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The mission of SHARE! the Self-Help And Recovery Exchange, is to help people in Los Angeles pursue personal growth and change. SHARE! empowers people to change their own lives and provides them a loving, safe, non-judgmental place where they can find community, information and support. SHARE! provides many services including:

We need volunteers to help us rebuild our community after having to close down for Covid-19. We are trying to reopen our doors to the skid row community and are creating a healing space for them to return to. You can volunteer to help in any area. 1pm - 3pm.

Skills needed- Admin/organizing, social media, start a peer led support group, cleaning.

From 1pm - 3pm volunteers will help bring SHARE! Downtown back to life!
If you'd like to be a super volunteer, contact us about showing up at 1230 pm to help with setup!
**Food: Prepackaged Snacks will be provided free for volunteers. You’re welcome to bring your own food.
**Safety: COVID-19 is extremely dangerous and we prioritize the safety of our volunteers and food recipients. You must be vaccinated to volunteer.
**Parking: Parking Available nearby. Fees apply.
**Dress Code: Safety requirements include: no open-toe/open-heel shoes or high heels. We recommend casual attire (jeans, t-shirt, light sweater, & tennis shoes). Please dress for the weather and wear sunscreen if needed.
Any questions, please contact camille@shareselfhelp.org
If you can't attend but would like to help support the program financially please consider a donation to SHARE! so we can organize more projects like this in the future: [shareselfhelp.org](https://www.atheistsunited.org/donate-now)
We know we have only one life to live and few things bring more joy than helping others. Join us!
SHARE! provides many services including:
• SHARE! Collaborative Housing is a public-private partnership providing affordable, permanent, supportive housing to disabled people in single-family houses throughout Los Angeles County. People with similar issues, such as vets, mental health consumers, people with diabetes, trauma issues, etc. live like college roommates, each paying $550 or less for their place in the house furnished down to knives, forks and spoons. The home owner furnishes the house, pays for all the utilities, does not collect a Security Deposit, nor a last month’s rent and does not perform a credit or background check. The home owners join an owners’ association that regularly inspects the houses to ensure quality, and helps the owner with any issues or problems that arise. Residents attend weekly self-help support groups, help with neighborhood projects, provide support for other residents and share a room with one roommate of their choice. Residents pay rent from their disability checks or other income directly to the owner. Many owners will take pets.
• SHARE! Self-help Support Group Clearinghouse for Los Angeles County Countywide referrals to 12,000 self-help meetings representing 750 different life-issues. Our information is updated often as self-help groups tend to move around or be moved around and come and go. We give meetings technical assistance including best practices. We help with meeting formation, content format, publicity, problems, etc. We also have leads on meeting space throughout the County. Call SHARE! (310) 305 8878.

• SHARE! Self-Help Centers--SHARE! Culver City and SHARE! Downtown LA are centers where a large community of self-help groups meet each week, addressing all kinds of issues, e.g. anger management, health, depression, self-esteem, relationships, childhood abuse, substance abuse, reaching goals, etc. Together we host more than 130 weekly meetings with monthly attendance of 5,000 people. SHARE! Accepts brochures and flyers for distribution at our centers, so agencies and others can reach the self-help community. We have lots of volunteer opportunities for people including those doing court-ordered community service. We accept all volunteers even those with limited skills or felony convictions.

• Volunteer-to-Job Program that gives anyone a meaningful job at SHARE! —no matter how limited their skills or debilitating their symptoms. SHARE! T rains and encourages our Volunteer-to-Jobs participants until they develop the skills and confidence to obtain an unsubsidized job either at SHARE! or in the community.