Volunteers meet the Pick Leader at the designated time and receive an orientation on safe harvesting techniques. Depending on what we’re picking, we will supply fruit pickers, clippers, gloves, harvest bags and ladders, which volunteers use to pick as much fruit as possible. When the harvest wraps up, volunteers will help to load up a…
Volunteering at a Food Forward event with friends, family, and co-workers is a fruitful way to spend a day! Depending on the size of your group and your location, we have several options to get involved as a team. Our public fruit picking events are scheduled when fruit is ripe and a volunteer Event Leader…
Aid Communications department to promote Red Cross services and programs, campaigns, events across the Los Angeles Region. Opportunities include photography, web content writer & editor, digital content editor, and translation services.
Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10am we host hands-on service projects at our office on Melrose. On Art Tuesday’s, we bring people together to make our popular mosiac suns that we donate to brighten up schools, hospitals, and places all over town. On Thursday mornings we host projects that benefit a different non-profit each…
We host a big monthly event as part of our Monthly on Melrose series. Most of these events are held at our offices, and include our MLK Day Clothing Drive & Community Breakfast, Valentine-Making, Bingo-Playing Community Dinner, Vet’s Night & Dinner, Books n’ Brunch, Back to School Drive, Spooky Sunday, Thanksgiving Stuffing event, and of…
Groups can volunteer to help through donation sorting; creating snack packs, toiletry kits, and welcome home kits; or in the cooking club.
Individual volunteers can assist as administrative support, day center support, donation sorters, kitchen assistants, learning center assistants, MADE by DWC Store assistants, or as residence hosts.
You will meet the volunteer team at a designated time and place at the market. A Volunteer Glean Team Leader provides an orientation before the glean begins. Volunteers walk through the market with empty Food Forward boxes, distributing them to any produce vendors wishing to make a donation. The vendors are usually familiar with Food…
We have thrift sales the first two Saturdays of every month (except December) for our current, past residents and community members. We need help setting up, organizing, providing child care services, and cleaning up afterwards.
Camps are held during all LAUSD vacations. Help us put on fun activities and field trips! Experience working with school-aged children is a plus.