Big Sunday happily welcomes you to Our Really Big Community Calendar.
We try to include all kinds of volunteering and helping opportunities for all kinds of interests, talents, passions, and ages! As you’ll see, these include volunteering opportunities (one-time and long-term) as well as the chance to support a nonprofit by attending fundraising events. Plus, of course, we include all of Big Sunday’s homegrown events, too! Whoever you are, and whatever you do, there is someone out there who could use your help.
If you have questions about our calendar, or would like to add a listing, please contact calendar@bigsunday.org or submit your event/opportunity via the button below.
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles is looking for volunteers for their monthly screenings! NFMLA is a non-profit dedicated to supporting emerging indie talent by screening a diverse body of shorts and features each month.
Volunteers are needed for a Friday and Saturday once a month to help with set-up, reception, red carpet, ticketing, and breakdown. The evening is broken into 2 shifts, so when volunteers are not working, they can hang out and enjoy the event! To find out how to help, please contact Marissa@nfmla.org.
Imagine LA works with volunteers and vulnerable families to break the cycle of homelessness, poverty, and neglect; and help every member thrive!
Their Family Mentorship Program matches a team of volunteer mentors from committed organizations to work directly with a family for 1-2 years. Imagine LA matches every family member with a one-to-one mentor; plus every family gets a Budget Mentor; and other volunteers help with tutoring, career development, childcare, healthcare, meal-planning and more. Imagine LA works.
Today, kids are excelling in school, parents are on career tracks, saving, maintaining budgets, and everyone remains in stable housing.
The Family Mentorship Program is a transformative experience for Families and Mentors alike. For families escaping the cycle of poverty, a mentor like you can make the difference between surviving and thriving.
All you need to do is take the first step –– please contact Outreach & Communications Manager, Tara Ignont at tara@imaginela.org or 323-944-0210 x412 for a Mentorship Application today!
NOTE: This is an ongoing, daily (M-F) volunteer opportunity!
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles is looking for volunteers for their monthly screenings! NFMLA is a non-profit dedicated to supporting emerging indie talent by screening a diverse body of shorts and features each month.
Volunteers are needed for a Friday and Saturday once a month to help with set-up, reception, red carpet, ticketing, and breakdown. The evening is broken into 2 shifts, so when volunteers are not working, they can hang out and enjoy the event! To find out how to help, please contact Marissa@nfmla.org.
The Bay Foundation’s Clean Bay Certified team will be hanging out at this year’s Green Festival! The Green Festival Marketplace showcases 250 exhibitors, learning from over 50 inspirational speakers, indulging in some delicious vegan or vegetarian food and learning all you need to know to live a more sustainable lifestyle!
For more information, check out https://www.facebook.com/events/1659157527705793/.
NOTE: Please park in the South Hall parking garage.
The Fulfillment Fund is a college access organization with a 39-year history of helping disadvantaged students graduate from high school and access college. One of its key services is mentoring. Recognized as one of the best in the state, the Fulfillment Fund’s Mentor Program provides guidance from adult role models to students whose life circumstances challenge their opportunities for success. Each year the Fulfillment Fund Mentor Program shapes the lives of hundreds of young people. While there are many opportunities to volunteer with the organization, mentoring provides a direct avenue to create a meaningful impact by making a nominal investment of time. The Mentor Program provides the necessary structure for success in a mentor/mentee relationship; staff support, extensive training and amazing volunteers all play a role in the program’s success. The Fulfillment Fund is looking for mentors with the following:
- Minimum of 24 years of age
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Able to commit to meeting with their stud
ent once per month on their own schedule
- Willing to commit to a mentoring relationship for a minimum of two years
- Able to pass a criminal background check
- Interested in helping a student achieve higher education
For more info and to complete the application form, visit http://www.fulfillment.org/mentor. Please email Volunteer Recruitment & Engagement Manager Betsy Ann Mudd at bmudd@fulfillment.org with any further questions.
Are you an animal lover? If so, don’t miss the chance to volunteer with Ahead With Horses every Saturday (unless otherwise noted) at their Shadow Hills facility.
Please note AWH is CLOSED the following Saturdays: 2/13/16; 3/26/16; 5/28/16; 7/2/16; 9/3/16; 11/26/16; 12/24/16 and 12/31/16.
