SOVA is a nonsectarian program of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, dedicated to alleviating hunger and poverty in the community through food distribution and offering a wide range of supportive services.
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A national, nonprofit agency that allocates donations from the Jewish community to prevent and alleviate hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds. MAZON also advocates on behalf of hungry people, communicating their needs to policymakers, the media and the general public.
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Contact
http://www.mazon.org/
(310)442-0020
Address
10495 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Volunteer Opportunities
Contact Mara Feldman at mfeldman@mazon.org for referrals to anti-hunger organizations in need of volunteers.
The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank sources and acquires food and other products for distribution either directly or through other charitable agencies. The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank also conducts hunger education, hunger awareness campaigns, and advocates for public policies that alleviate hunger.
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Contact
http://www.lafoodbank.org/
(323)234-3030
Address
1734 E. 41st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90058
Volunteer Opportunities
Come sort, package and distribute food. Special group volunteering opportunities include a corporate teambuilding program and service-themed birthday planning. Children must be at least 14 years of age to volunteer. Volunteers must complete the liability release prior to participating.
Donations
Nonperishable foods; Prepared foods. Large corporate donations are welcomed.
PATH is a non-profit community organization whose mission is to break the cycle of homelessness by empowering homeless people with the tools for self-sufficiency. PATH works towards this goal by providing services that help homeless people find work, save money, secure housing, and empower their lives.
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Contact
http://www.epath.org
(323) 644-2200
path@epath.org
Address
Path Mall
340 North Madison Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
West Los Angeles
2346 Cotner Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Hollywood
5627 Fernwood Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Volunteer Opportunities
PATH has opportunities for volunteers to work directly with homeless participants and perform administrative and other non-client contact work. Hours vary according to volunteer availability, open positions and program needs. See the website for a full list of of volunteer opportunities. Participants need to fill out a volunteer interest form prior to participating.
Donations
Nonperishable food; clothing
The Valley Interfaith Council is a nonsectarian coalition of faith-based organizations (including JFS-SOVA) dedicated to supporting vulnerableresidents ofthe San Fernando Valley through food pantries, meal programs, and a variety of services for indigent seniors.
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Contact
http://www.vic-la.org/
info@vic-la.org
Phone:(818) 718-6460
Address
10824 Topanga Canyon Blvd. #7
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Volunteer Opportunities
The Valley Interfaith Council has a wide variety of opportunities available with its coalition members, such as serving, stocking and deliveringfood, administrative work, telephone reassurance calling, and conducting friendly visits to homebound seniors. See the website for a full list and contact information
Donations
Nonperishable food; clothing
The OPCC Access Center is the first point of entry for homeless individuals and families seeking assistance. In additionto providingbasic and emergency services, the Access Center assists homeless men, women and children in developing individual plans to identify strengths and goals in order to return to a life of stability and self-sufficiency.
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Contact
http://www.opcc.net/OurProjects/AccessCenter/tabid/76/Default.aspx
(310)450-4050
Address
503 Olympic Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 9001
Volunteer Opportunities
The Access Center needs help with meal preparation, food sorting, custodial duties, clothing distribution, and client intake. Children must be atleast 8 years old; children under 13 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. Volunteers are required to attend an orientation prior to participating.
Donations
Nonperishable food; prepared food; clothing
Touch of Kindness / Tomchei Shabbos services more than 1,000 Jewish individuals in Los Angeles weekly, providing kosher food that enriches their Shabbat and carries them through the week. Masbiah redistributes kosher catered food recovered from local events to the hungry with utmost respect and discretion.
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Contact
http://www.tomcheishabbos.org/
TouchOfKindness@pacbell.net
(310)274-6657
Address
Tomchei Shabbos
12405 Sylvan St.
North Hollywood, CA 91607
101 S. La Brea St.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Volunteer Opportunities
Tomchei Shabbos needs help packing grocery care packages on Thursday evenings. Large groups need to schedule ahead of time. Tomchei Shabbos runs on avery tight schedule, so make sure you’re there on time!
Donations
Nonperishable & prepared kosher food.
Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as possible to local agencies with food assistance programs and to reduce food waste on the Westside of Los Angeles County.
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Contact
http://www.westsidefoodbankca.org
(310) 828-6016
Address
1710 22nd St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Volunteer Opportunities
Help out at the Westside Food Bank’s warehouse or pick up and deliver food around the Westside. Children ages 5 and up canparticipate.
Donations
Nonperishable food; diapers; blankets; travel-size toiletries; paper goods; and meal supplies
Hope-Net brings together twelve area congregations from across religious faiths to address the hunger and homeless needs in the Wilshire Center area of Los Angeles by providing emergency food and advocating on behalf of the food insecure.
