Coordinate Large-Scale Animal Relocations as a Special Events Coordinator with A Cat’s Tale
An all-volunteer organization operating without paid staff relies entirely on community volunteers to sustain daily rescue operations and save homeless animals. An enthusiastic Special Events Coordinator is needed to utilize advanced planning and organizational skills to design, coordinate, and execute memorable community experiences, logistical moves, and promotional gatherings for the rescue.
Compose Digital Community Updates on the Creative Writing Team with A Cat’s Tale
An all-volunteer organization operating without paid staff relies entirely on community volunteers to sustain daily rescue operations and save homeless animals. A creative, passionate volunteer Newsletter Writer assists by crafting regular digital updates to keep the local community connected, inspired, and informed regarding ongoing rescue operations and adoption success stories.
Spread Donor Gratitude and Acknowledgments as a Correspondence Secretary with A Cat’s Tale
An all-volunteer organization operating without paid staff relies entirely on community volunteers to sustain daily rescue operations and save homeless animals. Remote volunteers are needed to serve as Correspondence Secretaries to manage outgoing mail, donor acknowledgments, and digital communications from the comfort of a personal desk space, ensuring community supporters are properly thanked.
Transport Rescued Felines to Medical and Adoption Appointments with A Cat’s Tale
An all-volunteer organization operating without paid staff relies entirely on community volunteers to sustain daily rescue operations and save homeless animals. Volunteer Transport Drivers provide a flexible service by driving rescued cats and kittens to and from vital veterinary clinic appointments, ensuring animals receive safe, smooth, and timely medical transportation.
Transport Rescued Dogs to Appointments as a Volunteer Chauffeur with Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts is a nonprofit dog rescue organization committed to saving dogs from various Los Angeles shelters on the very day they are scheduled for euthanasia, and finding them loving homes. Their mission is focused solely on rescuing dogs from shelters. They are always in need of people to help them transport their dogs to and from weekly adoptions, to the vet, to doggie daycare, and on any other excursions that might arise. They also need help dropping off food and medicine to fosters who don’t have cars.
Provide Outdoor Exercise and Socialization as a Canine Fitness Coach with Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts is a nonprofit dog rescue organization committed to saving dogs from various Los Angeles shelters on the very day they are scheduled for euthanasia, and finding them loving homes. Their mission is focused solely on rescuing dogs from shelters. Some of their dogs need more exercise than they are currently getting and need a friend to take them on walks and hikes.
Facilitate Forever Placements by Adopting a Rescued Dog with Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts is a nonprofit dog rescue organization committed to saving dogs from various Los Angeles shelters on the very day they are scheduled for euthanasia, and finding them loving homes. Their mission is focused solely on rescuing dogs from shelters. Meet their adoptable dogs. Choose from a variety of friendly companions with different genders, male or female, and compatibility, good with kids, other dogs, and cats. Find the perfect dog for you!.
Capture Promotional Media as a Volunteer Dog Photographer and Videographer with Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts is a nonprofit dog rescue organization committed to saving dogs from various Los Angeles shelters on the very day they are scheduled for euthanasia, and finding them loving homes. Their mission is focused solely on rescuing dogs from shelters. A picture is worth a thousand words—and to a shelter dog, it can mean a forever home! They're looking for creative volunteers to capture the unique personalities, goofy grins, and soulful eyes of their resident woofers.
Provide Temporary Housing and Support as a Rescued Dog Foster Parent with Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts is a nonprofit dog rescue organization committed to saving dogs from various Los Angeles shelters on the very day they are scheduled for euthanasia, and finding them loving homes. Their mission is focused solely on rescuing dogs from shelters. Not ready for a permanent commitment but have a little extra room on your sofa? Open your home to a temporary canine houseguest! Fostering gives their woofers a much-needed break from the shelter enviornment and helps them prepare for their forever homes. They provide the supplies; you provide the love (and the couch).
Prepare Fresh and Homemade Nutritional Meals for Shelter Dogs with Ace of Hearts
The Ace of Hearts is a nonprofit dog rescue organization committed to saving dogs from various Los Angeles shelters on the very day they are scheduled for euthanasia, and finding them loving homes. Their mission is focused solely on rescuing dogs from shelters. They are looking for volunteers to help prepare fresh, wholesome, homemade meals for their dogs. By joining the kitchen crew, you'll ensure their woofers receive the high-quality nutrition they need to thrive while they wait for their forever homes. Please keep your receipts, as all grocery expenses for this project will be fully reimbursed. Come help them meal-prep for a great cause!.
