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Social Justice means advocating for equal rights and equitable opportunities for all, particularly groups that have been historically disadvantaged.

 

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We all have a part to play in making our society just and equitable for everyone. Here are a few ways you can help to make your community a better place for everyone:
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Educational Activities

The African Library Project changes lives book by book by starting libraries in Africa. Our grassroots approach mobilizes volunteers, young and old, in the United States and Canada to organize book ...
Easy Meal Care Bags are delivered to families who are spending long days in the hospital between appointments and treatments. Families caring for a critically ill child face increased financial ...
Make new friends by joining or starting a Best Buddies club at your school or in your community! These clubs bring together students with and without special needs to begin one-on-one friendships and ...
Sign up and we'll assign you to a team of 5-10 like-minded neighbors. Each of you will provide one part of a meal's ¦ main meat dish, side pasta/grain, vegetable/salad, dessert/fruit.
Collect and package personal hygiene items that can be easily distributed to those in need.
Help make a house a warm, welcoming home for people moving from the streets and shelters of Boston into homes of their own, many for the first time in their lives. By assembling and donating ...
Custom Card Making
30 - 60-Minutes
Gotta Have Sole is a group that gives brand new sneakers to kids who are living in unhoused shelters. Your job is to make one-of-a-kind cards using markers, stickers, and pencils and then write a ...
Sneaker Drive
Multi-day
Hold new sneaker and new sock drives at your school, after-school club, like Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts, and your religious schools. The new sneakers and socks will be given to children living in ...
Spread smiles by sharing your art or a few words of encouragement. Small cards made of a half-sheet of folded construction paper are inserted in our Hope Kits. Each card features a drawing or a quick ...
Make your next (birthday) party even more special - for both you and someone in need! Host an online Hope and Comfort (Birthday) Party (via Facetime, Zoom, WhatsApp, etc) and ask friends and ...
Every week, in addition to a hot breakfast, Hope's Corner distributes over 500 bag lunches to unhoused and low-income people. Our guests love to receive lunch bags decorated with happy and hopeful ...
Joke Book
1 - 2 hrs
Jokes make us laugh and laughter can help us get through the tough times a little easier. As you know, it's not always easy to smile when you aren't feeling your best. By creating a joke book for one ...
Volunteer Hosting
Multi-day
Inviting people, who live far away, to stay with you so they can visit the hospital to keep a sick relative or friend company during their treatment. Hosting is very flexible; it is only done when a ...
Welcome Baskets
3 - 4+ hrs
When families arrive at a host home for the first time from far away, they feel even more welcome and comfortable if they have the basics that they need for their stay upon their arrival. Collecting ...
Make bags with either snacks or breakfast items for families that come to Boston for medical care. "Welcome Bags" are bags filled with either snacks or breakfast for families, so they can focus on ...
Making kitchen starter kits is a great way for anyone - especially kids! - to contribute to Household Goods. Items can be purchased at your local dollar store, or you may be able to see what gently ...
Moving into a permanent home after being unhoused is cause to celebrate! Help make the occasion special by collecting items that go into a Welcome Home Basket and provide LA Family Housing clients ...
Many families come to LA Family Housing with no belongings. This means they need everything from shampoo to new socks. Educate your peers and your community members about what we do here at LA Family ...
Help our team of surgeons, nurses, technicians and volunteers get ready for their next trips to developing countries to treat children requiring life-saving or life-mending surgeries by helping us ...
Each pair of shoes and clothing gift card that we provide to our recipients includes a hand-written and decorated card from a community member sending the recipient good wishes.
Sewing Gift Bags
1 - 2 hrs
Each pair of shoes and clothing gift card My New Red Shoes provides is packaged in a hand-sewn bag or pillowcase personalized by the volunteer who made it. We will need thousands of bags each year, ...
Everyday items like shampoo, masks, toiletries, and clothes can be hard to access when you are unhoused. By hosting a donation drive to collect everyday essentials, you can make life a little easier ...
As the temperature gets colder and winter approaches, PATH wants to provide warmth to individuals experiencing unhousedness. You can help us meet the needs of our most vulnerable neighbors! We ...
Help make bookmarks for other kids in your area who are learning how to read!
Host a donation drive at home, your school, church, synagogue, local business or other establishment to collect supplies needed for the programs we run at the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission.
Special Projects
Multi-day
Operated by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, we serve a significant number of patients and residents each year in our Jewish Home & Rehab Center, located on the nine-acre San Francisco Campus for ...
Kids experiencing unhousedness often don't have new backpacks or school supplies to start off a new school year. You can organize a school supply drive and School on Wheels will make sure your ...
Write letters to deployed Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines or Guardsmen! Bring a piece of home to someone far away from their family and friends.
Help home-bound older adults have a happy birthday by putting together small toiletry kits and creative messages to make their special days a little brighter. All you need are some white paper bags, ...
Make holiday cards for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any other holiday of your choosing and bring a little cheer to homebound older adults. St. Vincent Meals on Wheels will make sure they get delivered ...
Create handwritten, heartfelt notes to our deployed troops. Send some good thoughts and messages to soldiers who are far from home.
Consider sponsoring an underserved school by running a book drive on its behalf. Examples of past sponsors include schools from affluent communities, corporations, individuals, scout troops and high ...
BOOKS, BOOKS, and BOOKS! Access Books seeks good condition, high-interest books for elementary school students. We cannot use library discards or adult books. WE DO NOT ACCEPT ADULT BOOKS or books ...
ONE BOX of Children's Books
30 - 60-Minutes
Keep the books flowing! Send just ONE BOX of children's books and we will combine them to create full libraries. Can't host a book drive at all? Support the African Library Project and help us donate ...
Host a bake sale, garage sale, or other fundraiser benefiting Angels on Stage.
Organize for Angels on Stage's travel group, the Illuminators, to perform at your school, church, or community group.
Create handicrafts/artwork for children in hospitals overseas. Remote learning is a great time to be creative and ANY crafts are appreciated. Of course, you can create anything you would like using ...
Babies need booties to keep their little feet warm! We would love for you to crochet a pair or two of booties that we can deliver to babies who need them.
We generate funds to educate impoverished girls in India by selling our adorable stuffed animals. One successful method of selling our animals is by having kids who care about kids organize a ...
Become an e-Buddy!
30 - 60-Minutes
Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and ...
Bethesda Project operates 16 locations in Philadelphia addressing unhousedness including emergency shelter and permanent housing. We are looking for people to make cookies or other baked goods at ...
Please consider donating clothing or items no longer needed in your home.