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Midnight Mission is a non-sectarian organization that is rooted in the Christian faith and offers a bridge to self-sufficiency for homeless people through counseling, education, training, job placements, emergency food and medical care.
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Contact
http://www.midnightmission.org/
(213) 624-9258
Address
601 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Volunteer Opportunities
Midnight Mission needs help with meal service, clothing sorting and distribution, food box and hygiene kit assembly, facility maintenance, tutoring, and special events.Pro-bono professional services are also requested. In order to volunteer, first fill out the volunteer interest form or contact Mai Lee, the volunteer coordinator.
Donations
Nonperishable food; prepared food
Project Chicken Soup is a non-profit organization that prepares and delivers free, nutritious kosher meals two Sundays each month to people living with HIV/AIDS throughout Los Angeles County.
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Contact
http://www.projectchickensoup.org
info@projectchickensoup.org
(323)933-5042
Address
338 N. Fairfax
Los Angeles, 90036
Volunteer Opportunities
Project Chicken Soup needs help with food preparation and meal delivery. Children must be 12 years or older to prepare food, and 18 years or older to deliver food. Volunteers should sign up ahead of time and must fill out the volunteer contract and sign in sheet prior to participating.
Donations
Kosher packaged goods; personal hygiene items; household items
Meet Each Need with Dignity is a 99% volunteer driven nonprofit organization that provides emergency food, clothing, medical, vision and dental care, job skills training and job placement assistance.
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Contact
http://www.mendpoverty.org
(818)896-0246
Address
10641 N. San Fernando Rd.
Pacoima, CA 91331
Volunteer Opportunities
M.E.N.D needs drivers to pick up food donations, help with sorting, packing and distributing food, bilingual food intake interviewers, home visiting volunteers, English as a Second Language teachers, after school program supervisors, and professionals willing to provide pro bono services. Volunteers should fill out the online volunteer application prior to participating.
Donations
Nonperishable food; prepared food
The Valley Beth Shalom Food Bank works in partnership with SOVA to provide groceries for people in need.
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Contact
http://www.vbs.org
ChesedConnection@VBS.org
(818)530-4035
Address
15739 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436
Volunteer Opportunities
Come help sock, organize and purge Valley Beth Shalom Food Bank’s inventory. The volunteering is predominantly for VBS members or active VBS participants.
Donations
Nonperishable food. No glass containers are accepted. Small containers are preferred.
Global Kindness is a Jewish nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the needy members of the Los Angeles Jewish community through charitable donations and referrals to support services.
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Contact
http://www.myglobalkindness.org
globalkindness@yahoo.com
Nouriel Cohen
(310)402-8882
Address
9224 Alcott St.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Volunteer Opportunities
Global Kindness needs help with food preparation, food pick-up, office work and clothes serving. Professionals willing to donate their services pro-bono are also needed. Volunteers younger than 13 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
Donations
Nonperishable kosher food; prepared kosher food; clothes; furniture; toys; health supplies; beauty supplies
St. Joseph Center provides a variety of emergency and ongoing programs to assist low-income and homeless individuals and families in the West Los Angeles area.
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Contact
http://www.stjosephctr.org
(310) 396-6468
Address
204 Hampton Drive
Venice, California 90291-8633
Volunteer Opportunities
Help out at either the Bread and Roses Café (Mornings, Monday – Friday) or the Family Center Food Pantry (Mornings,Tuesday – Friday). To sign up, fill out the volunteer application and then mail, fax or email the completed application to the attention of Volunteer Services
Donations
Nonperishable food; prepared food
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels delivers warm greetings and nutritious meals to hungry and homebound seniors and disabled or seriously ill adults across L.A. St. Vincent Meals on Wheels will serve anyone in need regardless of age, race, illness, disability, religion or ability to pay.
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Contact
http://www.stvincentmow.org/
(213) 484-7775
Address
Administration
2131 West Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Kitchen
2201 Miramar Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Volunteer Opportunities
St. Vincent needs drivers, meal runners, kitchen help and office assistants between the hours of 8:30am and 2:00pm. Either call to signup orfill out the online volunteer application form.
Donations
Institutional size containers of nonperishable food; large quantities of fresh produce
The Los Angeles Catholic Worker is a lay Catholic community of men and women which operates a free soup kitchen, hospitality house for the homeless, hospice for the dying, a newspaper, and regularly offers prophetic witness in opposition to war-making and injustice.
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Contact
http://lacatholicworker.org
(213)614-9615
Address
821 E. 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021
Volunteer Opportunities
The Hospitality Kitchen always needs an extra pair of hands. Arrive at 7:45am sharp and expect to stay until 12:45m. If you’re planning to bring a group of three or more, call (323)267-8789 to schedule ahead of time.
