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.
Don’t miss the National Faith Leaders Conference featuring guest speaker Cornel West! There is a $50 registration for both days that includes access to workshops, plenaries, lunch on both days and so much more. Registration at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-national-faith-leaders-conference-empowering-communities-tickets-22136269177. Tickets can also be purchased at the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council’s April 20th Luncheon.
Learn the art of presenting yourself as a leader! Topics include Body Language, Dress for Success and Eat For Success. Participation in this formal volunteer opportunity is open to all area youth in 5th – 12th grades.
The class will meet on July 11, 13, and 14 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.
*Part 1 of 3 in Youth Manager Series
Become skilled at meeting, leading, and interacting with other people! Topics include Meeting New People, Team Dynamics, and Leadership & Conflict.
Participation in this formal volunteer opportunity is open to all area youth in 5th – 12th grades. The class will meet on July 18, 20, and 21 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.
*Part 2 of 3 in Youth Manager Series
For more info, please visit https://treemusketeers.org/hometown/lead/.
Learn what you need to know to be a manager! Put your ideas into action, learn how to plan, organize, and lead projects and events. This formal volunteer opportunity is open to all area youth in 5th – 12th grades.
The class will be held on July 25, 27, and 28 from 4:00-5:30pm.
For more information, contact Tree Musketeers.
Find your voice! Learn how to structure a speech, use gestures, include vocal variety, impromptu speaking and evaluation skills from a Toastmaster!
This formal volunteer opportunity is for young leaders between 5th and 12th grades.
For more information, please contact Tree Musketeers or visit https://treemusketeers.org/hometown/lead/.
Don’t miss Legendary Drag Queen Bingo benefitting Project Angel Food/AIDS Walk LA!!! The only work involved is having an awesome time while enjoying a night of BINGO, prizes, auction items, great food & drinks with amazing people! And, it’s in the heart of West Hollywood – Hamburger Mary’s at 8288 Santa Monica Blvd. Join in on the fun on Wednesday, September 28th at 9pm – and bring along your family, friends, coworkers, neighbors.
RSVP by CLICKING HERE or contacting Holly at 323-845-1816 or Holly@angelfood.org.
The 7th Annual Friends of St. Francis Center event will be held Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, celebrating the feast of St. Francis at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles for the first time!
Join over 150 SFC supporters from L.A. to Orange County to continue in the community tradition of this fun-filled event for dinner, drinks, silent auction and networking.
For tickets and info, please click HERE.
Proceeds will benefit SFC's programs for Homeless & Extremely Low-Income Families and Individuals, while continuing their mission to feed, serve and walk with the poor as a community of hope.
Join the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council as they walk along the Back Bay to help end hunger. To register, please visit https://www.crophungerwalk.org/newportbeachca today!
This Fall, don’t miss Food Day! Netiya is convening a Food, Faith, and Fieldwork Symposium. The 2016 event will be held on October 23rd, 2-7 pm at the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Woodland Hills which boasts a two-acre fruit orchard (installed by Netiya and Seeds of Hope), a community garden, and an interfaith food pantry that feeds 3000 people monthly). Family-friendly. Come and experience a first 'taste' of the upcoming collaboration, Bread & Salt, a series of exhibitions and programs, launching Fall 2017, bringing together numerous Jewish cultural sites throughout Southern California to explore contemporary, historic and ritual aspects of food at the Faith and Field Symposium. Register on the link above! For more info, please visit http://tinyurl.com/jexj6ts. For sponsorship info, visit netiya.org.
The public is invited to SPARE some time and join Project Angel Food at Bowling for Angels, a fundraiser that combines good friends, crazy fun and a great cause to help put hunger where it belongs…in the gutter! Register and help Project Angel Food raise some much needed funds … and then come to celebrate your success in continuing the organization’s mission.
- Where: PINZ Bowling Alley in Studio City http://pinzla.com/
- Date: Saturday, May 20th
- Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Whether you are a STRIKE KING or a GUTTER BALL GURU, you’re guaranteed to have a great time all while raising money for a great cause.
Remember, you can throw balls and strikes, but the only pitchers are on the table!
Sign up today: http://bit.ly/B4A2017 
