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 LA Family Housing 2017 Annual Awards on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at The Rooftop @ the Lot in West Hollywood. Enjoy celebrity chefs, specialty cocktails, entertainment, silent & live auctions, and help end homelessness for children and adults across Los Angeles. For more information about sponsorship opportunities and ticket sales, visit 
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After a sold-out production at Carnegie Hall, Silent NO MORE returns to California on Thursday, April 27 at 7 pm! Join the cast for an inspiring, emotional, and educational evening, as individuals with hearing loss share their powerful life stories. A Q&A between the cast and audience follows the production. The production is presented by No Limits, an organization After a sold-out production at Carnegie Hall, Silent NO MORE returns to California on Thursday, April 27 at 7pm! Join us for an inspiring, emotional, and educational evening, as individuals with hearing loss share their powerful life stories. A Q&A between the cast and audience follows the production, which is presented by No Limits, an organization that provides high quality education for deaf children and their families so they have the opportunity to not only attend college, but graduate from college. Tickets are $10 per person. An ASL interpreter and captioning will be available. For more info or tickets, please call 310-280-0878 or email rsvp@nolimits-fordeafchildren.org.
Don’t miss your chance to register today for The Los Angeles Autism Speaks Walk!
Once you sign up, encourage your friends and family to join you. All are welcome! The more who fundraise, the greater the impact. Together, powered by love, the Autism Speaks Walk aims to enhance the lives of people with autism today and create a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow.
Start a Team: Register as a Team Captain, then encourage your friends and family to join your team and fundraise.
Join a Team: Choose this option to join a team that has already been created by a Team Captain.
Register as an Individual: Save your place now. You can always join a team later. If you would like to join a team, but can’t find one to join, email familyservices@autismspeaks.org and they’ll find a friendly team for you.
Please note Registration begins at 8:30 am and the Walk starts at 10 am.
Thank you for being an important part of the Autism Speaks community!
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature
Saturdays, (6 week sessions):
January 14 – February 18
February 25 – April 1
April 8 – May 13
May 20 – June 24
1:00pm – 3:30pm
Ron Pettie, Instructor
$69 Arboretum members / $79 non-members (includes Arboretum admission)
All materials are included.
Capture the beauty of nature! The instructor will guide a beginner to draw and paint with confidence. More advanced students will be able to paint independently at their own pace and will be able to choose their own subjects.
Each subsequent six-week class will explore other areas of painting such as landscape, still life, domestic animals, structures, deserts, and seascapes. Master artist Ron Pettie will guide you on this adventure.
At the end of a six-week session students will learn the following:
- Composition styles
- How to read a color chart
- Color mixing
- How to use the grid system and the rule of thirds
- Use of dark and light values and gray scales
- Learn a variety of techniques for painting , including using different brushes and the palette knife for texture and depth
- How to use the magic frame on photographs
- Self-Critiquing – Standing back and squinting
- Choosing a signature
Reservations REQUIRED; To register please call the Education Department at 626-821-4623.
Fee: $30
Instructor: Dewey Tafoya
On March 24, don’t miss DIY Screen-printing with Dewey Tafoya at Self Help Graphics & Art! Attendees are required to bring two transparency copies of an original black and white image, no bigger than 8 1/2" X 11". A limited number of screens are available for purchase. Bring paper and a blank t-shirt or 2 to print your work of art on! Click HERE to secure your spot.
Don’t miss the 18th Annual Bruin Run/Walk, a 5K benefiting the Chase Child Life Program at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA! Registration starts at 6:30 am; the race starts at 8:30 am.
The Chase Child Life Program at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA individualizes care plans to meet the developmental, social, and emotional needs of children while they are in the hospital. Whether a child comes through the Emergency Department, Perioperative suite, outpatient clinic, or spends nearly a year in the inpatient unit before going home, the Child Life department is there to identify potential sources of stress and provide supportive coping strategies to ease the child’s anxiety and cope with his/her illness or hospitalization. The Child Life Specialists are an essential part of the healthcare team to ensure that the developmental needs of every child are met.
This work cannot continue without the support of community partners. The annual Bruin Run Walk event is the organization’s largest fundraising event of the year and provides essential funding to the department. Please show your support for the 2017 Sponsor A Child families by participating!
On Sunday, April 30th, you have an amazing opportunity to enjoy fine French wines and scrumptious French delicacies by Chef Keller, who is the only American chef to have been awarded simultaneous three-star Michelin ratings for two different restaurants.
Join Create Now and friends in the Garden Terrace at Bouchon, 235 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, 90210 from 5:00-7:00 pm. For only $125, you'll get two glasses of wine and a variety of delicious hors d'oeuvres. Bid on phenomenal auction prizes, like a luxury Rocky Mountain train ride. Proceeds will help Create Now to improve the quality of its programs.
Free parking. Click here to buy tickets. For more information, call 213-747-2777 x 1 or email: info@createnow.org.
The Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council invites you to their Annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast on May 4th at 7AM. OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens will speak about her work and her involvement with the faith communities. Please come and enjoy a fabulous breakfast, hear prayers for our Nation to individual levels by many faith leaders and enjoy engaging music. Lunch is $12 with reservation, $15 at the door and $20 at the door. Please call 949-534-2016 or email Farrah@firstdrops.org for tickets or more info.
- What: NMIIC National Day of Prayer Breakfast
- Where: Our Lady Queen of Angels 2046 Mar Vista Dr., Newport Beach, CA 92660
- When: Thursday May 4, 2017 7 AM – 9 AM
- Note: Event is $15 per person until 5/2/17, then it is $20 per person.
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Tickets can be purchased online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nmiic-national-day-of-prayer-breakfast-tickets-33717690520
The next Social Impact Breakfast is on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the Skid Row Housing Trust New Genesis Apartments (456 S Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013). Two dynamic breakfast speakers who are working to make an impact in LA will share their stories and insights into making that impact:
Chris Essel, Executive Director, Southern California Grantmakers
–Alyssa Orduna, Homeless Policy Director, Office of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti
Instructor: Master Arnold Chien
Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”. Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling with contemporary Physics of potential & kinetic energy. The training sessions include striking, throwing & submission techniques. There are 10 levels of form to advance. Combining this advanced physical routine with Tai Chi’s rich thinking, students will benefit lifelong health, achieve mental superiority and enjoy high level combat skills.
Thursdays
9:00am-10:30am
Winter 1st: 1/26, 2/02, 2/09, 2/16
Winter 2nd: 2/23, 3/02, 3/09, 3/16
Spring 1st: 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/04
Spring 2nd: 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/01
Cost for Classes:
- $35 per month – members
- $45 per month – non–members
- $15 Drop In – per day
- 10% discount if you sign up for 2 sessions
Pre-registration preferred; To register please call the Education Department at 626-821-4623.
Grandmaster Arnold Chien is the founder of Kinetic Tai Chi, 2012 & 2014 Kungfu master at USC Pacific Asia Museum & 2008 Chinese idol in martial art category. In 2013, he became the first instructor to teach Tai Chi at the legendary Gold’s Gym Arcadia, CA. Chien’s heavy focus on the principle of softness to conquer hardness has helped students to achieve not only the physical limitations, but their mental ones as well, thereby reach the ultimate level of “soft as silk and hard as steel”.
