Join & Thrive
Find Your Thing
Discover the people, causes, and events that make Santa Monica great.
Bahala and Santa Monica Public Library hosted Join & Thrive: Find Your Thing, a free public screening of the critically-acclaimed documentary Join or Die followed by a volunteer fair featuring plenty of fun and fulfilling things close to home.
Come curious.
Leave with a thing.
On Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Santa Monica Public Library's Main Library, the community came together to watch the documentary Join or Die, followed by a Volunteer Fair in the lobby.
Movie, followed by
Find Your thing FAir!
Why THIS EVENT?
Across the country, people are talking about loneliness, isolation, and the decline of civic life. Join or Die tells that story through the work of Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone, and asks a hopeful question: what happens when people start joining again?
In Santa Monica, we have no shortage of people doing meaningful, creative, generous work. The challenge is often discovering where to connect.
FIND YOUR THING, rIGHT hERE
These amazing organizations partnered with Bahala and Santa Monica Public Library for the 2026 Find Your Thing volunteer fair and are actively searching for people like you to join their cause!
Join these local clubs, nonprofits, civic groups, and community-building organizations today!
League of Women Voters Santa Monica
Meals on Wheels West LA & Meals on Wheels Santa Monica
Police Activities League (PAL)
Santa Monica Bay Area Human Relations Council
Santa Monica Early Childhood Task Force
Nonprofit and Club Directory
Bahala is building a directory of Santa Monica/Westside organizations, from informal groups (like dog parents who meet weekly at Clover Park) to book clubs, to registered nonprofits. If your group meets in Santa Monica, we'd love to add you and share it with the community!
Are you a Santa Monica Group or Organization?
Share your information with us about your club, group, nonprofit, or other community-building organization so we can add you to the directory. Let’s help residents find you and get involved!
Please provide:
Club or organization name
Contact name, email, social media handle & website
Meeting Details
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