Donations
Nonperishable food; prepared food.
Levan of Love is a private nonprofit organization that provides supplemental food and community support to low income housing residents.
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Contact
(213)247-9453 (Tad Sutton, volunteer and donation coord.)
Address
2203 Terrebonne Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773
Volunteer Opportunities
Levan of Love needs volunteers to distribute food and engage in recreational activities with low income housing residents
Donations
Nonperishable food; prepared food
Harbor Light serves the Skid Row community with a residential rehabilitation and substance abuse recovery program and meals for those who make the streets their home.
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Contact
http://www.laharborlight.org
(213) 626-4786
Address
909 E. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Volunteer Opportunities
Harbor Light needs volunteers to serve meals and provide pro-bono services (i.e. medical examinations, legal assistance). Recovered addictsare encouraged tovolunteer as mentors to substance abuse recovery program participants.
Donations
Nonperishable food
The Los Angeles Mission is a Christian nonprofit organization that provides hot meals, served three times a day, overnight shelter, clean clothing, showers, shaves and temporary baggage storage to the homeless living on the streets of downtown’s Skid Row.
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Contact
http://www.losangelesmission.org
(213)629-1227
Address
303 E. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers at the Los Angeles mission help with meal services, special events, office work, Women’s Day services andoutreach, clothing/food/equipment drives,chapel services and the career development program. Children must be at least 13 years old in order to volunteer.
Donations
Nonperishable food; prepared food
Fred Jordan Mission is a Christian nonprofit organization that provides education services, emergency food, holiday assistance, homeless support services, personal enrichment, personal goods, and shelter for the homeless in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles.
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Contact
http://www.fjm.org
(626)915-1981
Address
445 Towne Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Volunteer Opportunities
Fred Jordan mission needs food servers, computer literacy and academic tutors, event coordinators and field trip supervisors. Children must be at least 16 years old to volunteer. Call to apply or fill out the online volunteer application.
Donations
Bulk size containers of nonperishable food; large quantities of prepared food; clothing; paper goods and meal supplies; linens; first aid supplies; office equipment and supplies
Downtown Women’s Center provides permanent supportive housing and a safe and healthy community fostering dignity, respect, and personal stability for homeless women living in the Skid Row area, and advocates for the end to homelessness for women.
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Contact
http://www.dwcweb.org
(213) 680-0600
Address
325 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Volunteer Opportunities
Review the list of individual or group volunteer activities fill out the online individual or group volunteer application and send the completed application to Vanessa Wai by fax or e-mail. Individual volunteers are required to attend a volunteer orientation.
Donations
Healthful nonperishable and prepared food
United Rescue Mission is a faith based non profit that provides a comprehensive array of emergency and long-term services to our guests, including: food, shelter, clothing, medical and dental care, recovery programs, transitional housing, legal assistance, education, counseling, and job training to needy men, women, children, and families.
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Contact
http://www.urm.org
(213) 347-6300
Address
545 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Volunteer Opportunities
The United Rescue Mission needs help with food service, child care and office work. Children must be 11 years of age or older in order to volunteer.Volunteers are required to attend an orientation before volunteering; call for a schedule of upcoming volunteer orientations.
Donations
Nonperishable food; prepared food. Will pick-up large food donations within the Los Angeles metro area.
ANGEL HARVEST picks up good un-served food donated from companies and organizations then delivers it free and immediately to social service agencies providing emergency food to those in need.
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Contact
http://www.angelharvest.org
food@angel harvest.org
(323)256-6881
Address
4151 Prospect Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Volunteer Opportunities
Angel Harvest needs help collecting food from farmer’s markets, doing office work at Angel Harvest’s main office,staffing Angel Harvest information tables at community events, and staffing periodic special events. Fill out and return the online volunteer application prior to volunteering.
Donations
Nonperishable and prepared food.
The Rescue Mission Alliance is a faith based Non-Profit organization that addresses the needs of the less fortunate in Southern California through emergency and long-term rehabilitation services.
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Contact
http://www.erescuemission.com
(800) 417-5678
Address
San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission
13424 Saticoy St.
Los Angeles, CA 91605
Valley Rescue Mission Food Bank
13422 Saticoy Street
North Hollywood, California 91605
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteering opportunities at the San Fernando Rescue Alliance are on-going, year-round and constantly changing. See the website to fill out a volunteer application and connect with a volunteer coordinator.
Donations
San Fernando Rescue Alliance
Perishable and prepared food; clothing; disposable dishware; baby items; hygiene products; bottled water
Rescue Alliance Valley Food Bank
Nonperishable food
