Represent The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a Mission Volunteer
Represent The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (now Blood Cancer United's) mission all across the country as a Mission Volunteer by providing direct support to patients, caregivers, and families when they’re most in need of help. This essential role ensures that individuals facing blood cancer have access to critical assistance and support services nationwide.
Serve as an Influential Connector for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Cultivate unwavering support as one of hundreds of top leaders nationwide. Help The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at the highest level by serving as an influential connector in your community. Discover local volunteer leadership roles.
Take A First Step Towards the Workforce and Intern With The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Community
Take your first steps into the workforce as a college student by applying to Blood Cancer United’s Internship Program. Raise funds, plan events, advocate for patients, and more as an intern and burgeoning volunteer at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Support Foster Youth at United Friends of the Children
In-kind contributions are a great way to support the current and former foster youth United Friends serves. Gather your friends, family, and colleagues together to host a fundraising drive! You can also donate gift cards to help pay for food, clothing, alarm clocks, backpacks and much more.
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!
Advocate for New Cancer Treatments with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Push for change as an Advocacy Volunteer to accelerate the development of new cancer treatments and break down barriers to care as part of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (now Blood Cancer United's) Office of Public Policy (OPP). You can join the Mobile Action Network to immediately raise your voice for patients by sending letters to lawmakers and supporting efforts to improve the quality of health insurance, make clinical trials work for patients, and accelerate progress in cancer research and development.
Donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Join the vital fight against Cystic Fibrosis by donating to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), an organization committed to finding a cure. Your contribution directly supports research and clinical trials, making a tangible impact on the lives of those affected by the disease. With your help, the CFF can fulfill its mission to make CF stand for Cure Found.
Volunteer as a Telephone Angel for Project Angel Food
The isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the loneliness of many of those that Project Angel Food serves, as well as some of their volunteers. The Telephone Angels program adds human contact to the lives of both their clients and volunteers through regularly scheduled phone calls to check in, share updates and add brightness to the day. The commitment of the volunteer helps to build a friendly bond and give the client and volunteer something to look forward to each week.
Become a Community Educator for Alzheimer’s Association California
Alzheimer's Association Community Educators are volunteer public speakers who play a critical role in providing the Alzheimer's Association's educational programs to community audiences. These volunteers help raise awareness and understanding of Alzheimer's and other dementias by delivering informative presentations to the public.
Become a Community Representative for Alzheimer’s Association California
Alzheimer's Association Community Representatives are volunteer community engagers who work to raise awareness of the Association's programs and provide basic disease information to the public. Their key role is to link consumers directly to the Alzheimer’s Association services they need for support.
Create a Safe Environment & Support Group Facilitators for Alzheimer’s Association California
As a Support Group Facilitator for the Alzheimer's Association, volunteers create a safe and open environment where people can share their feelings, thoughts, and experiences. In a combined effort, these groups help attendees better cope with and manage the shared problems associated with dementia.
Do What You Love to End Alzheimer’s with Alzheimer’s Association California Southland Chapter
Turn something you love into a fundraiser to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. There’s no limit to what you can do! For more than a decade, participants and partners have raised funds to advance the care, support and research efforts for the Alzheimer’s Association® through activities that are personal to them. They are thrilled to build on the success of The Longest Day®, their signature Do-It-Yourself fundraising event, with a fresh name — Do What You Love to End ALZ™ — and new resources that empower their participants to thrive.
Help Alzeimer’s Association California Find a Cure & Participate in a Clinical Trial
Alzheimer’s Association TrialMatch® connects individuals living with cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease or another dementia, caregivers and healthy participants with current research studies. This free, easy-to-use service helps you find clinical research that may be a good fit, whether you're focused on treatment, diagnosis, care or prevention.
Help Use Your Skills to Enter Data into Alzheimer’s Association California Databases
Data Entry Volunteers are needed for the Alzheimer's Association to help ensure that the organization's records are accurate and up-to-date. In this essential role, volunteers are responsible for entering constituent data and other information into the Association’s databases.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s with Alzheimer’s Association California Southland Chapter
Now is the moment we've been waiting for. With new treatments emerging in the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia, now is the time for hope. Now is the time for action. Help Alzheimer's Association California Southland Chapter keep the momentum going in your community at the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, the world’s largest fundraiser to fight the disease.Register Today for Walk to End Alzheimer's!
Donate to Support 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. Every $10 you give will directly provide a delicious, life-saving meal to someone struggling with a serious illness and burdened by malnutrition. Their volunteers and staff cook and deliver nutritious food prepared with love, free of charge, to those in need throughout Los Angeles County, acting out of a sense of urgency because hunger and illness do not wait. Help support Project Angel Food's work today! Your donation will ensure that someone who is seriously ill will not go hungry.
Help Project Angel Food with Office Projects
This volunteering opportunity is for those who have a varying schedule, don’t particularly have an affinity for cooking, and love to show off their organizational or creative skills. You may help on an as-needed basis in Project Angel Food's offices. There are various projects, including mailings, donor and client outreach, assembling gift bags for events, decorating client birthday bags or meal delivery bags, making Feed Bead bracelets, packaging Project Angel Food’s Do Gooding Good Cookies, and countless other tasks requiring nimble and creative hands.
