Help Make Quilts for Veterans with SoCal Quilts of Valor
SoCal Quilts of Valor cut, sew and press quilts to be given to military Veterans. They meet every Thursday afternoon except holidays from 12:30-4:30. Come for as long as you can help! If you want to sew, bring a machine or let them know ahead of time to bring a spare.
They are also always in need of donations. Cash is welcome as well as cotton yardage/fabric. Any color or print except juvenile. Please see website for more details! Donations are accepted year round!
Help Make Quilts for Veterans with SoCal Quilts of Valor
SoCal Quilts of Valor cut, sew and press quilts to be given to military Veterans. They meet every Thursday afternoon except holidays from 12:30-4:30. Come for as long as you can help! If you want to sew, bring a machine or let them know ahead of time to bring a spare.
They are also always in need of donations. Cash is welcome as well as cotton yardage/fabric. Any color or print except juvenile. Please see website for more details! Donations are accepted year round!
Help Make Quilts for Veterans with SoCal Quilts of Valor
SoCal Quilts of Valor cut, sew and press quilts to be given to military Veterans. They meet every Thursday afternoon except holidays from 12:30-4:30. Come for as long as you can help! If you want to sew, bring a machine or let them know ahead of time to bring a spare.
They are also always in need of donations. Cash is welcome as well as cotton yardage/fabric. Any color or print except juvenile. Please see website for more details! Donations are accepted year round!
Help Make Quilts for Veterans with SoCal Quilts of Valor
SoCal Quilts of Valor cut, sew and press quilts to be given to military Veterans. They meet every Thursday afternoon except holidays from 12:30-4:30. Come for as long as you can help! If you want to sew, bring a machine or let them know ahead of time to bring a spare.
They are also always in need of donations. Cash is welcome as well as cotton yardage/fabric. Any color or print except juvenile. Please see website for more details! Donations are accepted year round!
Help Make Quilts for Veterans with SoCal Quilts of Valor
SoCal Quilts of Valor cut, sew and press quilts to be given to military Veterans. They meet every Thursday afternoon except holidays from 12:30-4:30. Come for as long as you can help! If you want to sew, bring a machine or let them know ahead of time to bring a spare.
They are also always in need of donations. Cash is welcome as well as cotton yardage/fabric. Any color or print except juvenile. Please see website for more details! Donations are accepted year round!
Help Make Quilts for Veterans with SoCal Quilts of Valor
SoCal Quilts of Valor cut, sew and press quilts to be given to military Veterans. They meet every Thursday afternoon except holidays from 12:30-4:30. Come for as long as you can help! If you want to sew, bring a machine or let them know ahead of time to bring a spare.
They are also always in need of donations. Cash is welcome as well as cotton yardage/fabric. Any color or print except juvenile. Please see website for more details! Donations are accepted year round!
Help Make Quilts for Veterans with SoCal Quilts of Valor
SoCal Quilts of Valor cut, sew and press quilts to be given to military Veterans. They meet every Thursday afternoon except holidays from 12:30-4:30. Come for as long as you can help! If you want to sew, bring a machine or let them know ahead of time to bring a spare.
They are also always in need of donations. Cash is welcome as well as cotton yardage/fabric. Any color or print except juvenile. Please see website for more details! Donations are accepted year round!
Help Make Quilts for Veterans with SoCal Quilts of Valor
SoCal Quilts of Valor cut, sew and press quilts to be given to military Veterans. They meet every Thursday afternoon except holidays from 12:30-4:30. Come for as long as you can help! If you want to sew, bring a machine or let them know ahead of time to bring a spare.
They are also always in need of donations. Cash is welcome as well as cotton yardage/fabric. Any color or print except juvenile. Please see website for more details! Donations are accepted year round!
Donate Much-Needed Art Supplies for Kids at Free Arts
Free Arts uses art to restore hope, resiliency, and self-esteem in children in Los Angeles ages 5-18 who have experienced abuse, neglect, poverty and homelessness. They serve more than 22,000 children in Los Angeles each year via nearly 200 adult volunteer mentors. Help make a difference in empowering children through arts this summer by donating much-needed art supplies from Free Arts’ Wish List! If you would like to get a copy of Free Arts’ Wish List please email Karol@freearts.org. Other forms of donations can be made at http://www.freearts.org/donate/ Free Arts also has many volunteering opportunities, if you would like to be part of our programs please visit http://www.freearts.org/trainings/ for more information or email Karol@freearts.org.
Interact with the Seniors at The Salvation Army and Lead Various Actiivities
The Salvation Army's Silvercrest in Lake View Terrace, CA is looking for volunteers leaders who like interacting with seniors and can lead various activities such as arts and crafts or group excercise. And if you don't have a craft or activity, thats ok! Why not come by to lead a game of bingo? Let them know what you want to do and they are open to discussing your ideas! They are also in need of volunteers who can be translators or teach ESL. The most common language is Spanish. Looking for people who are available to come in either Monday or Tuesday for 1-2 hours sometime between 9am-4pm. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Contact Hugo Fuentes (818) 899-4184 for more info.
