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.
300 Poets. 50 Schools. 1 Champion.
Join Get Lit at the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world! Judges include Neil Hilborn, Duckwrth, Demi Adejuyigbe, & more! A few happy, helpful volunteers are needed to pitch in with the 2017 Classic Slam and ensure its runs smoothly. Interested? If so, please contact Rachel Kilroy at 213-388-8639 or rachel@getlit.org for more info on how you can get involved. All ages are welcomed!
Schedule of Events:
- 9 am – 1 pm (quarterfinals)
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1 pm – 5 pm (semifinals)
Shifts:
- 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
- 12:30 pm – 4 pm
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”.
300 Poets. 50 Schools. 1 Champion.
Join Get Lit at the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world! Judges include Neil Hilborn, Duckwrth, Demi Adejuyigbe, & more! A few happy, helpful volunteers are needed to pitch in with the 2017 Classic Slam and ensure its runs smoothly. Interested? If so, please contact Rachel Kilroy at 213-388-8639 or rachel@getlit.org for more info on how you can get involved. All ages are welcomed!
Schedule of Events:
- 9 am – 1 pm (quarterfinals)
-
1 pm – 5 pm (semifinals)
Shifts:
- 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
- 12:30 pm – 4 pm
300 Poets. 50 Schools. 1 Champion.
Join Get Lit at the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world! Judges include Neil Hilborn, Duckwrth, Demi Adejuyigbe, & more! A few happy, helpful volunteers are needed to pitch in with the 2017 Classic Slam and ensure its runs smoothly. Interested? If so, please contact Rachel Kilroy at 213-388-8639 or rachel@getlit.org for more info on how you can get involved. All ages are welcomed!
Schedule of Events:
- 9 am – 1 pm (quarterfinals)
-
1 pm – 5 pm (semifinals)
Shifts:
- 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
- 12:30 pm – 4 pm
Climate Resolve presents the second annual Climate Day LA, a day-long event that will bring together over 1,500 Angeleno leaders, advocates, and locals to strategize, implement, and celebrate local solutions to climate change.
The Daytime Conference is free! Check out the details here.
300 Poets. 50 Schools. 1 Champion.
Join Get Lit at the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world! Judges include Neil Hilborn, Duckwrth, Demi Adejuyigbe, & more! A few happy, helpful volunteers are needed to pitch in with the 2017 Classic Slam and ensure its runs smoothly. Interested? If so, please contact Rachel Kilroy at 213-388-8639 or rachel@getlit.org for more info on how you can get involved. All ages are welcomed!
Schedule of Events:
- 9 am – 1 pm (quarterfinals)
-
1 pm – 5 pm (semifinals)
Shifts:
- 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
- 12:30 pm – 4 pm
Garden School Foundation hosts monthly Community Garden Days. These days are a wonderful opportunity to meet like-minded people from all over the city and spend a morning outdoors helping create and maintain garden classrooms for students at underserved schools. You don't need any experience to join in, just a love of nature and a willingness to get dirty! In the garden, participants will build, plant, weed, water, mulch, and more. GSF will also host workshops, demos, and fun-filled arts and crafts activities for the whole family.
For more info, please contact Elizabeth Hall, Volunteer Coordinator, at elizabeth@gardenschoolfoundation.org.
The Great Los Angeles River CleanUp is the nation’s largest urban river CleanUp drawing over 9,000 of volunteers to fifteen sites over three weekends in April.
This Earth Month do your part – go to http://folar.org/cleanup – and sign up for Friends of the Los Angeles River’s Great LA River CleanUp!!
The group Friends of the Los Angeles River needs your help to activate the entire LA River community for the 2017 Great LA River CleanUp. There’s 51 miles of River and even with the largest urban river clean up in America, there’s always too much trash left in the River. Your help is needed to make a greater impact and cleaner River.
Mid River / April 22 / 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Arroyo Seco Confluence | Bowtie Parcel @ Fletcher Drive | The Frog Spot | Los Feliz Blvd
Marsh Street Nature Park | Steelhead Park | Sunnynook Footbridge
Lower River / April 29 / 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Compton Creek @ Artesia Metro Station | Compton Creek @ Del Amo Metro Station
Golden Shore Marine Reserve | Willow Street Estuary
How to sign up
Registration for individual volunteers is available at folar.org/cleanup.
Group registration
Group registration is open to any group of ten or more volunteers and is available at folar.org/cleanup/groups.
Questions?
Contact FOLAR at 323-223-0585 or email contact@folar.org.
March for Science is coming through LA. The March celebrates crucial roles science plays in economic growth, environment preservation, and public health. Beginning at Pershing Square, join fellow Angelenos (and Bill Nye!) for a dynamic day of marching for science.
Learn more about the movement! And check out their cute pins!
Creek to Bay Cleanup
Back Country Land Trust’s list of spring events is now available! This year, their theme is "spring cleaning" for Alpine. With heavy winter rains, there has been an unusual amount of erosion on the trails, and trash washing down local creeks and streams. BCLT, in partnership with I Love A Clean San Diego, is recruiting volunteers to help clean up this winter's mess and improve local habitats for wildlife and recreation.
Join this community cleanup event this spring and help BCLT to keep Alpine looking it's best for residents and visitors alike. Please plan to arrive 15 – 20 minutes early for event check-in. Certified volunteer hours available for students / community service projects, etc.
