Volunteer Sign-Up for Outreach Event

Please sign up here to join the Alliance for an outreach event on Tuesday, March 3 at the 2026 Leadership Summit on Ending Homelessness.

Volunteers are welcome to join the Outreach Event Lunch and Learn at 12:15pm in the Lived Experience Lounge (Pelican room) at the summit hotel: Sheraton San Diego Resort, 1380 Harbor Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92101. The outreach event itself will begin at 4pm. See below for the full outreach timeline.

Volunteering is limited to 20 participants.

Outreach Engagement Initiative Purpose
This volunteer opportunity seeks to address local community gaps by distributing care packages containing hygiene supplies, non-perishable snacks, and printed materials about available local resources and services. Through this initiative, we aim to offer immediate, compassionate support while fostering dignity, empathy, and long-term community support.

Objective Goals Are To:

• Educate People with Lived Experience (PWLX) on effective, trauma-informed outreach that emphasizes dignity, safety, and trust-building.
• Initiate meaningful connections with unsheltered individuals by offering essential resources in a compassionate, respectful way.
• Foster a culture of empathy and active community engagement around our unsheltered community.
• Serve by providing nourishment, hydration, hygiene and access to pertinent information.
• Encourage peer-led participation and community support.
  

Timeline

Monday, March 2 | 12:15pm to 12:45pm
Outreach Event Lunch and Learn. Come learn more about this volunteer opportunity!

Tuesday, March 3 | 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Kickoff meeting in the Lived Experience Lounge with the Alliance’s Community Strategic Team and San Diego’s Homeless Strategies and Solutions Director Ketra Carter

Tuesday, March 3 | 5:00pm
Meet in the hotel Lobby to be transported to the community outreach location via Lyft or Uber

Tuesday, March 3 | 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Participate (Serve and hand out care packagets) during the outreach event with San Diego neighbors and San Diego Homeless Services Team

Tuesday, March 3 | 8:30pm
Return to the hotel

Things to Know
Before signing up, be sure you are able to make the committment to the full event. There are only a few spots available and we need all hands on deck. (We are serving about 120 members of our San Diego community.)

It gets dark in San Diego around 5pm, so if you venture out, be sure to always stay with at least one other volunteer, if not a larger group.

Wear shoes and comfortable clothing.

Come to meet new friends and have a good time!

Group Agreement

• Lead with a person’s first approach
• Listen to understand, not just to respond
• Strive for psychological safety
• Make Space, Take Space
• Prioritize Learning Over Perfection
• Advance Equity & Inclusion Through Cultural Humility
• Foster Collaboration & Transparency
• Embrace Discomfort & Complexity