Volunteer Opportunities

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

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.