Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteering with El Nido Family Centers enhances the lives of children and youth in your community. 

Whether working with our clients, or staff you can make a significant difference during the Corona Virus outbreak.

Examples of Remote Volunteering Opportunities at El Nido include:

  • Have a one-on-one conversation with a high-school student and share your career experience.
  • Tutor students struggling academically while studying from home, enrolled at El Nido’s various programs.
  • Organize a food, back-to-school or holiday drive for our families.

…and many more ways to support!

Find out about becoming a Virtual Volunteer During the Covid-19 Crisis…

Join our virtual tutoring program for Middle School and High School students with our SouthWest Los Angeles FamilySource Center…

Please check our list below for more ways to help.


Are you are interested in supporting our work?  We want to hear from you!

Please take a look at the Opportunities below, and let us know which project you’d like to help with.

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Hands-On Program Needs

  • College Corner at both Pacoima and South LA
  • Biz and Tech Academy speakers (via Skype)
  • Culinary Class/ assist with cooking/lend expertise
  • Garden clean-up/planting
  • Offer your business for field trip visits
  • Offer to tutor, via “virtually.” This makes a huge difference in student success.
  • Volunteer at client seasonal holiday parties
  • Donate toys, books or back-to-school items
  • Organize a holiday food drive for families
  • Donate time at Pacoima Swap meet
  • Youth need transportation to activities. Set up a schedule of trusted designated drivers or organize a carpool with other parents
  • Present an activity for our Select Home Visitaion program clients in Panorama City or south-west Los Angeles. Activities could be yoga, zumba or art activities or present on a topic relevant to our families like renters rights, how to prepare a resume or financial literacy. Groups take place on a weekday with a group size ranging from 5-6 families to 15-20 families
  • Help one of our locations with a holiday event for our children and families. Holidays might include Valentines Day, Halloween, back-to-school or winter holidays
  • Tax Prep – During Tax season, our Our Pacoima FSC can benefit from volunteer tax preparers. VITA training is usually in January and it is a commitment of at least three months during late evenings and weekends.

Development and Fundraising Needs

  • Videography and editing
  • Host a fundraising activity like a car wash, or…?
  • Sorting stuffing envelopes and mailers
  • Writing copy
  • Website updates
  • Google ad grants
  • Conducting and organizing prospective donor corporate and foundation research

Administrative Needs

  • Filing in any of the offices/sites
  • Assist with Director of Development for those who have Development experience
  • Assist with Public Relations team for those who have PR experience
  • Assist with Marketing for those who have Marketing experience
  • Graphic design
  • Videography
  • Video Editing
  • Photography
  • Social Media
  • Research savvy scholars: Help with analysis, data entry, research or database maintenance or construction, and data analysis.

Host a Collection Drive for Families, Holidays or Back-to-School

Examples include:

  • Collect donations of diapers and formula for young mothers and their babies.
  • Promote education by donating much-needed new backpacks and school supplies for elementary and high school students.
  • Donate grocery gifts cards for parents who are struggling to feed their families or organize a food drive to assist families in need.
  • Collect Clothing (children, youth, and adult), Toys (new and in the original wrapping), Books (children, youth), and Blankets and Sheets.
  • Organize a food drive for Thanksgiving baskets for our families .
  • Organize a toy drive for our winter event.

 

We are required to have Volunteers provide a negative TB test, and pass a background check before we can place them near our clients.  Thank you for understanding.

View our locations page to find an office near you…

For internship opportunities, contact us via our Internship Page…

To complete your full volunteer profile, click here…

 

 

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