May
14
4:30 PM16:30

Esplanade Bluff Restoration

  • 20401 Victor Street Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bruce McCallum

Avenue F and the Esplanade: 1400 Esplanade Redondo Beach, CA 90277, CA, USA

8pts

Volunteer limit: until the RSVP fills up
RSVP Here please before signing up for the event, if its full, please don’t sign up for the event.

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We’ll be weeding, planting and watering

What to bring:

  • Come prepared with clothes that can get dirty and wet!

  • Closed toed shoes/boots

  • Sunscreen

  • Reusable water bottles (drinking fountains located at Avenues G restroom) & snacks

  • Gloves and tools provided, although volunteers are welcome to bring their own

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Note: Adults and children 14+ only. WAIVER MUST BE SIGNED.  All participants will be added to our newsletter and volunteer email lists so we can let you know about future restoration days, you can opt out of one or both at any time.

Volunteer Orientation Video HERE

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May
16
3:30 PM15:30

Arnold Elementary Multicultural Carnival

  • 20401 Victor Street Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Natalie Ou, Daniel Lowery, Angelina Sun

Shift 1: 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm (10 points)

Shift 2: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (8 points) 

Limit: 30 volunteers per shift

NOTE: The volunteer limit is subject to expand depending on how many sign-ups are received.

Location: Arnold Elementary school, 4100 W 227th street 90505

Come help run the Arnold Elementary Multicultural Carnival! We will be running a variety of tasks, from game booths, cotton candy and concessions. 

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May
25
12:00 PM12:00

Wilderness Park Restoration

  • 20401 Victor Street Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bruce McCallum

1102 Camino Real, Redondo Beach, CA 90277: Back entrance near the garage

8pts

Volunteer limit: until the RSVP fills up
RSVP Here please before signing up for the event, if its full, please don’t sign up for the event.

RSVP now

We’ll be weeding, planting and watering

What to bring:

  • Come prepared with clothes that can get dirty and wet!

  • Closed toed shoes (boots) are preferred.

  • Sunscreen

  • Water (drinking fountains located in park) & snacks

Gloves and tools provided, although volunteers are welcome to bring their own. 

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up, and don't forget to sign the waiver!

Volunteer Orientation Video HERE

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May
29
to May 30

Bert Lynn History Alive

  • 20401 Victor Street Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Natalie Ou

Thursday 5/29 - Friday 5/30

Shift 1 (Set-up): Thurs 5/29, 3:15 pm - 6:00 pm (11 pts)

Shift 2 (Clean-up): Fri 5/30, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (8 pts)

Limit: 14 volunteers/shift

Location: Bert Lynn Middle School, 5038 Halison St, Torrance, CA 90503

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0845ACA62FA1F58-56640076-2025

Come help set up and clean up the venue for Bert Lynn’s History Alive event! Make sure to register through the form above. 

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May
11
12:00 PM12:00

Wilderness Park Restoration

  • 20401 Victor Street Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bruce McCallum

1102 Camino Real, Redondo Beach, CA 90277: Back entrance near the garage

8pts

Volunteer limit: until the RSVP fills up
RSVP Here please before signing up for the event, if its full, please don’t sign up for the event.

RSVP now

We’ll be weeding, planting and watering

What to bring:

  • Come prepared with clothes that can get dirty and wet!

  • Closed toed shoes (boots) are preferred.

  • Sunscreen

  • Water (drinking fountains located in park) & snacks

  • Gloves and tools provided, although volunteers are welcome to bring their own. 

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up, and don't forget to sign the waiver!

Volunteer Orientation Video HERE

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Speech & Debate State Tournament 5/3-5/4
May
3
to May 4

Speech & Debate State Tournament 5/3-5/4

  • Culver City High School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
  • Event Chair: Alissa Phillips

  • Limited: 10/shift

  • Time & Points:

    Saturday, 5/3: 

    Shift 1: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (16 points)

    Shift 2: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (12 points)

    Shift 3: 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM (16 points)

    Sunday, 5/4: 

    Shift 1: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (16 points)

    Shift 2: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (12 points)

    Shift 3: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM (12 points)

    Shift 4: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (12 points)

  • Address: Culver City High School 

    4401 Elenda Street, Culver City, 90230

  • Come help sell snacks, give directions, and more at this year's Speech and Debate State Tournament! 

