What Can I Do? Campaign A campaign to raise awareness and compassion about homelessness through art and social actioninfo@whatcanidocampaign.org
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Call to Action
We will be posting our weekly Call to Action in the What Can You Do section. Please check back weekly to get inspired! Looking to learn more? Be sure to check out the links on our Resources Page. Other great resources can be found on the website for Rachel Fleischer’s film Without A Home. The What [...]
Create Now: The Wish List!
Just can’t find the time? You can still help by donating materials and equipment for our programs! To help better serve the creative youth of tomorrow, Create Now always accepts in kind donations such as guitars, keyboards, art supplies such as drawing pads, paints, markers and easels. Laptops and computers that work are needed, as [...]
Create Now: Fundraise your way!
Can you help raise essential funds by seeking donations from your friends and associates? Encourage them to donate their birthday, wedding and other significant gifts as donations. What better gift than the satisfaction that you can reach homeless children and help them find their talents through our therapeutic arts programs. We always appreciate donated items [...]
Create Now: Teach Art and Music!
Though great artists like Blake Collins donate their time and energy, we always need more mentors at Create Now. Volunteer teach a variety of arts, especially guitar, music recording, theatre and dance. Create Now can help you to mentor homeless kids close to your neighborhood. We’ll give you the training and materials you need, and [...]
Create Now: Spread the Word!
Create Now needs you to spread the word! Tell everyone about what a great organization we are and the terrific work that we’re doing to help thousands of “forgotten children” share their story through art and music. Join us on Twitter and Facebook and spread the word. If you know any journalists, producers, bloggers, publicists, [...]
Create Now: Pledge to Win “general euphemisms”
Artist and musician Blake Collins has generously offered to give away this stunning collage inspired by the wonderful and inspiring work of Create Now. Create Now transforms the lives of youth in need through arts mentoring and experiences. Pledge to Blake’s campaign and your donation will also go to support Create Now! One lucky winner will [...]
Create Now: Crowdsourced on Pledge Music!
Why help just one great cause, when you can help two at the same time? When you donate to Blake Collins on Pledge Music, a portion of your donation will automatically go to support Create Now, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles that provides art and music programs to underprivileged youth. Just like the collage [...]
Piece by Piece: Host A Sale
For the true art connoisseur, support Piece by Piece and host an art sale in your home, gallery or other facility. Contact Dawn Mendelson dawnmendelson@earthlink.net if you or one of your business associates are interested in hosting a private sale.
Piece by Piece: Buy Artwork
Support our artists by purchasing their artwork. Take a look at Piece by Piece on Etsy! You can either select from pieces already created, or commission a large or small work. Looking to promote your business or add public art to your local community? Check out our Large Commissions and Public Art and read testimonies [...]
Piece by Piece: Volunteer
Looking to make a difference in the New Year? We need individuals to help in workshops (prepare materials and organizing supplies) and with special events and sales. Learn more on our website or contact Dawn Mendelson at dawnmendelson@earthlink.net
Piece by Piece: Donate Materials
We need pencils and drawing pads; rolls of paper; acrylic paints; tools (such as files, tile nippers, glass cutters); safety glasses; nitrile gloves; adhesives such as white glue and thinset mortar; and scrap ceramic tile and stained glass. See more at http://www.piecebypiece.org/inkind.html You can also make a cash donation on our website to help us [...]
Home For Good: Volunteer for the 2013 Homeless Count!
Every two years the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) conducts a county wide homeless count. Homeless counts tell us how many homeless neighbors we have in LA County on any given night. Here are the Top 3 Reasons to Count: 1. Understand the Situation: Homeless counts tell us who is living on the streets [...]
Home For Good: Participate in HomeWalk
HomeWalk is United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ annual 5K walk/run to raise funds for and awareness of homelessness in Los Angeles. Last year, Kobe Bryant served as the event’s Honorary Chair and 10,000 participates came together to raise more than $400,000 to help fund permanent housing solutions to homelessness. This year, HomeWalk will take [...]
Home For Good: Advocate!
Support policy change that will help end homelessness. Take action on the latest local, state, or federal policy work. Home For Good is currently fighting against the Community Care Facilities Ordinance (CCFO), an ordinance that will eliminate shared housing in single family neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles. If passed, this ordinance will put thousands of [...]
Home For Good: Sign On!
Sign on to support Home For Good and do what you can to help end chronic and veteran homelessness – volunteering, advocating, donating, or helping us spread the word. Click HERE to sign on to support the 5-year Action Plan to end chronic and Veteran homelessness.
LA United Way: Get Involved Today!
Get Involved! Whether it’s by giving, volunteering, or advocating – everybody is welcome! There are many ways to get involved with @LAUnitedWay! Whether by giving, volunteering, or advocating, all are welcome! Take Action on our website http://www.unitedwayla.org/take-action/ Connect with us to find out about opportunities to join @LAUnitedWay in our mission to create pathways out [...]
LA United Way: Connect with Us!
Connect With Us! Engage with @LAUnitedWay and join our mailing list at http://www.unitedwayla.org/connect/ Come join our story! Like us on Facebook to keep up with our stories and find opportunities for where you can get involved. Are you following @LAUnitedWay on Twitter yet? Do it now and share your LA United Way experience with all your [...]
LA United Way: Help Our Veterans Get Off The Street
This summer, join the Los Angeles United Way and Home For Good in effort to raise funds to support homeless veterans in Southern California. Did you know that there are 50,000+ homeless people in LA? Many LA homeless individuals are veterans. Find out how you can help end chronic and veteran homelessness with the United [...]
LA United Way: Community Care Facilities Ordinance
If you are not already aware, the Community Care Facilities Ordinance has the potential to severely damage the good efforts of organizations working with the homeless by banning shared living facilities in Los Angeles. Read a United Way blog post about the ordinance to learn more. Be sure to check out and sign the change.org [...]
Invisible People: Angela
“Sandwiches are not enough – people need HOUSING, JOBS, and HEALTH SERVICES!” Meeting Angela changed me. I meet Angela under a bridge in Atlanta. You don’t have to be a social worker or medical professional to know Angela is dying under that bridge. I as with a church group and I turned to them and asked [...]
Invisible People: Jonathan
Mark Horvath met Jonathan in Austin, Texas at South by Southwest. “I didn’t meet Jonathan in my normal way of walking down the street handing out socks. I was introduced to him because Jonathan was working as a Homeless Hotspot.” Jonathan became homeless as a result of a drug addiction. Currently he is in a [...]
Invisible People: Meet Robert
ACTION NEEDED! please vote for Robert’s video in the YouTube Nonprofit DoGooder Awards. All votes must be in by this Wednesday 3/28/2012. If Robert’s video wins it will be on the YouTube homepage and could help our homeless friends in Sacramento find save ground. “I’m not out here because this is my lifestyle, I don’t [...]
Invisible People: Marlo and her Children
We all see the guy on the exit ramp with the cardboard sign. Especially, here in Los Angeles, that’s the visible homeless we all see. But the truth is chronic homeless is not the largest demographic of homeless in our country – 50% of the homeless population are women and children. – 39% are kids [...]
Children Mending Hearts: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Donate a your unused and gently used cameras to help children become Global Citizens! Donating supplies to Children Mending Hearts’ Global Arts After School photography classes helps children use art to cross cultural barriers. CMH is looking for one-time-use disposable cameras and digital Fujifilm cameras as well. Contact Hannah Ford for more information. Hannah Ford, [...]
Without A Home
Without A Home is a documentary film about homelessness in Los Angeles and a proud partner of the What Can I Do? Campaign
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