Los Angeles
Volunteer Sign Up
Before volunteering for one of our events, you need to sign and submit our online WAIVER. You can then select an event from the calendar below and click on the link to sign up and register.
one on one outreach
ages 7+ with Chaperone
On the last Sunday of every month at 4pm, volunteers prepare and fill 170 boxes with food and supplies then hand deliver the boxes to local families who rely on these goods. Email contact below to sign up.
Located a short drive from West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades and Beverly Hills.
For more information, contact Michael Schwartz at
michael@oneononeoutreach.org
www.oneononeoutreach.org
safe place for youth
ages 6+
Volunteers are encouraged to join us sort and organize their clothing closet. Sign up on our calendar!
SOVA community food & resource program
ages 12+
Storefront Food Pantry. Volunteers will help stock shelves, pack grocery bags and sort food donations.
Metro - 1140 N. La Brea Ave., W. Hollywood, HOURS: Sunday 9a-12p, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10a-1:30p
West - 8846 W. Pico Blvd., HOURS: Wednesday & Thursday 10a-1:30p
Valley - 16439 Vanowen St., Van Nuys, HOURS: Sunday 9a-12p, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10-1:30pm
For a Volunteer Application click HERE. For more information contact Felice Resnick, at fresnick@jfsla.org.
the book truck
ages 12+ for Book Sorts / 13+ for Literacy Events & Book Sorts
The Book Truck holds teen-to-teen Literacy Outreach Events and gives away free books to homeless, foster care and low-income teens across Los Angeles County. The best ways for teens to get involved are holding a book drive, participating in our annual Read-A-Thon, or getting trained as one of our peer volunteer “book experts” for our literacy events. Here is the link for their Teen Volunteer Application Form.
Look for upcoming events on our calendar.
tree people
ages 6+ with Chaperone
Volunteers will help plant new trees, care for old ones and maintain trails and parks around Los Angeles. Locations and times vary. Sign up on our calendar!
watermark Beverly Hills
ages 6+ with Chaperone
Volunteers will engage with residents while participating in a variety of opportunities such as Arts & Crafts, BINGO! Giant Crossword Puzzle and more. Sign up on our Calendar!
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a place called home
ages 10+ with a chaperone
A Place Called Home provides a safe, nurturing environment with proven programs in arts, education and wellness for the young people in South Central Los Angeles to help them improve their economic conditions and develop healthy, fulfilling and purposeful lives.
Volunteers are needed for these holiday & community events. Please check our calendar and/or contact Volunteer Manager, Ann Stacy at volunteer@apch.org or call 323-232-76553 Ext. 3256 for more information.
baby2baby
ages 7+ with a Chaperone
Baby2Baby provides children living in poverty, ages 0-12 years, with diapers, clothing and all the basic necessities that every child deserves.
In the last 8 years, Baby2Baby has distributed over 70 million items to children in homeless shelters, domestic violence programs, foster care, hospitals and underserved schools as well as children who have lost everything in the wake of disaster.
Volunteers needed to:
Sort Donations & Stock The Warehouse:
Volunteers help ensure that every donation is of the highest quality (no rips, tears or stains) and stock the warehouse with these items.
Bundle Program:
Volunteers create bundles that are filled with clothing, blankets, hygiene items and other essentials. Baby2Baby provides these bundles to low-income families, babies leaving children’s hospitals & children in foster care.
Click HERE to Volunteer
Heroes Golf Course
ages 7+ with Chaperone
A wellness, recreation and jobs program for Veterans, the golf course, which is open to the public every day, provides work experience and job preparation skills so our veterans can move on to competitive employment in the community.
The Vets are all low-income, many formerly or recently homeless and/or recently unemployed due to the virus. Support from organizations like Families Give Back enables us to provide critically important services to our veterans, and brings great hope to some of the most in need of assistance in our community.
Join us on Saturdays from 10:00 – 12:00 to help prepare and plant the new garden. Wear/bring sunscreen, a hat, gardening gloves and a mask, as well as, comfortable clothes and shoes that can get dirty. Bottled water and some packaged snacks will be provided.
For more information, contact Amy at amy@familiesgiveback.org.
best friends animal society
Families with children under 15 can help by making dog toys, treats, beds, blankets and more. You can make these projects at home and bring them to the center for volunteer credit. For a list of pre-approved DIY projects click here.
For families with children 16+, to begin the volunteer process please follow this link, volunteers.bestfriends.org or visit la.bestfriends.org.
heal the bay
ages 5+ with Chaperone
On the 3rd Saturday of every month from 10am to 12pm parents and children ages 5+ meet at various beaches around LA County for a "Nothin But Sand Beach Cleanup”. Check our calendar to sign up.
LA regional food bank
ages 14+
Most Saturdays from 8am - 12pm, volunteers are needed to help sort, inspect, and repackage donated food items from local food drives as well as assemble food packages for over 26,000 low income seniors, women with infants, and children in Los Angeles County. Locations vary depending on event. Check our calendar for further information.
n/e/x/t/garden
Native/Environmental/Xeriscape/Temescal/Garden
ages 6+ with Chaperone
On the last Saturday of every month, volunteers are invited to help improve this sustainability demonstration garden at the top of Temescal Canyon Park (NE corner). Come for a minimum of one hour between 9am-4pm.
The N/E/X/T/Garden is co-sponsored by Palisades Beautiful and the Pacific Palisades Garden Club under the auspices of the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.
Sign up on our calendar!
For more information, contact Michael Terry at
michaelgterry@hotmail.com https://www.palisadesbeautiful.org/nextgarden.html
one incredible family
ages 8+ with Chaperone
Our focus is on LA County where we serve the elderly, the homeless, children whose lives have been impacted adversely by HIV / AIDS, and children who are abused, neglected, abandoned, orphaned, runaways, learning-disabled, at-risk or disadvantaged.
Join One Incredible Family throughout the year at our events focused on serving those in need. Sign up on our calendar!