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.
Join this special group as they provide repairs to a snug home of a widow of a Korean War Vet. She has mobility issues and is confined to using a walker. The group has already built a concrete wheel chair ramp for the veteran and now they want to make her home safer, brighter and more comfortable. Skilled and unskilled volunteers over the age of 16 are needed!
Join the Voices Neighborhood Council, Councilmember Curren Price, Jr.’s Office & CRCD for a Community Clean Up!
They will be starting with a quick tutorial on using the 311 app so any bulky items & graffitti can be reported, then participants will begin walking the streets and picking up any trash encountered.
- Refreshments, gloves & tools will be provided.
- Meeting point will beat the corner of 48th St. & Hoover St., at the Julian C. Dixon Park
- Don't forget to tell your neighbors & use the hastags: #CleanStreetsLAChallenge #VoicesNC #New9th
More information and to RSVP: voicesnc.org@gmail.com or (323) 863-3730.
Team up with Family Rescue Center to help sort and prepare for the organization's Thanksgiving Food distribution for hungry families. For more info, please contact Robin Noll.
Team up with Family Rescue Center to help assemble boxes of Thanksgiving food to be distributed to hungry
families. For more info, please contact Robin Noll.
Audubon California’s 4000-acre Starr Ranch Sanctuary in southeast Orange County is pleased to invite you to join us as a volunteer "Weed Warrior." Weeds can alter habitats and have negative effects on wildlife. Volunteers help remove periwinkle, English ivy, and English plantain using non-chemical methods.
No experience necessary. Training and tools provided. Please wear clothes that can get dirty, long pants, close-toed shoes and layers for changing weather. Bring snacks and a picnic lunch, if you wish. A personal water bottle, a hat and sunscreen are strongly recommended.
Adults and children ages 8 and older are welcome. Children under 13 must be accompanied by adults. It fulfills community service requirements. Please take a look at available volunteer days from November 2016 through May 2017. Find the dates that work for you. Reserve your place by clicking this link https://goo.gl/forms/hOcNhQmHFzXUHdHm2.
2016-2017 Saturday Volunteer Days
9 am – 12:30 pm each date (*except April)
- November 5 & 19
- December 3 & 10
- January 7 & 21
- February 11 & 25
- March 11 & 25
- *April 8, 15, & 29 (1:30pm – 4:30pm)
- May 13 & 20
If you can’t find a date that works for you and would still like to volunteer, it is possible to volunteer any day during the week, Monday – Friday. Please reply with a suggested date to Sandy at sdesimone@audubon.org and she will get back to you.
Help the National Council for Jewish Women LA prepare for their Annual Clothing Giveaway by sorting and organizing over 75,000 pieces of clothing and children's books to give away to 3,000 in-need and at-risk individuals in our community. Volunteers must be at least 12 years of age. Community service credit/certificates will be given to all students.
To register, visit http://ncjwla.org/events/evrplus_registration/?action=evrplusegister&event_id=40.
Join the National Council of Jewish Women LA on Sunday, December 4 RAIN OR SHINE to help give away over 75,000 pieces of clothing and children's books to more than 3,000 in-need and at-risk individuals in our community. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and volunteer groups are welcome! Community service certificates will be given to all students.
Please note there are TWO volunteer shifts: 6:45 am-10:00 am and 9:45 am-1:15 pm. You are welcome to come for one or stay for both!
Don't miss the California Friendly Landscape Training Class {En Español} on December 8 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm. *Please note that this event is conducted entirely in Spanish.
New Hope Community Church is a non-profit federally qualified health center hosting its first annual Toy Giveaway. They are still in need of volunteers for the event to assist with various activities throughout the day. Contact the church at 818-620-2210 as possible if you or anyone else you know would like to volunteer!
Catch the rain when it hits with a free rain barrel from West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin)! California has been in a statewide drought for five years, and likely a sixth. In response, West Basin is increasing public conservation and education by hosting no-cost rain barrel distribution events throughout the South Bay this fall season to qualified residents in the West Basin service area.
RSVP by visiting www.sbesc.com to participate on Tuesday, December 20 at The Forum in Inglewood. See you there!
Sign Up Today
To obtain additional information on West Basin’s Rain Barrel Distribution Program, qualified residents must register with South Bay Environmental Services Center by visiting www.sbesc.com or calling 310-371-4633. For additional information on other water conservation programs, visit www.westbasin.org.
