Maintain a Community Fridge with LA Community Fridges
The LA Community Fridges provide a variety of foods for EVERYONE! It is entirely community run and helps people from all walks of life access nutritionally complete food. Sign up for a cleaning shift at your local fridge! Feel free to sign up for one or many. Sign up here. https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io/
Maintain a Community Fridge with LA Community Fridges
The LA Community Fridges provide a variety of foods for EVERYONE! It is entirely community run and helps people from all walks of life access nutritionally complete food. Sign up for a cleaning shift at your local fridge! Feel free to sign up for one or many. Sign up here. https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io/
Maintain a Community Fridge with LA Community Fridges
The LA Community Fridges provide a variety of foods for EVERYONE! It is entirely community run and helps people from all walks of life access nutritionally complete food. Sign up for a cleaning shift at your local fridge! Feel free to sign up for one or many. Sign up here. https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io/
Maintain a Community Fridge with LA Community Fridges
The LA Community Fridges provide a variety of foods for EVERYONE! It is entirely community run and helps people from all walks of life access nutritionally complete food. Sign up for a cleaning shift at your local fridge! Feel free to sign up for one or many. Sign up here. https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io/
Maintain a Community Fridge with LA Community Fridges
The LA Community Fridges provide a variety of foods for EVERYONE! It is entirely community run and helps people from all walks of life access nutritionally complete food. Sign up for a cleaning shift at your local fridge! Feel free to sign up for one or many. Sign up here. https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io/
Maintain a Community Fridge with LA Community Fridges
The LA Community Fridges provide a variety of foods for EVERYONE! It is entirely community run and helps people from all walks of life access nutritionally complete food. Sign up for a cleaning shift at your local fridge! Feel free to sign up for one or many. Sign up here. https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io/
Maintain a Community Fridge with LA Community Fridges
The LA Community Fridges provide a variety of foods for EVERYONE! It is entirely community run and helps people from all walks of life access nutritionally complete food. Sign up for a cleaning shift at your local fridge! Feel free to sign up for one or many. Sign up here. https://community-fridge.bubbleapps.io/
Donate Non-Perishables for Thanksgiving to LA Family Housing
Give the gift of a new tradition with LA Family Housing. Empower individuals and families experiencing homelessness to make Thanksgiving special. Donate nonperishable Thanksgiving themed snacks (chips, cookies, granola etc.), a $20.00 gift card, and place the items in a reusable bag for our participants who do not have access to heating a meal. Drop off by Tuesday, November 16th. To coordinate drop off please contact DonateGoods@LAFH.org or call 818.220.6936.
Be a Part of a Local Garden Building Team with the Long Beach Community Table
Are you a master gardener or just love to dig in the dirt? Come help the Long Beach Community Table reach their goal of building at least one new urban garden per month at various locations around Long Beach! You can also volunteer to help garden hosts do their weekly harvesting to supply their weekend recipients with fresh, organically grown local produce. For more info: https://www.longbeachcommunitytable.com/volunteer
Join Long Beach Community Table’s Food Delivery Team
If you have a reliable vehicle and regular free time one day during the week Mon.–Fri., then inquire about the Long Beach Community Table's Pickup Team! You'll collect bulk food donations at the same time and place(s) each week and transport them to various locations in Long Beach, such as senior residences, veteran communities, school campuses, sober living homes, churches, etc. 18+ only. For mroe info: https://www.longbeachcommunitytable.com/volunteer
Provide Fundraising Skills and Financial Support to Long Beach Community Table
If you are experienced in fundraising, grant-writing, sponsor development, in-kind-donation acquisition, event planning, or developing nonprofit donor appeals, Long Beach Community Center can use your assistance! They are seeking expert team leaders to take over each of these areas, as well as enthusiastic, committed, detail-oriented volunteers with great writing skills and follow-through abilities. Email area(s) of interest to:LBCommunityTable@gmail.com For more info: https://www.longbeachcommunitytable.com/volunteer
Provide Admin Support for Long Beach Community Table
Do you prefer volunteering behind the scenes to support nonprofit operations or community outreach? Please email Long Beach Community Table with your area of expertise, whether it is back office support such as filing, bookkeeping, organizing or cleaning, or communication-related activities, like social media, email campaigns, volunteer management, video production, or event tabling.Email your abilities to: LBCommunityTable@gmail.com For more info: https://www.longbeachcommunitytable.com/volunteer
Help Sort and Prep Food Items for Lucky Duck Foundation
The Lucky Duck Foundation's Food and Water Initiative has distributed more than 800,000 meals to San Diego’s unsheltered neighbors since May 2020. Volunteers help by sorting boxes of food and water for homeless outreach teams to distribute to more than 1,000 individuals living on the streets. Volunteers also sort and distribute items like face shields, masks, hygiene kits, EMPWR Coats, and clothing. On rare instances, volunteers will be asked to pack the meals in an assembly line. Volunteers are necessary to keep the program running, so please consider signing up! Volunteer events take place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7:30-8:45 a.m. at our distribution sites in Chula Vista (465 C Street, Chula Vista, CA) and Miramar (6225 Marindustry Drive, San Diego, CA). Sign up to volunteer below or email Will Shea at will@luckyduckfoundation.org with questions. For more info: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/volunteer/
