Join hands for a hunger-free, sustainable future

Volunteers are vital to our mission! Help at weekly food drives or join our team to feed neighbors and reduce food waste. Be a force for positive change in our community and environment!

UCLA event volunteers

Meet neighbors and lend a helping hand at our UCLA food drive! We need volunteers for every step of the drive, including setting up tables and tents, sorting food, distributing groceries, and cleaning up at the end of the day. Volunteering is flexible. If you’re not available for the entire event, choose the shift that work for you.

When

Every Sunday
11 am – 3:30 pm

Where

UCLA University Village
3200 Sawtelle Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90066

How it works

To sign up, please read, fill out and submit the Nourish LA Volunteer waiver. You will be added to our volunteer database and, if you have opted in, you will receive a roll call text message each Wednesday that will allow you to choose a shift at our UCLA food giveaway. Please arrive for your selected shift on the day of the drive and check in with our onsite coordinator, who will sign you in and issue you a green vest.

While it is not mandatory to sign up for roll call texts, volunteers who have not done so or have not chosen a shift may be turned away if we are at capacity, so please respond to our roll call texts to guarantee a place for you on site.

Nourish LA Volunteer Waiver

Shift Info

  • 11:00 am - 2:30 pm
    Set-up for tents and tables, unloading vehicles, and sorting donations for distribution. Prepare to move boxes, sort produce, and work alongside fellow volunteers to get us ready to feed the community! Distribution begins at 1:00 PM and goes until 2:30 PM for those who would like to spend time in the distribution portion as well.

  • 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Volunteers spend this starting out working our distribution line, handing food out to our beneficiaries, and helping to close down. Come to meet your community face to face and help them get the food they need! Closing activities include packing up, tearing down, distributing leftover food, and cleaning site in preparation for the next week.

“We’re a family of five and we’ve been collecting groceries from Nourish LA for the last 4 months. This has been an incredible help for our family, specially because we have a newborn and need to buy formula. Given inflation, it’s really difficult to get all we need with our current income. I can’t thank you enough for all the hard work behind this great organization.”
— Walden family

Group volunteering

Nourish LA accommodates groups of professional volunteers looking to give back to the community! Email us to request our group volunteering form and arrange a day of service for your organization.

A five-participant minimum is requested for arranging a group volunteering day.

St. Mark’s event volunteers

We partner with St. Mark’s Church to host this food drive. To volunteer, sign up with St. Mark’s.