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.

Big Sunday Event Giving Opportunity! One-time Volunteer Opportunity Ongoing Volunteer Opportunity
Apr
29
Sat
School Beautification: Mayall Academy of Arts and Technology @ Mayall Academy of Arts and Technology
Apr 29 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 am

On Saturday, April 29, Mayall Academy of Arts and Technology needs a few hardworking volunteers to pitch in on various tasks (i.e. painting, clean-up and gardening) and the school’s beautification day. Mayall Academy of Arts and Technology is a Technology Magnet and low-income school located in North Hills with a large population of deaf and hard-of-hearing students and second language learners.  To lend a hand, please contact Principal Linda Kim at lkim5@lausd.net.

Apr
30
Sun
Volunteer Usher: South Coast Repertory @ South Coast Repertory
Apr 30 – May 1 all-day

Be a Part of the Volunteer Usher Family!

More than 300 volunteer ushers assist South Coast Repertory ​by taking tickets, helping patrons to their seats, distributing programs and selling concession items and SCR merchandise. Volunteers see an entire season of theatre free-of-charge while mingling with theat​regoers. The volunteer season concludes with a fun end-of-year usher celebration. For more info, please email usher@scr.org or call the Usher Hotline at 714-708-5068.

NOTE: This is an ONGOING volunteer opportunity.  Please call for exact times and dates.

May
6
Sat
7th Annual Poker Tourney & Casino Lounge Fundraiser @ Killer Shrimp Restaurant & Bar
May 6 @ 5:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Whether you're a novice or a pro poker player, come on out and raise money for people with disabilities. If poker just isn't your game, come take part any way! You can hang in the Casino Lounge, with a DJ, raffle, hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. You’re promised a killer night for all!

SCHEDULE

  • 5:00 pm – Casino Lounge Opens
  • 6:00 pm – Poker Lessons
  • 6:30 pm – Poker Tourney Starts
  • 7:30 pm – End of Re-Buys
May
7
Sun
Volunteer Usher: South Coast Repertory @ South Coast Repertory
May 7 – May 8 all-day

Be a Part of the Volunteer Usher Family!

More than 300 volunteer ushers assist South Coast Repertory ​by taking tickets, helping patrons to their seats, distributing programs and selling concession items and SCR merchandise. Volunteers see an entire season of theatre free-of-charge while mingling with theat​regoers. The volunteer season concludes with a fun end-of-year usher celebration. For more info, please email usher@scr.org or call the Usher Hotline at 714-708-5068.

NOTE: This is an ONGOING volunteer opportunity.  Please call for exact times and dates.

May
14
Sun
Volunteer Usher: South Coast Repertory @ South Coast Repertory
May 14 – May 15 all-day

Be a Part of the Volunteer Usher Family!

More than 300 volunteer ushers assist South Coast Repertory ​by taking tickets, helping patrons to their seats, distributing programs and selling concession items and SCR merchandise. Volunteers see an entire season of theatre free-of-charge while mingling with theat​regoers. The volunteer season concludes with a fun end-of-year usher celebration. For more info, please email usher@scr.org or call the Usher Hotline at 714-708-5068.

NOTE: This is an ONGOING volunteer opportunity.  Please call for exact times and dates.

May
21
Sun
Volunteer Usher: South Coast Repertory @ South Coast Repertory
May 21 – May 22 all-day

Be a Part of the Volunteer Usher Family!

More than 300 volunteer ushers assist South Coast Repertory ​by taking tickets, helping patrons to their seats, distributing programs and selling concession items and SCR merchandise. Volunteers see an entire season of theatre free-of-charge while mingling with theat​regoers. The volunteer season concludes with a fun end-of-year usher celebration. For more info, please email usher@scr.org or call the Usher Hotline at 714-708-5068.

NOTE: This is an ONGOING volunteer opportunity.  Please call for exact times and dates.

May
28
Sun
Volunteer Usher: South Coast Repertory @ South Coast Repertory
May 28 – May 29 all-day

Be a Part of the Volunteer Usher Family!

More than 300 volunteer ushers assist South Coast Repertory ​by taking tickets, helping patrons to their seats, distributing programs and selling concession items and SCR merchandise. Volunteers see an entire season of theatre free-of-charge while mingling with theat​regoers. The volunteer season concludes with a fun end-of-year usher celebration. For more info, please email usher@scr.org or call the Usher Hotline at 714-708-5068.

NOTE: This is an ONGOING volunteer opportunity.  Please call for exact times and dates.

May
31
Wed
MoBS Open House / 10K in May Food Drive @ Big Sunday
May 31 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

During the month of May, Big Sunday is hosting a massive food drive —10K in May — in an effort to collect 10,000 units of food for the hungry!  Feel free to donate unexpired, nonperishable food items at Big Sunday during our office hours M – F, 9 am – 5 pm.

On May 31 from 10 am – 5 pm, join us for our "A Month of Big Sundays" day-long open house, which will feature our biggest End of the Month Club ever.  Help sort, pack and distribute all the food donated during the month and any other final donations.  Feel free to help jump-start our beach towel collection for June.  Volunteers can look forward to great food, good music, fantastic company and lots of ideas on how you can be involved in upcoming months! Food will be sorted in the morning and our nonprofit friends will pick up their items in the afternoon.  Sign up for the May 31 End of the Month Club project here.

Jun
4
Sun
Volunteer Usher: South Coast Repertory @ South Coast Repertory
Jun 4 – Jun 5 all-day

Be a Part of the Volunteer Usher Family!

More than 300 volunteer ushers assist South Coast Repertory ​by taking tickets, helping patrons to their seats, distributing programs and selling concession items and SCR merchandise. Volunteers see an entire season of theatre free-of-charge while mingling with theat​regoers. The volunteer season concludes with a fun end-of-year usher celebration. For more info, please email usher@scr.org or call the Usher Hotline at 714-708-5068.

NOTE: This is an ONGOING volunteer opportunity.  Please call for exact times and dates.

Jun
26
Mon
A Special Evening with Jay Leno & Friends @ Geffen Playhouse
Jun 26 @ 7:30 pm

Jay Leno returns to the Geffen Playhouse for a one-night-only show to benefit NO LIMITS for deaf children and the Geffen Playhouse’s Education and Community Engagement programs.

A Special Evening with Jay Leno and Friends will take place on Monday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.

Kathy Buckley, “America’s First Hearing Impaired Comedienne,” will host the event.

For tickets, click HERE.

How it Works

You can SEARCH by scrolling through the Months or by selecting different Categories or Tag functions. For a totally different view, try the Posterboard or Stream options! Feel free to submit an item for the calendar by clicking the “Submit Your Event / Opportunity” button above at the right-hand side of the page. Questions? Email calendar@bigsunday.org.