July 2022

Beach Cities Volunteer Day

Join us on Thursday, August 11 for the return of our annual Beach Cities Volunteer Day where organizations, families and residents across the Beach Cities will come together for one mission - to create a healthy beach community. Support Beach Cities Health District's (BCHD) LiveWell Kids Program by volunteering in our school gardens in Redondo Beach to help prep them for the upcoming school year. There will be various garden projects at each school including weeding, planting, harvesting, removing and disassembling garden boxes, cleaning up and more!

Interested in volunteering (getting back to it or taking the next step to volunteer) with BCHD? See below for what’s currently available and please stay tuned to our newsletters and website as new opportunities arise! Anyone interested is welcome to fill out our Volunteer Application at www.bchd.org/volunteer. If you are or have been a BCHD volunteer or if you have questions, you’re invited to email us at Volunteers@bchd.org.

Purpose Connector – HIGH NEED

With just four hours a week you can help interested community members become BCHD volunteers! The Volunteer Services department is looking to add Purpose Connectors (18+) to the department. Individuals well suited to this role enjoy talking on the phone and working on the computer. Training will be provided but familiarity with BCHD volunteer programs, spreadsheets and database experience will help you have a head start. Weekly 4-hour shift commitment on a regular basis is required.

Administrative Office Front Desk Volunteer - HIGH NEED

Our Admin and Community Services departments are looking for volunteers (18+) to help with telephone coverage; front desk screening of staff and visitors; periodic disinfection of shared spaces; mail and package distribution; badge making; supplies inventory; assembling marketing packets; assisting with Help Desk Ticket tasks and projects. Weekly 4-hour shift commitment on a regular basis is required. 

Garden Angel

Our Youth Services department is looking for volunteers (18+) to support our LiveWell Kids program by helping maintain our elementary school gardens in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach. Two monthly shifts of 2.5 hours each, or 5 hours/month (i.e. 5 shifts at 1 hour) required.

Conversation Companion: Support Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities

Volunteers (18+) are matched with older adult clients and/or adult clients with disabilities to visit and engage in socialization activities such as life review, watch movies at home or in the theater, play card or board games, take walks, go for lunch, etc. Weekly 1-1.5 hour shift commitment.

Errand Volunteer: Support Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities

Errand Volunteers (18+) are matched with one of our Community Services Care Management clients and do weekly shopping for basic needs like groceries and prescriptions. Weekly 1-1.5 hour shift commitment for at least 3 months required.

Youth Advisory Council

BCHD is seeking middle and high school students (grades 8-12) who are passionate about their peers' health and wellness to serve on the Youth Advisory Council. The Youth Advisory Council is a youth-led committee focusing on the health and needs of their Beach Cities peers. As a Youth Advisory Council member, students will promote students' health and well-being in the Beach Cities. Student applicants must live in or attend a middle or high school in the following Beach Cities: Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach. The application will open on August 9, 2022. Students must submit applications by Sunday, August 21 by 6 p.m. via smartsheet link to be considered for our Youth Advisory Council. The application and additional information can be found online: http://www.bchd.org/youthadvisorycouncil.

2022 Volunteer Hours

We appreciate all the commitment of our community to help others in 2021. We are grateful for the 25,716 reported hours of BCHD volunteer service in 2021. This number includes time spent with vaccines being administered, groceries shopped for, prescriptions picked up, calls made, Center for Health & Fitness front desk check ins, committees met, administrative support, intern projects, gardens kept, and more. Thank you all!

January: 1,041

February: 2,033

March: 1,105

April: 959

May: 1,840

June: 738

Total: 7,716

Volunteer Anniversaries

Although many of you still are not back to actively volunteering in your usual roles right now, we are endlessly grateful for your commitment. The many collective years of efforts toward a healthy beach community from our volunteer corps is truly incredible.

July Anniversaries

Kim Neglia, 26

Joan Edelmann, 11

Teri Cannon, 11

Susan Brilliant, 7

Emi Brown, 5

Donna Singleton, 1

Liane Kneisel, 1

*Official years of service in BCHD system.

EVENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

It is important for Beach Cities Health District to be out in the community sharing our programs and resources to our residents. Below are some of the community events we’ll be participating in. Share with friends and family and volunteer together!

Love gardening but can’t help out on August 11?

Our Hermosa View Elementary School is also in need of gardening prep before the start of the school year. We need help with clearing the garden beds, cultivating and amending the soil, and planting seeds, among other things. We are looking for support to prep this garden on August 31, from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

You can sign up to volunteer prep our Hermosa View Elementary School Garden here.