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Stage and Furnish Homes for Families Displaced by the LA Fires (Home Creation)

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ORGANIZATION: A Sense of Home

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A Sense of Home's Disaster Relief Program provides functioning home environments for families who lost everything in the LA fires. Within our 10,000 sq foot warehouse, in proximity to Altadena, volunteers select furniture and home goods (mostly donated by companies and community members), and stage several rooms of a custom-designed home layout which is then revealed to the family. After a brief ceremony of stories and well wishes, volunteers wrap and load all items into the family's rented truck. These are called Home Creations and volunteers complete 2-3 HC's in one 2.5 hour shift. Additional volunteer activities could be assembling furniture, organizing and restocking inventory, breaking down boxes and other miscellaneous projects and tasks.

Select a shift on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday
AM Shift: 10:00am-12.30pm (creating 2-3 homes)
PM Shift: 12:30-3:00pm (creating 2-3 homes)

*Stay for both shifts (5 hours total) and create up to 6 homes for 6 different families.

Through care, community, and thoughtful design, A Sense of Home's Disaster Relief Program offers survivors of the LA wildfires the foundation needed to rebuild and rise. In just a few months with 3 staff and a massive amount of community love and volunteer people power, this program has created over 150 homes for displaced families, with a waitlist of more than 1,200. Please join us in this effort to restore dignity, stability, and create a sense of belonging and a sense of home.

60 Shifts

  • Thu Jul 17, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Jul 17, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Jul 18, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Jul 18, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Jul 19, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 7
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Jul 19, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Jul 24, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Jul 24, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Jul 25, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Jul 25, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Jul 26, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 7
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Jul 26, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Jul 31, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Jul 31, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Aug 01, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Aug 01, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Aug 02, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Aug 02, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Aug 07, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Aug 07, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Aug 08, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Aug 08, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Aug 09, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Aug 09, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Aug 14, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Aug 14, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Aug 15, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Aug 15, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Aug 16, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Aug 16, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Aug 21, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Aug 21, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Aug 22, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Aug 22, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Aug 23, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Aug 23, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Aug 28, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Aug 28, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Aug 29, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Aug 29, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Aug 30, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Aug 30, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Sep 04, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Sep 04, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Sep 05, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Sep 05, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Sep 06, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Sep 06, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Sep 11, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Sep 11, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Sep 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Sep 12, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Sep 13, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Sep 13, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Thu Sep 18, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Thu Sep 18, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Fri Sep 19, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Fri Sep 19, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
  • Sat Sep 20, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation AM Shift
  • Sat Sep 20, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM PST - Spots available: 8
    Home Creation PM shift
More Shifts

More opportunities with A Sense of Home

No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.

About A Sense of Home

Location:

3457 W. El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250, US

Mission Statement

A Sense of Home (ASOH) creates first homes for youth who age out of the foster care system by bringing together virtually every segment of the community in doing social good while deriving great value in return.

Description

We host home creations up to 3 times per week. Home creations are a 90-minute team building event for large corporations, families, friends, or service organizations. A Sense of Home provides all furniture and decor and the volunteer team helps put together a new home for the aged out foster youth. Once the creation is over, the recipient who lives at the home comes back for the reveal.

We also need volunteer teams for our warehouse. We get new donations every week and need help unboxing, creating home decor kits, and organizing children's items!

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Disaster Relief
Homeless & Housing
Community, Disaster Relief, Homeless & Housing

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.
This opportunity has 60 shifts

WHERE

10804 Lower Azusa RdEl Monte, CA 91731

DATE POSTED

June 26, 2025

SKILLS

  • Interior Design
  • Home Repair
  • Sewing
  • Upholstery
  • Organization
  • Social Work

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups
  • Private Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
  • Must be at least 12
  • Shifts are 2.5 hours each. Choose one or choose to do both, totaling 5 hours.
  • Volunteers need to wear closed-toed shoes + comfortable, weather appropriate clothing that might get a little dusty. Heads up that our warehouse is not temperature controlled.

Private Group Details

  • Group Size Range 1 - 20
  • Event can be held virtually or at organization location(s)
  • Donation Requested
  • Corporate groups can make a donation if they wish. Groups and individuals can feel free to bring items to potentially use in the home creation. Items will need to be uploaded to the system .

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