Volunteer Organizations

Looking for some cool ways to get involved? Check out some of these local organizations for volunteer opportunities.

Alexandria House

www.alexandriahouse.org
Alexandria House is a non-profit transitional residence and house of hospitality providing safe and supportive housing for women and children in the process of moving from emergency shelters to permanent housing.

 

American Red Cross

www.redcrossla.org
The American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles has been providing disaster relief to local citizens. In addition, the American Red Cross train people in vital life-saving skills, including CPR and first aid, aquatics and water safety. Nearly 3,000 local volunteers assist the American Red Cross in providing vital services to the community.

 

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

www.bigbrothersbigsisterslaie.org
Big Brothers/Big Sisters help children in need reach their potential through professionally supported, one-on-one mentoring relationships.

 

Dream Center

www.dreamcenter.org
The Dream Center is a non-profit outreach dedicated to helping inner cities. It provides hope by meeting both tangible and spiritual needs.  In addition, Dream Center provides food, clothing, shelter, life rehabilitation, education and job training, Biblical training and much more through their 273 ministries and outreaches. They reach thousands of hurting and needy children, families and adults across all races and cultures each week.

 

Good Samaritan Hospital

www.goodsam.org
Reflecting both Los Angeles' multicultural population and its international reputation and patient base Good Samaritan Hospital is more than a community hospital. Good Samaritan Hospital welcomes volunteers. They enable the hospital to provide a higher level of service and contribute to the comfort of our patients and visitors.

 

Hollygrove

www.hollygrove.org
From the late 1950's, Hollygrove provided residential services for abused or neglected children who had been removed from the custody of their families by the court. In 2005, Hollygrove closed its residential program to concentrate on outpatient and in-home, community-based mental health services. Although children no longer live at Hollygrove, they provide a range of counseling services in their homes and crisis intervention services.

 

Idealist

www.idealist.org
Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 with offices in the United States and Argentina. Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.

 

Kedren Head Start 

The mission of Kedren Head Start is to help low income children get the early education they need to succeed with their lifelong learning. Both a day care and a school, they combine education and play so that the children have fun while learning.

 

LA Works

www.laworks.com
L.A. Works is a nonprofit, volunteer action center that creates and implements hands-on community service projects throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Founded in 1991, L.A. Works addresses three principal needs: to increase volunteer participation in community service projects; to provide community service organizations with access to volunteer labor and other resources; and to educate and encourage people to engage in the broader social issues affecting the greater Los Angeles Community.

 

Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club

www.labgc.org
The mission of the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club is to inspire and empower young people to realize their full potential as productive and responsible citizens. The Boys & Girls Club values providing quality educational and recreational experiences to all children and youth from the communities of Northeast Los Angeles. For over 60 years, the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club has accomplished this goal by providing a safe place for children to call their own during non-school hours.

 

Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation

www.lacountyanimals.org
The Foundation supports the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control through fundraising for spay-and-neuter programs, pet adoptions, public education and animal welfare.

 

Los Angeles Food Bank

www.lafoodbank.org
The mission of the Los Angeles Regional Food bank is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community.

 

Los Angeles Speech and Language Therapy Center

www.speakla.com
The Los Angeles Speech and Language Therapy Center is a leader in the forefront of providing comprehensive family focused services.  It provides the following: Individual and small group speech/language therapy, in-home speech/language stimulation services, early Intervention center based programs, social skills training for children and adolescents, annual Say N' Play Summer Speech Camp, and a literacy program.

 

Meals on Wheels 

www.mowaa.org

The mission of Meals On Wheels Association of America is to provide visionary leadership and professional training and to develop partnerships that will ensure the provision of quality nutrition services to senior citizens.

 

Reach LA

www.reachla.org
REACH LA is a youth driven organization committed to educating, motivating, and mobilizing urban youth to improve their own lives and communities. The mission of REACH LA is to train low-income youth of color from Metropolitan Los Angeles, and empower them with skills to develop innovative program initiatives that lead to social change in their own peer community.

 

TEEN LINE

www.teenlineonline.org
TEEN LINE is a confidential telephone helpline and online chat for teenaged callers. TEEN LINE has been an affiliated program of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 's Department of Psychiatry.

 

Volunteer Center of Los Angeles (Van Nuys)

www.vcla.net
The mission of the Volunteer Center of Los Angeles (VCLA) is to mobilize people and resources to meet community needs. VCLA is one of eight services of Assistance League of Southern California (ALSC), a social service organization headquartered in Hollywood. Founded in 1919, ALSC helps fulfill critical needs for 100,000 children, families, seniors, and other individuals each year.

 

Volunteer Match

www.volunteermatch.org
Search the database for volunteer opportunities by age and zip code.

 

YWCA Greater Los Angeles

www.ywcagla.org
The Young Women's Christian Association of the United States of America is a women's membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by diversity, the Association draws together members who strive to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people.

 

YMCA – Los Angeles

www.ymcala.org
The 25 Los Angeles YMCAs bring together people of every age, race, and faith in programs that teach character, promote healthy living, support the pursuit of positive life skills and encourage the acceptance of responsibility.
Through a lifetime of progressive YMCA membership experiences, members gain the desire and ability to contribute to a thriving, larger community. Being involved, as part of a community, not merely as the participant in an activity, is itself an essential ingredient in living a healthy life.