Groups can volunteer to help through donation sorting; creating snack packs, toiletry kits, and welcome home kits; or in the cooking club.
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…
Our cooking program serves current residents and other members of the Alexandria House community. It is a wonderful treat for women living in residence when volunteers come to cook dinner! Just like you, they have a busy life with work, school and kids and can use a “night off “ too! Dinner should be served…
There are a number of special projects that volunteers are welcome to initiate and participate in. Projects include: workshop series for residents or community members, gardening, office support, fundraising projects, cleaning and beautification of the houses.
Volunteers provide homework assistance to students ages 13-18. Students will also work on creative writing assignments developed by 826LA, which will then be published in a book at the end of the school year. Homework subject matters will vary, depending on what students bring in. Volunteers may work with anywhere between 2-4 students within each…
Field Trips volunteers help LAUSD classes write and publish a book in just three hours. Depending on the type of Field Trip, volunteers can support with classroom or small group facilitation, writing support, illustration and publishing support.
Workshops are volunteer led and supported! Through workshops, volunteers show students how writing connects to their lives in unexpected ways. If volunteers are interested in leading a workshop, 826LA staff will support with the development of the lesson plans and activities. Writing techniques and content will vary depending on student age group.
Create one-of-a-kind Memory Bears from VITAS patients’ clothes to comfort the family.
Visit patients and families at home, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, inpatient hospice units. Pay a friendly visit; relieve a family caregiver for an afternoon out; accompany a patient to the beauty salon, grocery store or a social event; read aloud; listen to memories; walk the dog; be the high point of someone’s day.
Patients and families explore their creative side and express their feelings through the visual arts.