1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena

Ronald McDonald House Charities established the Southern California Chapter in 1977, with the first House of this chapter located just steps away from the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Consisting of seven Houses spread out over the Southern California region, including RMHC SC’s mission is to provide comfort, care and support to children and families in Southern California while creating a community where children and their families embrace life and healing with a sense of hope, enthusiasm, courage and joy. RMHC SC is also one of the only Chapters in the world to offer a free, medically-supervised camp for kids with cancer.

Volunteers will help with truck unloading and general staging for RMHC SC’s annual 5K fundraiser at the Rose Bowl. Tasks will include: unloading the trucks, organizing materials by colored label and writing, moving materials to respective areas, dropping and tieing banners at respective booths, and putting additional boxes in booths or under tables.

Available dates & times to volunteer:

Friday, April 11th, 12:00 - 4:00 PM

There is a maximum of 30 volunteers for this project.

Volunteers must be minimum age 15 at the time of volunteering. A minor waiver must be completed prior to the event.

We will need a few adult volunteers as well for this event. Adult volunteers will be subject to a quick background check.

Since the work will be physical, volunteers must be mobile.

If you are driving, parking can be found in Lot F.

The Rose Bowl is about a 20 minute ride from the Convention Center.

1734 East 41st Street, Los Angeles

In Los Angeles, an incredible 1 in 4 people face food insecurity. The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank’s (LA Food Bank) mission is to make sure that no one in their community goes hungry. Since it opened its doors in 1973, LA Food Bank has distributed over 1.5 billion meals, and on a weekly basis distributes 4 million pounds of food. It serves approximately 900,000 people each month, with one quarter of them being children, one-fifth being the elderly, one-tenth being the unhoused, and the rest being low-income families and individuals who struggle to put food on the table. With this reach, LA Food Bank depends on its volunteers to do its critical work of mobilizing its resources to end hunger in LA.

Available dates & times to volunteer:

Saturday, April 12th, 9:00am - 1:00 pm

Volunteers must be minimum age 14 to participate in this project. Waivers will be required for all volunteers, with minors requiring a minor waiver to be signed by their legal parent/guardians.

Volunteers must wear closed toe shoes (no flip flops, sandals or any shoes exposing your feet). It is recommended that volunteers wear comfortable, layered clothing, such as jeans, t-shirt, tennis shoes, and a light jacket.

The LA Food Bank is a 10 minute ride from the Convention Center.

Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex, 5001 Obama Boulevard, Los Angeles

Introduce the sport you love to local youth at the 2025 Spring Festival held by PlayLA! PlayLA is the single largest commitment to youth sports development in California, made possible by the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee and the IOC.

The demo will be led by Avant Garde Fencers Club, one of the premier clubs in Southern California. Volunteers may help with leading smaller groups, demonstrating fencing actions, answering questions from the audience, setting up, and other activities.

Available dates & times to volunteer:

Saturday, April 12th, 1:30-4 PM

No prior experience with fencing demonstrations is required.

The demonstration will begin at 3 PM, but volunteers will help set up at 2:30 PM.

1250 Lyman Place (Helms House), Los Angeles

Ronald McDonald House Charities established the Southern California Chapter in 1977, with the first House of this chapter located just steps away from the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Consisting of seven Houses spread out over the Southern California region, including RMHC SC’s mission is to provide comfort, care and support to children and families in Southern California while creating a community where children and their families embrace life and healing with a sense of hope, enthusiasm, courage and joy. RMHC SC is also one of the only Chapters in the world to offer a free, medically-supervised camp for kids with cancer.

Volunteers will prepare for a 6 pm dinner service, making 150 meals for guests of RMHC SC at their Los Angeles Fountain or Helms House. (DoGood will come up with the meal plan and do the grocery shopping.) Volunteers will then serve the meals buffet-style to families, helping families fill plates, take them to tables, and buss tables during service. Volunteers will also help clean up after the service, including packaging up leftover food, washing dishes and equipment, cleaning tables, emptying trash, and sweeping/mopping as necessary.

Available dates & times to volunteer:

Sunday, April 13th, 4:00-7:00pm

There is a minimum age of 15 to volunteer at RMHC SC. A minor waiver must be completed prior to the event. Minor volunteers should be accompanied by their parent or guardian. Adult volunteers will need to submit to a quick background check.

There is a registration cap of 15 volunteers for this project.

The Helms House is a 15 minute ride from the Convention Center.

Blades Against Hunger is a charitable initiative dedicated to uniting the fencing community in the fight against hunger.

At April NAC, you can help in two ways:

1) Donate your unused, leftover non-perishable food and drinks from the tournament. Drop it off in the donation box at the USA Fencing check-in desk.

2) If you’re local, the Food Bank is still in need of supplies that you can purchase and bring to the Convention Center to donate. We will bring it to the Food Bank for you.

Non-food Items (must be new, in original packaging): Diapers (babies & adults), Wipes (preferably flushable), Toilet Tissue, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Kids KN95 Masks, Paper Towels, Lotion, Soap, Deodorant, Shampoo (preferably waterless)

Food items:
Peanut and other Nut Butters
Crackers
Peanut Butter Crackers
Cheese Crackers
Trail Mix
Fruit Snacks
Energy Bars
Pop Top Tuna
Pop Top Chicken
100% Juice Boxes
Raisins and other Dried Fruit
UHT Milk
Individual Cereal Boxes

All donations will be collected and delivered to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.