Bethesda Project operates 16 locations including emergency shelter and permanent housing while providing supportive services. Many of our sites are old and gray, and we are looking for decorations to ...
Create and design personalized cards and letters for residents and staff of unhoused shelter partners of Big Sunday! What's really important here is not that someone is a beautiful writer or artist: ...
Give your old bike a new home. Donate your bike to our cause!
Our birthday kids have been requesting art supplies, particularly sketch pads, colored pencils and felt tip pens, jewelry making kits and Legos. We need your help to restock our shelves to ensure we ...
Collect boxes of cake mix, cans of frosting and birthday candles to be included as part of a Birthday-in-a-Box!
Snack Packs for Kids
30 - 60-Minutes
Bridge to Skate uses skateboarding to transform the lives of youth by creating dynamic new paths to self-confidence, personal empowerment and responsibility for each other and their communities. We ...
Art for Education
30-Minutes or Less
Get your creative juices flowing! We're asking all those who can to create and design artwork showing your favorite thing to do in the classroom. We welcome anyone with any level of creativity to ...
Families in Boston find themselves in need of support. This includes access to nutritious food. Especially now that it is summertime and children are out of school, they do not have access to a ...
Currently, Catie's Closet is providing critical toiletries to children and families through emergency meal sites designated by local public school districts. Clothing needs are being addressed ...
Clean out your Closet for a good cause! We are a donation-based company and rely on community support. Donations go right back into the community, into the hands of those who need them the most! Go ...
Currently, Catie's Closet is providing critical toiletries to children and families through emergency meal sites designated by local public school districts. Clothing needs are being addressed ...
Donate your old cell phones, mp3 players, or tablets to Cell Phones for Soldiers! Items are recycled in exchange for talk time minutes and cell phones for soldiers.
Thank You Notes
30 - 60-Minutes
Every week, Cell Phones for Soldiers sends 2,500-10,000 calling cards to US deployed soldiers. We need you to create thank you cards to be sent with these shipments.
Buy a produce bag for a neighbor when subscribing to our produce bag program Add a donation to your order when you purchase groceries from the VMP.
Community Services Unlimited is a non-profit organization located in South Central Los Angeles that uses food as a tool to build a healthy and resilient community. Through our Garden Gateway program ...
You can donate funds to sponsor a kit, a box of carefully selected fun designed to lift the spirits of a child in a hospital or shelter. Each box costs approximately $30. In raising the funds needed ...
Hold a yard sale where proceeds benefit Connor's Kindness Project.
Continue to help us provide essential items to local kids from the safety of your home.
Through Giving Factory @ Home, you and your family can have an impactful volunteer experience. You'll collect and sort donations through a series of activities that replicate the volunteer stations ...
Cradles to Crayons accepts gently used & new donations of clothing & shoes, size 0-3 months - adult medium, for every season all year long!
Support Cradles to Crayons while safely at home! Visit our "at home activity guide", and download instructions on how to build an outfit pack for a boy or girl.
Giving Factory Direct is an innovative, new clothing donation program to support children facing Clothing Insecurity in our communities. You and your family donate two outfits from the comfort of ...
Color Kindness Challenge
30-Minutes or Less
The Crayon Collection mission is to inspire a commitment to environmental consciousness and the infusion of art education in underfunded schools. Our Color Kindness Challenge was inspired by the hard ...
Playdate With a Purpose
30 - 60-Minutes
The Crayon Collection mission is to inspire a commitment to environmental consciousness and the infusion of art education in underfunded schools. Get to know Crayon Collection while your kids write ...
Create Now needs many supplies that can be used for our programs.
Cyber-older adults is an intergenerational program that trains young people to be tech mentors for older adult citizens. The ability to use online communication applications to stay connected is ...
Help girls in need by hosting a donation drive at school or at home! Invite your friends, family, neighbors and classmates to donate menstrual care, underwear and bras. Many girls in your community ...
Stress Less Bags
1 - 2 hrs
Create a bag full of fun gadgets and toys that provide stress coping skills for Doc Wayne students.
At Downtown Streets Team our programs empower individuals and act as a stepping stone into employment, housing, and a better life. Gift cards provide an easy way for unhoused people to fulfill their ...
Downtown Street Teams empowers individuals and provides programs that are a stepping stone into employment, housing, and a better life. Host a Hygiene Kit making party for our community of ...
Downtown Streets Team is a work experience program that is aiming to end unhousedness through the dignity of work while simultaneously beautifying our communities. Using only an old T-shirt and a ...
Downtown Streets Team is ending unhousedness by restoring the dignity and rebuilding the lives of unhoused men and women. As our Clients, AKA Team Members, are placed with employment and in their new ...
The Downtown Women's Center is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on empowering women experiencing unhousedness and formerly unhoused women. We are still in need of Help from ...
The vision of EAH Housing is of inclusive neighborhoods with thriving socioeconomic and cultural diversity for generations to come, through well-designed affordable housing and a commitment to ...
The vision of EAH Housing is of inclusive neighborhoods with thriving socioeconomic and cultural diversity for generations to come, through well-designed affordable housing and a commitment to ...
Collect diapers (open or closed packages) and in-date milk formula.
Collect and package family-sized shampoo, conditioner, mousse and other hair product items that can be easily distributed to those in need.
Collect and package toothbrushes, family-sized toothpaste and floss that can be easily distributed to those in need.
Make a Card
30-Minutes or Less
Card-Making Cards have created smiles, memories, moments, and connections. The card-making initiative that started as a way for people of all ages to participate in connecting with others has been ...
For more than 20 years, students have helped fight hunger by participating in our Read for Seeds program. This is an annual read-a-thon that links fundraising, education, and community action.
Support Habitat LA by creating your own virtual fundraiser, and make a direct impact on the lives of families in need of safe, decent, and affordable housing! You can create a custom fundraising page ...
Healing California provides free, quality dental, medical, and vision care to those in need in California. As we provide care to each underserved and/or unhoused patient, we'd love to provide them ...
Cabinet Clear-Out Activity
30-Minutes or Less
Many of us stock up on hygiene products and then forget about them. Clearing out your cabinets and donating your unused and unexpired hygiene products is a fun way to support Hope & Comfort's mission ...
Lunch Bag Supply Drive
30 - 60-Minutes
Hope's Corner hands out bag lunches every Saturday and Wednesday morning. The bags are filled with healthy, nonperishable foods to help the unhoused and food insecure residence in Mountain View and ...
This activity can be done by individuals, groups and families. The "Filled with Love" campaign is designed to provide each family we serve with a gift card to a local coffee shop or restaurant upon ...
Sew Brightly colored pillowcases for kids and adults in the hospital
Please donate household items in good, working condition.
