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We’re feeling the holiday spirit, which is why we’re giving away items from this year’s 

LA2050 Social Impact Gift Guide on our Instagram account

, tag a friend (or two) on our giveaway post, and cross your fingers! This prize package is worth almost $200.

Fujita Soft Cover Notebook from the Library Foundation Los Angeles

Slauson Signature Coffee Blend from Hilltop Coffee and Kitchen

The giveaway closes December 2nd at 11:59 pm. One winner will be selected from the comments and notified via Instagram direct message. Items are subject to change due to availability. ⁠

The LA2050 Social Impact Gift Guide features 80+ products and experiences sourced from local nonprofits, sustainable makers, cultural establishments, and BIPOC-owned businesses. 

LA2050 Social Impact Gift Guide Giveaway

It’s November and the spirit of generosity is in the air.
Are you looking to give back this season, but don't know where to start?⁠ Check out the 125+ volunteer events and opportunities linked below!

This list includes in-person, remote, and seasonal options from our LA2050 grantees, partners, and other social impact organizations. The information below comes from their respective websites, and is subject to change.

This star emoji indicates that an organization is an awardee of the LA2050 Grants Challenge!

Community Exchange w/ the Hollywood Food Coalition

Help HoFoCo sort and organize food and hygiene items for its community members.

Meal Prep w/ the Hollywood Food Coalition

Help the HoFoCo Kitchen prepare meals for its community members.

Meal Service w/ the Hollywood Food Coalition

Help the HoFoCo serve evening meals for its community members.

Hope Through Housing Foundation: Community Thanksgiving Event

Join this Thankful Thanksgiving Event, during which residents will be able to build a thankful craft and receive a Thanksgiving treat.

For the holiday season, Food on Foot is in need of volunteers to assemble various types of kits including general hygiene and feminine hygiene.

Hope Through Housing Foundation: Senior Thanksgiving Lunch

At this event, low income senior residents will be able to build a thankful craft and receive a Thanksgiving treat, with the support of volunteers.

Los Angeles Regional Foodbank Food Distribution

Volunteers are needed to help distribute food kits to seniors in our community. The food boxes consist of shelf-stable items such as milk, beans, grains, and canned fruits and vegetables.

The food pantry was created with a single goal: to help families in need decrease the stress of obtaining groceries and providing food for their loved ones. Since 2013, this operation has been open every Friday providing hundreds of families with fresh produce and dried goods.

LA Youth at Work needs volunteers at a WRC to serve as mock interviewers.

Project Ropa is looking for assistance in creating hygiene kits to distribute to our unhoused neighbors. This level of personalized care may require time and attention, but it is where the real impact happens. It's care that restores hope, and the guests deeply appreciate it.

Project Ropa's team members work diligently to help clients find clothing they'll be proud to wear – clean, stylish, and hand-picked. Volunteers will assist in creating hygiene kits to distribute to our unhoused neighbors.

Heal the Bay: Day of Service at Kuruvungna Springs

 is doing to preserve the heritage site and the natural and cultural resources of the area.

Soup Kitchen at St. James provides a safe space for unhoused neighbors to gather for socializing, home-cooked meals, clean clothes, a charging station, and bathroom access. The event is run entirely by volunteers who help to prepare meals, set up the distribution tables, and socialize with our guests.

Children’s Institute Thanksgiving Luncheon

Help to serve CII staff a delicious Thanksgiving meal at the CII Long Beach Campus.

Help sort and distribute produce to community members in Watts. Volunteers will help distribute over 17,000 pounds of produce each event.

Sowing Seeds for Life Drive Thru Food Pantry

Sowing Seeds for Life is in need of volunteers to help distribute food, load cars, or assist with traffic control. Signed waivers are all required before volunteering, which will be provided on site.

Thanksgiving Food Box Packing w/ The Salvation Army

Volunteers will help with meal preparation, serving, setup, and cleanup as we provide a warm and welcoming holiday meal for those in need.

Volunteers are a huge aid in every step of the process, from sorting produce through assembling and handing out packages to the last moments of cleanup.

Join L.A. Works Corporate Events team and Infinity Ward in providing hygiene kits to the Community Veteran Justice Project, a nonprofit that is dedicated to ensuring current and former military service members receive the information, support, and services they need.

Fall Festivities w/ American Family Housing

Volunteers will have the chance to engage with our community by serving meals, assisting with setup and cleanup, and leading a fun art activity.

Latino Equality Alliance is hosting a Thanksgiving Turkey Drive for those experiencing food insecurity in East Los Angeles and they need your help. By volunteering to help with the Turkey Drive, you'll be providing a nourishing meal to individuals and families of a diverse community.

The food pantry was created with a single goal: to help families in need decrease the stress of obtaining groceries and providing food for their loved ones. This operation is open every Friday providing hundreds of families with fresh produce and dried goods.

