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.
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.
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.
The Long Beach Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is proud to announce the 3rd Annual READY Long Beach Community Preparedness Expo. Please join the Long Beach Fire Department, the City of Long Beach and other partners as they come together and support this important community-wide event.
Why should you attend? Disasters know no boundaries…they are the great equalizer! Organizations, businesses, faith-based groups, neighborhoods, and residents must rally and support each other during these events. READY Long Beach creates an environment that builds these relationships and provides families the opportunity to enjoy a free, family-friendly, fun day while also learning how to take care of themselves at home and at work.
The expo will feature information booths, emergency preparedness demonstrations, emergency supplies for purchase, and will also include a kid’s fun zone, emergency food for purchase, and emergency response vehicle displays. After a dinner break from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., READY Long Beach will conclude with a free showing of the movie “San Andreas” starting at 6:00 p.m.
The event will include information regarding:
- How to build minimum supplies of food, water and other basic survival tools recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
- How and when to safely shut off gas and water lines;
- How to build a family evacuation and response plan; and
- How to engage your neighbors in disaster planning.
The Long Beach Fire Department invites the Long Beach community to attend the 2016 READY Long Beach Expo, your support will enable our City to take action now, before the disaster, to prepare our residents and assist them during response and recovery. It is about empowering Long Beach!
For more information you can visit our website at www.readylongbeach.org or call Arantxa Chavarria at the CERT hotline at 562-570-2525 or email CERT@longbeach.gov.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/READYLBC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/READYLBC/
We Are LA Family Festival aims to celebrate and engage the children and families in Los Angeles in a day-long family friendly music festival at the StubHub Center. The event promotes the importance of education for our children during the “Back to School” month of September. Proceeds from the event support 7 child-focused nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles, including CASA of Los Angeles, and works to invest in the lives of children and families while making a difference in our community.
Los Angeles County has the population larger than 42 states, an economy larger than most countries and is a great exporter of philanthropy to other states and countries. Nearly 1 million people in Los Angeles are living in poverty and tragically only about 12 percent of 9th graders go on to earn a college degree. We Are LA Family Festival is about giving back to the community where we live, where our kids go to school, that provides us with beaches, movies, diverse cultural opportunities and warm sunshine year-round. Support We Are LA Family Festival and celebrate the Los Angeles Community.
The formation of We Are LA came from the demands to support the tens of thousands of nonprofit organizations across Los Angeles, while lessening the competition for donors and resources, to create a collaborative platform where community supporters could enjoy a day of music, fun with friends and family, and give back to the community. After all, WE ARE LA.
Interested in volunteering to help with the event? If so, please contact CASA/LA Special Events Manager Tara Grand at 323-859-2888 x6311 or TGrand@casala.org.
Join Family Rescue Center for their weekly Saturday distribution of organic food donated from the Calabasas Farmer's Market. They need happy, helpful volunteers to sort the fruits and vegetables and to hand them out at their center. Four to six volunteers per Saturday is preferable; teens and older, please.
To volunteer, please email your name, phone number, and preferred contact method (phone, text, email) to Julie Domingo at jewelsd2005@yahoo.com. Please state how often you can volunteer — once a month or whatever works for you!
