To inspire compassion and responsibility for animals, in addition to rescuing, rehabilitating and finding homes for companion animals.

Create Now helps transform the lives of high-risk and at-risk youth through creative arts mentoring, education, resources and opportunities. The organization serves vulnerable kids ages 2-25 who have been abused, neglected, abandoned, orphaned, are left homeless, runaways, teen parents, substance abusers, victims of domestic violence, children of prisoners, gang members or incarcerated. Through music, dance, acting, writing, art and cultural excursions, needy kids build their self-esteem and find career opportunities. We’ve reached more than 21,0000 of the most troubled youth in Southern California in the last fourteen years.

The International Green Shield saves low-income children and families from future natural disasters by strengthening their homes and schools BEFORE the next disaster strikes. We use newer, stronger and more sustainable materials & architectural designs to make homes and schools strong enough to survive the next disaster.

With the recent oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, our charity is refocusing its efforts to protect low-income families along the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas coastline. This is due to the impending floods caused by the upcoming hurricane seasons. This year (and for years to come), the floods caused by the hurricanes will mix sea water and oil - dumping the oil on shore and into people’s homes. We aim to strengthen/ waterproof Gulf coast homes before the next hurricane strikes by:

* Fixing cracked home foundations so the water/oil can’t leak in
* Installing hurricane proof windows so the winds can’t get in
* Floodproofing house doors
* Anchoring home roofs better
* Doing all the little things that cost too much money for low-income families to do - but all things that can save their lives in the next storm.

If we can keep the water out, we can keep the oil out!

New West Symphony presents the finest in symphonic performance at historic Barnum Hall in Santa Monica.

We are international educators for ECOLISTIC living. It is our mission to raise eco-awareness by means of campaigns, workshops, events, eco-voluntour retreats, and of course, through personal example.

You can be the change and we will teach you how.

Our goal is to teach and inspire internationally a legion of eco-ambassadors while creating green-restorative developments and education initiatives.

Support our community 4th of July Parade on Main Street, Santa Monica.

The Junior League of Los Angeles is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

The Junior League of Los Angeles reaches out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and a commitment to voluntarism and to the community.

The Junior League of Los Angeles provides training opportunities to develop its volunteers through seminars, community service, leadership roles and mentoring in order to achieve its mission.

The Arnold C Yoder Survivors Foundation (TheACY) is a 501c3 charity organized and operated exclusively for the public good. We are dedicated to empowerment. Our mission is to provide a loving, safe environment which allows grieving children, families and survivors on both sides of tragic events to discover their own unique Grief – Forgiveness - Healing process through art therapy, peer support groups and education. Watch the video on our collaboration.

Sustainable Works is a non-profit environmental education organization. Our mission is to create a culture of sustainability. We offer programs that promote sustainable practices in businesses, residential, and college communities.

Our programs reduce environmental impacts and promote sustainable lifestyles. We inspire living patterns that value our resources, reduce hazardous chemicals, and promote sustainable actions that benefit the local economy and community – for the sake of current and future generations.

TreePeople’s mission is to inspire, engage and support people to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe, healthy, fun and sustainable and to share the process as a model for the world.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. LLS’s mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Home of the Lions, McKinely Elementary School is part of the Santa Monica-Malibu School District.

The overwhelming need for housing in Los Angeles County has provided us with a unique opportunity to change lives in our neighborhoods. In our market, Habitat for Humanity is one of the few – if not the only – affordable homeownership program that serves families earning 30-80% of the median family income. Cost burden and overcrowding are the most serious problems experienced by very low-income area residents. Working with volunteers, families, corporations, congregations, and donors we are able to tackle this important housing issue throughout the Los Angeles area. We are dedicated to making homeownership possible for low-income, working families.

The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.

Founded in 1987, Daybreak Day Center is a meeting and gathering place specifically designed for mentally ill homeless women. Daybreak is the only program on the Westside designed for homeless women suffering from long-term debilitating mental illness. Seven days a week, the Center opens its doors and gives these vulnerable women respite from a difficult and challenging day to day existence and a place where their unique disabilities are understood.