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/
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 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 to the Alzheimer’s Association of Southern California
Please consider donationg to the Alzheimer's Association. From face-to-face support to online education programs and promising worldwide research initiatives, your donations make a difference in the lives of those impacted by Alzheimer's disease. Visit: https://www.alz.org/get-involved-now/donate
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 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/
Donate Requested Items to Exceptional Children’s Foundation
Aside from monetary donations, there are other ways to give to Exceptional Children’s Foundation. 1. Furniture. ECF will consider donations of furniture that can be used by clients in their residential program or used by staff at their program sites. Due to storage limitations, they cannot accept furniture that is not immediately needed by clients or staff. ECF staff cannot provide transportation for these items. 2. Clothing. ECF generally accepts new clothing for infants, children and adults. Gently used clothing is considered on an individual basis. 3. Tickets. They accept tickets for cultural, sports and other community events. 4. Technology. ECF accepts contributions of technology only when they comply with theie existing network requirements and theie staff or client needs. ECF do not accept obsolete or noncompliant technology, or items that are missing necessary components. Before accepting a gift of technology, it must first be reviewed and approved by their IT Administrator. 5. Holiday Gifts. Gifts intended for holiday giving must be new and wrapped in their original packaging. They must be age-appropriate and aligned with their clients’ recreational and educational needs. For more information about holiday giving opportunities, please contact Lisa at lkelly@ecf.net. 6. Gift Cards. ECF accepts donations of store gift cards, which may be used as holiday gifts for clients or raffle items or to help offset the cost of producing their fundraising events. Visit: https://www.ecf.net/in-kind-giving-guidelines/
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 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
Donate Gifts to Union Station Homeless Services’ Holiday Drive
Every year, Union Station Homeless Services, holds an annual holiday gift drive to collect toys, books, socks, and gift cards to provide holiday cheer to all our clients living in their housing sites. They could use the community's support in collecting holiday gifts for all their residents. All donations can be accepted at their Admin Office (825 E. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104) Monday through Friday between 9:00am - 4:00pm. All gifts should remain unwrapped. Please visit: https://unionstationhs.org/help/volunteer/
Donate items to Union Station Homeless Services’ Wish List
In-kind donations keep our programs running! Help offset our program costs by donating an item from our Wish List. Visit: https://unionstationhs.org/wishlist/
Volunteer or Donate for United Station Homeless Services’ Adopt-A-Meal Program
Union Station Homeless Services relies on the support of volunteer groups to provide daily home-cooked meals to shelter residents and community members in need. If your family, corporation, or civic group would like to cook or donate a meal at one of their shelters, consider sponsoring an Adopt-a-Meal! You can cook at home, use one of their kitchens, buy food from a restaurant and drop it off at their location, donate ingredients, or even donate a gift card to Smart and Final. There are so many ways to help! Volunteers must be 13 years old to participate with a chaperone or 16 years old to participate without one. For details email volunteer@unionstationhs.org to schedule a date to serve at either our Adult Center or Family Center facility. Otherwise, click here to find out more information: https://unionstationhs.org/help/volunteer/
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/
Shop to Help Empower Communities with Volunteer CORE
CORE has seen the power of individuals uniting to support their communities in a time of need. With your purchase, they are building a better future. Together, you save lives. Visit: https://shop.coreresponse.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 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!
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
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 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 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
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/