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Save Two Lives At Once By Fostering a Pet at Your Home

“By being a pet foster parent, you provide a temporary home for an animal prior to adoption. Fostering animals is a wonderful and personal way to contribute to saving homeless pets. Dogs and…”

Volunteer dog walking at your local shelter — skip the gym

“At some point during the walk you stop being sure who's rehabilitating whom. That's the point. That's also when you're hooked.”

Why mentor with Spark — the 10-week middle-school program

“Mentoring sounds like a heavy lift. Two hours a week, for ten weeks, in the workplace you're already sitting in. That's the whole ask. The kid is the easy part.”

Help Your Community Out By Becoming CERT Certified

“In Los Angeles, there are more than four million people in the city every day, whether they’re residents or visitors. The diverse nature of the city, not to mention more than 470 square miles…”

Why you should be a Big Brother or Big Sister

“Being a Big is the rare volunteer commitment that feels less like volunteering and more like having a really good friend who happens to be 11.”