Opportunity Details
Stage and Furnish Homes for Families Displaced by the LA Fires
Just over a year since the fires, the need is still great. Volunteer to help in the home creation of wildfire victims, as more homes complete remediation or reconstruction, we anticipate a new wave of need for furniture and home goods.
Why: By volunteering, you’re showing up for fellow Angelenos who have lost everything and are still rebuilding nearly a year after the fires—many of whom feel forgotten as public attention has faded. Your time and care help restore not just homes, but dignity, hope, and a sense of greater community support for families navigating one of the hardest chapters of their lives.
Who: At A Sense of Home, we believe that everyone deserves the dignity of a safe, fully furnished home. Our mission is to prevent homelessness by creating homes for displaced individuals and families, offering more than just furniture; we offer a fresh start.
What to Expect: A Sense of Home’s Disaster Recovery Program helps families displaced by the LA wildfires bring comfort, function, and a sense of home to their new spaces. Working from our El Monte warehouse (near Altadena), volunteers thoughtfully select and stage donated furniture and home goods to furnish living rooms, bedrooms, and dining areas — all personalized to each family’s needs, taste, and layout. We call these Home Creations — each one a hands-on, creative collaboration that culminates in a reveal of the staged rooms to the recipient family. Volunteers the
In a single 2.5-hour shift, volunteers might be:
• Staging furniture, home items and decor
• Loading the above into recipients' moving trucks
• Assembling and cleaning furniture
• Organizing and restocking inventory
• Breaking down boxes and helping with general warehouse needs
Additionally, we offer Warehouse Assistance Shifts (Tuesdays & Wednesdays) for those down for more independent but essential work —
- Building and moving furniture
- Reorganizing inventory and doing light maintenance
- Cleaning or repairs
- All of which helps keep this operation running smoothly.
Home Creation Shifts (most Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays)
ASOH DRP Warehouse in El Monte, CA 91731
• Morning Shift: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
• Afternoon Shift: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
• All Day Shift: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
- No special skills required.
- Ages 12 and up are welcome. Please inquire the Opportunity Coordinator about anybody younger entering the warehouse as well as groups of people under the age of 18.
- There are various tasks ranging from minimal physical exertion to heavier lifting of furniture. There is always something for everybody to do!
- Volunteers entering the warehouse must be wearing closed toe shoes and are required to have signed our warehouse safety waiver, which is a part of our online registration.
- We strongly encourage volunteers to wear comfortable, season-appropriate clothing (it can get hot or chilly in the warehouse) that they don’t mind getting a little dusty.
- PLEASE NOTE THAT 'EXPRESSING INTEREST' DOES NOT GUARUNTEE YOU'VE SIGNED UP FOR THE SHIFT.
- This form is only to express interest. It's required that you register through our ASOH portal, sign our safety waiver and sign up for a shift using a provided SignUpGenius link.
Have Questions or Need Accommodation? Email the Opportunity Coordinator below.
This opportunity is managed by an L.A. Works partner, A Sense of Home.
All volunteers participating in this volunteer opportunity are expected to adhere to the health and safety guidelines outlined here: /www.laworks.com/health-and-safety
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Disaster Readiness & Response
Families, Homeless, Low-income Communities
Building/Construction,Cleaning,Other,Disaster Services
Age Minimum (with Adult): 14+, Minimum Age:14+
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