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 our friends at the John C. Fremont Library for Baby & Toddler Storytime with the Librarian every Wednesday! All ages welcome. Sessions are held at 10:30 and 11 am; both are the same. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, movement activities and more with Ms. Megan, the Children's Librarian. For more info, please contact Children's Librarian Megan Katz at 323-962-3521.
Join our friends at the John C. Fremont Library for Baby & Toddler Storytime with the Librarian every Wednesday! All ages welcome. Sessions are held at 10:30 and 11 am; both are the same. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, movement activities and more with Ms. Megan, the Children's Librarian. For more info, please contact Children's Librarian Megan Katz at 323-962-3521.
Join Partners in Care for their Arthritis Exercise, Session 9 of 12!
Interested in teaching a similar class? Please check out the following information:
- Do you enjoy working with people, teaching, and /or public speaking?
- Are you interested in promoting healthy lifestyles and helping people improve their health?
- Are you available to facilitate workshops a few hours a week?
If so, Partners in Care, a nonprofit organization focu
sed on aging and health has a great opportunity for you to make a difference! They are looking for leaders to facilitate Evidenced- based health workshops in areas throughout Los Angeles.
The programs you can facilitate are:
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Healthier Living (Chronic Disease Self-Management Program) – This six-week workshop is designed for people with chronic conditions. It addresses physical, mental, emotional and social challenges – in an interactive and proactive group setting and is proven to boost health and well-being.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
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Diabetes Self- Management Program – The six-week, evidence-based workshop designed to empower participants through a mutually supportive and interactive education process. Participants learn to take charge and control their diabetes, understand and deal with emotions, manage medications, work with doctors and make weekly action plans for exercise and healthy eating.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
- Matter of Balance- Participants meet for two hours, once or twice a week for a total of eight sessions. They learn to view falls and the fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors and exercise to increase strength and balance.
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Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program-This program offers low impact exercises and gentle activities to help increase joint flexibility, range of motion and to help maintain muscle strength. Participants meet for one hour twice a week over six weeks.
- This training is completely online with an online exam at the end.
- You will need a CPR/AED certification to facilitate this program.
- Partners in Care will pay for the training and certification if the leader commits to doing a certain number of workshops.
Ideal Abilities and Requirements:
- Possess good communication and interpersonal skills
- Exhibits enthusiasm
- Dependable and consistent
- Able to read and follow script
- Comfortable in front of small group
- Drives own vehicle
If you are interested, please contact 818-408-5219 or email EBPrograms@picf.org for more information on how to get started!
Join Partners in Care for their Arthritis Exercise, Session 2 of 12!
Interested in teaching a similar class? Please check out the following information:
- Do you enjoy working with people, teaching, and /or public speaking?
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Are you interested in promoting healthy lifestyles and helping people improve their health?
- Are you available to facilitate workshops a few hours a week?
If so, Partners in Care, a nonprofit organization focused on aging and health has a great opportunity for you to make a difference! They are looking for leaders to facilitate Evidenced- based health workshops in areas throughout Los Angeles.
The programs you can facilitate are:
-
Healthier Living (Chronic Disease Self-Management Program) – This six-week workshop is designed for people with chronic conditions. It addresses physical, mental, emotional and social challenges – in an interactive and proactive group setting and is proven to boost health and well-being.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
-
Diabetes Self- Management Program – The six-week, evidence-based workshop designed to empower participants through a mutually supportive and interactive education process. Participants learn to take charge and control their diabetes, understand and deal with emotions, manage medications, work with doctors and make weekly action plans for exercise and healthy eating.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
- Matter of Balance- Participants meet for two hours, once or twice a week for a total of eight sessions. They learn to view falls and the fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors and exercise to increase strength and balance.
-
Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program-This program offers low impact exercises and gentle activities to help increase joint flexibility, range of motion and to help maintain muscle strength. Participants meet for one hour twice a week over six weeks.
- This training is completely online with an online exam at the end.
- You will need a CPR/AED certification to facilitate this program.
- Partners in Care will pay for the training and certification if the leader commits to doing a certain number of workshops.
