Become a Tool Training or Open Studio Assistant at Rediscover Center
Become a Tool Training or Open Studio Assistant at Rediscover Center to assist youth and adults in learning woodworking and how to operate tools safely. In this hands-on role, you will help community members gain life skills while they use repurposed materials to create projects ranging from simple crafts to complex constructions like go-carts and roller coasters.
Become a Materials Warehouse Sorter at Rediscover Center
Volunteer as a Materials Warehouse Sorter to help Rediscover Center organize, clean, and shelve the vast array of donated materials they receive. By sorting these items, which would have otherwise been thrown away, you ensure crafters and students have all the necessary supplies to engage in creative and sustainable art and maker education.
Become a Community Event Assistant at Rediscover Center
Volunteer as a Community Event Assistant to help run the Rediscover Center's booths at local festivals and farmers’ markets, guiding attendees in hands-on crafting. This public-facing role allows you to engage with the community and promote creativity and sustainability by demonstrating how to use repurposed and donated materials in art projects.
Give Your Time and Volunteer to Help Children/Young Adults with Special Needs with Parents’ Place FRC
Parents’ Place provides information and education to improve knowledge so parents, caregivers, and professionals can become empowered, allowing them to advocate for their children more effectively. Serving the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, they are committed to supporting and enhancing family focused services in a parent driven atmosphere for families who have children with special needs, 0-26 years of age. They need help with a variety of tasks in the office, coordinating fundraising events and donations, and with putting on events throughout the year.
Advocate for Children with Special Needs with Parents’ Place FRC
Parents’ Place provides information and education to improve knowledge so parents, caregivers, and professionals can become empowered, allowing them to advocate for their children more effectively. Serving the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, they are committed to supporting and enhancing family focused services in a parent driven atmosphere for families who have children with special needs, 0-26 years of age. Your generous donation allows them to continue to educate and empower families through up-to date- information, training resources, and parent to parent support.
Support New Village Girls Academy’s Mission
New Village was established in 2006 to provide a high quality educational opportunity for girls who have not been successfully served in traditional public schools. They allow students to reimagine their futures by providing remarkable educational experiences that ignite their desire to learn as well as social-emotional support from teachers and expert staff. Students feel safe, encouraged, and excited about learning. They call New Village “a second home.” Please support them by donating to help them continue to educate the next generation of young women.
Volunteer to Help Celebrate a Birthday with My Friend’s Place
Help create moments of joy and connection by volunteering at one of My Friend's Place's monthly birthday celebrations. Serving pizza and cake might seem small, but it creates powerful moments of belonging and reminds young people they matter. No training or background check are required.
Cook On-Site at Alexandria House
Join Alexandria House on-site, cook with your volunteer group in their beautiful and well-appointed Green House Kitchen. Volunteers are responsible for providing all ingredients and preparing the entire dinner. Stay and enjoy the meal you’ve prepared in fellowship with their participating families!
Cook On-Site at Alexandria House
Prepare a meal in your home kitchen and deliver it to Alexandria House for their families to enjoy. They hope you will stay for dinner with their families if you are able. Disposable dinnerware and soft drinks are always welcomed.
Donate Funds to Sponsor a Dinner for Families at Alexandria House
Donating Funds to Sponsor a Dinner at Alexandria House. If geography or mobility is an obstacle, please consider sponsoring a dinner by donating funds. By making a donation of $250 (or above) and signing up for a Top Chef date, you’ll allow their team to secure one dinner for their participating families. If this option appeals to you: Please email volunteer@alexandriahouse.org and choose a date (Monday-Thursday). Next, visit alexandriahouse.org/donate and make a donation of $250 (or above). Please add a note that designates your donation for the “Top Chef”. If mailing a check, please include “Top Chef” in the memo.
Join Alexandria’s House Top Chef Volunteer-led, Community-Buidling Food Program
Top Chef is a volunteer-led, community-building food program for the women and families in Alexandria House's Transitional Housing Program. They truly believe that enjoying a meal together creates lasting fellowship for their participants and volunteers. They recognize that their participants may have ruptured familial relationships, and they strive to promote a communal environment through the preparation and sharing of meals. Top Chef allows the families in their program to receive support and a “night off” from cooking, to enjoy a stress-free meal with their children. Top Chef also exposes these women and their families to a wide variety of ethnic food cultures and traditions, thereby expanding their worldly perspectives of food and nutrition.
