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 us for 7 innings of slow-pitch softball at the 11th Annual Home Run for Kids Softball Game!
Benefitting children with hearing loss.
Teams: Captain Ron's "The Galley Restaurant" vs. Kehillat Israel Temple
Warm-ups begin at 10:00 am
Star-Spangled Banner at 10:55am
Game begins promptly at 11:00 am
Complimentary lunch at the Galley to follow. Significant others and families are welcome to join! Please RSVP for lunch by October 9th to captainschur@gmail.com.
Your donation of $175 will allow you to play softball or sponsor a "Galley Girl" to play in your place. Games are adults only. To sign up, contact Captain Ron Schur at 310.701.5096.
Make checks payable to: NO LIMITS
Please put in memo "Captain Ron Softball"
Mail to: The Galley, Attn: Captain Ron/Softball
2442 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
We look forward to seeing you on the field! Thank you for being an MVP for our deaf children and families!
Grand Slam for a deaf child: $5,000
This Grand Slam will sponsor a deaf child for one year of services at No Limits, providing individual therapy, parent education, literacy, and so much more!
Home Run for Parent Education: $2,500
Your home run hits is out of the park to provide bi-weekly literacy instruction, helping deaf children learn to read and write.
Base Hit for Parent Education: $1,000
With your base hit contribution, you'll provide weekly parent education to our families!
No Limits Fan: $500
Become a die-hard No Limits fan, giving deaf children and their families vital services they need to succeed.
Play Ball for No Limits: $175
Take your spot in the line up for 7 innings of slow-pitch softball! Your support includes complimentary lunch at the Galley following the game.
Primal Alchemy is looking for volunteers to help make their annual fundraiser a success by helping provide service of the meals prepared by local chefs. They are in need of about 45 volunteers for this event to work a shift of 1PM- 9PM (half shit options are available).
Volunteer Duties will include: setting tables, serving guest appetizers, serving guests large platters of food, opening wine bottles, bussing wine bottles and platters; helping with clean up. Volunteers will receive a $25 fresh produce card, a t-shirt, a light meal, and a great time!
Please contact sarah.danielle.gullotti@gmail.com or meassage us on Instagram @thegrowingexperience
REGISTER HERE!
Long Beach Sustainability is partnering with Rain Barrels International to host another FREE
Rainwater Harvesting Class and Rain Barrel Sale
Sunday, October 13th
2-3pm class, 2-4pm rain barrel sale
Wardlow Park Community Center
3457 Stanbridge Avenue, Long Beach
Learn about the importance of rainwater harvesting, the installation and benefits of a rain barrel, and how to apply for a rebate. SoCal WaterSmart offers a $35 rebate per rain barrel with a limit of 2 per household. You can reserve your spot in the workshop and pre-order rain barrels at: http://bit.ly/2nW70DI
For more information go to www.rainbarrelsintl.com or contact Rain Barrels Intl. at (919) 602-6316.
We hope to see you there!
Join us for an evening full of farm-fresh food and live performances at the SPY Community Garden on Saturday, October 19th from 5pm-8pm. Enjoy dishes inspired by the Garden's autumn bounty, and bring your favorite fall dish to share. All ages are welcome!
The SPY Garden Farm Stand will be selling fresh produce grown on-site, as well as other products like pesto, salve, and naturally dyed bandanas. All proceeds benefit the Garden!
$10 suggested donation
*Safe Place for Youth (SPY) provides life-saving support to homeless and at-risk youth ages 12-25 in West Los Angeles. Our mission is to inspire, nurture, and empower the resilient human spirit of homeless youth by providing immediate and lasting solutions, one young person at a time. We do this through a continuum of care including case management, education and employment support, health and wellness care, street outreach, and access to basic survival needs of food, showers and clothing. In 2017, SPY provided services to 1,171 individual homeless and at-risk youth.
Su Casa invites you to attend a Signature Event for Joan’s Wish List on Saturday October 19 at Big Door Studios in El Segundo.
