Ways to Help
Assemble Snack Packs for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
My Friend’s Place
- Include non perishable food items like trail mix, granola bars, cookies, chips, fruit snacks, water bottle/juice, etc.
- Decorate the bags and/or include brief notes of encouragement
Assembling Family Fun & Care Kits Needed!
Imagine LA
The Need: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, unhoused and recently housed families are experiencing added stress and uncertainty as they navigate the demands of work, education, children, services, and more. Every day, families are asking for resources related to family fun and basic needs.
The Initiative: As part of Imagine LA’s response to COVID-19, we are leading a county-wide effort to ensure that each of the 6,000 families served by the Los Angeles Homeless Provider Alliance Family Service Providers Caucus, has the family fun and basic needs resources to thrive as a family during this time.
The Goal: To collect 6,000 Family Fun & Care Packages to distribute to unhoused and recently housed families.
Ways To Help
Assemble a Family Fun & Care Package and coordinate with Imagine LA on drop-off at our office
Purchase supplies from our Amazon Wish List to be delivered directly to Imagine LA
Mobilize your community! Download & personalize our customizable flyer, share it with your network, collect the packages at your home or business, and coordinate with Imagine LA on drop-off at our office
REMEMBER: STAY SAFE. USE GLOVES & MASKS.
- Updating google docs, tracking budget
- Calling/texting/emailing people who expressed needs
- Getting calls forwarded and answering general questions
- Making signs, flyers, and other graphics
- Translating over the phone in Spanish. If you know another language please list it in the "Other" section on the form
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Counseling Resource & Education Service Center
- Rent for their apartments
- Crisis management via phone
- Counseling via phone
- Food gift cards
- Life-skills education
- Creating a plan to research and connect with other volunteer organizations that can help broaden the volunteer base
- Facilitate virtual meetings with potential partners interested in working with us
- Help with tracking organization wide engagement (on our database platform) in a centralized fashion to allow our organization to develop tools to support leadership and volunteers.
- Help organize and execute our 2021 Virtual Volunteer events on an as-needed basis. Solve our community’s needs through creativity, connections, and grit.
- Support and collaborate with other volunteer members and our Founder
- Empathy and a passion for community service
- Entrepreneurial spirit and self-starter mentality. Takes initiative to research and connect with locals, local leaders and organizations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Experience in sales, account management, marketing, community outreach, or partnerships preferred
- Ability to dedicate at least 5 hours / week for the next 2-3 months
- Implementing social distancing measures. Food Bank staff will ensure appropriate distance is maintained between each volunteer during check-in, orientation, and during the volunteer event.
- Providing hand sanitizer pumps.
- Sanitation staff will sanitize the facility regularly both inside and out, meeting room, door frames, restrooms, break room, door handles, and other often touched surfaces.
- Providing gloves to all volunteers.
- Assist with delivering meals throughout the San Fernando Valley to older adults staying #SaferAtHome.
- The Encino Farmers Market held on Sundays will be open 8am to 1pm. We have received proper approval from the City of Los Angeles to remain open as an essential source of fresh produce.
- We are now also operating a drive-thru food bank, distributing nonperishables and other food items such as fresh produce and bread. Items are placed in the trunk or back seat of seniors cars.