Projects tagged with "HOMELESSNESS"

Help Union Rescue Mission and Hope Gardens Family Center prepare and set-up for meals, serve, as well as assist in the clean-up process. Meal services volunteers are required to be at least 14 years of age. Find out more and sign up here: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/webreg/eventdetail.php?event_id=1112&org_id=0267&event_category_id=&keyword=&sort=&zip=&zip_radius=5&source=&filter_choice=&cal_choice=&cal_year=2022&cal_month=9&res_choice=&console_mode=console&res_code=&disp_status=open&filter_date=None&filter_start_time=&filter_end_time=

Help prepare and serve breakfast meals to those at the Hope Gardens Family Center. Must be 14 years of age or older to partcipate. Find out more and sign up at the link below: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/webreg/eventdetail.php?event_id=1108&org_id=0267&event_category_id=&keyword=&sort=&zip=&zip_radius=5&source=&filter_choice=&cal_choice=&cal_year=2022&cal_month=9&res_choice=&console_mode=console&res_code=&disp_status=open&filter_date=None&filter_start_time=&filter_end_time=

Help prepare and serve lunch meals to those sheltered at Union Rescue Mission's Angeles House campus. Angeles House is their new campus which just opened this past April and shelters an additional 86 families in Los Angeles. Must be 14 years of age or older to volunteer. Find out more and sign up at the link below: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/webreg/eventdetail.php?event_id=1592&org_id=0267&event_category_id=&keyword=&sort=&zip=&zip_radius=5&source=&filter_choice=&cal_choice=&cal_year=2022&cal_month=9&res_choice=&console_mode=console&res_code=&disp_status=open&filter_date=None&filter_start_time=&filter_end_time=

Hope Gardens Family Center provides 3 hot meals per day to all guests. Volunteers are needed to help prepare and set-up for each meal, serve, as well as assist in the clean-up process. Meal services volunteers are required to be at least 14 years of age. Find more information and sign up here: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/webreg/eventdetail.php?event_id=1110&org_id=0267&event_category_id=&keyword=&sort=&zip=&zip_radius=5&source=&filter_choice=&cal_choice=&cal_year=2022&cal_month=9&res_choice=&console_mode=console&res_code=&disp_status=open&filter_date=None&filter_start_time=&filter_end_time=

A nonprofit is as strong as the community that holds it up. Together, you and Acts of Compassion can do more than you can do alone. Bring your abilities and passions together to affect real change. There are many ways to join them and support their mission of working with the homeless, and at risk families from underserved communities. Contact them to find out more about volunteer opportunities, fundraising events, and ways that you can get their message to your friends and family! Please visit: https://actsofcompassions.org/contact-us

Century Villages at Cabrillo (CVC) serves as steward, manager, and coordinator for the 27 acre campus community. CVC creates the physical and social conditions where collaborating programs can succeed in overcoming homelessness. As a social enterprise, CVC engages in property management, real estate development, and community development activities, all uniformly geared around the vision of breaking the cycle of homelessness. Your gift will make a meaningful impact on the lives of Veterans, seniors, and families with children at The Villages at Cabrillo. Please visit: https://centuryvillages.org/oasis/

We welcome you to support LA Family Housing's office. You would behelping the fight against homelessness by helping them organize files and inputting data. Sign Up online today. https://lafh.org/volunteer

Help organize clothes, create hygiene kits and assist with stocking their van for their direct services. They have volunteer shifts available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at their warehouse. A mask must be worn at all times while in their warehouse even if you are fully vaccinated. Must be 16 years of age to volunteer. https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp3100839.jsp

Project Ropa is a nonprofit organization that helps restore dignity, rekindle optimism and empower the lives of people experiencing homelessness by providing clean clothes, hygiene kits and drinking water in a safe, humane and dignified way. They are looking for assistance creating hygiene kits to distribute to their unhoused neighbors. This can be done remotely by putting together items in a ziploc bag, tote bag or reusable grocery bag. (Please note: Items for the hygiene kits will not be provided by them.) They recommend reaching out to your network of friends and family to source the items. A list of what to include is provided on the website below. Once completed you can mail your kits to them at: Project Ropa, 2851 W 120th Street, Suite E #566, Hawthorne, CA 90250. Alternatively, you can reach back out to them to schedule a drop off time at their warehouse in Gardena, CA. If mailing please include a note with your full name and email address in the package. https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp3311664.jsp