Help Sort and Prep Food Items for Lucky Duck Foundation
The Lucky Duck Foundation's Food and Water Initiative has distributed more than 800,000 meals to San Diego’s unsheltered neighbors since May 2020. Volunteers help by sorting boxes of food and water for homeless outreach teams to distribute to more than 1,000 individuals living on the streets. Volunteers also sort and distribute items like face shields, masks, hygiene kits, EMPWR Coats, and clothing. On rare instances, volunteers will be asked to pack the meals in an assembly line. Volunteers are necessary to keep the program running, so please consider signing up! Volunteer events take place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7:30-8:45 a.m. at our distribution sites in Chula Vista (465 C Street, Chula Vista, CA) and Miramar (6225 Marindustry Drive, San Diego, CA). Sign up to volunteer below or email Will Shea at will@luckyduckfoundation.org with questions. For more info: https://www.luckyduckfoundation.org/volunteer/
Knit Winter Accessories at Home with Operation Gratitude
In the cold winter months, Operation Gratitude includes a lovingly handmade scarf or hat in every Care Package they send to the Troops. To make that happen, they need the knitting and crocheting talents of many Volunteers across the country. For more info: https://www.operationgratitude.com/express-your-thanks-virtual/handmade-with-love/knit-and-crochet-virtual/
Write Letters at Home with Operation Gratitude
There is nothing more thoughtful and personal than a handwritten note inside a beautiful handmade card. Every Care Package Operation Gratitude sends not only includes letters from grateful Americans, but also blank cards for the service members’ own personal use. They invite you to put your paper crafting skills to work making blank cards that the Deployed Troops can then use to write home to their loved ones. During this time of social distancing, you don’t need to leave your home to mail your handmade items! Please use their guide to order boxes, print postage, and have your box picked up by the post office. For more info: https://www.operationgratitude.com/express-your-thanks-virtual/handmade-with-love/blank-greeting-cards-virtual/
Sew Accessories at Home with Operation Gratitude
Join Operation Gratitude's Sewing program! Use your sewing talent to create different items to support the troops serving overseas. During this time of social distancing, you don’t need to leave your home to mail your handmade items! Please use Operation Gratitude's guide to order boxes, print postage, and have your box picked up by the post office. For more info: https://www.operationgratitude.com/express-your-thanks-virtual/handmade-with-love/sewing-program-virtual/
Make Paracord Bracelets at Home with Operation Gratitude
Not only do paracord bracelets look cool, they can actually be used to save a life in an emergency situation. Operation Gratitude includes them in their Care Packages because they’re both functional and meaningful, as they are handmade by an American who wants to show their appreciation to our Troops and First Responders. During this time of social distancing, you don’t need to leave your home to mail your handmade items! Please use their guide to order boxes, print postage, and have your box picked up by the post office. For more info: https://www.operationgratitude.com/express-your-thanks-virtual/paracord-bracelets-virtual/
Write Letters at Home with Operation Gratitude
Interested in writing letters with Operation Gratitude? Every Operation Gratitude Care Package includes a bundle of letters from grateful Americans thanking their Military & First Responder Heroes for their service to our country. To join them in letter writing, please register at the their website. Operation Gratitude will email you a letter-writing guide, printable coloring sheets for children, and instructions for shipping the letters to them. For more info: https://www.operationgratitude.com/express-your-thanks-virtual/write-letters-virtual/
Prep Community meals with Hollywood Food Coalition
Volunteer at the Hollywood Food Coalition to help prep community meals! Tasks include: chopping vegetables, fruits, and other foods, repairing casseroles & soups, lifting and moving items, wrapping and packaging food items, helping clean, including wiping down surfaces, washing pots & pans, and sweeping floors. If you are interested in volunteering, please visit their website to sign up today! https://hofoco.org/community-dinner-prep-volunteer/
Featured Projects
Enjoy Big Sunday’s Backlot Concert Series
Big Sunday,
pablo@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
Come make the scene as talented singers, composers and musicians in the Big Sunday community strut their stuff. Each time we showcase all kinds of musical styles with performers from their 20’s – 70’s. Admission is free, but we ask folks to help those who are struggling by bringing canned thanksgiving food, new socks and underwear, or toys for the holidays. 21 & up only. Sign up through this link: https://bigsunday.org/get-involved/summernights/
Come Sing-a-long with Big Sunday for the Holidays!
Big Sunday,
pablo@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
Join us for Our Annual Holiday Singalong plus Our New Community Market! Each year people from all walks of life join us to eat, sing (with a live band!) and enjoy the holidays. Special guests have included low-income seniors, kids with challenges, women, and children from a domestic violence shelter, vets, and others who needed a little extra TLC at the holidays. We’ll collect toys and food for hungry families, too. On Sunday December 12th we will once again be hosting our Big Sunday Singalong and Holiday Party, featuring the World Famous (!?) Big Sunday Band. As always, our Guests of Honor will be the awesome kids from Ability First. This year, we’re excited to also hosting a special Holiday Market with local vendors for your year-end shopping! This year’s party will be outside in our parking lot. Vaccination for everyone 12 & up is required. No exceptions. Please be prepared to show proof. Email pablo@bigsunday.org for more info! Sign up here: https://bigsunday.org/get-involved/singalong2021/