Ideal Abilities and Requirements:
- Possess good communication and interpersonal skills
- Exhibits enthusiasm
- Dependable and consistent
- Able to read and follow script
- Comfortable in front of small group
- Drives own vehicle
If you are interested, please contact 818-408-5219 or email EBPrograms@picf.org for more information on how to get started!
Work out your creative energy learning improv, sketch and musical improv, all while having loads of fun and laughs! Weeklong day camps are available thru June, July, and Aug. Ages 8-18yrs • Mon-Fri • 9am-3:30pm • $350 per camp. No previous experience is needed. Camp ends with a free show where the students show off what they’ve learned!
For more info, visit www.secondcitysummers.com
Each day students rotate through three subjects:
- Improv
- Sketch Comedy
- Musical Improv
2016 Camp dates:
- Camp #1: June 6-10
- Camp #2: June 13-17
- Camp #3: June 20-24
- Camp #4: June 27-July 1
- Camp #5: July 5-8*
- Camp #6: July 11-15
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Camp #7: July 18-22
- Camp #8: July 25-29
- Camp #9: Aug 1-5
- Camp #10: Aug 8-12
- Camp #11: Aug 15-19
SecondCitySummers.com
323-464-8542
EARLY DROP OFF AVAILABLE!
You can drop your student off as early as 8:30 free of charge.
AFTER CARE
Available from 3:30-5:00pm each day for $75.
Join Partners in Care for their Arthritis Exercise, Session 12 of 12!
Interested in teaching a similar class? Please check out the following information:
- Do you enjoy working with people, teaching, and /or public speaking?
- Are you interested in promoting healthy lifestyles and helping people improve their health?
- Are you available to facilitate workshops a few hours a week?
If so, Partners in Care, a nonprofit organization focused on aging and health has a great opportunity for you to make a difference! They are looking for leaders to facilitate Evidenced- based health workshops in areas throughout Los Angeles.
The programs you can facilitate are:
-
Healthier Living (Chronic Disease Self-Management Program) – This six-week workshop is designed for people with chronic conditions. It addresses physical, mental, emotional and social challenges – in an interactive and proactive group setting and is proven to boost health and well-being.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
-
Diabetes Self- Management Program – The six-week, evidence-based workshop designed to empower participants through a mutually supportive and interactive education process. Participants learn to take charge and control their diabetes, understand and deal with emotions, manage medications, work with doctors and make weekly action plans for exercise and healthy eating.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
- Matter of Balance- Participants meet for two hours, once or twice a week for a total of eight sessions. They learn to view falls and the fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors and exercise to increase strength and balance.
-
Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program-This program offers low impact exercises and gentle activities to help increase joint flexibility, range of motion and to help maintain muscle strength. Participants meet for one hour twice a week over six weeks.
- This training is completely online with an online exam at the end.
- You will need a CPR/AED certification to facilitate this program.
- Partners in Care will pay for the training and certification if the leader commits to doing a certain number of workshops.
Ideal Abilities and Requirements:
- Possess good communication and interpersonal skills
- Exhibits enthusiasm
- Dependable and consistent
- Able to read and follow script
- Comfortable in front of small group
- Drives own vehicle
If you are interested, please contact 818-408-5219 or email EBPrograms@picf.org for more information on how to get started!
Join Partners in Care for their Arthritis Exercise, Session 8 of 12!
Interested in teaching a similar class? Please check out the following information:
- Do you enjoy working with people, teaching, and /or public speaking?
- Are you interested in promoting healthy lifestyles and helping people improve their health?
- Are you available to facilitate workshops a few hours a week?
If so, Partners in Care, a nonprofit organization focused on aging and health has a great opportunity for you to make a difference! They are looking for leaders to facilitate Evidenced- based health workshops in areas throughout Los Angeles.
