Assist LA Family Housing with Kitchen Duties and Prepping Meals – Dinner Shift
Volunteering in the kitchen can be a great way to give back to your community. Whether you're helping to prepare meals for those in need, or assisting with kitchen duties such as food serving, bussing, or greeting, your time and effort can make a significant impact on those transitioning away from homelessness. Please keep in mind that you will be asked to also tend to the dining area where you will interact with the participants that LAFH serves. Provide quality service by serving nourishing meals for those who may not otherwise have access to them. You can also help to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where people can gather and connect over a warm meal. Dress code: Pants, closed-toed shoes, and clean shirt. All volunteers will be wearing a hairnet and gloves. Volunteers need to be 18 plus.
Assist LA Family Housing with Kitchen Duties and Prepping Meals – Dinner Shift
Volunteering in the kitchen can be a great way to give back to your community. Whether you're helping to prepare meals for those in need, or assisting with kitchen duties such as food serving, bussing, or greeting, your time and effort can make a significant impact on those transitioning away from homelessness. Please keep in mind that you will be asked to also tend to the dining area where you will interact with the participants that LAFH serves. Provide quality service by serving nourishing meals for those who may not otherwise have access to them. You can also help to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where people can gather and connect over a warm meal. Dress code: Pants, closed-toed shoes, and clean shirt. All volunteers will be wearing a hairnet and gloves. Volunteers need to be 18 plus.
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!.
Assist LA Family Housing with Kitchen Duties and Prepping Meals – Dinner Shift
Volunteering in the kitchen can be a great way to give back to your community. Whether you're helping to prepare meals for those in need, or assisting with kitchen duties such as food serving, bussing, or greeting, your time and effort can make a significant impact on those transitioning away from homelessness. Please keep in mind that you will be asked to also tend to the dining area where you will interact with the participants that LAFH serves. Provide quality service by serving nourishing meals for those who may not otherwise have access to them. You can also help to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where people can gather and connect over a warm meal. Dress code: Pants, closed-toed shoes, and clean shirt. All volunteers will be wearing a hairnet and gloves. Volunteers need to be 18 plus.
Assist LA Family Housing with Kitchen Duties and Prepping Meals – Dinner Shift
Volunteering in the kitchen can be a great way to give back to your community. Whether you're helping to prepare meals for those in need, or assisting with kitchen duties such as food serving, bussing, or greeting, your time and effort can make a significant impact on those transitioning away from homelessness. Please keep in mind that you will be asked to also tend to the dining area where you will interact with the participants that LAFH serves. Provide quality service by serving nourishing meals for those who may not otherwise have access to them. You can also help to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where people can gather and connect over a warm meal. Dress code: Pants, closed-toed shoes, and clean shirt. All volunteers will be wearing a hairnet and gloves. Volunteers need to be 18 plus.
Support Interim Shelters with On-Site Pet Care and Operations for PalsNPets
PalsNPets welcome volunteers for on and off-site help to assist pet owners experiencing homelessness. They partner with interim housing facilities to provide on-site pet staff, veterinary assistance, pet education, grooming, and dog training, enabling individuals to access shelter while keeping their beloved pets by their side. They are always on the lookout for veterinarians, vet techs, and pet groomers to donate skills.
Maintain Neighborhood Fridges with LA Community Fridges
Volunteers sign up to check, clean, and organize independent outdoor community fridges in their own neighborhoods. Responsibilities include wiping down shelves, discarding expired food items, and moving local restaurant or grocery donations into the structures to ensure unhoused and food-insecure neighbors have safe access to fresh ingredients.
Distribute Food and Hygiene Essentials with Long Beach Community Table
Volunteers gather every weekend to bring fresh produce, nutritious food, toiletries, shoes, socks, and clothing directly to people in areas of great need around Long Beach. Currently, there is a morning shift on Saturdays and both morning and afternoon shifts on Sundays, lasting 3 to 4 hours per shift. Volunteers are coordinated through the Band mobile app. Open to individuals aged 14 and older.
Become a Weekly Safe Haven Volunteer with My Friend’s Place
Partner directly with staff to help young people access food, clothing, showers, phone access, and other basic care resources during their weekday drop-in hours. This vital position helps youth find respite from the daily demands of survival. A background check, TB test, onboarding training, and a committed weekly schedule of at least six months is required. Must be 18 years or older.
Provide a Nourishing Meal with My Friend’s Place
Share the comfort of a healthy meal with young people navigating homelessness. Volunteer groups can fund a breakfast or lunch or directly arrive on-site to serve it. This generosity offers nurturing warmth, care, and connection to drop-in center guests. Meals can be prepared off-site or coordinated directly with their team.
Become Welcome Home Helpers with My Friend’s Place
Form a volunteer group with friends, family, or co-workers to support youth transitioning out of homelessness. When a young person secures housing, this group functions as Welcome Home Helpers by purchasing and compiling a personalized wish list of household essentials. The items are then delivered to the organization by appointment to furnish the client's new space.