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Apr
30
4:00 PM16:00

Esplanade Bluff Restoration

  • 1400 Esplanade Redondo Beach, CA, 90277 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bruce McCallum

Please fill out the waiver prior to signing up: https://www.southbayparks.org/general-liability-waiver

South Bay Parkland Conservancy is teaming up with US Fish and Wildlife Services, LA County Department of Beaches and Harbor, LA Conservation Corps, the City of Redondo Beach and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy to restore habitat for the endangered El Segundo blue butterfly and other native wildlife along the bluffs of Redondo Beach.

This project will maintain existing habitat restoration on the bluffs between Miramar Park and Avenue E and conduct new restoration between Avenues E and C.

Volunteers will be asked to assist with:

  • weeding out invasive plants

  • installing new native plants (during the rainy season)

  • providing supplemental water to newly installed plants, as needed

    What to bring:

    • Come prepared with clothes that can get dirty and wet!

    • Closed toed shoes/boots

    • Sunscreen

    • Reusable water bottles (drinking fountains located at Avenues G restroom) & snacks

    • Gloves and tools provided, although volunteers are welcome to bring their own

    Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Note: Adults and children 14+ only. WAIVER MUST BE SIGNEDAll participants will be added to our newsletter and volunteer email lists so we can let you know about future restoration days, you can opt out of one or both at any time.

Volunteer Orientation Video HERE

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Lego Shipbuilding Contest 4/26
Apr
26
10:00 AM10:00

Lego Shipbuilding Contest 4/26

  • Event Chair: Catherine Piotrowski

  • Limited: 8/shift

  • Time & Points:

    Shift 1: 10AM-12PM (8pts)

    Shift 2: 12PM-2PM (8pts)

  • Help at the annual lego shipbuilding contest at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum! Help contestants with questions, registering their models, kits, and more! Lunch is included. 

    NOTE: Parking is very limited, so volunteers that can be dropped off will be prioritized.

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Apr
26
10:00 AM10:00

Madrona Marsh Nature Festival

  • 3201 Plaza del Amo Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Alissa Phillips

Madrona Marsh Nature Center 

Shift 1: 10AM - 12 PM (8 points, limit: 5)

Shift 2: 12 PM - 2 PM (8 points, limit: 8)

Shift 3: 2 PM - 5 PM (12 points, limit: 14)

Come help out with arts and crafts at the local Madrona Marsh Nature Festival! Must be 15 or older and bring completed parent waiver to the event. 

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Apr
19
9:00 AM09:00

Restoration - Hopkins Wilderness Park

  • 1102 Camino Real Redondo Beach, CA, 90277 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bruce McCallum

turday, April 19 ⋅ 9:00 – 10:30am (PDT)

RSVP now

Hopkins Wilderness Park, 1102 Camino Real

Parking is limited, please carpool, bike, walk or drop off 

Limit: Until the volunteer limit on their website fills up. PLEASE RSVP USING THE LINK ABOVE (under RSVP now) BEFORE YOU SUBMIT THIS FORM! If there are no spots left on it, please do NOT sign up for this event. Thereby, if you RSVP THEN submit this form, you have secured your place in this event.

This project will maintain existing habitat restoration on the bluffs between Miramar Park and Avenue E and conduct new restoration between Avenues E and C.
Volunteers will be asked to assist with:

  • weeding out invasive plants

  • installing new native plants (during the rainy season)

  • providing supplemental water to newly installed plants, as needed

What to bring:

  • Come prepared with clothes that can get dirty and wet!

  • Closed toed shoes/boots

  • Sunscreen

  • Reusable water bottles (drinking fountains located at Avenues G restroom) & snacks

  • Gloves and tools provided, although volunteers are welcome to bring their own

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Note: Adults and children 14+ only. WAIVER MUST BE SIGNED.  All participants will be added to our newsletter and volunteer email lists so we can let you know about future restoration days, you can opt out of one or both at any time.