Looking for a great Mitzvah Project for your Bar or Bat Mitzvah? Consider working with Hunger Free America! HFA offers a variety of volunteer opportunities both in-person and virtual that address ...
Want to learn about food insecurity and programs to help families? Want to increase hunger awareness in your community? Have some friends or classmates who are also interested in learning more? The ...
Every year Imagine LA hosts a Back2School event where backpacks with essential school supplies such as pencils, erasers, markers, and more are distributed to our families in need! We need YOUR help ...
Celebration of Family is our annual summer/carnival themed event to celebrate our families by providing care packages for them!
How do we end the cycle of family poverty and unhousedness? Imagine LA prevents first-time and repeat unhousedness and equips families to maintain housing stability and thrive long-term. Together ...
We are welcoming 73 families into a new affordable housing unit and throwing a block party to celebrate their new journey! We need welcome hygiene kits and household items such as toothbrushes, soap, ...
Every year Imagine LA hosts a Thanksgiving Grab n' Go event for our families where we distribute turkeys and essential items!
Every December Imagine LA throws a Winter Wonderland event for our at-risk families where we bring winter joy and fun to them while providing gifts and essential items!
Come join our after-school or summer program as a volunteer tutor! We have over 150 students who log onto our after-school Zoom every weekday. When you sign up to tutor with us, you are signing up to ...
Write personalized "Thinking of You" cards that we can send to our isolated, older adult clients. In the past, this generation primarily communicated through handwritten notes and letters, so your ...
Knit, crochet, or craft for our clients! Make scarves, a lap blanket, or a shawl for isolated older adults. Your handmade gift will help bring warmth and compassion to our clients.
JF&CS is creating a library of activities for our clients who are differently abled and cannot attend a school or a day program. Volunteers can record themselves on their phones doing an adaptive art ...
JRA Caring Cards are handmade cards that volunteers make with the materials they have on hand, which bring sunshine into our food recipients' homes through art! It can be simple, it can be complex, ...
Did you know that 1 in 5 under-served families do not register their kids in youth sports because of the price of sports equipment? Donate new or gently-used sports equipment to be redistributed to ...
Families and kids staying at a Ronald McDonald House are often on the go or at the hospital for long periods of time throughout the day. You can help make life a little easier by putting together ...
Families staying at the House often spend long hours at the hospital dealing with stressful situations. You can help make their stay more enjoyable by putting together kits with activities for ...
Make colorful cards with words of encouragement for homebound older adults.
Our goal is to help homebound, older adults, veterans and disabled persons maintain a sense of independence, with an improved quality of life while remaining in their own homes. Decorate size 10 ...
Make colorful cards with words of encouragement for homebound older adults.
Lunch Bags with a Smile!
30 - 60-Minutes
Decorate size 10 Brown and/or white lunch bags with pictures, flowers, etc. to help brighten a older adult's day!
Easy to make DIY tie blankets! Great for our community of friends that need a little bit more warmth and comfort! Blankets will go to kids served by Mending Kids AND Local Los Angeles unhoused ...
Welcome to My Friend's Place! We help youth experiencing unhousedness move toward wellness, stability and self-sufficiency. We provide youth with food in easy to-go bags! Help us assemble snack ...
My Friend's Place continues to meet the needs of thousands of youth through our mission to assist and inspire unhoused youth to build self-sufficient lives. With a staff of more than 30 and the ...
Hold a drive for household essentials and fill laundry baskets with things like: Trash bags, cleaning supplies, paper products, laundry detergent, shower curtain liners, scissors, broom and dust bin, ...
In an effort to provide extra food to the children we serve at the Newton Food Pantry, we distribute snack bags for the children of our clients each time they come to the Pantry. We encourage you to ...
At Ohana Center our mission is to provide families and individuals with the tools they need to stay on the road to stability. Help us create personal care kits for local community members in need.
Ohana Center's mission is to provide individuals and families with the tools they need to stay on the road to stability. We seek to help families and disabled children work toward a brighter future. ...
You can coordinate a drive to collect basic household items for a woman as she moves into her new apartment. With your help, she can get settled a little more quickly and continue to work on the ...
Collect NEW pajamas and/or children's books for the Austin, TX Chapter.
Assemble kits for our community's most vulnerable; individuals and families who are currently experiencing unhousedness. By helping assemble "Care Kits," which include your donations of hygiene items ...
Fall Food Drive
Multi-day
Join us in supporting PATH's Fall Food Drive! This fall, our goal is to assemble and distribute over 800 Thanksgiving meal kits to those in need. Help us make sure that everyone in our community - ...
Food Support Kits
1 - 2 hrs
Our previous unhoused neighbors living in supportive housing are among the most vulnerable in our communities. They are in need of non-perishable food donations, so that they may remain safe and ...
Want to help families and children experiencing unhousedness? Assemble kits for our community's most vulnerable; families who are currently experiencing unhousedness or transitioning out of ...
PATH is ending unhousedness for individuals, families, and communities. We do this by building affordable housing and providing supportive services throughout California. PATH is constantly in need ...
Join us to create nature-inspired thank-you cards and art for local fire fighters!
Proclaim International Ministries (P.I.M) first began in 1992 in Los Angeles as Voice International Ministries. Voice International Ministries helped pioneer various community food outreach in the ...
LEGO Replay is a simple-to-use platform that allows you to pass forward your much-loved LEGO bricks and share the power of play with kids in need.
During a crisis or economic downturn, more families find themselves in need of food support to make sure they receive the nutrition they need every day. That doesn't always mean that food banks have ...
Reading Partners is a national nonprofit that mobilizes communities to provide students with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. You can ...
Reading Partners was founded in the Silicon Valley in 1999. Since Reading Partners has been successfully providing volunteer-led, one-on-one literacy tutoring to K-5 students in three counties ...
Did you know: 22 million women and girls living in poverty in America cannot afford menstrual hygiene products every month? But you can: Donating menstrual hygiene products to organizations helping ...
Gather online with kids from around the country for an art project to learn what Passover can teach us about supporting people experiencing unhousedness today. After our project we will volunteer ...
Assemble self-care kits for families traveling to the Boston area for medical treatment. These kits can be assembled by you and donated to support RMHC Boston Harbor families.
Assemble toiletry kits for families traveling to the Boston area for medical treatment. These kits can be assembled by volunteers and donated to support RMHC Boston Harbor families. Donations can be ...
Help support families traveling to the Boston area for life-saving pediatric healthcare by hosting a nonperishable food drive in your neighborhood.
Help support families traveling to the Boston area for life-saving pediatric healthcare by hosting a wish list drive in your neighborhood/school/with friends.