Provide Critical Financial Sponsorship to Give Rescued Dogs a Second Chance with Ace of Hearts
Ace of Hearts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that depends on private donations to support their rescue efforts. Your contributions are tax-deductible, and because they are entirely run by volunteers, every dollar you donate directly aids their animals. Their ongoing expenses include veterinary care, boarding, feeding, equipment, and rescuing new dogs from the shelter system as their current dogs find new homes.
Manage Operational Errands, Inventory Sorting, and Supply Logistics with Angel Hanz For The Homeless
Smooth daily operations are essential to saving lives, and this team keeps everything running flawlessly. Volunteers in this role handle critical logistics, including running essential errands and keeping the storage spaces fully stocked, organized, and properly inventoried. It is an ideal position for detail-oriented individuals who love staying active and ensuring the team always has the tools they need to succeed.
Secure Critical Program Resources on the Fundraising and Grant Development Team with Angel Hanz For The Homeless
This vital role ensures the organization has the financial foundation needed to sustain its operations. Volunteers assist with strategic grant writing, research new funding opportunities, and help solicit donations and corporate sponsorships from community partners. It is the perfect opportunity for anyone looking to use their professional writing, research, or networking skills to make a massive impact behind the scenes for all the woofers & their owners.
Provide Urgent Emergency Animal Transportation as an On-Call Driver with Angel Hanz For The Homeless
When an animal faces a medical crisis, every second counts. This critical, on-call volunteer position provides urgent transportation for animals experiencing medical emergencies, ensuring they get to trusted veterinary partners as quickly and safely as possible. Volunteers must have reliable transportation, a flexible schedule for on-call windows, and a calm under-pressure attitude to help save lives when it matters most.
Coordinate Guest Services and Essential Resource Distribution at Outreach Clinics with Angel Hanz For The Homeless
This role places volunteers right at the center of the action. Responsibilities include transporting event food, helping guests sign up for essential services, staffing resource tables, and distributing donated goods. Afterward, volunteers help pack up and return supplies to storage. It is ideal for friendly, organized individuals who love community engagement.
Manage Event Logistics and Heavy Equipment Infrastructure on the Setup Crew with Angel Hanz For The Homeless
This hands-on team handles the critical first and last steps of the day. Volunteers pick up and deliver donated goods, set up tables and canopies, and break everything down safely once the event ends. It is the perfect role for energetic individuals who love active work and want to see an event come together from the ground up.
Advocate for Vulnerable Communities by Supporting Unhoused Families and Their Pets with Angel Hanz For The Homeless
Over 50,000 homeless people live in the greater Los Angeles area, many with animals. They work on the front lines providing services, information, respect and compassion to those less fortunate. Using all the tools available, they go into the community to reach out and provide hope and support. Through flyers, internet postings, blogs and personal contact, their goal is to help people find their way back into the mainstream of life. They advocate for those who have been marginalized and made to feel invisible (human and animal). Help them provide the attention and assistance they deserve.
Are you a Dedicated Birder? Become a Volunteer Banders for MAPS @ Starr Ranch Bird Observatory with Audubon California: Starr Ranch Sanctuary
Dedicated birders who would like banding experience are invited to apply to become volunteer banders for a MAPS (Mapping Avian Productivity and Survivorship) station at the Starr Ranch Bird Observatory. MAPS is a growing network of hundreds of songbird banding stations in North America run by the Institute for Bird Populations (IBP). Long term banding data from MAPS stations help track changes in populations and migration patterns. In 2005, they became part of an international monitoring network that tracks birds in their wintering grounds, MoSI (Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal) with stations from Mexico to Columbia (and Starr Ranch!). Starr Ranch ornithologists offer beginning and advanced bird banding workshops every several years to train citizen scientists in songbird banding, ageing, and sexing.
