LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK

Since 1973, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has distributed more than 1 billion pounds of food. The Food Bank collects food from hundreds of resources. With the help of 30,000 volunteers annually and an agency network of more than 650 partner agencies, the Food Bank serves more than 300,000 people on a monthly basis.

Food Bank volunteers are needed to help sort, inspect, and repackage donated food items from local food drives. The facility is available Monday through Saturday to individuals, groups or organizations of 100 volunteers or less to support this need. Volunteers also perform a wide range of duties at food drives and special events.

PROJECT ANGEL FOOD

Founded in 1989, Project Angel Food cooks and delivers over 500,000 nutritious meals each year, free of charge, to the homes of men, women, and children affected by life-threatening illnesses. Project Angel Food's vital services, including medically tailored meals and nutritional counseling, help underserved people throughout L.A. County who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves. Created in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Project Angel Food expanded its mission in 2004 to include those who are struggling with any life-threatening illness burdened by hunger and malnutrition.

Project Angel Food welcomes volunteers of all ages - opportunities include preparing meals, fundraising events and office assistance.

ONE VOICE

The mission of One Voice is to provide goods, services and opportunities to the underprivileged, including everything from crisis intervention to long-term programming that lifts families out of poverty, while providing avenues for the rest of the community to become involved in helping families in need.

Holiday Program

Each year the Holiday Program provides Christmas food baskets, toys and books to 2,500 families (12,500 people) living in poverty in the Los Angeles area. All of the families are referred through the Head Start Program and meet federal and state mandated poverty levels. Over 2,000 volunteers come together at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica to sort and package the food during the week before the actual giveaway, and most importantly give out the food at various Head Start distribution centers. The Holiday Program takes place over four days and nights in December. For more info and to register as a volunteer, visit the One Voice website.

MEALS ON WHEELS WEST L.A.

Since 1976, Meals on Wheels of West Los Angeles - a non-profit, volunteer community service organization - has been providing nutritious meals and friendship to individuals who are unable to plan, shop, or prepare meals for themselves due to illness, disability, or advanced age. Monday through Friday, volunteers deliver a hot midday meal and a cold supper to elderly and disabled individuals living in the neighborhoods of Westwood, Bel-Air, Brentwood and West L.A.

Meals on Wheels West L.A. delivers over 45,000 meals a year. Volunteers help deliver meals between 10:30am and 12:30pm Monday through Friday. Volunteer drivers use their own cars - Meals on Wheels requires proof of insurance and valid driver's license. Student volunteers are always welcome at Meals on Wheels of West L.A. Younger students can help with various tasks in the office or be paired with a driver or parent to help deliver food to clients. High school and college students who are already licensed drivers are especially appreciated as reinforcements to the regular corps of volunteers.

FOOD ON FOOT

Food on Foot is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the poor and homeless of Los Angeles through programs that provide nutritious meals, clothing, work opportunities and ultimately the transition to full-time employment and life off the streets.

Volunteers help distribute food and clothing to approximately 150 homeless and low income people in Hollywood. Volunteers also learn about the larger "Work for Food" program - homeless people earn their way off the streets with full-time jobs, housing, life-skills and the confidence needed to make their accomplishments long-lasting. After distributing food, volunteers participate in a heartwarming awards ceremony - volunteers will award gift cards to the top homeless workers in the Work for Food program, listen to their stories, and learn how they help the community through Random Acts of Kindness.

SÜPRMARKT

Founded by Olympia Auset, SÜPRMARKT is a low cost organic grocery servicing low income communities in LA, primarily based in Leimert Park. They operate weekly, providing 100% organic produce to make great health and healing available in the communities which need it most. Since its inception in July 2016, SÜPRMARKT has provided more than 25,000 pounds of organic fruit, veggies, and seeds affordably in South LA, a community which has 1.3 million residents but only 60 grocery stores. SÜPRMARKT shatters longstanding barriers to health in low income communities by making organic food accessible to all. SÜPRMARKT seeks volunteers in the following areas: Driving, Packing, Fliering, Design, Accounting, Social Media, Email Campaigns, Site Maintenance, and Event Organization.