Care Kits
1 - 2 hrs
Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area (RMHC Bay Area) provides communities of support, access to medical care, and the healing power of family and home for critically ill children. Thank you for ...
We provide comfort, care and support to children and families in Southern California. Help us and our families out by creating individual laundry care kits!
Make an easy, no-sew blanket! Doing this activity for Create the Change® ® ® ®? Don't forget to register for the DIY CTC® Challenge to track your efforts and for your chance to join our end-of-week ...
It's never too early to start planning for the holiday season at Rosie's Place. With your help, we can bring holiday cheer and caring to so many women who have struggled every day this year to get ...
Make a big difference by providing 6 art supplies in a ziplock bag to support art and creativity for one of our unhoused guests.
Make a big difference by providing essential items in a ziplock bag to support one of our unhoused guests. You can choose between a Toiletry, Art or Personal Care Package.
Pack a Back
1 - 2 hrs
Sacred Heart is continuing our yearly tradition of providing 3,800 backpacks filled with school supplies to local students from families with low incomes. Join us this summer to ensure students start ...
Donate a Meal
1 - 2 hrs
Your group or organization can donate the cost or provide a meal for our youth. You have the option to drop off or bring the meal and serve with your group.
At the SF Campus for Jewish Living, our mission is to enrich the quality of life of older adults. Our vision is to become a regional resource as an integral part of a continuum of care throughout the ...
Together, we can end hunger! Host a Food and Fund Drive with your office, school, club, or congregation. Ask friends and family to celebrate your next birthday, anniversary, or other milestones by ...
We include bookmarks with each backpack we send. Fold your own origami bookmark and send it to us to include in our backpacks for students in need.
Write letters or create artwork to add inspiration to each backpack we send! Children and teens love to receive notes from children and families and we'd love to include yours!
Using original content, content from our website and social media accounts, create a TikTok video about School on Wheels So Cal. Some ideas for topics are a summary of the work we do, encouraging ...
SHP Mission Seed House Project aids and inspires Transitional Age Youth in the Los Angeles area who are experiencing unhousedness by providing a success-driven live/work space, access to education, ...
Assemble high-protein snack kits that will be distributed by Austin Humanists at Work during their scheduled meal service times each week.
The Jewish Family Service Client-Choice Food Pantry addresses food insecurity in all communities in the Greater Austin area. We rely on the support of the Austin community for donations of food and ...
You can help families, children, and our neighbors experiencing unhousedness meet their most basic needs and improve their health when you host a hygiene drive! A Hygiene drive is a GREAT way to ...
SJSA empowers individuals to use textile art as a framework for activism.Support the Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA) by creating kits with fabric and fabric markers for workshops facilitated for ...
A blanket may seem like a simple gift but think how much warmth and comfort your favorite blanket provides for you when you are cold or lonely. Let's share that cozy feeling with veterans and ...
Give blankets to veterans and deployed Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines or Guardsmen! Knit, sew, crochet, quilt, or make no-sew blankets as gifts of support.
Send baked goods to deployed Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines or Guardsmen! Ensure no service member feels alone.
Send letters and care packages to deployed male and female Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines or Guardsmen! Bring a piece of home to someone far away from their family and friends.
Send female-oriented care packages to deployed female Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines or Guardsmen! Bring a piece of home to someone far away from their family and friends.
Create paracord "survivor" bracelets for military service members.
If you know of a Veteran that is celebrating a birthday, has never been told 'Thank You' or given any type of acknowledgment for their service, or might need get well wishes or just some ...
Families with too much candy after Halloween can donate excess candy to support a good cause. Kids may even earn buyback prizes for their generosity and families will receive a tax-deductible receipt ...
Become a Pen Pal
30-Minutes or Less
Pen pals are long-distance friendships you maintain by writing letters to each other. The best pen pals are usually those who have an interest in learning about different people, cultures and ...
Sportsmen's is hoping Create the Change® will partner with us by hosting a journaling kit drive for 25 youngsters. In each kit, we are looking to include: a gender neutral lined journal a variety ...
Help us build our library book collection by donating new or gently used books written by your favorite female authors. We are seeking books in the following genres: poetry, short stories, ...
Women's Center Holiday Wishlist
30-Minutes or Less
The holidays are always tough for the guests of St. Francis House. No stocking to hang by the chimney with care. No presents under the tree. Support our Women's Center (adults and children) this ...
Our mission at St. Vincent Meals on Wheels is to prepare and deliver nutritious meals to homebound older adults and other vulnerable residents across Los Angeles, regardless of age, illness, ...
Our mission at St. Vincent Meals on Wheels is to prepare and deliver nutritious meals to homebound older adults and other vulnerable residents across Los Angeles, regardless of age, illness, ...
We need your help in stocking our shelves to make sure that our families can get what they need. If you were not aware, our program is built around the concept of "Learn & Earn". All of our families ...
Although we try to provide a wide range of goods for our families, every family's needs are different and we can't always help them get everything they need. This is where you can help by collecting ...
Provide a blank journal for someone to use as they work through their emotions and feelings while grieving a family member.
Please keep crayons out of landfills and enable them to be repurposed for children in hospitals in all 50 states. You can download our Collection Drive Guidebook (which includes lessons plans, ...
The Mission Continues is a national nonprofit organization that connects military veterans with new missions in under-resourced communities. Make meaningful paracord bracelets for Veterans and their ...
Please help provide essential summer items for our teen residents. You can either ship from your home of visit our Amazon Wish List.
Our 47th Annual Garage and Estate Sale! Donate your new, gently used and vintage items at our on-campus warehouse. The Garage & Estate Sale is an Austin tradition that gives attendees a unique ...
There With Care's mission is to provide a wide range of meaningful and fundamental services to families and children during the critical phase of a medical crisis. We serve families referred by ...
Create Care Cards!
1 - 2 hrs
THE FAMILIES NEED YOUR SUPPORT! We are grateful to everyone who has helped us be there for the families we serve. The families we serve face critical illness and many have compromised immune ...
Many families facing critical illness struggle to find the time and resources to purchase the clothing their growing children need. Providing clothing to a family allows them to focus more of their ...
We are grateful to everyone who has helped us be there for the families we serve. We are looking at ways to thoughtfully adapt our delivery of programs and care. We invite you to shop and put ...
We are grateful to everyone who has helped us be there for the families we serve. We are looking at ways to thoughtfully adapt our delivery of programs and care. The families we serve face critical ...
THE FAMILIES NEED YOUR SUPPORT! We are grateful to everyone who has helped us be there for the families we serve. We are looking at ways to thoughtfully adapt our delivery of programs and care. The ...
