Give Locally, Change Lives: Donate to American Family Housing
Donations to American Family Housing directly fund the foundation for safe, affordable, and stable communities. Financial contributions allow the organization to go beyond housing, providing residents with vital life-enriching programs like budgeting classes, tutoring, and community events. A gift to American Family Housing is an investment in transforming lives and breaking the cycle of homelessness for thousands of families across Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
More Than Just Soap: Provide Personal Care Kits to Help Local Children Thrive with Assistance League Los Angeles
Did you know that half of low-income families worry about meeting their children’s basic hygiene needs? Growing up in hygiene poverty can make it harder for children to succeed in school, increases their risk of preventable illnesses, and leaves them less prepared for the classroom. To help the children in their programs thrive, they provide each one with a personal care kit that includes conditioning shampoo, soap, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a hairbrush. You can support this effort by ordering items from their wishlist or shopping at your favorite store. Feel free to assemble the kits at home and drop them off at their office—or gather your group and join them to make the kits together. Every donation makes a meaningful difference!.
Beat Rising Costs, Help Low-Income Students Start the School Year Confident with Assistance League Los Angeles
According to Deloitte, the cost of school supplies has risen by nearly 24% over the past two years. For low-income families already stretched thin by rent, food, and healthcare expenses, purchasing back-to-school essentials can feel out of reach. With your support, they can help ensure every child in their programs starts the school year prepared and confident. Each school supply kit includes a notebook, pencil pouch, pencils, pens, an eraser, a sharpener, colored pencils, and a ruler—simple tools that make a big difference.
From Hardship to Hope: Empower Vulnerable Families with Your Gift with Assistance League Los Angeles
Dedicated to providing respect, compassion, and practical aid, this organization relies on the generosity of supporters to keep its front-line operations running. Financial gifts fuel an array of vital services designed to restore dignity and pave a clear path toward self-sufficiency. Together, donors and outreach teams are working to create a community where no individual or child is left invisible.
Donate to Bundles of Kindness WIsh List
Bundles of Kindness was established in 2018 and their mission is to provide substantial care packages to the Los Angeles homeless community. These packages are delivered through the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, food pantries, shelters, safe parking programs, and directly to people who are living on the streets of LA. Care packages typically include: umbrellas, rain ponchos, blankets, hats, gloves, scarves, hand warmers, t-shirts, socks, underwear, flip flops, toiletries, facial wipes, dental hygiene products, menstrual products, sunscreen, individually wrapped shelf stable food, water, juice, and information about community resources. Additionally, pet supplies, jackets, sweatshirts, and shoes are made available. Donations can be made through the Bundles of Kindness Amazon Wish List and/or by emailing support@bundlesofkindness.org.
Provide Essential Support to LA community with Meal-Services, Giveaways, and Special Projects for The Midnight Mission
The Midnight Mission is a homeless shelter and recovery center located on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. They provide meals, shelter, addiction recovery programs, job training, and housing support to help people experiencing homelessness rebuild their lives.
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.