UCLA Volunteer Day 2026, Presented by The Wescom Foundation

The UCLA Volunteer Center’s inaugural event, UCLA Volunteer Day, has become a cornerstone of the UCLA experience. It is one of the university’s largest community service events and occurs during True Bruin Welcome.

New freshmen and transfer students join together with continuing undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and community members to participate in a wide range of community service projects across Los Angeles and the globe. Volunteers participate at 45+ community partner sites providing critical service work, beautification, and support at food banks, parks, shelters, senior centers, schools, veterans’ facilities, and various other community organizations.

Registration

To register and view details about each project that we will have on the day, please click on the various categories below. If the site is no longer listed on the sign up form, we have hit maximum capacity. Do not delay, sign up today!

*Please make sure to read through all project details as project site information will differ such astransportation and time frame. If a project site does not appear in the drop-down menu on the registration form, it has reached capacity.

As spots will be limited, please make sure to register for one site if you are sure you will be able to attend.*

Project Sites With Bus Transportation

AHEAD With Horses

Carthay Elementary School

Community Tree Planting

Fairburn Ave. Elementary School

Friends of the LA River

Good Earth Community Garden

Heal The Bay

Los Angeles Parks Foundation

Manhattan Beach Dune Restoration

Monarch Habitat Restoration

Music Changing Lives

Nourish LA

Palos Verdes Land Conservancy

PS Science

Robertson Recreation Center

Runyon Canyon Park

Shine LA: Embrace Vermont

Tupper Lot Cleanup

Warner Ave Elementary School

We Grow LA

Westside Food Bank

Westwood Greenway Inc.

Willowbrook Community Garden

Project Sites Without Bus Transportation

The Midnight Mission

On-Campus Project Sites

Good Clothes Good People (Project Site Full)

jane b semel HCI Community Garden (Project Site Full)

Los Angeles National Cemetery

Sage Hill (Project Site Full)

UCLA Blood & Platelet Center

UCLA Volunteer Day Kit Building (Project Site Full)

Westwood Blvd. Nature Hub

UCLA Alumni Network Project Sites

UCLA France Network

UCLA New York Tri-State Network

UCLA Seattle Network