Be a Hero in Your Community

Hands-On Volunteer Stations

Community Service PAN Zone (PCG+AMAZON+NMSDC)

NMSDC is partnering with Amazon and Pihlstrom Consulting Group, LLC to make Community Service bigger and better than ever before. This year, we’re excited to support several groups, offering every participant the opportunity to volunteer their time to a community initiative important to them.

• Monday, Oct 26: 9 AM – 5 PM
• Tuesday, Oct 27 9 AM – 4 PM

Volunteer activities at Booth 1309

Ways to Give and Volunteer

• Bring it with you. Drop off a t-shirt or nonperishable food at Booth 1309.
• Have it delivered. Order food through Instacart to your hotel, or ship it to the Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, Attn: Nigel Ashford, Community Service, Booth 1309.
• Donate supplies. Corporate partners can ship in-kind kit items to their hotel and bring it with them. 
• Give your time. Stop by any station Monday or Tuesday.

IMPACT GOALS

• 300 — Emergency preparedness kits for small businesses
• 300+ — T-shirt care bags for Dream Center LA's shelter
• 50+ — High school students at Future Founders Lab
• 5 — Hands-on stations

Emergency Preparedness Business Kits
Join the assembly line and pack kits with disaster checklists, rebuilding and permit guides, legal-aid and insurance resources. Inclusive Action delivers them to small businesses through its coaching, vendor, legal and loan programs.

LA Street Vendor Campaign
See where LA's street vendors work and the barriers they face. Then tell us how your company can help through sponsorship, purchasing, logistics, technology or marketing — especially ahead of the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Games.

Business Assistance Hub
Meet Inclusive Action, a certified CDFI offering low-interest small business loans. Take the financial readiness checklist, share your biggest funding barrier, and find matching loans, grants and technical assistance.

Dream Center LA Food Drive
Drop off nonperishable food. Dream Center LA feeds more than 20,000 people a month and distributes over 500,000 bags of groceries a year.

Shirts to Support
Bring a new or used t-shirt and turn it into a reusable bag filled with care items for Dream Center LA's shelter, home to about 300 unhoused individuals, veterans and former foster youth.

Future Founders Lab

Wednesday, October 28 · 2:30 – 5:00 PM · Room 408A

NMSDC and Amazon welcome more than 50 students aged 16–18 from Inglewood Unified School District for an afternoon of entrepreneurship. Students learn digital marketing, how to use AI to build a business, and funding strategies — then pitch their ideas to real founders.

To participate, students or their guardians must complete the permission form.

Our Partners

Inclusive Action is a nonprofit and certified CDFI bringing creativity, urgency and support to low-income LA neighborhoods. Its Open-Air Worker Emergency Fund gave cash assistance to 5,157 outdoor workers and businesses affected by the January 2025 wildfires.

Dream Center LA helps individuals and families overcome addiction, homelessness, poverty and trauma through housing, food, education, job training and outreach.

Amazon and Pihlstrom Consulting Group, LLC are presenting partners of the Community Service PAN Zone.

FAQs

• Do I need to sign up?
  No sign up necessary to volunteer. Walk up to any station during zone hours.
  
  
• How long does volunteering take?
  As long as you like. Most stations take just a few minutes.
  
  
• What should I bring?
  A t-shirt (stretchy works best) and nonperishable food. Kit materials and scissors are provided.
  
  
• Where is Booth 1309?
  Near the main entrance of the exhibit floor, across from the NMSDC Headshot Lounge and Certification Resource Center.
  
  
• Can students attend Future Founders Lab on their own?
  Students must be registered and have a signed permission form. Bring a physical ID for check-in.