Lead Group Exercise Clases at The Salvation Army Weingart Center in Hollywood
The Salvation Army Weingart Center in Hollywood, CA is looking for volunteers to lead group exercise classes (yoga, zumba, aerobics, etc). Available class times are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays 10am-1pm for Seniors Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 5pm-7pm for Adults If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity please contact Amanda Soto (Amanda.Soto@usw.salvationarmy.org) with experience and availability. The Salvation Army Weingart Youth Center has become a safe haven for boys and girls, many of whom come from single-parent households, and live in low-income areas which make them vulnerable to juvenile crime. The Center provides for their physical and educational needs through a number of enrichment activities, including after school youth programs, computer instruction, sports, arts & crafts and homework assistance. Adults and seniors are also served on a limited basis with low-impact aerobics and work-related computer instruction.
Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservation at their Blue Butterflies and Bagels Breakfast
Celebrate the butterfly that lives only on the Peninsula with a family friendly morning of art, story telling, music, easy habitat restoration, and butterfly spotting at George F Canyon Nature Preserve
Assist Kidsave at their 20th Anniversary Miracles Gala
Kidsave is looking for awesome on-site volunteers to help with a variety of day-of tasks. This will be for their 20th Anniversary Miracles Gala at Avalon Hollywood + Bardot. They will be having a dinner, live and silent auction, and dancing. Volunteer opportunities available are: -Event Set-Up (arrival 2:00PM) -- help with setting up the tables, floral decorations, and auction item displays. This shift would be for 3-4 hours. -Event Registration (arrival 4:30PM) -- help with checking in guests using on-line mobile bidding software (BidPal) and making sure guests are greeted with a smile and bid paddle ;) -Greeters and Table Seaters (arrival 5:00PM) -- help with flow by making sure guests know where they are seated and are able to properly find their seat; be a smiling face as they arrive -Auction Check-Out (arrival 7:00PM) -- help get auction items set-up for check-out in Bardot; help with getting all items to guests (this will be a part for those who are interested in staying for dancing!!) Requirements & Commitment: Must be at least 18 2-4 hours (flexible to be longer or shorter) Click here to apply: https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp2932188.jsp
Lend a Hand at Big Sunday’s Monday Morning at 10am
Here’s a way to help every week throughout the summer! Each Monday morning at 10 am, we host a different, fun, hands-on service project at Big Sunday headquarters called MM@10 (Monday Mornings at 10). It’s a great way for folks of all ages to get together to help others. Join us as we make creativity kits for Youth Policy Institute! To RSVP for upcoming MM@10 events, please contact Beenish at beenish@bigsunday.org. See http://bigsunday.org/get-involved/mm10/ for more info.
Enjoy a Night of Theater with the Friends of Vision Theater
Please join the Readers Theater Consortium, Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center, and the Friends of Vision Theater for a reading of Karen Bankhead's "FLIES IN THE BUTTERMILK" on Monday, June 4th, at 7:00 PM.
The Leimert Park Vision Theatre Consortium is a nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing theater in South Los Angeles and supporting the development of playwrights, actors, directors, and producers in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Tickets are $10 at the door. Senior and Student Tickets are $7.
Enjoy Some Smooth Jams with Parkside Economic Development Corporation’s Wednesday Night Jazz Cool Down
Starting June 6 through August 29, there will be artists performing for a good cause.
No concert July 4th.
Concerts are $25 donation each or pick three for $60 or 15 or more for $15. Sponsorship opportunities available as well.
Doors open at 6:15pm and the show starts at 7pm.
Assist in a Paint Party for Seniors for Volunteer Action for Aging
Volunteers are needed to assist in a paint party for seniors! Volunteer Action for Aging brings activities to seniors to keep them socially engaged. If you like chatting with seniors and creative projects please join us. As a volunteer you will help make simple "mocktails" for participants and support them with encouragement and tips as they paint. Art experience is not necessary - just the ability to listen to the instructions given and relay that information to seniors if they require extra assistance. Those who speak Spanish are especially needed, however English only is great too! *under 18 welcome if parent/guardian is present. Click here to apply: https://www.volunteermatch.org/results/opp_detail.jsp?oppid=2912633
Donate Your Time and/or Money for AHEAD With Horses’s Annual Children’s Demonstation and Fun Day
Every June, AHEAD With Horses Inc. holds their Annual Children’s Demonstration and Fun Day. This is a day when all of the children in their program can showcase all of the wonders they have accomplished while riding a horse and have their friends and family cheer them on as they receive their Outstanding Achievement Awards. All money raised will go towards their program and providing developmental therapeutic riding sessions to disabled children. They are looking for donations for their Silent Auction that will be going on at the event. They can also use donations of bottled water, soda cans, napkins, individual bags of chips, etc. for their BBQ lunch. All donations, in kind and direct donations of money, are greatly appreciated. They will need lots of volunteers to help with set up, clean up, running the game booths and arts & crafts, helping with the silent auction, helping with the bbq, parking, and many other activities. You can volunteer the whole day or just for a couple of hours. Volunteers who sign up do get a lunch!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b4fa4ad29a0fa7-funday
Join Inner Arts City Arts’ Campus This Summer to Support Their Youth
Join hundreds of Angelenos on Inner City Arts' campus this summer in support of equal access to arts education for the kids and teens of our city. Summer on Seventh is a special night of art installations, live music on their rooftop, food, drinks, studio tours and more! Proceeds from the event support high quality arts instruction and programming for underserved LA youth. 21+ Event Food and Drink. Appearances by: Cassell's Hamburgers, Everson Royce Bar, Guerrilla Tacos, Pizzanista, Plant Food for People, Silverlake Wine, Starry Kitchen Art Installations and Appearances by: Eric Junker with Andrew Embury, Bert Rodriguez, Lisa Schulte, Dana Eitches
Earlybird Admission ($30) available until 11:59pm on Friday, April 13, 2018. General Admission I ($40) on sale Saturday, April 14 until 11:59pm on Thursday, May 31, 2018. General Admission II ($50) on sale Friday, June 1 until Event.
