Program Sites

The City of Long Beach is a charter city, a full-service city, and operates under a City Manager-Council form of government. The City of Long Beach will be partaking in the 2020 Census by facilitating training, providing resources, and partnering with organizations to ensure a complete count of Long Beach residents.

BLAST reaches out to connect college students with Long Beach area youth who are facing adversity. The youth gain a positive role model and encouragement towards a brighter future. The college students have an opportunity to get away from stress, experience a deeper sense of purpose, and put their unique skills to use. Donors and supporters join the legacy BLAST is leaving in the lives of mentees and mentors. Our outstanding programs which lead youth in basic life skills, goal setting, character development, establishing trusting relationships, and academic success.

Vision Statement

Every student: inspired to succeed academically and personally.

Mission Statement

To improve success for at-risk students through collaboration and innovative approaches to mentoring and learning.

In addition to registering with S4 @ The Beach service-learning students must follow the LB BLAST application process as outlined below. Please do not register here if the deadline to register with BLAST has passed. 

•  Apply Online with BLAST - https://portal.laserfiche.com/c4555/forms/VolunteerApplication 

• Sign-up For and Attend a Training Session
• Complete a Live Scan background check (more information will be provided at the training session)
• Submit negative TB results (more information at the training session)

We envision a Long Beach where entrepreneurs, youth, workers, and individuals have the tools and opportunities to build vibrant neighborhoods, successful businesses, and healthy, resilient families.

We envision a Long Beach where entrepreneurs, youth, workers, and individuals have the tools and opportunities to build vibrant neighborhoods, successful businesses, and healthy, resilient families.

We are a nonprofit organization that provides pro bono design services to low-income and underserved communities, nonprofit organizations, and assists municipal agencies in community economic development. We match our clients with skilled volunteers from the fields of urban planning, architecture, and engineering. Our volunteers provide clients with design expertise and tools to engage their communities, define their visions, and advance to the next stage.

We aim to provide underserved and under resourced populations the ability to design and develop their communities in their own image by providing high quality, pro-bono design services that produce sustainable and just physical development. We do this by providing a design process that is community-engaged and focused on social equity.

Mission: To contribute to the health, well-being, empowerment and self-determination of under-served populations in the great Long Beach community. By providing affordable, nutritious, organic foods and eventually other goods and services, accessible to all, through a locally-oriented, collectively-managed, not-for-profit workers’ cooperative. Our intention is for this to be a platform for building mutually-beneficial community connections and to decrease dependency on the current corporate-owned structure. We are a produce delivery service, similar to an ice cream truck, with a specific and dependable route so that our clients know when to expect us and where. We are choosing to use the California Cooperative Business Model.

Student volunteers will have the option to work distribution where they will help set up our table with food, hygiene products, and clothing in the parks on weekends. During the week, we are open to the community from our warehouse at 3311 E 59th St LB 90805 where people come and pick up bags or boxes of groceries. Every...