My Friend's Place

In May, LAist held two voter education workshops at My Friend’s Place to discuss how voting works, the issues most important to young people, and the Los Angeles mayoral candidates’ positions on those issues.

In addition to voter education workshops, My Friend’s Place served as a Flex Vote Center. Young people, staff, and other community members cast their ballots at My Friends Place, with some young people voting for the very first time!

Read more here 🗳️

Flex Voting and LAist Voter Education at MFP | My Friends Place Assisting and inspiring homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives.

Recently, the young people hit the trails at Griffith Park for a reset, some laughs, and a reminder that sometimes the best way to clear your mind is to touch grass. Literally.

Through workshops, field trips, and special events, My Friend's Place offers creative arts, enrichment, and life skills programming to equip young people with the tools and support they need to exit homelessness on their own terms.

This time around, it looked like a hike at Griffith Park for some fresh air and good views.

Join us for our annual Young Artist Market 🎨 From paintings to ceramics and more, shop original works created by young people in our community. As always, 100% of each piece sold goes directly to the young artist impacted by homelessness.

📆 June 20, 2026
📍 St. Felix Hollywood
🕒 3:00 - 5:00 PM
🔗 RSVP: https://myfriendsplace.org/blog/young-artist-market-2026/

Today we hosted bingo at to celebrate Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 MFP supports young people impacted by homelessness in our community and 44% of the young people they serve identify as LGBTQ+. Check out  to learn more about how to get involved.

We’re so excited to team up with Couplet Coffee Hollywood for our first Pride decorating workshop, complete with cute café vibes, rainbow buttercream, and lots of room to get creative!

20% of proceeds from this workshop will be donated to My Friend’s Place, a local organization supporting young people impacted by homelessness.

This event is family friendly and open to ages 8+. More info and ticket link in our bio!

The young people in our community need tents and blankets!
Shop our Amazon wishlist and send items directly to My Friend’s Place or schedule a drop-off appointment. We are currently accepting new tents and new blankets.

📦 Shop Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/AICMXW1D8492?ref_=wl_share

📆 Schedule drop off: https://calendly.com/cmarkham-e4t2/20min?month=2026-04

If you’d like to organize a drive within your community, email [email protected] to coordinate!

We’ve got some exciting news and we need your support!

Our organization has been selected again for the Lazy Acres Envirotokens voting ballot, and now it’s up to the community to help us win a spot!

🗳 Voting: April 22 to June 2

🔗 https://www.lazyacres.com/community/envirotokens-vote-los-feliz

✨ You can vote once per day, per email. So come back daily and keep the votes coming!

The top 6 organizations at each store location will be selected to receive Envirotokens funding for a full year, starting July 1.

Thank you to all who have given us their tokens over the last year!

The young people in our community need tents and blankets!

Shop our Amazon wishlist and send items directly to My Friend’s Place or schedule a drop-off appointment. We are currently accepting new tents and new blankets.

📦Shop Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/AICMXW1D8492?ref_=wl_

📆Schedule drop off: https://calendly.com/cmarkham-e4t2/20min?month=2026-04

If you’d like to organize a drive within your community, email [email protected] to coordinate!

We’d like to thank Madelaine Petsch for nominating My Friend’s Place for a Mercedes eSprinter van and extend our sincere gratitude to Mercedes-Benz USA for this generous gift. We’d also like to thank our local Mercedes-Benz of Los Angeles for their great customer service when we picked up this vehicle. With this eSprinter, we can continue supporting the young people impacted by homelessness in our community.

The young people in our community are in need of backpacks and bags. Here's how you can support:

Shop our Amazon wishlist and send backpacks and bags directly to My Friend’s Place 📦 https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/AICMXW1D8492?

Schedule a drop-off appointment 📅 https://calendly.com/cmarkham-e4t2/20min?month=2026-03

Host a backpack drive within your community. Email [email protected] to coordinate!