This is a great DIY @ home activity that makes a huge imapct in the life of a foster kid! Decorate and create your own designed card to accompany the Sweet Cases or other items provided to foster ...
Bring cheer this season by decorating stockings or creating holiday cards for youth and teens in foster care! The kits come with everything you need to decorate, including a return mailing label.
UCLA/VA Veteran Family Center provides a warm and welcoming atmosphere for Veterans and their families. By assembling toiletry kits and making cards that we can distribute to those seeking services ...
Undies for Change
1 - 2 hrs
Undies for Change is a team building volunteer opportunity. Undies for Everyone (UFE) will send underwear, supplies and instructions to make perfect packs of 7 pairs of underwear that you and your ...
Veterans Legal Institute® (VLI) provides pro bono legal assistance to unhoused, at risk, disabled and low income current and former service members to eradicate barriers to housing, healthcare, ...
Collect and donate personal hygiene items that can be easily distributed to those in need. We are always in need of travel-sized items for our Mobile Prevention Team and Boston Living Center, and ...
Collect individually packaged snacks and drinks that can be easily distributed to those in need.
Our adult population is in desperate need of warm winter clothing. You will not only help keep our community's vulnerable citizens warm and safe, but you will also help maintain their comfort during ...
Village for Vets fills critical gaps and services for unhoused and at-risk veterans in greater Los Angeles. Help make shower packs for unhoused Vets.
Social Media Guru
Multi-day
Our social media channels need good content to be shared about new amazing things that happened in the technology world and news about our activities. We would like to have some volunteers to help ...
Desk Mates, a program of Volunteer Ventures MA Inc., was developed to provide volunteer- built wooden desks and bookshelves at no cost to students who lack a personal study and learning space at ...
The Tuesday Sandwich Makers is a project to help the Community Day Center in Waltham (CDCW) continue to serve a healthy lunch to their clients. CDCW is the only drop-in day program for unhoused ...
Waterford.org seeks to blend the best aspects of learning science, mentoring relationships, and innovative technologies to form community, school, and home programs that deliver excellence and equity ...
Looking for volunteers to fold and bundle bedding sets from unmatched sheets donated to Welcome Home.
Our clients are in constant need of flatware. We are looking for families that could do a drive, collect the silverware, and sort them into Ziploc bags. Each bag will contain four knives, four spoons ...
Make colorful cards with words of encouragement for families receiving bags of groceries!
There are many people in our community in need of help for the first time in their lives. Some individuals don't know where to look for help, while others don't feel comfortable asking. If you know ...
Reach out to your favorite restaurant, and ask them what they do with their extra food. Do they give it to staff members to take home? Do they donate it to a nearby nonprofit organization? Do they ...
A Little Help is a non-profit that connects volunteers with older adults to help them age well in their homes. We serve the Metro Denver area including Jefferson, Aurora, and Arapahoe Counties, ...
Ongoing physically distanced volunteer opportunities are available during the spring, summer, and fall months at Victory Programs' ReVision Urban Farm. Come lend a hand and be a part of the growing ...
Donate Stuff
Multi-day
Hosting a donation drive is a great way to get involved and give back. Baby2Baby is now accepting NEW donations of diapers, wipes, formula and hygiene items (e.g. soap, shampoo and toothpaste) to ...
Cell Phone Drive
Multi-day
Organize a cell phone drive and collect unwanted cell phones to be donated. Ask your friends, family members, classmates, and teachers OR work with your Scout troop, team, or other group to collect ...
Group Volunteering
3 - 4+ hrs
If you like working in a fast-paced environment, working in a kitchen with food and great people, and you have a group of friends/family members to help you, then this opportunity is for you! ...
If you are 13 years or older, you can volunteer to work in our kitchen. We are in need of 10-12 individual volunteers to join a few members of our culinary team in the kitchen. All new kitchen ...
Do you like brightening someone's week? Help us deliver meals to our community members who are suffering from illness. You will deliver to them a week's worth of delicious food and snacks that they ...
Do you like sports and helping other kids? Then this is the perfect activity for you! Doc Wayne helps youth who have experienced difficult life circumstances feel that they belong, that they are ...
Homework Help
Multi-day
Assist youth living in an affordable housing community in San Jose with school work, reading, fun activities, and computers. We are looking for motivated youth to help our younger students with their ...
Fresh, clean socks are so important for our health, comfort, and dignity. In the winter, we also need them to keep warm. But for the Boston community's unhoused people, warm, clean socks are often a ...
When it's cold outside, our vulnerable neighbors experiencing unhousedness in our community are especially at risk to the elements. You can help reduce the danger to those on the streets during the ...
This activity is collecting pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters from family and friends! (Dollars work too!)
Want to develop leadership skills while making a difference in the lives of other kids? Basic footwear is something many often don't think about when it comes to growing happy, healthy kids, but not ...
Run a collection drive to collect everyday hygiene essentials like toothpaste, deodorant and soap to make sure kids (and adults) have the basic items they need to stay clean and feel good. Drives can ...
Does your family love to help people? Do you live in Boston? If so, you may want to consider becoming a community connection volunteer family! These special people are paired with out-of-town guest ...
Did you know that some families in eastern Massachusetts do not have any forks or spoons to eat with, or towels to dry themselves after a bath? We collect gently used silverware and towels and then ...
PMC Kids Rides are mini bike-a-thons that involve children ages 2 to 15 in the PMC mission by providing them the opportunity to fight cancer just like the adults. From a short obstacle course for ...
Heading to a new home is a special event in the life of a family that has experienced unhousedness. You can help make this transition an even happier one by volunteering to collect home goods to help ...
Project WeHOPE operates as an emergency unhoused shelter serving San Mateo County and Santa Clara County. Support the shelter by volunteering to prepare, serve, and clean up dinner. We ...
Project WeHOPE operates as an emergency unhoused shelter serving San Mateo County and Santa Clara County. Support the shelter by volunteering in our laundry facility where you will wash linens for ...
Assist with packing groceries for our Kids NOW Program. Project WeHOPE is the sponsor of a Kid's NOW Food Program, which stands for Nutrition on Weekends, providing weekly fresh food for 100-120 ...
Help collect books for Kindergarten through 4th grade students who are learning how to read!
We need your help securing baby essentials for the Boston babies enrolled in Room to Grow's program. We accept new and nearly new clothing, books, toys and other baby essentials in truly excellent ...
Help Room to Grow collect thousands of English and Spanish board books for babies and toddlers living in poverty. Every baby in Room to Grow's program receives 10 books at each visit, while parents ...