Heart of LA's Thanksgiving Dinner Box Distribution

Last year, Heart of LA served 100 families and provided them with turkey dinner boxes. Help distribute Thanksgiving themed dinner boxes for families and youth.

Defy SoCal HealthRIGHT 360 Community Business Pitch Competition & Graduation

Volunteers have the opportunity to hear participants present their business pitches followed by Q&A and feedback sessions.

Engage in a morning of habitat restoration at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve.

FAVE Family Volunteering: Create Thanksgiving Grocery Bundles

Your volunteer efforts will ensure that women with infants and seniors have Thanksgiving staples to create a meal and they will receive a thoughtful and useful re-usable grocery bag and Thanksgiving card of support.

Heart of Compassion is volunteer led non-profit, serving approximately 400 families a week with groceries and goods. This is a special Saturday event held once a year and many in the community look forward to it.

2024 Thanksgiving Day Run and Food Drive w/ Community Center of La Canada Flintridge

Volunteer opportunities include: handing out T-shirts, giving medals to kids as they finish the race, finish line water distribution, runner check-in and more.

Big Sunday’s 13th Annual Thanksgiving Stuffing Event

A memorable opportunity for families, friends, and groups to get together, assemble bags, and make new friends.

Hostelling International USA is looking for volunteers to help with the setup, distribution, and breakdown of its annual Thanksgiving Dinner service. This is a great opportunity to engage in cultural exchange with travelers from around the world.

Love My Neighbor Foundation Thanksgiving Day Serving

On Thanksgiving Day, Love My Neighbor Foundation will be serving food to the homeless and the less fortunate during the early part of the day. RSVP required.

Seeds of Hope is partnering with St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and St. Paul's Commons to host a free Thanksgiving feast for 500 people in Echo Park, and they need your help.

Hope the Mission is in need of set up/break down help, photographers, swag distributors, and more.

Help PATH LA make sure that everyone in our community – housed and unhoused – can enjoy a special holiday meal.

 Thanksgiving Day Meal Delivery | November 27th - 28th

Help PATH LA pick up, transport, and deliver meals to those who need them most.

Westside Thanksgiving Community Dinner & Celebration

Be a leader and take a few hours and join many others in creating a wonderful celebration.

10th Annual Pacific Palisades Turkey Trot

Kick-off the holiday season in style and volunteer to assist on race day.

Gobble Gobble Give is dedicated to feeding the homeless on Thanksgiving. Get involved in your community and make a difference.

🤎Decorate for the Holidays w/ PATH LA | December 2nd - 7th

Help decorate an interim housing facility to make things festive for its guests.

Serve LA provides an overage of 1000 meals per week! This volunteer role helps to plate food and or helps to serve meals to guests seated in the dining room.

125+ Volunteer Opportunities for the Season of Giving

Calling all bookworms! 📣📚❤️ Check out this two part map with a few of our favorite LA indie bookstores! (Quotes are from stores’ websites.)

 is "where art & minds meet for change,” both a cultural center and independent bookstore in Sylmar.

 is "an independent bookstore café in the heart of Culver City."

 is an independent bookstore in Inglewood that prioritizes books, comics, and zines by and about Black women, girls, femmes, and gender expansive people.

 is a longstanding center for Black literary LA, located in Leimert Park. Its owners recently said they plan on closing the IRL store soon.

 has "books for kids en Español," and also promotes cultural events, artists, and authors.

 "LA's oldest independent bookstore and an iconic cornerstone of Larchmont Village.”

 is a "fiercely independent bookstore” in Los Feliz.

 is "the largest new & used bookstore in California" with a famous book tunnel, record shop, and more.

 is a proudly progressive activist bookstore in Long Beach offering a curated selection of books and related material on activism and organizing.

 is the "literary heart of Long Beach" which hosts author events, poetry nights, and more.

 is "the only exclusively romance bookstore on the West Coast."

 "is a new, used, rare, and out-of-print bookshop. We are an independently owned shop located in Torrance."

 is a volunteer-run bookshop in West Adams, with a “Buy a Comrade a Book” button on their website.

 "is a Black-owned concept bookshop and creative space."

 is an independent bookstore in San Pedro with "all aspects of Philippine culture and history in English and Pilipino."

 "is a Boyle Heights-based lending library that puts low-or no-cost books into all hands, native and immigrant, Eastside and West.”

 has "books, comics and zines in Boyle Heights."

 – "Where knowledge frees you!" – is an immigrant owned family business in Lynwood.

 is a nonprofit and volunteer-run bookstore in Downtown Pomona.

 is "a children’s online bookstore with a mission: to promote independently published books and provide new books to underserved children."

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20 Indie Bookstores in Los Angeles