L.A. Works

WHAT: Help pack delicious meals for the disabled and homebound, in partnership with the L.A. City Department of Disability and Khalsa Care Foundation.

ABOUT KHALSA CARE FOUNDATION: Keeping with the Sikh tradition, Khalsa Care Foundation is dedicated to helping all people. 

VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES:  Join other volunteers in packing 3,000 delicious Indian, Thai, or pasta meals.  Once done, they'll be picked up and delivered to individuals and families who are low-income, immigrant, disabled, or homebound.

IMPACT: Before the pandemic, they served 1,000 meals per day. Now, demand has tripled! They greatly need your help.

REQUIREMENTS: While volunteering at the temple, all volunteers must:

• cover their heads with a scarf or hat
• remove their shoes in the kitchen

REQUIREMENTS TO VOLUNTEER DURING COVID-19:  You must

• not been or felt sick in the last 2 weeks
• not been around anyone who has been or felt sick in the last 2 weeks
• bring your own mask
• if possible, bring your own hand sanitizer

• All volunteers must wear masks at all times.
• You must wash your hands at the beginning and end of the volunteer activity, and any time after touching your face.
• Physical contact is to be avoided and 6 foot distancing will be required.
• Please avoid touching your face, eyes, nose, or mouth. Wash your hands immediately if you do so.
• Practice good coughing/sneezing etiquette.

QUESTIONS? Email the Opportunity Coordinator below.

WANT TO SIGN UP? Select the date you want below and click the Sign Up button!
 

All volunteers participating in this volunteer opportunity should adhere to the health and safety guidelines outlined here: https://www.laworks.com/health-and-safety 

By clicking “sign up,” I acknowledge that I am aware and understand that I am signing up Activities that are coordinated and managed in conjunction with a third party Agency or Organization, and that L.A. Works has no jurisdiction over the site where these Activities take place. The site of these Activities may be inherently dangerous and may expose me to a variety of foreseen and unforeseen hazards and risks including exposure to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”).  The Activities may involve a degree of contact with clients who need assistance and other volunteers who may be carriers of COVID-19 and that personal protective equipment may not be available for my use and/or effective against preventing transmission of COVID-19 whether as a result of my own actions or otherwise.  By clicking “sign up,” I acknowledge that I am voluntarily participating in the Activities and have considered those risks. I hereby expressly and specifically assume such risks, including any and all risk of injury, illness, harm, or loss that I may incur as a result of my participation in the Activities. I hereby fully and forever release and discharge L.A. Works from, and expressly waive, any and all liability, claims, and demands of whatever kind or nature, either in law or in equity, that may arise from my participation in the Activities.