Help Rosie's Place provide 1,800 low income and unhoused women in Boston with 20 to 40 pounds of foods every month that their families prefers and enjoys. By helping to provide daily staples, good ...
Help Rosie's Place provide poor and unhoused women with much-needed toiletries through their many programs, such as Advocacy, Outreach and our Outreach Van. Need items include: shampoo, conditioner, ...
Donation Drive
Multi-day
Sacred Heart operates a food pantry and clothes closet, where we distribute essential items to over 400 families a day. We rely on donations to keep these programs going and you can help! A donation ...
A warehouse shift is a volunteer shift in our food pantry. The responsibilities in the food pantry include greeting donors, accepting donations, unloading and sorting donated items, putting together ...
We all love a good dinner. Grab your family or a small group of friends and provide dinner for the 30 guests in our family shelter. You provide the meal, serve it, and help clean up. (You can even ...
Help us sort and pack food, usually fresh fruit or grains, into sizes that are convenient for families to receive. You'll be in our warehouse with many other volunteers together getting food ready ...
Without a place to call home, many people experiencing unhousedness must carry their belongings with them at all times. By collecting backpacks for Boston's unhoused, you help to ensure that people ...
St. Francis House provides 10,000 changes of clothes every year to unhoused people in Boston. By hosting a collection drive for new t-shirts, socks, and/or underwear, you will help fill a need we ...
Hold your very own bake sale with proceeds and donations going to St. Vincent Meals on Wheels to help feel our older adults. For every $7.85 you raise, you can feed a homebound older adult for a day. ...
Volunteer support is essential to our organization and our 170 animals. The Gentle Barn is always looking for amazing volunteers to help us on Sundays when we are open to the public and throughout ...
Make an easy, no-sew blanket!
The Summer Camp Administrative Volunteer role is perfect for High School students looking to get work experience. General responsibilities include administrative support, filing, organizing, ...
826 Boston is a nonprofit youth writing and publishing organization that empowers traditionally underserved students ages 6-18 to find their voices, tell their stories, and gain communication skills ...
Help process incoming donations and prepare them for distribution to the children and caregivers that we support!
Our After School Program (ASP) provides academic support, one-on-one tutoring, and activity-based learning for our students. Through trained staff and volunteers, students receive personal help with ...
Send a message to your community through art! Whether it be painted rocks, posters, sidewalk chalk drawings, mosaics or coloring - you can create a message to share with your community. Public art ...
The Austin Diaper Bank relies on volunteers all year long to help us sort, count and package diapers before they go out to Central Texas families through our partner organizations. We hope you will ...
Volunteer at Baby2Baby's headquarters for in-person and outdoor volunteer sessions for individuals and groups of 10 people or less. Individual open sessions will have a maximum of 10 ...
Bethesda Project is a nonprofit organization that provides shelter, housing and supportive services across 15 locations to adults experiencing unhousedness in Philadelphia. Many of our sites are old ...
Create a BIRTHDAY BOX! Collect party supplies and carefully package them inside a brightly wrapped box. Your box will be delivered to a program, agency, motel, or other facility for distribution to ...
CarePortal is a technology connecting platform that brings the needs of hurting children and families in your community to your attention. Caseworkers uncover the needs. CarePortal makes local ...
Students, teachers and parents can all participate in the student ambassador program! Signing up is easy and all resources are available online.
Group opportunities vary and can include: Wash our vans! We need help keeping them clean. (Group Size: 5 people) Clean our walk-in refrigerators. (Group Size: 5 people) Crate ...
Help sort and shelve donated food, assist clients with their food selection and help with clean-up of food sorting and distribution areas. Friendly volunteer note: this work can be a bit more ...
Join us for a computer distribution drive-thru! Comp-U-Dopt will be in a neighborhood near you to help give computers to other kids who don't have one at home. You can volunteer and help us sticker ...
Hold a Lemonade Stand in your community to support CKP's efforts to help children in hospitals and shelters
Hold a product collection drive for items that go into Connor's Kindness Kits. For more on what goes into a Kindness Kit, visit https://youtu.be/M6Y6ECdtEQc .
A volunteer shift in The Giving Factory Warehouse involves hands-on processing of the donated goods that flow in on a regular basis. Each station in our warehouse includes inspecting, sorting, and ...
Whether it is planning, fundraising, or participating with the kids, Create Now often needs extra hands for our events Create Now hosts Community Arts Projects in various communities. For example, ...
As older adults try to stay in their homes longer, yard work is often one of the first tasks that become very difficult for a older adult to keep up with. This can cause fines from the city or HOA, ...
Help older adults in your community get the groceries they need. Our clients are not able to grocery shop for themselves, so this service is vital. This is a great opportunity for you to give back ...
Food Distributions
1 - 2 hrs
Food distributions take place on a monthly and sometimes biweekly basis.
Volunteers can support in between events; through event prep, decorating for the season, sorting and pre-packing kits or goodies. Day of the event support: set-up/ clean up, hosting a table, ...
Love horses and helping people? Volunteers support all aspects of our program whether teaching a residential youth how to groom; physically supporting a participant during physical therapy; or ...
We are seeking volunteer tutors to help with our summer program for children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. You would engage students for four sessions each day, each session lasting 30 min. ...
Complete Volunteer Orientation and become an FPM advocate. Family unhousedness is best addressed when members of the community are educated and aware of the complexity of the issue and are willing to ...
We need approx. 2 individuals 14 or older (younger children also welcome) to engage in activities such as putting together our mini-soccer net, clean out the outdoor toy bin, draw welcome pictures ...
Food Rescue Hero
1 - 2 hrs
Food Finders is in need of volunteers to pick up and From Home/Anywhere* and wholesome food to charities across Southern California. Volunteers will be claiming food rescues in their general area; ...
Tell a Food Establishment to Donate Food to Us Food For Free can accept food donations from licensed food service establishments. We cannot accept individual donations.
You will repackage rescued food into about 150 meals each shift. A fantastic opportunity to reduce food waste and hunger at the same time!
Volunteers are needed to help pack boxes of produce & dry goods in an assembly-line style as part of our Just Eats Grocery Box Program. These grocery boxes are distributed to Food Pantries, Housing ...
Can't do an ongoing volunteer commitment? Want to volunteer with friends or with a group? Come work at the Food Link Hub, to help us with daily operating tasks. Opportunities include: ...
Every Sunday, Food on Foot volunteers distribute food, clothing and essential supplies to 280+ unhoused and low-income neighbors. Volunteering is kid-friendly and a great way to give back as a ...
Most of our volunteers work outside on the farm, but there are times when we welcome help with indoor projects such as mailings, data entry, research, IT and social media support, event organization, ...