Joan’s Wish List is a non-profit, which provides support to a different domestic violence shelter each year. This year, Su Casa was selected to benefit from their event. Su Casa has requested a number of items for our wish list, including a new computer classroom for our children’s area and fitness equipment so that broken bodies can begin to mend and strengthen.
Joan’s Wish List’s 6th Annual Signature Event on October 19, 2019 at 6pm. They will be returning to Big Door Studios in El Segundo where last year’s amazing event was held. Last year’s event was off the charts and this year will be even better! Enjoy great food from local restaurants, fabulous wines and cocktails, incredible silent auction items, a photo booth, live music, entertainers and much more, all while supporting survivors of domestic violence.
The incredible auction items will include an Angels On-Field Experience, a stay at the Mammoth Juniper Lodge, a Beach-Front Stay in Peru, the Porsche Driving Experience, and many more exciting items and experiences.
In five years, Joan’s Wish List has raised nearly $450,000 to support local shelters and families impacted by domestic violence. Please join our efforts to Break the Cycle of domestic violence and support Su Casa by attending Joan’s Whish List’s 6th Annual Signature Event.
Best Friends Animal Society’s Strut Your Mutt is a series of charity dog walks that bring entire communities together to raise money to help save the lives of homeless pets.
This is much more then a fundraising walk. Strut Your Mutt is a fun-filled festival where four-, three- and two-legged participants of all ages can take part in activities like doggie yoga, pet portraits, music, contests and more.
In 2018, at the many events across the country, as well as online, participants came together to show their support for the animals. Together, more than $2.3 million was raised.
Click here to register: https://support.bestfriends.org/site/TR/2019SYM/General?team_id=8607&pg=team&fr_id=1447
A PARTY 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING
Join us as we celebrate three decades of empowering young people through creativity and art. At this special day, your support makes it possible for us to invite the students and families whose lives have been transformed by our mission.
Continuing the Inner-City Arts' tradition of hosting the most interactive non-gala gala around, this year we're gathering on our campus for the first time!
You're in for a treat:
GOURMET BRUNCH FAVORITES
SIGNATURE COCKTAILS
INTERACTIVE ART MAKING
MUSIC TO MAKE YOUR MORNING
ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR AUCTION
30 VISIONS EXHIBIT
Each year, our Gala for the Children brings together APCH’s long-standing supporters as well as new friends to celebrate our youth and raise funds to support the organization’s critical work.
It is a fun and meaningful evening dedicated to understanding our mission, meeting our young people, enjoying APCH music and dance, and sharing the company of our Board of Directors and fellow investors in the lives of the youth and families we serve.
This year, we honor Johnny Lopez, Founding Partner of Platinum Equity, with the Debrah Constance Humanitarian Award, and Damon Wolf, President of Worldwide Marketing for Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, with the Children’s Inspiration Award.
The night will begin with a cocktail party and extensive silent auction that includes fantastic, once in a lifetime experiences, trips, rare wines, sports tickets, artwork, jewelry, and more.
Once seated, guests are treated to stories from our APCH youth and families, dance and music from our youth (and sometimes surprise guests like Stevie Wonder or Gavin Rossdale), and heartfelt remarks from our Board Chair, Executive Director and our annual honorees.
WeSPARK is moving and EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!
Desks, filing cabinets, plants, artwork, chairs, sofa’s, bookcases, 1954 Baldwin Acrosonic Spinet piano and much, much more!
When: Friday, January 17th 9a.m. – 1p.m. AND Saturday, January 18th 9a.m. – 2p.m.
Where: weSPARK Cancer Support Center, 13520 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks
Prices are suggested donation price but we are open to ALL offers!
Bring your own truck and movers
Credit card or Cash ONLY!
weSPARK is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, you will receive a donation acknowledgment with our Federal Tax ID # for your tax deductibility (please consult your accountant for FMV deductibility rate)
For more information contact Leela Woods at (818)906-3022 or leela@wespark.org
