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"One of the greatest things you can give is your time" #volunteer

The Teen Volunteer Program requires that students commit to volunteering for a minimum of one year. Teen volunteers are scheduled every week on the same day and work the same shift for the entire session. They must volunteer for four hours each shift during the summer session and two hours each shift during the academic session. Teens can volunteer for one or both sessions.

Founded in 1978, the Downtown Women’s Center is the only organization in Los Angeles exclusively dedicated to addressing the needs of women overcoming poverty and homelessness in Skid Row. DWC’s mission is to provide permanent supportive housing and a safe and healthy community fostering dignity, respect, and personal stability, and to advocate ending homelessness for women

By volunteering with the American Red Cross, you’ll join a worldwide movement dedicated to providing relief to victims of disaster. Whether you’re in career transition, a student looking for experience, work full-time, retired, or have a few extra hours, you too can make a difference and help save lives.

To fulfill our mission, we source and acquire food and other products and distribute them to needy people through charitable agencies or directly through programs; conduct hunger education and awareness campaigns and advocate for public policies that alleviate hunger; and energize the community to get involved and support hunger relief.

Kicks for Kids is committed to providing free exercise opportunities for children for with special needs. We aim to provide recreational activities, wholesome snacks, and tips for healthy living in an environment that is all-inclusive and welcoming of children of all ability levels. We do not discriminate.

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