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VOLUNTEER AGENCIES
What Can You Expect?
When you search the volunteer agencies, you will find a variety of opportunities in what is generally called the Human Services Area. Some volunteer opportunities are unskilled and some may be matched to your skills. The agencies also list opportunities that are not poverty related. Also, many agencies cover geographic areas outside LA County, though they do list opportunities by city and state. To do poverty relief work, some of the categories you might search for are:
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Meal Preparation
Tutoring
English Teaching
Baby Care
Legal Help
Crisis Hotline Answering
Reading
Health Support
Weekend Food drive
Parenting / Teen Counseling
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Mentoring
Teen Outreach
Facilitation / Mediation
Playtime & Stories
Community Gardening
Administrative Support
Crisis Intervention
Violence Prevention
Home Repair
Good Packing for the Homeless
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First-timers - How To Search
- Explore as many directories as you can - your dream volunteer opportunity is there!
- Consider short-term volunteering for different activities, if you are not sure what you'd like to do
- Surprise Yourself by volunteering for an activity you would normally not choose
- Consider joining an Event and learning from the experience of others
- There are many organizations not listed in these directories - do a Web Search through Google or Yahoo
Volunteer Center of Los Angeles
Volunteer Center of Los Angeles
Matches your interests with thousands of opportunities throughout the county
Volunteer Match
http://www.volunteermatch.org
Matches your interests with One-time or Ongoing Volunteer opportunities
LA Works
http://www.laworks.com
- Lists current One Day-specific Programs
- Lists Long-Term Programs
- Lists Long-Term Programs by other organizations
- Offers monthly Volunteer Orientation seminars
- Offers Project Leader Training seminars
Americorps California
http://www.nationalservice.org/stateprofiles/ca_intro.html
Listing Educational, Environmental and other Human Needs in California and L.A.
Assistance League of Southern California
http://www.volunteers.org/
Lists over 1200 organizations with short and long-term volunteer opportunities
Network for Good
http://www.networkforgood.org/volunteer/
Date-specific lists of organizations in and around L.A. - some found in Volunteer Match
Idealist
Idealist.org volunteer opportunities
Lists over 90 organizations in L.A., each with many Volunteer opportunities
Charity America
http://www.charityamerica.com/
Lists close to twenty organizations in L.A. County. Includes also Events.
Volunteer Solutions L.A.
http://www.volunteersolutions.org/
Lists about 30 varied opportunities as well as Events.
Volunteers of America - Los Angeles
http://www.voa.org/
Provides about a dozen varied opportunities to volunteer
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