Patch Picks: Top Volunteer Opportunities

Santa Monica Patch's new weekly feature, Patch Picks, highlights editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off and more.

You’ll find useful lists to help you, your family, friends and significant others find the best places for such events as Sunday brunch, date nights and kids parties as well as the best parks, florists and other businesses.

For , we assembled the top five places to get a burger in Santa Monica, according to to a related question. With our second one, we proposed some good places to get away from the noise and find some serenity.

Our third list was created by special request, after Santa Monica Patch reader Jill Kobritz asked where people can take their dog—with the exception of the most obvious suggestion: parks.

This week, we present our fourth list: a rundown of five key volunteer opportunities in Santa Monica.

Patch Picks: Top Volunteer Opps

• (nonprofit of shelters and services that includes The , The , , The , , , , ,  and ; 310.450.4050)

• (310.393.9629)

• (310.451.1500 ext. 145)

• (310.828.6016 ext. 12)

• WISE & Healthy Aging (organization that provides services to the elderly; 310.394.9871 ext. 450)

Go here for a bigger rundown of volunteer opportunities in Santa Monica.

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