Cafe Clayton volunteers serve breakfast, lunch and dinner every day to our wish families! Tasks can include food preparation, serving food, busing tables and cleaning dishes.
Share that special moment when children come face to face with their favorite characters. Weekly visits are made by Disney characters. Volunteers assist with the photo sessions by greeting families, ...
Serve breakfast to go to our wish families at the Express Start Breakfast Station in Café Clayton. Responsibilities include greeting guests, taking orders, packaging meals, restocking food items and ...
Serve ice cream and treats to the families, bus tables, restock items and keep the venue clean and sanitary. This shift is a sweet gig and the families love it! "Ice Cream for Breakfast" is a big ...
Volunteers at the Horse and Pony Rides will assist with signing in families, help children put on safety helmets, assist riders with mounting on horses, lead/guide horses, side walk horses and ...
At the Julie's Safari Theater Concessions stand, volunteers will serve snacks to families, including popcorn, candy and drinks during Stellar's Star Search!
At the Julie's Safari Theater Concessions stand, volunteers will serve snacks to families, including popcorn, candy and drinks during Stellar's Star Search!
Volunteers help serve meals from the buffet line and package orders for pick-up and delivery, maintain food service standards set forth by Boston Market and help with service set-up and clean-up.
-Volunteers at our nightly entertainment parties assist with games, songs, and dances and encourage families to join in the fun. -Our parties include: -Sunday - Big Splash Bash -Monday - Halloween ...
Volunteers serve refreshments, ice cream and other treats to guests at the Park of Dreams Pool.
-Share that special moment when children come face to face with their favorite characters. Weekly visits are made by Universal characters. Volunteers assist with the photo sessions by greeting ...
The goal of NEST Kares is to instill kindness as a lifestyle rather than a one-time action within the greater community through engagement in blessing bag projects, the creation of kindness notes, ...
Via our NEST Nurtures zero hunger program, we tackle global hunger, poverty, and food waste through feeding the hungry initiatives, food rescues, and hunger-based service projects. Our main goal is ...
Make box sets of dishes, cookware and bakeware for our clients. This time-saving task is a great opportunity to work solo, with your family or community group.
Would your book group, faith group, newcomer group, high school club, bridge group (you get the idea!) like to try a new way to spend time together while helping others? We are now actively ...
Volunteer with Household Goods and become part of our success in the community. Volunteer opportunities are varied and the hours are flexible. Whether you can spare three hours a week or a month, we ...
WE BELIEVE THERE IS GREATNESS IN EVERY CHILD HELP KIDS FIND CONNECTION WITH OTHERS AND WITH THEMSELVES. INK IGNITES THE STORIES OF THE FUTURE GENERATION BY EMPOWERING TODAY'S YOUTH TO CREATE ORIGINAL ...
Volunteers are needed to: Pack and deliver groceries on Sunday distribution days. Children are welcome. See our upcoming distribution dates in the chart below. Pack bags - We need ...
Every month volunteers pack and deliver boxes of nutritious kosher food to low-income individuals and families in Greater Philadelphia. Volunteers can register in advance to pack and/or deliver. For ...
Volunteers will inventory and sort sports equipment donations from our intake bins. Volunteers will also help staff maintain the organization of the warehouse space by sorting through current ...
Volunteers will inventory and sort sports equipment donations from our intake bins. Volunteers will also help staff maintain the organization of the warehouse space by sorting through current ...
Volunteers will inventory and sort sports equipment donations from our intake bins. Volunteers will also help staff maintain the organization of the warehouse space by sorting through current ...
We need your help to deliver meals. Monday through Friday, our volunteers deliver a hot midday meal and a cold supper to older adults and disabled individuals.
MedShare collects surplus medical supplies from local hospitals and distributes them to hospitals in developing countries as well as Bay Area free clinics that treat low income and uninsured members ...
Drive to our Bronx parking lot on Saturday morning, pick up some fresh, unsold, rescued produce, and deliver it to a hyper-local hub (a community fridge or grassroots site) serving communities in ...
Love to bake? Use your time and talents to bake something and deliver to one our community fridges.
That's Right! We said PAINT a fridge! You can organize a group to transform a residential refrigerator to functional public art! This is fundraising and community art project all in one.
When our youth transition off the streets and into permanent housing, many are lacking the basic necessities to set up a comfortable space to call their own. From sheets and towels to pillows and ...
Contribute items including clothing, backpacks, sleeping bags and other essential items to support young people experiencing unhousedness.
On average, 11 shoppers per hour visit the Freedge for supplemental food and personal care items. It takes a village to fulfill this community demand. Individuals, families, and businesses are ...
Partner with One Warm Coat to hold a coat drive or to donate your gently used coats to an on-going coat drive. Holding a coat drive is a fun, engaging (and free) way for students of all ages and ...
Join a local chapter near you! Chapters are critical to Pajama Program's nationwide impact. By connecting with local communities across the United States, Chapters allow us to remain in touch with ...
Food Rescuer - MA
Multi-day
Volunteer as a FOOD RESCUER to rescue surplus food from businesses and deliver it to nearby nonprofits that serve the underserved. Signup at http://www.rescuingleftovercuisine.org/volunteer
FEED PEOPLE, NOT LANDFILLS! Volunteer as a FOOD RESCUER to rescue surplus food from businesses and deliver it to nearby nonprofits that serve people suffering from hunger and food insecurity.
Whether it is 5 PM or 2 AM, families appreciate coming home from the hospital to a warm meal. Our House provides families a home cooked meal at least 3 times a week.
Are you part of a chorus, a cappella, quartet, dance or another performance group? We welcome you to perform at Rosie's!
Encourage your neighbors to donate food for our community! Each year, we partner with our friends at NBC Bay Area and Safeway for the Feed The Need holiday food drive. Volunteers are stationed in a ...
Get involved in the community help a partner on a long-term basis with their weekly pantry distributions.
Food Pantry Support
3 - 4+ hrs
We know our clients by name; we know their children and their grandchildren. We now have families with children attending college. Santa Maria Urban Ministry was founded in 1983 to provide ...
More than 24,000 students enrolled in Massachusetts public schools are identified as unhousedness. In addition to tutoring and mentoring, we provide customized backpacks, grade-level books and ...
Students can join together and make a difference in the lives of peers impacted by unhousedness by forming a School on Wheels Club at their school. SOWMA Clubs coordinate school supply drives, car ...
Collect and donate backpacks & school supplies or visit our office to customize backpacks according to grade level.
As a volunteer with the Meals on Wheels Program you may select a convenient route available in your local area, deliver a meal, say hello and go about your normal day. We ask that you adopt one ...
