit: https://my.animalcenter.org/give/49430/#!/donation/checkout
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/