Year-round Volunteer Opportunities: 90+ projects every month at nonprofits throughout the community. Our projects cover a wide range of activities and issue areas including serving meals to the homeless, providing fun activities to disadvantaged youth, walking dogs, preserving national parks, cooking for kids, playing bingo with the elderly and shelving and packaging food to be donated. Days of Se
rvice: Large-scale, single days of service for thousands of volunteers, including MLK Jr. Day of Service, Earth Day, César Chávez Day and L.A. Works Day to revitalize/beautify the community. BusinessWorks: Custom designed service (or sponsorship) opportunity for companies to connect to the community, support social issues and engage employees in service. Community Leadership Program: Cultivating leaders to expand volunteer opportunities in LA and connect volunteers in deeper ways to community issues by leading service projects, planning events and growing L.A. Works’ operations and programming. Leaders become skilled in volunteer recruitment & management, project development, strategic planning, marketing and partnership building. Community Connections: Nonprofit partners advertise their longer-term or skilled-based volunteer needs on our website. Emergency Preparedness: Ensure the safety of our communities by planning for the role that spontaneous volunteers will play in responding to disasters.