You can help us meet the need of our Recipients across the country by assembling hygiene kits for your local community! We have receiving sites all over, and these cities in particular are due to ...
Special Olympics Young Athletes is an inclusive sport and play program for children with and without intellectual disabilities (ID), ages 2 to 7 years old. Young Athletes introduces basic sport and ...
Become a Special Olympics Unified Champion School that intentionally promotes meaningful social inclusion by bringing together young people with and without intellectual disabilities (ID) to lead in ...
Special Olympics Level 1 Young Athletes is an inclusive sport and play program for children with and without intellectual disabilities (ID), ages 2 to 7 years old. Young Athletes introduces basic ...
Special Olympics Young Athletes is an inclusive sport and play program for children with and without intellectual disabilities (ID), ages 2 to 7 years old. Young Athletes introduces basic sport and ...
Special Olympics Level 1 Young Athletes is an inclusive sport and play program for children with and without intellectual disabilities (ID), ages 2 to 7 years old. Young Athletes introduces basic ...
This experience involves our partnership with the Boston Police Department - Volley Against Violence (VAV) - that engages inner city youth in tennis while providing intentional mentoring, life skills ...
St. Anthony's Farmers Market is a wonderful direct-service event and collaboration with the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. The service provides vital food security for low-income older adult citizens ...
The Free Clothing Program serves approximately 150 guests per day. It is our goal to distribute the highest quality of clothing possible ensuring that our guests have a positive and dignified ...
We rely on the generosity and commitment of individual volunteers to make the Dining Room a reality. Volunteers help us prep food, load trays with meals, serve meals to guests, and bus tables. ...
We always welcome donation drives, especially for items noted on our Wishlist page, which are always in high demand at our unhoused Service Center and/or Food Pantry. Occasionally, we may also have ...
Community service opportunities for students 12-18 years of age are available during the summer months of June, July and August.
Birthday Boxes
1 - 2 hrs
In the foster care system, many children's birthdays are often overlooked and forgotten about. Our Birthday Boxes provide a mini birthday party in a box and it reminds children that they are special ...
When children are being moved from home to home, they are usually only given trash bags to carry their belongings. Did you know that a child can move foster homes up to 13 times a year? Our Sweet ...
Our Board and Bike programs offer foster youth not only a fun outdoor activity, but potentially their only form of transportation to school, jobs, internships, etc. Our hope is to provide foster ...
Superhero Boxes
1 - 2 hrs
Our goal is to provide hope and encouragement to kids as they navigate through the foster care system. By providing children in foster care Superhero Boxes, you will help them feel S.U.P.E.R. (Self ...
Teen Duffles
1 - 2 hrs
Our Teen Duffel program was created because we realized how overlooked the older youth in foster care are. This program encourages creativeness and personalization. It does not come with any ...
We want to turn many of our old computer/printer devices into beautiful decorations for our classroom. We need some brilliant decorators to help us do some designs and interior decorations in our ...
Find friends and other students at your high school who care about providing basic needs to families-in-need. Recruit members to help run fundraisers and neighborhood collections. This is a great way ...
We like to get our hands dirty building beautiful gardens in schools and we'd love your help! We think all kids should be able to eat colorful, fresh, healthy foods right at their schools. We also ...
If you like working outside in nature, then this is the opportunity for you! Time at the Field of Greens farm is spent weeding, harvesting and washing vegetables such as kale, collard greens, ...
Bring your kids to learn about housing justice and plant flowers for a women's shelter in East New York. Open to all ages, but geared toward 3-7 year olds.
Plant. Weed. Prune. Tasks depend on the season and the needs in our garden. The Children's Room holds several Garden Volunteer Days throughout the year. No experience necessary! All garden days are ...
Bike or Pet Wash
1 - 2 hrs
Hold a Bike or Pet Wash to support CKP's Kindness Kits
Join our farmers in hands-on tasks such as preparing the soil, nurturing the plants, harvesting and washing produce. Because of your help, we can donate all of the vegetables, fruit, flowers and ...
Each Spring we look for a group of volunteers to help us clean, tidy, rake, mulch, paint, and set up our Sensory Trail for our therapeutic riders and their therapy ponies.
Help New Hope for Kids spread the word! If you hear of a child who has experienced the death of someone close to them, or know of a child between the ages of 3 and 18 who might qualify for a wish, ...
You might know an incredible adult human who is ALSO a great fit to be a mentor. This mentor would connect with a child between the ages of 7-17 who has a parent/guardian or sibling who has passed ...
Donate Children's Shoes
30-Minutes or Less
In April and May, My New Red Shoes is collecting children's shoes for distribution to Bay Area students in need. We accept brand new athletic and casual shoes in sizes 8 youth to 4. We DO NOT accept ...
Life Enrichment Assistant will support the Life Enrichment department with activities. These activities include exercise, plant therapy, creative arts, discussion groups, helping at our live ...
Decorate Snack Bags
30-Minutes or Less
Each week, we provide nutritious meals and other invaluable services to people in need in the Bay Area. In addition to providing guests with a warm meal 3x a week, we also give guests a Snack Bag ...
If you are looking to find great, age-appropriate and entertaining films to watch together as a family while staying home, we’ve put together a list of some of our favorite films from Family ...
For 70 years, Fairyland has been a magical place for children! Join us in our digital world at Fairyland's Magical Tree!
Show your appreciation by creating a Thankful Mobile (for a teacher, Thanksgiving, a parent, someone celebrating a birthday or special occasion).
There are a ton of great STEM (science, math, engineering, technology) activities for toddlers online. You can't go wrong with replicating Habitot's water play, bubbles, cooking, sand play, and art ...
Learn about Hope and Comfort's mission and impact by watching a less than 3-minute video. Then, tell someone about what you learned.

Additional Resources

  • Learning for Justice - Their free educational resources—articles, guides, lessons, films, webinars, frameworks, and more—help foster shared learning and reflection for educators, young people, caregivers, and all community members.

  • Raising Multicultural Kids - Raising Multicultural Kids is an educational-based non-profit organization focused on cultivating racial and cultural competence in local communities. Their website has various resources to help spark deep conversations with kids.

  • The Conscious Kid - The Conscious Kid provides additional reading lists and resources for kids and families about equity and promoting healthy racial identity development in youth.

  • Social Justice Resources for Families - The Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose shares resources for kids, parents, and educators to learn more about social justice topics.

  • Welcoming Schools - Welcoming Schools is the most comprehensive bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation to provide LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for educators and youth-serving professionals. Their program uses an intersectional, anti-racist lens dedicated to actionable policies and practices.

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