Cozy Pups, Happy Tails, Winter Coat Donations Welcomed by Beagles and Buddies Sanctuary
Donations of homemade or store-bought winter dog coats and sweaters are needed to keep the rescue animals warm and comfortable during colder winter temperatures.
Hit the Road for Rescue, Help Pups Shine at Local Adoption Events with Beagles and Buddies Sanctuary
Volunteers support off-site community adoption events throughout the Los Angeles and Orange County areas by assisting with booth setup, walking dogs, managing feeding schedules, and speaking with potential adopters. Events include regional pop-ups and seasonal gatherings like the annual Home for the Holidays event in December.
Help Find Forever Families, Join the PetSmart Adoption Days with Beagles and Buddies Sanctuary
Independent volunteers can coordinate weekend adoption outings by taking select rescue dogs to local retail pet stores, such as the nearby Petsmart in Apple Valley, to showcase them to the public and increase their chances of finding a permanent home.
Supporting Families, Uplifting Communities: Volunteer Your Time with Child Care Resource Center
Volunteer to Help Children & Support Families with CCRC. You can help out on-site at one of their offices or help sort books or use your talents with special projects and professional services. They host a number of events throughout the year. There is always room for help with set-up, breakdown, story time, hair and face painting, etc.
Support and Donate to Your LA Community to Children’s Institute
Support children and families in Los Angeles by donating to Children’s Institute (CII). Your contribution helps fund vital programs—ranging from prenatal support and early childhood education to mental health services and foster youth advocacy—that create lasting, positive change for those in need. Whether through a one-time gift, a recurring donation, or other giving options like stock or in-kind donations, your support directly impacts the lives of children and families in the community.
Organize Clothes and Make Hygiene Kits With Project Ropa
Lend a hand at Project Ropa's Gardena warehouse by organizing clothing donations, stocking their Mobile Clothing Closet, and assembling hygiene kits for clients. Your support helps ensure that essential items are ready to distribute to those who need them most. All volunteers must be at least 18 years old. They kindly request a donation of $25 to help fund their programs, which restore dignity and empower lives through the provision of clothing and hygiene essentials.
Create Hygeine Kits Remotely For Those in Need With Project Ropa
Help create hygiene kits for Project Ropa to distribute to those in need. This is a remote opportunity.
Create Laundry Kits Remotely For Those in Need With Project Ropa
Help create laundry kits for Project Ropa to distribute to those in need in the Los Angeles area. This is a remote opportunity.
Support Eco-Friendly Community Events with The ReDiscover Center
Help facilitate mobile crafting booths and pop-up maker spaces at regional community events, street festivals, and environmental fairs. Volunteers assist with transporting upcycled materials, setting up public crafting tables, greeting families, and inspiring attendees of all ages to create art using discarded or repurposed goods instead of throwing them away. Minors under 16 must be accompanied by an adult guardian.
Sort Donated Crafting Materials at the Warehouse with The ReDiscover Center
Work behind the scenes in the main warehouse to divert usable goods from landfills. Materials volunteers handle incoming community donations by sorting, sizing, cleaning, and cataloging a massive variety of items—including fabric scraps, wood offcuts, paper goods, hardware, and unique manufacturing excess. Sorted supplies are utilized to restock the public reuse depot and supply children's art programs.
Facilitate Open Studio Crafting Sessions with The ReDiscover Center
Help monitor and assist during public open studio weekend hours where community members drop in to build creative projects. Studio volunteers answer questions about available upcycled materials, help guests find appropriate fastening supplies (like glue guns or twine), maintain the overall tidiness of the workspace, and ensure all makers follow standard shop safety rules. Must be 16 years or older, or accompanied by an adult chaperone.
Provide Front Desk Support with Rescue Mission Alliance SFV
Assist their intake coordinator at their front desk with clerical tasks and answering phones. Shifts available Mon - Fri available between 8:30 am - 7 pm. Children are encouraged to participate in mission volunteer activities if accompanied by an adult. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older to serve at the Valley Food Bank warehouse.
Support Mobile Showers and Meal Distribution as an Outreach Volunteer with Rescue Mission Alliance SFV
Help with their mobile showers and meal program. Shifts available Mon - Fri between 6:30 am - noon. Children are encouraged to participate in mission volunteer activities if accompanied by an adult. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older to serve at the Valley Food Bank warehouse.
Be a Good Samaritan and Donate to Help Samaritan’s Purse Respond Quickly to Natural Disasters
Samaritan’s Purse provides its services free of charge to help the families that they serve. Your generous support allows them to repair roofs, remove debris, rebuild homes from the ground up and deploy an army of volunteers and resources.
Assist with Daily Breakfast Meal Prep with Serve LA
Serve LA relies entirely on the helping hands and consistent presence of community volunteers to keep its operations running. Even a small time commitment makes a massive difference in supporting the holistic health of the neighborhood. Diverse volunteer opportunities allow individuals to get involved through vital daily food assistance programs, community hospitality initiatives, and light facility maintenance tasks—providing immediate, practical care to local families and unhoused residents. Volunteers must be 18+.
Welcome Guests and Provide Breakfast Meal Hosting with Serve LA
Serve LA relies entirely on the helping hands and consistent presence of community volunteers to keep its operations running. Even a small time commitment makes a massive difference in supporting the holistic health of the neighborhood. Diverse volunteer opportunities allow individuals to get involved through vital daily food assistance programs, community hospitality initiatives, and light facility maintenance tasks—providing immediate, practical care to local families and unhoused residents. Volunteers must be 18+.
Serve as a Morning Food Rescue Driver with Serve LA
Serve LA relies entirely on the helping hands and consistent presence of community volunteers to keep its operations running. Even a small time commitment makes a massive difference in supporting the holistic health of the neighborhood. Diverse volunteer opportunities allow individuals to get involved through vital daily food assistance programs, community hospitality initiatives, and light facility maintenance tasks—providing immediate, practical care to local families and unhoused residents. Volunteers must be 18+.
Join the Team as a Morning Food Rescue Ride-Along with Serve LA
Serve LA relies entirely on the helping hands and consistent presence of community volunteers to keep its operations running. Even a small time commitment makes a massive difference in supporting the holistic health of the neighborhood. Diverse volunteer opportunities allow individuals to get involved through vital daily food assistance programs, community hospitality initiatives, and light facility maintenance tasks—providing immediate, practical care to local families and unhoused residents. Volunteers must be 18+.
Help with Essential Food Sorting and Inventory with Serve LA
Serve LA relies entirely on the helping hands and consistent presence of community volunteers to keep its operations running. Even a small time commitment makes a massive difference in supporting the holistic health of the neighborhood. Diverse volunteer opportunities allow individuals to get involved through vital daily food assistance programs, community hospitality initiatives, and light facility maintenance tasks—providing immediate, practical care to local families and unhoused residents. Volunteers must be 18+.
Provide Vital Mid-Day Support and Facility Care with Serve LA
Serve LA relies entirely on the helping hands and consistent presence of community volunteers to keep its operations running. Even a small time commitment makes a massive difference in supporting the holistic health of the neighborhood. Diverse volunteer opportunities allow individuals to get involved through vital daily food assistance programs, community hospitality initiatives, and light facility maintenance tasks—providing immediate, practical care to local families and unhoused residents. Volunteers must be 18+.
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.