Be a Citizen Scientist: Help Monitor Starr Ranch Songbirds with Audubon California: Starr Ranch Sanctuary
Besides bird banding, Starr Ranch manages other songbird monitoring projects that utilize volunteer citizen scientists who are trained by ornithologists. Monitoring usually targets rare species and habitats such as coastal sage scrub but they also use songbirds as indicators of restoration success and climate change. New monitoring projects help them make decisions on which invasive plant species they will work to control.
Join the Research: Long-Term Wildlife Monitoring at Starr Ranch with Audubon California: Starr Ranch Sanctuary
Currently Starr Ranch biologists train citizen science volunteers to help them monitor wildlife that serve as good indicators of habitat quality and help them decide which invasive species they will work to control. These are long term projects that will also aid in detection of shifts in wildlife populations that may be associated with a changing climate.
Featured Projects
Join Big Sunday for Relaxation and Community Care at Wellness Mondays
Big Sunday,
dom@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
If you're feeling like you could use a holiday – or a way to relax and recharge while meeting great, helpful folks -you're going to love Big Sunday's Wellness Mondays. Every Monday at 10 AM, we'll be hosting a different, fantastic sound bath here at Big Sunday HQ. Every Sound Bath is wonderful, designed to help you relax, recharge, and reconnect with yourself and others. They're all incredibly relaxing, totally free, and everyone is invited! We want everyone to be as comfortable as possible and suggest that you bring your own mat, cushion, pillow, blanket, eye cover, etc. – whatever you need to feel relaxed and cozy!
Create Mosaic Suns With Big Sunday at our Art Tuesdays
Big Sunday,
josh@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
Every Tuesday, volunteers join us at Big Sunday HQ to decorate mosaics in the shape of a sun. These beautiful works of art are then donated to schools, shelters, food banks – anywhere in need of a little more sunshine and warmth! This wonderful project is the brainchild of our old friend Cathy Weiss and led by Cathy and our own Big Sunday staff. You don’t need to be a brilliant artist to participate – just friendly and sincere. Just about everybody who’s worked on one tells us the mosaic suns are their favorite Big Sunday project!.
Join Big Sunday for our Accessible Wednesday at 10am Event
Big Sunday,
passion@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
A spin-off of our flagship weekly event TM@10, Accessible Wednesdays @ 10 (AW@10 for short) hosts volunteers every Wednesday to work on hands-on projects to help local nonprofits. The difference? The projects we do on Wednesdays are specially geared to be accessible to folks of all ability levels! Our guests of honor at each AW@10 are groups of volunteers with intellectual and developmental disabilities from some of our partner organizations like AbilityFirst, ETTA, PassAbility, Partners For Potential, and Arroyo Development Services. At Big Sunday, we firmly believe that everyone has something to give, and that everyone has fun helping others! Anyone and everyone is invited to join us for AW@10, whether it’s with a group or as an individual who wants to help out and hang out with some of the best volunteers in the business. From assembling goodie bags for unhoused people and their dogs to decorating pumpkins for underserved kids at Halloween, there’s always something fun going on at AW@10. This week we will be sorting cloths for donations.
Join Big Sunday for our Thursday Morning at 10am Events
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! Every Thursday morning from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM, volunteers gather at Big Sunday HQ to work on hands-on projects that help local nonprofits. We’ve assembled birthday gifts for folks in shelters, written letters to soldiers stationed overseas, packed backpacks for ex-gang members starting college, made fleece blankets for shelter kittens, and done about a thousand other fun and meaningful things. 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. It’s no wonder we have so many regulars who come every single week! We’re regularly joined by groups like AbilityFirst, Partners For Potential, and of course the famous TM Ladies! Projects we’ve worked on have benefited organizations like Covenant House, Carlos Santa Ana Academy, PATH, Exceptional Children’s Foundation, Angelus Plaza, and countless others.
Join Big Sunday for our Food Pantry and Food Fridays @ 10am
Big Sunday,
madison@bigsunday.org,
(323) 549-9944
Big Sunday has given away mountains of food over many years, but now we’re going to make it a weekly event. Our Food Pantry will be open year ‘round and will contain both perishable and non-perishable food. We’re also introducing Food Fridays. Every Friday morning we’ll be open from 10-11:30 to sort and pack food. We’ll also distribute to nonprofits and schools from all over town who will distribute the food to hungry and grateful people in their communities. All ages are welcome. Groups, too! We need volunteers, collectors, donors and sponsors.