Help Project Angel Food with Special Events
Project Angel Food has events throughout the year. Volunteers are vital to the success of these events and present unique opportunities to engage with their supporters. From annual events like Bowling for Angels, Angel Awards, Lead with Love Telethon, to bespoke chef’s dinners and private parties, volunteers help them secure much-needed resources for their mission in fun, social settings. For the safety of all volunteers, staff and guests, all volunteers must have received a COVID-19 vaccination and meet the age requirement based on specific event requirements.
Featured Projects
Help Make Holiday Meal Baskets for the PATH Community
PATH (People Assisting the Homeless),
PATHvolunteers@epath.org,
(323) 644-2200
Help PATH meet their goal to assemble and distribute over 800 Holiday Meal Baskets to those in need. Help make sure that everyone in the community – housed and unhoused – can enjoy a special meal! By donating items to the food drive, you will help provide enough food to assemble “Holiday Meal Boxes” to help PATH teams enrich the holiday experience of members of the community. The relationships you help build with food donations can be vital in helping neighbors feel secure and supported. Email PATH at PATHVolunteers@epath.org to schedule a date/time to drop-off or shop the Amazon Link: https://a.co/hBgLUY7 and food will be delivered directly to PATH.
Give to the Crime Survivors Resource Center’s Thanksgiving Drive
Crime Survivors Resource Center,
info@crime survivors.org,
(844) 853-4673
Help make Thanksgiving Day a festive occation for families in need. Your donatoin will help Crime Survivors Resource Center purchase grocery store gift cards for all the fixins needed by families. There are many ways to help including sponsoring a family and hosting a corportate challange.
Host a Thanksgiving Food Drive For Families at Union Station Homeless Services
Union Station Homeless Services,
volunteer@unionstationhs.org,
(626) 240-0720
Make a difference this Thanksgiving and host a food drive in your community! Collect items like stuffing, mashed potatoes, Velveeta cheese, and more. USHS kindly request all items be dropped off one of the locations listed on their website no later than November 18th.
Help Host a Thanksgiving Celebration at PATH
PATH (People Assisting the Homeless),
PATHvolunteers@epath.org,
(323) 644-2200
Participate in an on-site volunteer activity to celebrate Thanksgiving with PATH residents. They are looking for individuals and/or groups who can donate some or all of the following items and help organize PATH Thanksgiving celebrations: Bring a Thanksgiving meal to serve to PATH residents ($1500-$3000), Bring Thanksgiving-inspired desserts (approx. $250-$275), Bring/play group games (Bingo, Uno, Trivia), Organize a raffle-prize giveaway. Date/Time: TBD based on site and group/individual availability. You can take a special role in making this Thanksgiving special for many members of the PATH Community. Please sign-up and reach out to learn more about this holiday opportunity! Email them at: PATHVolunteers@epath.org
Help Donate Turkeys For Families at Union Station Homeless Services
Union Station Homeless Services,
volunteer@unionstationhs.org,
(626) 240-0720
Help USHS collect 750 frozen turkeys for families in need this Thanksgiving! Drop off days will be Nov. 17th and 18th.
Take Photographs for A Place Called Home’s Thanksgiving Event
A Place Called Home,
volunteer@apch.org,
(323) 232-7653
Volunteer will serve as event photographer to capture photos in shot list provided by A Place Called Home. Volunteer will provide 6-8 edited select shots to APCH within 48 hours after the event, and will provide full take edited shots to APCH within 5 business days after the event. APCH will credit photography as desired in publications.
Help Setup, Facilitate and Breakdown A Place Called Homes Thanksgiving Distribution & Dinner Event
A Place Called Home,
volunteer@apch.org,
(323) 232-7653
Volunteers will support all aspects of event setup, facilitation and breakdown alongside the A Place Called Hometeam to help create a welcoming, festive environment as APCH welcomes hundreds of South Central families and neighbors to the APCH campus for their annual Thanksgiving event. In addition to celebrating community, this event provides hundreds of turkeys and grocery bags with all the Thanksgiving fixings for members of their South Central community. Please Note: Role may include moving, bending, walking, light-medium lifting and extended periods of standing. Please let the APCH team know if there is anything they can do to make this project more comfortable for you.
Join Us for Big Sunday’s Annual Thanksgiving Stuffing Event!
Big Sunday,
info@bigsunday.org,
3235499944
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 everything up 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!
Host a Winter Holiday Celebration at PATH
PATH (People Assisting the Homeless),
PATHvolunteers@epath.org,
(323) 644-2200
ueroHelp make the holiday season bright for PATH residents by hosting a Winter Holiday celebration at one of their sites! They are encouraging the community to get involved in celebrating this holiday season with those at PATH residences who may need an extra support and encouragement during this especially trying time. By hosting a holiday celebration, you have the opportunity to: Sponsor a meal/snack to provide for community celebration,Bring cookies and decorate them in holiday-inspired themes (approx. $250-$275), Bring Holiday decorations and decorate common room of PATH building, Host a holiday movie night and bring popcorn and treats for guests, Bring group games (Bingo, card games, trivia, etc.) to play with residents, Organize a raffle-prize giveaway. Date/Time: December 1st – December 12th – TBD based on site and group/individual availability. Please email them at PATHVolunteers@epath.org for available dates and locations if you are interested in bringing the holiday spirit to the community and ensuring that everyone – housed or unhoused – can enjoy a festive and cheerful holiday. Kids Welcome: Varys by site.