Walk with us through Warm the Streets 2026.
Sponsor a whole season, not a single event. Two outreach service days in South Los Angeles, starting Saturday, December 12 at Darby Park, lead into a February Housing & Workforce resource fair where people get hired, screened and housed. Levels from $250 to $10,000.
Why Work With Us
Your sponsorship funds a pathway, and puts your company inside it.
A Step to Freedom is a nonprofit focused on economic mobility. How? Through housing placement and workforce development. Warm the Streets is where that work begins: a blanket, socks and water in hand, and a job and a home behind it. The package is how someone meets ASF. The job and the home are how they leave.
Hire. Graduates of our Rise & Thrive workforce program are job-ready. Sponsors get an employer table at the February resource fair, first look at candidates, and mock interviews if you want them.
Show up. Volunteer slots for your team on service days and packing nights, with recognition on site, on volunteer shirts, and in every phase of the campaign.
See the result. A season report on what your support made possible, from blankets delivered to people housed and hired.
Stand with the community. More than 50 partner organizations, chapters, churches and businesses move together each season. This is how South LA organizes, and sponsors are part of that power.
Thirteen Seasons
What Warm the Streets Has Built
Seasons since 2014
Blankets Distributed
Partner Organizations
Volunteers
2026 Sponsorship Levels
Five Ways to Join the Season
Presenting sponsors walk the whole season with us, December 12 through February 2027. Every level includes a season report on what your support made possible.
Presenting Sponsor
$10,000
on the journey with us, all season
- "Presented by" naming on all season communications
- Lead logo on materials and volunteer shirts
- Recognized at every service day and volunteer moment
- Social media spotlight in every phase of the campaign
- Speaking role at the February resource fair and naming in press
- Employer table at the resource fair
- 10 volunteer slots across the season
- Monthly CEO note, season report and plaque
Champion Sponsor
$5,000
sponsors a service day
- Sponsorship of one outreach service day
- Logo on event materials and volunteer shirts
- Recognition and verbal thanks at your day
- Two dedicated social media posts
- Employer table at the February resource fair
- 5 volunteer slots
- Season report
SERVE Sponsor
$2,500
activation sponsor
- Sponsor an activation at the February Housing & Workforce resource fair, named for you on site: laundry and shower trucks, job-readiness, tech, mental health or a resource station
- Or anchor one outreach service day in your name
- Logo on the ASF website
- Group listing on volunteer shirts and materials
- One dedicated social media post plus a group thank-you
- 5 volunteer slots at your activation or day
- Season report
Community Partner
$1,000
for community organizations
- Your volunteers on a service day of your choice
- Your own fundraising team link
- Named on the ASF website and on site at every service day
- Group listing on volunteer shirts
- Seat at the partner table at the February resource fair
- Season report
Neighborhood Partner, $250, for South LA small businesses: a window decal, a counter fundraiser kit with QR code and tent card, naming on the ASF website and in the recap email, and 2 volunteer slots at a packing night. Email jamara@asteptofreedom.org to join. Commitments received by November 20 make the shirts and materials for December 12.
Partners who have walked with us
More Than 50 Organizations Each Season
South LA walks with us.
Corporations, chapters, congregations, clinics and community organizations move together every Warm the Streets season. Jack and Jill of America, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., South Bay Mambas, Free From Hardship and Measure of Hearts lead service days; L.A. Care and the County stand behind the services; local businesses carry the counter fundraiser. Your name belongs on this wall.
Start the Conversation
Join the 2026 Season
Tell us your level or ask a question. Jamara Walker, Fund Development Coordinator, follows up within 2 business days. Sponsor commitments by November 20 make the shirts and materials for December 12.
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Phone 888-617-7309
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Office Hours Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm PT