Volunteer Orientation Video HERE

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Victor Elementary Campus Clean Up 4/15-4/29
Apr
15
to Apr 29

Victor Elementary Campus Clean Up 4/15-4/29

  • Victor Elementary School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
  • Event Chair: Angelina Sun

  • Limited: 4

  • Time & Points:

    Shift 1: Tuesday 4/15, 3:30-4:30PM, 4pts

    Shift 2: Tuesday 4/22, 3:30-4:30, 4pts

    Shift 3: Tuesday 4/29, 3:30-4:30, 4pts

  • Address: 18807 Crenshaw Place, Torrance, California, 90504

  • Come by to help pick up trash or tend the garden on the Victor Elementary Campus!

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Whale of a Day 4/12
Apr
12
9:30 AM09:30

Whale of a Day 4/12

  • Point Vicente Interpretive Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
  • Event Chair: Catherine Piotrowski

  • Limited: 10/shift

  • Time & Points:

    Shift 1: 9:30AM-1:15PM (15pts)

    Shift 2: 1PM-4:30PM (14pts)

  • Help out at the Whale of a Day Celebration! Assist with fun activities like craft tables, face painting, origami, games, water/snack sales, and crowd management at the bounce house.

    NOTE: If you are volunteering for this event and are under 18, you MUST have THIS parent liability form signed.

    IMPORTANT: If you are volunteering for this event, ALSO fill out THIS google form, and put your organization as “YMCA”.

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Mar
29
10:00 AM10:00

HV Greenbelt Restoration

  • 20401 Victor Street Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bruce McCallum

Saturday, March 29 ‧ 10:00am – 12:00pm (PST)

3rd Street on Greenbelt

RSVP required

RSVP now

Please fill out the volunteer waiver prior to attending this event:  https://www.southbayparks.org/general-liability-waiver

In an ongoing effort to establish wildlife connectivity for the El Segundo Blue Butterfly, the Monarch Butterfly, and other pollinators, SBPC welcomes volunteers out to the Hermosa Greenbelt to restore and enhance native habitat.  

Volunteers will learn about the importance of native plants, and will work to target invasive monocultures (such as ice plant) along the Greenbelt for replacement with California native plants from the Coastal Sage Scrub plant community, with a focus on Seacliff buckwheat (the host plant for the El Segundo blue butterfly) and other native pollinators that bloom in each season.

Please bring:

-Clothes to get dirty in

-Sturdy closed toed shoes

-Water bottle (drinking fountains are available for refill)

-Sunscreen, hat

All tools and gloves provided.

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Mar
22
1:30 PM13:30

Anza Daddy Daughter & Mother/Son Dances

  • 21400 Ellinwood Drive Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Matthias Kim, Bella Chow, Jessica Li

Limit: 10 per shift

Shift 1: 3/22, 1:30-3:30PM (8pts)

Shift 2: 3/22, 3:15-6PM (11pts)

Shift 3: 3/23, 1:30-3:30PM (8pts)

Shift 4: 3/23, 3:15-6PM (11pts)

Help Anza with their Daddy Father & Mother Son Dances! Assist with set-up, take-down, and decoration!

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Mar
21
to Mar 23

Katy Geissert Library Spring Book Sale

  • 3301 Torrance Boulevard Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Catherine Piotrowski, Benjamin Wong, Karin Takahashi, Natalie Ou

Katy Geissert Library Spring Book Sale

Friday 3/21- Sunday 3/23

Limit: 3 people/shift

Shift 1: Friday, 3/21, 2:30-6PM (okay if late if coming from school)

(14pts)

Shift 2: Saturday, 3/22, 9AM-12:30PM (14pts)

Shift 3: Saturday, 3/22, 12:30PM-4PM (14pts)

Shift 4: Sunday, 3/23, 12:45PM-4PM

(13pts)

Help the Katy Geissert Library with their book sale! Help patrons, consolidate books on the tables, and more!

NOTE: If you are volunteering for this event it is MANDATORY you fill out the library volunteer form linked HERE

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Mar
15
7:00 AM07:00

Torrance Craft Faire

  • 3341 Torrance Boulevard Torrance, CA, 90503 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Alissa Phillips

Ken Miller Recreation Center

Shift 1: 7:00 am- 10:00 am (12 pts)

Shift 2: 3:00 pm- 5:00 pm (8 pts)

Limit: 12 volunteers/shift

Help the run Torrance Craftsmen's Fair! We will be assisting with the set up, clean up, and general logistics of the event. Please wear closed toed shoes and comfortable clothing.

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