The programs you can facilitate are:
-
Healthier Living (Chronic Disease Self-Management Program) – This six-week workshop is designed for people with chronic conditions. It addresses physical, mental, emotional and social challenges – in an interactive and proactive group setting and is proven to boost health and well-being.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
-
Diabetes Self- Management Program – The six-week, evidence-based workshop designed to empower participants through a mutually supportive and interactive education process. Participants learn to take charge and control their diabetes, understand and deal with emotions, manage medications, work with doctors and make weekly action plans for exercise and healthy eating.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
- Matter of Balance- Participants meet for two hours, once or twice a week for a total of eight sessions. They learn to view falls and the fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors and exercise to increase strength and balance.
-
Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program-This program offers low impact exercises and gentle activities to help increase joint flexibility, range of motion and to help maintain muscle strength. Participants meet for one hour twice a week over six weeks.
- This training is completely online with an online exam at the end.
- You will need a CPR/AED certification to facilitate this program.
- Partners in Care will pay for the training and certification if the leader commits to doing a certain number of workshops.
Ideal Abilities and Requirements:
- Possess good communication and interpersonal skills
-
Exhibits enthusiasm
- Dependable and consistent
- Able to read and follow script
- Comfortable in front of small group
- Drives own vehicle
If you are interested, please contact 818-408-5219 or email EBPrograms@picf.org for more information on how to get started!
Looking for a way to give back to our veterans? Join So Cal Quilts of Valor for their Sew Day as they make quilts for our nation’s heroes!
This volunteer activity is FREE. If you want to bring a sewing machine or a project to work on, you may; OR you can use one of the classroom machines to sew quilts using Quilts of Valor’s kits to be given to military veterans when finished. If you don't sew, but want to help, they need help with ironing, trimming threads, sorting fabric, etc. For more info, please contact Barbara Winkler at 562-925-7673 or email info@socalqov.org.
To see photos quilts the organization has made and the many recipients who have received these items, please visit www.socalqov.org. So far this year (in only 5 months), Quilts of Valor has presented 309 quilts to veterans of all ages, including almost 100 from WWII!
Join our friends at So Cal Quilts of Valor for their Sew Days held every Thursday (except on holidays). Volunteers are needed to help construct quilts to be awarded to veterans to thank them for their service and/or help them in their healing. For more info, please visit www.socalqov.org. They especially need long-arm quilters to complete the process. Please contact Barbara Winkler for more info or to sign up today!
Join Partners in Care for their Arthritis Exercise, Session 6 of 12!
Interested in teaching a similar class? Please check out the following information:
- Do you enjoy working with people, teaching, and /or public speaking?
- Are you interested in promoting healthy lifestyles and helping people improve their health?
- Are you available to facilitate workshops a few hours a week?
If so, Partners in Care, a nonprofit organization focused on aging and health has a great opportunity for you to make a difference! They are looking for leaders to facilitate Evidenced- based health workshops in areas throughout Los Angeles.
The programs you can facilitate are:
-
Healthier Living (Chronic Disease Self-Management Program) – This six-week workshop is designed for people with chronic conditions. It addresses physical, mental, emotional and social challenges – in an interactive and proactive group setting and is proven to boost health and well-being.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
-
Diabetes Self- Management Program – The six-week, evidence-based workshop designed to empower participants through a mutually supportive and interactive education process. Participants learn to take charge and control their diabetes, understand and deal with emotions, manage medications, work with doctors and make weekly action plans for exercise and healthy eating.
- This training is also offered in Spanish!
- Matter of Balance- Participants meet for two hours, once or twice a week for a total of eight sessions. They learn to view falls and the fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors and exercise to increase strength and balance.
-
Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program-This program offers low impact exercises and gentle activities to help increase joint flexibility, range of motion and to help maintain muscle strength. Participants meet for one hour twice a week over six weeks.
- This training is completely online with an online exam at the end.
- You will need a CPR/AED certification to facilitate this program.
- Partners in Care will pay for the training and certification if the leader commits to doing a certain number of workshops.
Ideal Abilities and Requirements:
- Possess good communication and interpersonal skills
- Exhibits enthusiasm
- Dependable and consistent
- Able to read and follow script
-
Comfortable in front of small group
- Drives own vehicle
If you are interested, please contact 818-408-5219 or email EBPrograms@picf.org for more information on how to get started!
