2018 Holiday Gift Guides show love for Would Works hand-made products!
Thanks to LA Times for featuring our LA City Blocks in their 2018 Holiday Gift Guide "For the Home" section.
LA2050 Holiday Gift Guide featured the Would Works Charcuterie Board in their list of favorite socially conscious, LA- based makers and organizations.
Jen Hatmaker's popular podcast For the Love featured Would Works' The Charcuterie Board in the 2nd annual holiday gift guide episode.
Done Good featured Would Works' The Everyday Board in their 2018 "The Shop for Good Gift Guide"
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With Heavy Hearts, We Must Announce The Closure of WW at the End of 2025
After 13 years, Would Works has made the difficult decision to sunset operations at the end of 2025. Over the past year and a half, we have worked to position Would Works for long-term success and to better serve our unhoused community in Los Angeles. Despite our best efforts, it has become clear that the current climate is not in our favor.
A New Chapter: Beginner Builders Youth Pilot Program
On August 23, 2025, Would Works officially kicked off our reimagined paid job training program in woodworking for youth experiencing homelessness, in partnership with My Friend's Place, and funding support from Snap Foundation, Cedar-Sinai Grantmaking, and the Arlene and Michael Rosenfeld Foundation.
Nick Offerman Partners with Would Works to Empower At-Risk Angelenos Through Woodworking
Beyond woodworking, Nick Offerman highlights the “incredibly benevolent and warm humanism” at the heart of Would Works. "We're giving people … mental health, counseling, job counseling, life coaching. It's a place to say, 'Come on in, I see you, I care about you, I recognize the trouble you might be having. Here's a sandwich, here's a bowl of soup. Now, this is a hand plane,'" Offerman said.