Volunteers will assist in providing our developmental therapy to children with disabilities.
Duties include: Leading horses, spotting (walking along side the horse), grooming, cleaning tack, weeding, raking, etc.
Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and if under 18, an adult must come to sign a liability release form at their first session.
Dress code: must wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and a shirt with sleeves (t-shirt is fine; no tank tops). If planning on staying the entire day (which is not mandatory), please bring water and a sack lunch.
Questions? Please call Michelle at 818-767-6373.![Ahead-with-Horses-Logo-New[1]](https://calendar.bigsunday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Ahead-with-Horses-Logo-New1.png){kind=logo}
Help Clean up Alpine Creek – Saturday, Sept. 17
Did you know that they majority of trash and debris on our coast comes from our inland waterways? Join Back Country Land Trust (BCLT) and their partners at I Love A Clean San Diego for their annual Coastal Cleanup Day volunteer event, and help clean up a beautiful, forested section of Alpine Creek, right at the gateway to the town.
They'll be working along Alpine Boulevard, just behind the Rite-Aid on Tavern Road. Parking is available curbside, or at the Alpine Regional Center, located at 1620 Alpine Blvd. Volunteers should wear work clothes & sturdy shoes. Bring a bucket for trash collection and a reusable water bottle to fill. BCLT & ILACSD will provide water, snacks, sunscreen, and prizes for volunteers.
Volunteer sign up available online! Click the link and be sure to select Alpine Creek. http://www.cleanupday.org/cleanupsites.htm?id=D&id2=650
Verified community service hours are available for students, scout troops, etc.
-1620 Alpine Blvd, Alpine, CA 91901 (parking available)
Don't miss the world's biggest beach cleanup!
On Saturday, September 17, more than 10,000 volunteers from all over Southern California will do their part to clean up their local beaches, rivers, creeks and parks. And that's just part of the picture: Coastal Cleanup Day happens all around the world–last year, it drew over 600,000 participants!
Here in L.A., Heal the Bay is proud to host over 50 cleanup sites from Malibu to Pasadena, so it's easy to participate even if you don't live near the beach.
Help protect what you love. You'll feel better about our environment, and proud that you're making a difference.
To sign up, please click HERE.
The “Inspire Greatness” team from the San Fernando Valley, composed of CHM staff from Casa de Canoga, Homes for Life (HFL) Vanowen, HFL Sequoia and HFL Van Nuys communities, invites everyone to join the fun and to be part of the fundraising event for Lutheran Social Services (LSS) Community Care – Canoga Park. LSS Community Care serves the poor and the needy of San Fernando Valley. Their programs help provide food, transportation coupons and medical referral for the needy.
Here is how you can help, and at the same time, have fun:
Their team organized a miniature golf tournament to be held on Saturday, September 17, 2016, at Sherman Oaks Castle Park.
You can “Inspire Greatness.” Bring your family and friends to play or you can support the tournament with a donation. Someone will play for your and be part of a team. Tournament fee is $10 per person for one round (18 holes). Kids and adults are invited to participate and are encouraged to inspire greatness. Golf clubs and score cards will be provided. Experience is not necessary to shar the fun and to be counted as supporter of the needy.
The players will be grouped into four. Objective is to have fellowship, to have fun and to cheer as a team. You can join a team or form your own team. The scores of the 4 players will be added to get the team score. Lowest team score will be declared “Winner.” In care of a tie, the teams will pick a number and the lowest number wins. Winning team receives the Team Winner Trophy and each team member will be awarded a Champion Medal.
Please make arrangement to get the tickets Gus (HFL Sequoia/Van Nuys) at 818-778-6564 or 818-787-8640, Amparo or Delia (Casa de Canoga) at 818-887-3386, Darryl (HFL Vanowen) 818-781-1300, or David (HFL Van Nuys) at 310-945-6377.
The Bay Foundation’s Clean Bay Certified team will be hanging out at this year’s Green Festival! The Green Festival Marketplace showcases 250 exhibitors, learning from over 50 inspirational speakers, indulging in some delicious vegan or vegetarian food and learning all you need to know to live a more sustainable lifestyle!
For more information, check out https://www.facebook.com/events/1659157527705793/.
NOTE: Please park in the South Hall parking garage.