Place Meal Deliveries from Local Restaurants for Families at Alexandria House
Meal Delivery from Local Restaurants: Order for delivery from restaurants in their area! They are located in Koreatown L.A. - surrounded by a wide variety of world-class restaurants. If you choose this option, please order enough food for 30-40 people. Their delivery address is 436 S. Alexandria Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020 . Please include dinnerware, utensils, and soft drinks in your delivery order. Help support local small businesses while providing for their Alexandria House community!
Support Alexandria’s House Start Up Sisterhood LA (SUSLA) Program
Start Up Sisterhood LA (SUSLA) is a 13-week entrepreneurship program that provides Alexandria House alumni and community with resources and training to create their own small business. They have multiple SUSLA graduates who own catering businesses, and they will happily share their Vendor Directory with you. Support their Top Chef Program by ordering catering from their SUSLA Graduates! For more information, email Jessica Flores-Garcia Director of Job Development and Entrepreneurship.
Donate Hygiene Kits from Alpha Project San Diego’s Wish List
Alpha Project San Diegot is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) human services organization that serves over 4,000 men, women, and children each day. Services offered include affordable housing, residential substance abuse treatment, supportive housing for people with special needs, basic and emergency services for the homeless, transportation assistance, mental health counseling, employment training, preparation and placement, emergency shelter, HIV/AIDS, education, outreach and prevention, and community services. Alpha Project has several housing programs (Rapid Rehousing, Tenant Peer Support Services, and Housing Navigation and Case Management) that work with clients to secure and sustain housing. Their goal is to set people up for success in maintaining housing. Often, they find that when they move individuals and families into housing for the first time, they move in with little to nothing. Essential home goods make the transition so helpful to the clients they serve. Please select items from the wishlist in the link.
Donate Move-In Kits from Alpha Project San Diego’s Wish List
Alpha Project San Diegot is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) human services organization that serves over 4,000 men, women, and children each day. Services offered include affordable housing, residential substance abuse treatment, supportive housing for people with special needs, basic and emergency services for the homeless, transportation assistance, mental health counseling, employment training, preparation and placement, emergency shelter, HIV/AIDS, education, outreach and prevention, and community services. Alpha Project has several housing programs (Rapid Rehousing, Tenant Peer Support Services, and Housing Navigation and Case Management) that work with clients to secure and sustain housing. Their goal is to set people up for success in maintaining housing. Often, they find that when they move individuals and families into housing for the first time, they move in with little to nothing. Essential home goods make the transition so helpful to the clients they serve. Please select items from the wishlist in the link.
Have an Old Car Taking Up Space in your Driveway? Donate it to Alpha Project!
The mission of the Alpha Project San Diego is to empower individuals, families, and communities by providing work, recovery and support services to people who are motivated to change their lives and achieve self-sufficiency. The agency's many programs are available to all persons in need regardless of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Alpha Project strives not to manage homelessness, but rather to end it for its clients by offering jobs not handouts, respect not pity and empowerment not control. They provide the homeless with the tools they need to be the very best they can be. Have an old car taking up space in your driveway? Donate it to Alpha Project!
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.
Help with Light Maintenance, Cleaning, or Handiwork at Ascencia’s Access Center
Ascencia is always looking for folks to help with light maintenance, cleaning, or handiwork at their access center or at the homes of their housed clients. Let them know you are willing and able to help with this, and they'll reach out when the need arises.
Host a Blanket Drive for Ascencia’s Clients
No matter the weather, blankets are an essential item to give to Ascencia's clients and for their Outreach Team to pass out to individuals living on the street. You can collect new bed sheets, comforters, throws, quilts, etc. Some volunteers even buy fabric and make their own tie blankets!
Host a Clothing & Undergarment Donation Drive for Ascencia’s Clients
Donate clothing to Ascencia. Often when new clients arrive to their Access Center, the only clothes they own are what they are wearing. Access Center would love to welcome their clients with a fresh new set of clothes to wear while they wash their clothes and to make them feel more comfortable. Currently, they have high need for underwear. New items only please.
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.