Assemble Welcome Home Kits with PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)
Every week, PATH moves dozens of Angelenos off the streets and into homes. Volunteers can help these new residents feel safe and comfortable in their new home by providing a "Welcome Home Kit" filled with basic home goods, kitchen items, and cleaning supplies. These kits are critical to help neighbors start their journey of having a new place to call home. Urgent needs include bedding, home goods (laundry hamper, bathmat, shower caddy), kitchen items (pots & pans, dishes, utensils), hygiene items (soap, shampoo, toothpaste), cleaning supplies, and Target gift cards. For health and safety reasons, all items must be new and unopened.
Rescue Excess Food Resources with PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)
Food rescue drivers help the staff team to combat food insecurity by helping to bring much needed food resources directly to the communities that they serve. PATH partners with local food rescue agencies, grocery stores, and restaurants to rescue excess food and then distribute it to individuals and families that are food insecure. Drivers commit to a regularly scheduled shift where they are assigned a day and time to pick up food donations for drop-off at a local PATH site. Volunteers are expected to use their own vehicle, or a PATH van, to pick up food donated from local community partners. This position is ideal for individuals who would like to help support individuals and families impacted by homelessness and reduce food waste.
Engage in Diverse Community Services with Los Angeles LGBT Center
Join the volunteer network to support a wide array of essential programs caring for the LGBTQ+ community. Vetted individuals can contribute across multiple departments based on current center needs and personal skills. Opportunities include serving meals to seniors or unhoused youth, assisting with community group check-ins, mentoring youth, providing legal and health clinic clerical support, helping with back-office administration, and staffing major summer fundraising and cultural events. All volunteers must complete an initial orientation process to match with open shifts. Requires a volunteer profile setup, orientation, and background check for sensitive roles.
Share Skills and Passion with Covenant House California
Share your talents and passions to provide opportunities for healing and growth to young people overcoming homelessness and trafficking. Individuals, corporate teams, and civic groups can design custom volunteer experiences based on what they love to do. Engagement ideas include cooking or hosting a group meal, leading wellness workshops (yoga, meditation, or gardening), providing educational tutoring, or hosting recreational events like birthday celebrations, game nights, movie nights, or beach days. Volunteers can also contribute via professional skills like providing haircuts or organizing community donation drives. Requires completing a volunteer application, orientation, and a background check.
Share Skills and Passion with Covenant House California
Share your talents and passions to provide opportunities for healing and growth to young people overcoming homelessness and trafficking. Individuals, corporate teams, and civic groups can design custom volunteer experiences based on what they love to do. Engagement ideas include cooking or hosting a group meal, leading wellness workshops (yoga, meditation, or gardening), providing educational tutoring, or hosting recreational events like birthday celebrations, game nights, movie nights, or beach days. Volunteers can also contribute via professional skills like providing haircuts or organizing community donation drives. Requires completing a volunteer application, orientation, and a background check.
Provide Individual Program and Day Center Support with Downtown Women’s Center
Engage directly with women and gender-diverse individuals navigating homelessness. Ongoing individual positions span several crucial departments: Kitchen Assistants chop, measure, and serve three daily meals; Day Center Helpers distribute toiletries, manage administrative desks, and welcome incoming participants; Residence Hosts monitor supportive housing lobbies and sign for packages; and Learning Center Tutors offer computer literacy guidance and employment readiness coaching. To access these on-site shifts, individuals must first complete an intake profile and attend a virtual volunteer training session covering trauma-informed care and de-escalation strategies. Must be 18 years or older and attend a mandatory virtual orientation training.
Join the Cooking Club and On-Site Service Groups with Downtown Women’s Center
Form a group with friends, family, or corporate colleagues to complete vital hands-on team projects. On-site groups can sponsor and join the Cooking Club to communally prepare, cook, and serve a fresh, home-style lunch for 150 women inside the Day Center kitchen, or register for a morning Snack Pack Workshop to assemble nutritious grab-and-go meal bags. Alternatively, community groups can work together off-site to source, compile, and deliver bulk supply packages, which include Snack Packs, travel-sized Toiletry Kits for the daily shower program, and Clean Home Kits packed in durable tote bags for residents transitioning into permanent housing. All group members must be 18 years or older and complete a liability waiver.
From Housing to Hope: Join the Compassion Club at American Family Housing and Change Lives
At American Family Housing, volunteers are at the heart of everything the organization does. The team is incredibly grateful for the time, energy, and compassion volunteers bring to the mission. Believing that everyone deserves an affordable, accessible home in a safe, stable community where they can thrive, American Family Housing relies on this vital involvement to provide high-quality resident services. These activities include holiday events, budgeting classes, dog grooming, walking groups, tutoring, music lessons, and group activities like neighborhood street clean-ups. Every year, incredible volunteers help create lasting change in the lives of thousands of individuals and families across Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
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.