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.
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.
Fourth Annual Fore! Food Rescue Golf Tournament Join us for a day on the green with all proceeds benefiting our Food Rescue Program. EVENT SCHEDULE 11:30 am/noon Check-in, Warm Up and Lunch 1:00 pm Shotgun Start/Scramble Format Dinner and Awards Following Contests and Prizes for Putting Contest, Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin and Winning Foursome! PLAYER INFORMATION Golf Foursomes: Registration: $600 (includes cart, lunch, dinner*) – $700 after April 13th Individual players: Registration $150 – $175 after April 13th…
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
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
Inner-City Arts and 89.9 KCRW presents
Summer on Seventh 2018
Featuring music by Mayer Hawthorne
with special dj set by Mark Ronson
and set by KCRW's Travis Holcombe
Join hundreds of Angelenos on our campus this summer in support of equal access to arts education for the kids and teens of our city. Summer on Seventh is a special night of art installations, live music on our rooftop, food, drinks, studio tours and more!
Proceeds from the event support high quality arts instruction and programming for underserved LA youth.
21+ Event
Food and Drink Appearances by:
Cassell's Hamburgers, Everson Royce Bar, Four Point Beer Company, Guerrilla Tacos, Hoxie Spritzer, Pizzanista, Silverlake Wine, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
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.
On Friday, October 5th, 2018, the San Pedro Region of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. will be hosting its 14th Annual “Evening with Angels” fundraising dinner at The Skylinks Golf Coursein Long Beach. All are welcome to this event to help raise funds in order to create new programs that will help end or prevent families and individuals from being homeless.
This event will feature special guest (City Officials, Celebrities, and etc), entertainment, a three-course meal, and a silent auction. In addition, an awards recognigtion to courageous leaders committed to making a difference to those who are in need, regardless of political, religious or geographic boundaries.
100% of all proceeds from the event provide direct and critical support for the San Pedro Region’s programs, through which we seek to provide help and foster hope for all people in need throughout the area. Catholic Charities is committed to manifesting Christ's spirit by collaborating with diverse communities, providing services to the poor and vulnerable, promoting human dignity and advocating for social justice.
Catholic Charities San Pedro Region has two shelters:
-Project Achieve, a 59 bed emergency shelter serving adults who do not have children. Sixteen beds are allocated at any point in time for services to women. Last year, 179 women were provided up to 90 days of shelter. Project Achieve provides care without cost to the client so that the client might save whatever income he or she might have toward future rents. The shelter houses up to 59 residents a night and has been consistently full due to the ongoing economic crisis. The shelter is designed to serve all sub-populations including chronically homeless, mentally ill, and substance abusers. The ultimate goal of the Project Achieve shelter program is for the clients to access housing.
-Elizabeth Ann Seton Residence that shelters 14 homeless families. The primary purpose of EASR is to move families from the crisis of being homeless to safe and stable housing. Ordinarily those who follow their case plan have a success rate of about 80% in achieving this goal. Since its inception, EASR has helped more than 9,200 persons with shelter. The case manager provides assistance, support, and referrals to other resources which aid clients in achieving their goals. Clients meet with the case manager and progress is reviewed weekly or more frequently, if needed. After clients leave the shelter, they are followed for up to six months to ensure they remain stable
As well as three community centers
-Mahar House: Located in Long Beach, Mahar provides after school programs for low income children in grades 4th-6th. Mahar holds community meetings and daily activities for the children. Mahar's goal is to provide positive role models and examples for children at a vulnerable age to prohibit them from turning to gangs, violence, and unsafe environments.
-Long Beach Community Center: Provides emergency food assistance, utility and rental assistance, baby items, clothing, hygiene items, case management, information and referrals for job training, childcare, substance abuse agencies, and shelters to the community.
-Pico Rivera Community Center: Provides emergency food assistance, utility and rental assistance, baby items, clothing, hygiene items, case management, information and referrals for job training, childcare, substance abuse agencies, and shelters to the community.
We welcome any donations that you are able to provide, including packages or merchandise to help reach our goal. In addition, we welcome City Oficials, Humanitarians, Public Figures or Performers to grace us with thier gifts to help those in need.
Join us on Sunday, October 7th, 2018, for our 6th Annual Carnival! Hosted by SPY Board Member Peter Micelli and his wife Jennifer Lang at their home. This family friendly event includes carnival games, food and drink, a raffle, and more! 100% of funds raised from Carnival will go towards SPY's programs that help homeless youth exit the streets.
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.
I am happy to invite you and your community group to help plant 100 new street trees in the Ridgewood Cove neighborhood! At this tree planting, we will mark the planting of 4,000th tree planted through the I Dig Long Beach initiative.
Ridgewood Cove Neighborhood Association is committed to help plant, water and care for these trees for their first year.
Volunteers are welcome to come help plant the trees!
Up to 100 trees will be planted in the neighborhood bounded by:
52nd Street –- North
Silva Street –- South
Gardenia Avenue — East
Walnut Avenue -– West
Would your group like to be a volunteer partner for this event?
What can you expect on planting day? I thought you all would like to check out this awesome video from a recent tree planting event!
Volunteers of all ages are welcome at this event to help plant and water these young trees. No experience is needed, we will train you.
I am happy to share that new street trees are coming to the Alamitos Beach neighborhood!
Up to 100 trees will be planted in the neighborhood bounded by:
4th Street –- North
Broadway –- South
Orange Avenue — East
Alamitos Avenue -– West
Alamitos Beach Tree and Flower Garden Party Club is committed to help plant, water and care for these trees for their first year.
Come help plant the trees! The trees will be planted to help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the firstAlamitos Beach Memorial Trees Project when neighbors began working together in 1994 to plant street trees to remember treasured neighbors who have passed away.
Alamitos Beach Memorial Trees – 25th Anniversary Neighborhood Tree Planting
Saturday, January 26, 2019
9 a.m. – noon
Meeting Location: Long Beach Senior Center
1150 E. 4th Street
(Meet at the Orange Avenue entrance to the parking lot)
Long Beach, CA 90802
Would your group like to be a volunteer partner for this event?
Volunteers of all ages are welcome at this event to help plant and water these young trees.
No experience is needed, we will train you.