For More Info please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/899-kcrw-presents-summer-on-seventh-2018-at-inner-city-arts-tickets-44762623211
Join PATH- Santa Barbara as They Host Their Second Annual Making It Home Tour
PATH will host their second annual Making It Home Tour – a celebration of home and the spirt of the Santa Barbara community. You are invited to join them for this exclusive look into some of the most elegant homes and estates in Santa Barbara, all in support of ending homelessness. This unique event will feature a guided tour through luxury area homes aboard a historic Santa Barbara trolley, including food and wine pairings from exclusive chefs and local restaurants at each stop. The celebration will continue with a reception where guests will enjoy music, raffles, and a wide variety of exciting food and drink.
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Join The Assistance League of Los Angeles for a Family Day of Service
Assistance League of Los Angeles,
ktramiel@assistanceleaguela.org,
(323) 545-4847
For nearly 100 years, Assistance League of Los Angeles has worked to improve the lives of underserved, foster and homeless children in our community.
The League’s Family Day of Service will be a unique opportunity for local families to give back to children in need. For this event they will be collecting a variety of scholastic goodies for children that include crayons, rulers, colored paper, spiral notebooks, pencils, erasers, wide-ruled notebook paper, colored pencils, glue sticks, index cards, educational workbooks and gift cards.
On the day of the event, attendees will sort and pack all the supplies, make special handmade cards and enjoy light refreshment and entertainment.
Please join them as they kick off their centennial year, by attending this FREE, family friendly event.
Please register by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/assistance-league-of-los-angeles-family-day-of-service-registration-46670040347
Donate Summer Items & Games for Alexandria House
Alexandria House,
anh@alexandriahouse.org,
(213) 381-2649
For the month of June, Alexandria House is hosting a Summer Donations Drive to collect in-kind donations for their summer programs. Please see below for some suggested donation items: sunscreen, water balloons, reusable water bottles, snacks & juices (individually packaged), fans (handheld & tabletop), outdoors/water games & equipment, sports equipment: tennis balls, baseballs, softballs, & gloves, hand balls, soccer balls, basketballs. They also accept monetary donations on our website: www.alexandriahouse.org/donate. Please contact michele@alexandriahouse.org or anh@alexandriahouse.org with any questions regarding donations. Thank you for your support!!
Help Out at The House of Yahweh’s Thrift Shop
The House of Yahweh,
info@yahweh.com,
(310) 675-1384
The House of Yahweh has a small but dedicated full time staff, whose commitment goes beyond any average job description. Another invaluable asset to their ministry are VOLUNTEERS. They have a large group of volunteers, of all ages, who come and help them prepare and distribute food boxes, as well as working in their thrift shops. Additionally volunteers work special projects and help raise monies and food. The House of Yahweh needs: Volunteers to help pack grocery boxes and bags. 2 hour shift, once a month on a Saturday. You will be doing furniture pick up and deliveries and moving heavy items in the Thrift Shop. Persons who would be comfortable pricing goods in their thrift shops. Persons with sewing machine experience to make simple curtains for the trailers. Persons to work in their home delivery food program. You are needed to deliver food once a week on the same day to at least 5 shut-in families located in the same area. Volunteers in both of the Artesia and Lawndale Thrift Shops.
Donate Much Needed Men’s Clothing to Safe Place for Youth
Safe Place for Youth ,
fatinea@safeplaceforyouth.org,
(424) 272-5278
69% of the youth that visit Safe Place for Youth are male, so their biggest ask is always men’s clothing! They are currently asking for specific donations of men’s boxer-briefs in all sizes. They have been running very low these past couple weeks and would really appreciate the support of the community in bringing more in! Please visit https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/26B4TLX9DC4AB/ref=cm_sw_su_w for their wishlist!
Safe Place for Youth is a non-profit that serves youth experiencing homelessness in West Los Angeles. Our drop-in center, located in Venice, provides youth with critical resources including food, clothing, health and wellness, case management, and education and employment services.