Help provide these individuals and families with nutritious food by running a food drive out of your home, business, or community space! Setting up a food drive is easy. Let United Way of Greater Los Angeles provide you with the tools to build your own food drive and create an immediate impact in your community.
Volunteers needed to drive and deliver meals to the door. Pickup and deliveries occur Monday-Friday 11AM-1PM.
When we take on a new dog, it is our goal to immediately place him/her in a loving foster home. Foster homes are an essential part to helping the dogs by providing a stimulating and nurturing environment prior to adoption. This is the ideal situation for a rescue dog’s transition to a permanent home as…
If you enjoy hanging out with fellow dog-lovers, join us on Saturday at our adoption events (volunteers under 16 year of age must be accompanied by an adult). We always need help setting up and breaking down our crates, tents, etc. Walk and play with the dogs (Yes, you have to clean up poop).
Food sorting involves coming to our warehouse to organize and box food that we have received during food drives. All ages can participate. (Great family-friendly service opportunity) E-mail Allison Griffith and she will let you know about upcoming food sorting events which usually take place during afternoons, weekends and evenings.
Special projects can be organized on our campus. Good with a hammer, a saw, a brush, and/or a shovel? Villa is always looking for volunteers to help beautify our campus and residential homes. If your company, organization or other group is looking for a job to do as a team, then come on down and…
Volunteers generally operate in pairs with one driving his or her own car and one delivering the food to the door. Most volunteers deliver just one day a week, although some do more and a few operate only as substitutes. The entire process takes about 2 hours. Deliveries take place on Monday through Friday from…
Student volunteers are always welcome at Meals on Wheels of West LA. Younger students can help with various tasks in our office or be paired with one of our regular drivers or with a parent to help deliver food to our clients.
Assist with monthly gatherings, pick-up and deliver donated items to the event location, set-up and strike event elements (canopies, tables, food and donated items), pick-up and delivery food, assist with organizing and signing people up for services, staff tables and distribute donated items, return items to storage.
We are always looking for volunteers to help manage special events and outreach opportunities.