ORGANIZATION: LA Family Housing
How you will help:
Spend some quality time engaging the school aged kids at any one of our Family Interim Housing sites! You can sing songs, read a book, or lead a movement activity! We will be enforcing social distancing, and have plenty of kids ready to interact with engaging and energetic volunteers.
*PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR A MASK
*Weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with site/location varying every week (see links below):
FSC: https://lafh.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=570145
Tyrone House: https://lafh.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=552805
Canby House: https://lafh.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=552803
What to expect:
After registering for this opportunity a member of the Community Engagement team will reach out to you with more details. LAFH staff will be present during your visit to one of our sites.
NOTE: You must sign up to attend a virtual "open house" volunteer orientation to participate here: https://lafh.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=437939
7843 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91605, US
LA Family Housing helps people transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing enriched with supportive services.
In 1983, an interfaith group of leaders from the San Fernando Valley noticed a sharp increase in the rise of families experiencing homelessness in their neighborhood. Desperate to help, they gathered local support and raised funds to purchase a 40-unit motel - The Fiesta Motel - in North Hollywood.
There, families could benefit from a safe, warm place to stay for a maximum of 30 days while they regained their footing and worked on long-term solutions. The motel would later become LA Family Housing's "Valley Shelter".
Soon, these leaders recognized that multiple strategies to end homelessness were necessary to help more families. They began working with a South L.A.-based developer who was building small, permanently affordable apartment buildings in Southeast L.A. In 1988 the two groups merged. Their combined experience in temporary and permanent housing created a continuum of housing for families experiencing homelessness, and this partnership became what is now LA Family Housing (LAFH).
Over the last 35 years, LAFH has grown to become one of the largest providers of housing and homeless services in Los Angeles, now serving 11,000+ people annually.
Multiple locations North Hollywood, CA 91605
May 3, 2022
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