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As the holidays approach, the spirit of generosity is in the air, and there’s no better time to give back to your community!

Whether you’re interested in supporting youth, the environment, housing and food access, or the arts, there’s something for everyone in our 2025 Volunteer Guide.

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.

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Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: Food Sorters Needed

Lend a hand to fight hunger in LA County! Volunteers (ages 18+) are needed at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to sort and pack produce for more than 29,000 families, older adults, and children facing food insecurity.

PLUS ME Project invites volunteers to share the power of storytelling by serving as +ME Readers, who help review and score student essays for the My Story Matters Scholarship. Volunteers join a short virtual training, and then read essays from Nov. 26th - Dec. 12th.

Foothill Unity Center: Warehouse & Food Distribution Volunteers

Support local families and fire survivors by helping with food distribution and meal service at Foothill Unity’s Monrovia Campus. Volunteers are needed to sort food, serve meals, and prepare delicious dishes for the community.

Help wildfire survivors rebuild their lives. In a 2.5-hour shift, volunteers (ages 12+) stage, assemble, and deliver furniture and home goods, bringing comfort, dignity, and hope to families starting anew in Los Angeles County.

Adventures to Dreams Enrichment: Food Giveaway

Join Adventures to Dreams Enrichment for its monthly Food Giveaway in Long Beach, serving more than 700 families and individuals facing food insecurity. Volunteers (18+) can help with food packing or distribution. The event takes place outdoors and closed-toe shoes are required.

Friends of the Los Angeles River: Habitat Restoration Day

Join FoLAR and the California Native Plant Society to volunteer to remove invasive mustard and learn about its impact on the ecosystem and why its removal is vital to restoring California’s native habitat.

Project Angel Food: Meal Prep & Community Support

From preparing and delivering meals to making calls, assembling mailers, or crafting bracelets, every hour helps nourish and uplift our most vulnerable neighbors. Volunteers can join individually or with family, friends, or colleagues.

TreePeople: South LA Eco-Lab Street Tree Community Planting

Join the movement to plant 4,000 trees in the South LA Eco-Lab project area. Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are welcome to help plant new trees and learn about TreePeople’s efforts to grow the urban canopy in South and Southeast Los Angeles.

Altadena Community Garden Remediation Volunteer Day

Help maintain this two-and-a-half-acre community space that supports more than 80 garden plots. Volunteers assist with upkeep, restoration, and beautification efforts that keep the garden thriving for members and the wider Altadena community.

Defy SoCal HealthRIGHT 360 Community Business Coaching Day

Support formerly incarcerated Entrepreneurs in Training through Defy Ventures’ program. Volunteers work one-on-one to refine resumes and business ideas, building confidence, and foster human connection.

Helping Hands in the Wild w/ Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy

Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy for a hands-on Outdoor Volunteer Day at White Point Nature Preserve! Help care for native plants, restore wildlife habitats, and keep the coastal preserve thriving.

LA Family Housing: Serve Thanksgiving Meals

Help serve food to brighten the holiday season for neighbors experiencing homelessness. Volunteers must: be 18+ years old, complete a Volunteer Seminar & Training which will be in your confirmation email after expressing interest, and wear closed-toed shoes.

Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club: Annual Thanksgiving Feast

Each year, the Annual Thanksgiving Feast brings together youth, families, volunteers, and community members for a day filled with warmth, gratitude, and togetherness. Volunteers will help with: meal prep, serving, clean-up, and crowd support.

Elysian Valley Food Scrap Drop Off w/ LA Compost

Bring your food scraps to the Elysian Valley Community Garden to help turn waste into nutrient-rich compost that supports local gardens and green spaces across LA.

Downtown Women’s Center: Kitchen Volunteers

Help nourish and connect the community at the Downtown Women’s Center, where more than 260,000 meals are served each year to women and gender-diverse individuals. Kitchen volunteers assist with meal prep, organization, and service.

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: Assemble Food Packages for Families

Make a difference in the City of Industry! Help assemble food packages, produce bags, and assorted goods for more than one million families experiencing food insecurity across LA. Volunteers (ages 18+) will work on-site at the Food Bank’s warehouse, lifting 10–25 lbs., sorting, and packing essential items.

Join TreePeople and kick-off the West Valley Greening Project. Volunteers will be planting 15 gallon, 6ft tall trees. Be prepared to get your hands dirty, break a sweat, and have fun!

Join CMA Educators and volunteers in a beach cleanup, clearing the shore of marine debris. Meet at the steps in front of the auditorium. This opportunity is open to all ages.

North East Trees: Nursery Monthly Action Day

Get your hands dirty and have fun at North East Tree’s Nursery Monthly Action Day! Volunteers will learn about native plant care, propagation, and transplanting.

In partnership with Artemisia Nursery, volunteers will learn about California native plants, wildflower seeds, and plant cuttings.

Come to TreePeople’s 45-acre headquarters atop Mulholland Dr. Volunteers can help keep the park looking great by maintaining the trails, removing invasive plants, and regrading slopes to protect them from erosion.

Virtual Defy Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Business Pitch Competition & Graduation

Give Back This Season: 102 Volunteer Opportunities Across LA

Get ahead on holiday shopping with the 2025 edition of our LA2050 Social Impact Gift Guide, featuring 90+ products and experiences sourced from local nonprofits, sustainable makers, cultural establishments, and small businesses. There’s something for everyone on your list, at a wide range of price points – and all making a positive impact right here in Los Angeles.