Project Ropa operates the only Mobile Clothing Closet of its kind in the Los Angeles area. Their retrofitted van delivers hope as well as hygiene kits, drinking water and a full selection of men’s and women’s clothing, shoes and accessories all neatly displayed on racks and shelves to unhoused and low-income individuals and families at service sites in Boyle Heights, Echo Park and Hollywood. At each location they operate in tandem with other mobile service providers which include showers, haircuts, ID replacement, food pantries, medical and dental clinics and employment and housing resources. In Echo Park, their events take place on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 9am to 12 pm. Volunteers will help with distributing clothing and personal hygiene essentials directly to those in need at their service locations. Project Ropa staff will be on-site at all times during services. Must be 18 years old to participate. For more information about dates and times click here: https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp3312054.jsp

Project Ropa operates the only Mobile Clothing Closet of its kind in the Los Angeles area. Their retrofitted van delivers hope as well as hygiene kits, drinking water and a full selection of men’s and women’s clothing, shoes and accessories all neatly displayed on racks and shelves to unhoused and low-income individuals and families at service sites in Boyle Heights, Echo Park and Hollywood. At each location they operate in tandem with other mobile service providers which include showers, haircuts, ID replacement, food pantries, medical and dental clinics and employment and housing resources. In Boyle Heights, their events take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 9am to 12 pm. Volunteers will help with distributing clothing and personal hygiene essentials directly to those in need at their service locations. Project Ropa staff will be on-site at all times during services. Must be 18 years old to participate. For more information about dates and times click here: https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp3312054.jsp

Project Ropa operates the only Mobile Clothing Closet of its kind in the Los Angeles area. Their retrofitted van delivers hope as well as hygiene kits, drinking water and a full selection of men’s and women’s clothing, shoes and accessories all neatly displayed on racks and shelves to unhoused and low-income individuals and families at service sites in Boyle Heights, Echo Park and Hollywood. At each location they operate in tandem with other mobile service providers which include showers, haircuts, ID replacement, food pantries, medical and dental clinics and employment and housing resources. They do a quick service in the Hollywood area on Fridays between 12pm-2pm where they provide grab 'n go packs of clothing essentials and hygiene kits in tandem with a nonprofit that provides meals. Volunteers will help with distributing clothing and personal hygiene essentials directly to those in need at their service locations. Project Ropa staff will be on-site at all times during services. Must be 18 years old to participate. For more information about dates and times click here: https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp3312054.jsp

Help create laundry kits for Project Ropa to directly distribute to people experiencing homelessness in the Los Angeles area. This is a great activity for children to get involved with. In a sandwich size ziploc bag include the following items: a laundry detergent pod (individual dry pack) and fabric softener sheets. Optional: A handwritten note or drawing which can be seasonal appropriate for an upcoming holiday. Once completed you can mail your kits to them at: Project Ropa, 2851 W 120th Street, Suite E #566, Hawthorne, CA 90250. Alternatively, you can reach back out to them to schedule a drop off time at their warehouse in Gardena, CA. If mailing please include a note with your full name and email address in the package. https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp3441922.jsp

If you would like to help Project Ropa in their mission to provide clothing to the homeless, consider donating some clothes. Drop offs are at their warehouse in Gardena by appointment only. Pick ups are scheduled at least two weeks in advance. To help cover their operating costs there is a service fee for all pick ups which varies depending on the distance from their warehouse. For a list of clothes they are looking for and to sign up, click here: https://www.projectropa.org/get-involved/

Project Ropa is in constantly need of supplies and clothes to provide for their unhoused neighbors. One way you can help them do that is to help them keep their closet stuck. By shopping from their wish list of clothing and hygiene items on GOODdler, you can help do just that. All items get shipped directly to them. Take a look at their wishlist here: https://gooddler.com/Wishlist/10175

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 our 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.

The Midnight Mission helps make available the necessities of life and offer a bridge to self-sufficiency for people experiencing homelessness through food, shelter, clothing, personal hygiene needs, medical care, and many other services. Help them in their mission by donating clothing, food, and other supplies to their Gift in Kind program. Click here to find out more: https://www.midnightmission.org/gifts-in-kind/.

Donate to the Midnight MIssion. Your support will allow The Midnight Mission to provide a path to self-sufficiency to men, women and children who have lost direction. Find out more here: https://www.midnightmission.org/donate/

Use matching gifts to donate more to The Midnight Mission! Many companies will double or even triple the value of charitable gifts made by employees. Your support will allow The Midnight Mission to provide a path to self-sufficiency to men, women and children who have lost direction. Find out more here: https://www.midnightmission.org/get-involved/

Help with meal service at The Midnight mission! Volunteering with them gives their guests and program participants much needed support to build a bridge to self-sufficiency and is an extremely rewarding experience for you. There are daily breakfast shifts. You must be vaccinated and willing to wear a mask to participate. Any underage volunteers must be accompanied by an adult. Find out more here: https://www.midnightmission.org/get-involved/volunteer/ or reach out to alinares@midnightmission.org.