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.
The 19th annual Bruin Run Walk will be held Sunday, April 29, 2018! Join us for a terrific morning as friends from UCLA and our community run with a purpose in support of the Chase Child Life program. Teams in recognition of some of our fiercest fighters at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital come together with staff, students, and community partners on a 5K journey around the beautiful UCLA campus. You can participate by sponsoring a child, registering for the race, or creating a team with friends and family. This 5K event boasts fun, games, crafts, and cheer for everyone involved.
Our walk/5k/10k race is raising awareness and needed funds for the children who will be treated at the new state of the art facility, Shriners for Children Medical Center that recently opened in September 2017 in Pasadena California. This location replaced our old Los Angeles location. The care and treatment they provide is life changing.
The race is Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, CA. We are hoping to have 1000+ participants this year.
Some of our current supporters and sponsors are Smart & Final, Teamsters Hollywood Local 399, Fire in Motion, Nesquik, Take2 Services, IBEW Local 40, Barragan’s Mexican Restaurant, Nestle/Arrowhead, Nats, Hamburg, Karic Edwards & Martin LLP , Executive Outhouses, Elite Studio Rentals, RX Bars, Noosa Yoghurt, Total Woman and The Agent Harry Kapukchyan to name a few.
You can join the 350,000 Shriner families worldwide that support this new medical center and the world-renowned 22-location health care system located in the United States, Canada & Mexico.
Volunteer Tasks:
- Set up the community room/ tables with ornaments
- Prepare/ set up tea/ drinks/ food
- Greet residents
- Help serve food plates and drinks to residents
- Do carnation corsages for attendees
Where: SEASONS at La Palma – 7061 Walker St., La Palma, CA 90623
Date: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
Time: We will need volunteers to show up at 9:30 am for prep time.
We will need at least 3-4 volunteers
Volunteermatch Link: https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp2915647.jsp
Please join us for our Outdoor Volunteer Day from 9am to 12pm at Alta Vicente Reserve! We will be working to remove invasive weeds which degrade important wildlife habitat and will be replacing them with native, drought tolerant plants!
Please meet us at the Alta Vicente trailhead next to St Paul's Lutheran Church at 31290 Palos Verdes Dr W, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275. Please do not park in the church parking lot. Park on the street. Extra parking can be found in Golden Cove Shopping Center.
We will be working outdoors, so please wear closed-toed shoes, sun protection and be sure to bring drinking water and a snack. A reusable water bottle is recommended. Thank you for volunteering to conserve the Palos Verdes Peninsula!
2018 Bike MS: Los Angeles – Festival Site
Volunteers make Bike MS possible!
Each year, thousands of people across the country join the Bike MS volunteer team. From planning event details and calling past participants to providing safety and support for riders at the event, volunteers make Bike MS happen, and are the foundation of why Bike MS is the largest cycling fundraising event in the country.
Join us for BIKE MS: Los Angeles on June 3rd 2018.
- Please choose your preferred volunteer shift(s)/activities from the list below.
- Final Confirmations, with full details, will be sent to you 1 week prior to the event.
Volunteer Sign up:
Rest Stop and medical locations/shifts: https://tinyurl.com/2018BikeMSRestStops
Festival locations/shifts: https://tinyurl.com/BikeMSLosAngeles2018
Every June, AHEAD With Horses Inc. holds their Annual Children’s Demonstration and Fun Day. This is a day when all of the children in our program can showcase all of the wonders they have accomplished while riding a horse and have their friends and family cheer them on as they receive their Outstanding Achievement Awards. These accomplishments can range from now being able to lift their head, sit, use their hands and arms, move legs, stand, walk, speak or other communication, focus, follow directions, etc. These might seem like simple tasks to you, but to these children and their families, they can be life changing!
In addition to our Children's Demonstration, we also have a BBQ, games, arts & crafts and a Silent Auction.
We will need lots of volunteers to help with set up, clean up, running the game booths and arts & crafts, helping with the silent auction, helping with the bbq, parking, and many other activities. If you and/or any friends or groups you are a part of can sign up for a shift or 2, we would be very grateful. We cannot put on this event all by ourselves, we need the help of all of you! Thank you for helping us out!
If you are able to volunteer, please take a look at our online sign up sheet and put your name down for any slots that you can fill.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b4fa4ad29a0fa7-funday
Come volunteer with us at PVPLC's Native Plant Nursery! You will help transplant seedlings and prepare native plants to be planted in restoration sites around the Peninsula to improve wildlife habitat!
The Native Plant Nursery is located in San Pedro on a secured Navy Fuel Support Point. All volunteers must bring a photo ID (driver's license or school ID) and must register 48 hours in advance to participate. Volunteers who do not sign up in advance and receive a confirmation will not be permitted to enter the Navy base. Your vehicle may be subject to search. Please arrive 15 minutes early to account for the security. Volunteers will be working outdoors, so please wear closed-toed shoes, sun protection and be sure to bring drinking water and a snack.
Thank you for supporting the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy!
We are hosting our annual Back 2 School Health & Resource Event on Saturday, August 4, 2018 from 11am-2pm. Our goal is to give every child – across each of our program areas – who resides in the Watts Willowbrook, Compton and South Los Angeles communities – a backpack filled with age-appropriate supplies, but we need your help! Please consider volunteering your time to help out at this event.
Drew Child Development Corporation, an organization that provides low income child care and mental health care to the Watts-Willowbrook, Compton, and South Los Angeles area. This year we are celebrating our 30th anniversary alongside our Back 2 School Health and Resource Fair on August 4th, 2018 from 11:ooam to 2:00 pm, located at 1770 E. 118th Street Los Angeles CA 90059 . We will be providing a host of services and activities to further accomplish our mission of creating successful children within our community. Our event is in need of volunteers to help out throughout the day with Sign In, Passing out of school supplies, set up of vendor tables and break down and many other things.
It's time for the annual transformation of Project Angel Food into a magical place filled with glamour, mouth-watering food, fantastic auction items, amazing entertainment and most of all – immeasurable heart and love! If you'd like to join us for a party highlighted with appearances by Debra Messing, Lisa Rinna and Chaz Dean. Check out our website to purchase ticketshttps://www.angelfood.org/event/angel-awards-2018/
If you'd like to join us as a volunteer, there are plenty of openings for you.
Read on to see the details for the various ways you can be part of this tradition…and then let me know where we can reserve a spot for you (and in this case you can be as greedy as you’d like.)
Day of set-up:
When: Saturday, Aug 18
12noon – 6PM — Set up the live auction & table settings
(Partial Shifts Welcome)
The Event:
What: Volunteer for the silent auction, as greeters and other fun event tasks.
We are also looking for people with a couple of specific skills
Stage/Event Management to help with the show.
Photographer
When: Saturday, Aug 18
4:30pm til 11:30pm (18 and over only please)
Where: Project Angel Food
922 Vine St
LA CA 90038
Thanks for considering being part of this great event. Hope to see you for at least one – and hopefully more – fun projects!
We are hosting a turnover day in the garden, this coming Sunday, Septmeber 9th, from 10-noon. We will supply all the tools, we’re going to compost our old summer crops and add in soil amendments to prepare for fall vegetables. We could use around 10 volunteers. The address is 905 Loma Vista Drive: enter off of Doheny Road around 100 feet west of Loma Vista: you will see an open gate, the greenhouse, and signs for the garden.