Browse all of this year’s featured gifts, below.

The Library Store, located inside the historic Los Angeles Central Library, offers a curated selection of unique merchandise. The non-profit gift shop supports free programs, resources, and services provided by the Los Angeles Public Library.

The People's Mug from People's Pottery Project 

People’s Pottery Project, a 2021 and 2023 Grants Challenge winner, employs and empowers formerly incarcerated women, trans, and nonbinary individuals through its collective non-profit ceramics business.

Neococo, a 2025 Grants Challenge winner, is a women-led social enterprise founded for the sole purpose of creating jobs for displaced, refugee, and immigrant women resettling in Los Angeles through the art of hand embroidery.

Piece by Piece offers residents of Skid Row and South Los Angeles free mosaic art workshops supporting wellness and quality of life with a path to earned income.

Mexican Pride Assortment from Homeboy Industries

Homeboy Industries, a winner of the 2013, 2022, and 2024 Grants Challenge, provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people.

Two Weeks Unlimited (New Student) from People's Yoga

Owned, operated, and powered by women of color, People's Yoga invests in shifting wellness culture – where movement meets cariño and community meets corazón.

 (3-Book Set, Bilingual) from LA Librería

LA Librería was born in 2012 with the goal of promoting children’s literature in Spanish in all its forms.

American Sign Language Blocks from 826LA Time Travel Mart

A 2013 Grants Challenge winner, 826LA supports Los Angeles students' creative and expository writing skills while also inspiring student-authored works through its storefront, the whimsical Time Travel Mart, and its publishing arm, Barnacle & Barnacle.

Casters Coffee is a social enterprise of Street Company, a Lancaster nonprofit founded by people who have experienced homelessness and 2025 Grants Challenge winner, reinvesting 100 percent of revenue back into hiring, training, and creating lasting jobs for unhoused individuals.

2026 “Unknown Landmarks of LA” Calendar from Craft Contemporary

Located on LA's historic Miracle Mile since 1965, Craft Contemporary reveals the potential of craft to educate, captivate, provoke, and empower.

Unicorn on Skateboard Enamel Pin from CicLAvia

CicLAvia, a 2013 and 2021 Grants Challenge winner, promotes vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and health by organizing car-free street events.

Los Angeles Script Rug from Louis LIV Design

Mixed media artist Louis LIV explores language, typography, road signage, cartography, and more, exploring West Coast culture.

Rodeo Tie from Pocket Square Clothing x LA Original

Proceeds from Pocket Square’s Clothing LA Original Collection will directly help families affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.

Hedley & Bennett was born in a restaurant kitchen in LA. The aprons are hand-crafted and battle-tested.

Shred Cycle is closing the loop on waste by transforming scrap plastic into circular materials, like RESHRED™ Faux Leather, made from skate wheels!

Altadena Strong” Metal Ornament from Webster’s Pharmacy

Webster's Community Pharmacy has been part of the Altadena landscape since 1926.

Lesley Goren Poppy Notepad from Theodore Payne Foundation

The Theodore Payne Foundation, a 2022 Grants Challenge winner, inspires and educates Southern Californians about the beauty and ecological benefits of native plants.

POT is a community pottery studio for, and by, people of color. It offers fun classes, private parties, memberships, and more.

Prosperity Market, a 2023 Grants Challenge winner, is a mobile, solar-powered farmers market showcasing Black farmers, food producers, and chefs that promotes food access and supporting Black-owned businesses.

A Goldhirsh Foundation investment, Everytable has locations in food deserts, underserved communities with little or no access to nutritious food, and in affluent areas – with the prices that change depending on the store’s neighborhood.

Rareform collects billboard vinyls to be repurposed into original products that inspire daily adventures.

MADE by DWC is the social enterprise arm of the Downtown Women’s Center, the first and only organization in LA focused on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and a winner of the 2014 Grants Challenge.

Headspace x Poketo Mindfulness Cards from Poketo

Founded in 2003, Poketo has carefully curated and created a collection of design-conscious goods meant to cultivate a creative lifestyle.

“City Of Lost Angels T-Shirt” from Lost Angels Career Center

Lost Angels Career Center, a 2020, 2022, and 2024 winner of the Grants Challenge, serves disadvantaged youth, young adults, families, and distressed communities through vocational training, social enterprise, and outreach programs.

Remade Patch Oven Mitt (Multicolor) from Suay Sew Shop

2025 Social Impact Gift Guide – Shop for good!

To help celebrate the incredible organizations and enterprises featured in the

, we are giving away five of the products to one lucky winner via our @LA2050 Instagram account.

Slauson Signature coffee beans from Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen

The People's Mug from People’s Pottery Project

Forest Forager Quarter Sock 2 Pack from Parks Project

2026 Nib Geebles Unknown Landmarks of LA Calendar from Craft Contemporary

Entering is easy! All you have to do is tag three friends on our 

Have tagged three people in the comments of the giveaway post

Be following @LA2050 on Instagram when the giveaway closes.

Be 18+ years old and be a resident of California. We will not ship outside of California.

The giveaway closes on Monday, November 24th 2025 at 5pm PT

The winner will be chosen at random and contacted via Instagram DM on or before November 25th, 2025. If the winner does not respond within 24 hours, another winner will be selected.

No purchase necessary. Items cannot be exchanged for equivalent cash value.

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