Support the Family Giveback Program with New Friends Homeless Center
The Family Giveback Program is a wonderful opportunity for volunteers under 18, accompanied by a parent or guardian, to make a meaningful impact in a safe and supportive environment. Young volunteers can help distribute essential donated items—such as clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, hygiene kits, pet food, and more—to those in need. As part of this program, families can also organize donation drives, such as collecting blankets, socks, or hygiene kits. Volunteers and their family & friends can gather gently-used or new items from their homes and schools. Then, they can personally hand them out. This is a great way for young people to get involved, give back, and experience the joy of helping others while fostering a spirit of generosity and community support!.
Join Pico Union Project for their Community Garden Cleanups
Have some extra time in your day and looking for a good way to spend it? Join Pico Union Project for their weekly community cleanups to help beautify their thriving two-acre garden. It’s a chance to weed, plant sweat and bloom! Gardening opportunities always include a tasty community meal as well. Volunteers can come to the Pico Union Project any time between 9 am and 3 pm to help out.
Sort Essential Community Donations with PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)
Lend a hand to PATH Community Affairs staff by signing up for a donation sorting shift at PATH Metro Villas. Volunteers are a part of PATH's essential donation program that receives donated items from all around LA County. This experience involves receiving, sorting, organizing, and distributing donated items such as hygiene items, home goods, food, clothing, and more. They accept it all and do their best to make sure each donated item goes to an individual or family affected by homelessness in the community. Shifts are available on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM & 12:30 PM–2:30 PM, and on Thursdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. Sign-up is completed through Better Impact.
Sort Essential Community Donations with PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)
Lend a hand to PATH Community Affairs staff by signing up for a donation sorting shift at PATH Metro Villas. Volunteers are a part of PATH's essential donation program that receives donated items from all around LA County. This experience involves receiving, sorting, organizing, and distributing donated items such as hygiene items, home goods, food, clothing, and more. They accept it all and do their best to make sure each donated item goes to an individual or family affected by homelessness in the community. Shifts are available on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM & 12:30 PM–2:30 PM, and on Thursdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. Sign-up is completed through Better Impact.
Sort Essential Community Donations with PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)
Lend a hand to PATH Community Affairs staff by signing up for a donation sorting shift at PATH Metro Villas. Volunteers are a part of PATH's essential donation program that receives donated items from all around LA County. This experience involves receiving, sorting, organizing, and distributing donated items such as hygiene items, home goods, food, clothing, and more. They accept it all and do their best to make sure each donated item goes to an individual or family affected by homelessness in the community. Shifts are available on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM & 12:30 PM–2:30 PM, and on Thursdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. Sign-up is completed through Better Impact.
Create Mosaic Suns With Big Sunday at our Art Tuesdays
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
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 Pico Union Project for their Community Garden Cleanups
Have some extra time in your day and looking for a good way to spend it? Join Pico Union Project for their weekly community cleanups to help beautify their thriving two-acre garden. It’s a chance to weed, plant sweat and bloom! Gardening opportunities always include a tasty community meal as well. Volunteers can come to the Pico Union Project any time between 9 am and 3 pm to help out.
Volunteer at the Vida Sana Farmers Market with Pico Union Project
Volunteers gather every Thursday morning to help run the weekly Vida Sana Farmers Market. The volunteer call time is at 9:00 AM, and tasks include setting up activities, running workshops, and distributing free, fresh produce to neighborhood families to foster health, resilience, and neighborhood revitalization.
Sort Essential Community Donations with PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)
Lend a hand to PATH Community Affairs staff by signing up for a donation sorting shift at PATH Metro Villas. Volunteers are a part of PATH's essential donation program that receives donated items from all around LA County. This experience involves receiving, sorting, organizing, and distributing donated items such as hygiene items, home goods, food, clothing, and more. They accept it all and do their best to make sure each donated item goes to an individual or family affected by homelessness in the community. Shifts are available on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM & 12:30 PM–2:30 PM, and on Thursdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. Sign-up is completed through Better Impact.
Ready, Set, Sort! Join A Place Called Home’s Back-to-School Sorting Party Team
Volunteers will support an array of tasks as needed – including unloading and sorting donations of backpacks, school supplies and other back-to-school essentials – in preparation for a distribution event that will provide hundreds of supply-filled backpacks for youth and families in the 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 Big Sunday for our Thursday Morning at 10am Events
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 Pico Union Project for their Community Garden Cleanups
Have some extra time in your day and looking for a good way to spend it? Join Pico Union Project for their weekly community cleanups to help beautify their thriving two-acre garden. It’s a chance to weed, plant sweat and bloom! Gardening opportunities always include a tasty community meal as well. Volunteers can come to the Pico Union Project any time between 9 am and 3 pm to help out.
Donate To Help Kids Exercise with KEEN Los Angeles
Financial contributions made through the secure Click to Pledge platform provide immediate, direct funding to empower youth with disabilities through adapted sports and fitness programs. Every donation helps secure equipment, rent accessible facilities, and sustain vital community programming.
Sponsor To Help Keep Kids Exercise Programs Free with KEEN Los Angeles
Corporate and community sponsorships provide the essential financial foundation required to keep all adapted exercise and recreational programs completely free of charge for participating youth and their families.
Volunteer In A Variety of Ways with Kitten Rescue Los Angeles
Volunteers sustain daily operations by contributing across a diverse array of vital roles, including hands-on animal care at the main sanctuary, monitoring off-site pet store enclosures, driving transport routes, assisting at community events, and supporting fundraising campaigns.
Donate To Keep Kitten Rescue Programs Going with Kitten Rescue Los Angeles
Financial contributions provide immediate funding to rescue, medically rehabilitate, and shelter thousands of homeless cats and kittens across Los Angeles, ensuring they receive high-quality care at the sanctuary or within an adoptive home placement.
Serve Hot Meals with New Friends Homeless Center
New Friends Homeless Center is looking for volunteers to help on Friday nights. They need kitchen staff, servers, and security volunteers to assist with preparing and serving hot meals. Every role plays an important part in making sure guests receive the food and support they need in a compassionate and respectful environment.
Support the Family Giveback Program with New Friends Homeless Center
The Family Giveback Program is a wonderful opportunity for volunteers under 18, accompanied by a parent or guardian, to make a meaningful impact in a safe and supportive environment. Young volunteers can help distribute essential donated items—such as clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, hygiene kits, pet food, and more—to those in need. As part of this program, families can also organize donation drives, such as collecting blankets, socks, or hygiene kits. Volunteers and their family & friends can gather gently-used or new items from their homes and schools. Then, they can personally hand them out. This is a great way for young people to get involved, give back, and experience the joy of helping others while fostering a spirit of generosity and community support!.
Building Brighter Futures: Volunteer for A Place Called Home’s Back-to-School & Resource Fair
Volunteers will support all aspects of event setup, facilitation and breakdown for an event that provides backpacks, school supplies, other back-to-school essentials, and community resources for hundreds of youth and families in the 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.
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.