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.
The Sun Sand Sea event is an intriguing blend of vintage and modern art joining two art mediums: photography and painting. It’s a truly unique experience.
At its core, it is an exclusive photographic collection featuring the beaches, events and people of Santa Monica and Venice, circa 1920-1950. Curator, Branded Arts, has brought the event to a new level by commissioning cutting-edge artist, Hueman, to not only exhibit new paintings, but paint an onsite interpretive mural.
Look for Sun Sand Sea at Santa Monica Place from June 3-July 3.
Event proceeds benefit P.S. ARTS, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing high-quality arts education to California's underserved public schools and communities.
Come meet the STAR volunteer readers Isaac and Savannah at John C. Fremont Library! Children are invited to read stories together and learn how to earn a free book. Books come alive for kids when they share the fun of reading with STAR library volunteers. For more info, please contact Children's Librarian Megan Katz at 323-962-3521.
LA Film Festival returns to FIGat7th Plaza in downtown LA for two nights of outdoor film screenings and special programming. This year’s selections are beloved blockbusters returning to the big screen with highly anticipated remakes this summer!
June 3: Ghostbusters
7 pm
Several underdog scientists lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City and set out on their own to become “ghostbusters.” The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson as the eccentric team waging a high-tech battle with supernatural spirits.
June 4: Independence Day
7 pm
When massive spaceships appear in Earth’s skies and blast destructive beams down on the planet, a determined band of survivors must unite for one last strike against the invaders before it’s the end of mankind. An all-star cast including Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman join forces in this ultimate battle against powerful aliens.
The Fulfillment Fund is a college access organization with a 39-year history of helping disadvantaged students graduate from high school and access college. One of its key services is mentoring. Recognized as one of the best in the state, the Fulfillment Fund’s Mentor Program provides guidance from adult role models to students whose life circumstances challenge their opportunities for success. Each year the Fulfillment Fund Mentor Program shapes the lives of hundreds of young people. While there are many opportunities to volunteer with the organization, mentoring provides a direct avenue to create a meaningful impact by making a nominal investment of time. The Mentor Program provides the necessary structure for success in a mentor/mentee relationship; staff support, extensive training and amazing volunteers all play a role in the program’s success. The Fulfillment Fund is looking for mentors with the following:
- Minimum of 24 years of age
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Able to commit to meeting with their stud
ent once per month on their own schedule
- Willing to commit to a mentoring relationship for a minimum of two years
- Able to pass a criminal background check
- Interested in helping a student achieve higher education
For more info and to complete the application form, visit http://www.fulfillment.org/mentor. Please email Volunteer Recruitment & Engagement Manager Betsy Ann Mudd at bmudd@fulfillment.org with any further questions.
Are you an animal lover? If so, don’t miss the chance to volunteer with Ahead With Horses every Saturday (unless otherwise noted) at their Shadow Hills facility.
Please note AWH is CLOSED the following Saturdays: 2/13/16; 3/26/16; 5/28/16; 7/2/16; 9/3/16; 11/26/16; 12/24/16 and 12/31/16.
Volunteers will assist in providing our developmental therapy to children with disabilities.
Duties include: Leading horses, spotting (walking along side the horse), grooming, cleaning tack, weeding, raking, etc.
Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and if under 18, an adult must come to sign a liability release form at their first session.
Dress code: must wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and a shirt with sleeves (t-shirt is fine; no tank tops). If planning on staying the entire day (which is not mandatory), please bring water and a sack lunch.
Questions? Please call Michelle at 818-767-6373.![Ahead-with-Horses-Logo-New[1]](https://calendar.bigsunday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Ahead-with-Horses-Logo-New1.png){kind=logo}
Are you an animal lover? If so, don’t miss the chance to volunteer with Ahead With Horses every Saturday (unless otherwise noted) at their Shadow Hills facility.
Please note AWH is CLOSED the following Saturdays: 2/13/16; 3/26/16; 5/28/16; 7/2/16; 9/3/16; 11/26/16; 12/24/16 and 12/31/16.
Volunteers will assist in providing our developmental therapy to children with disabilities.
Duties include: Leading horses, spotting (walking along side the horse), grooming, cleaning tack, weeding, raking, etc.
Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and if under 18, an adult must come to sign a liability release form at their first session.
Dress code: must wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and a shirt with sleeves (t-shirt is fine; no tank tops). If planning on staying the entire day (which is not mandatory), please bring water and a sack lunch.
Questions? Please call Michelle at 818-767-6373.
Volunteers Needed at Wright's Field
Join Back Country Land Trust and their community of volunteers as they host the 3rd annual volunteer event in honor of National Trails Day, a national event celebrating hiking, trails and the great outdoors! National Trails Day is organized by the American Hiking Society every year on the first Saturday in June.
This year, they'll be working to repair and maintain the trails that run alongside Alpine Creek. This winter's rains caused some sections to wash out, creating the potential for even more erosion if not repaired, as well as being a hazard for hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrians. Due to the extensive damage to this trail, we'll be filling the erosion channel with hay bales for support and using vertical mulch to close this short trail section around the washout.
Join them! All ages and abilities are welcome.
Volunteers should wear appropriate outdoor work clothes – boots or hiking shoes, sun protection, etc. Water and all tools will be provided.
Join Family Rescue Center for their weekly Saturday distribution of organic food donated from the Calabasas Farmer's Market. They need happy, helpful volunteers to sort the fruits and vegetables and to hand them out at their center. Four to six volunteers per Saturday is preferable; teens and older, please.
To volunteer, please email your name, phone number, and preferred contact method (phone, text, email) to Julie Domingo at jewelsd2005@yahoo.com. Please state how often you can volunteer — once a month or whatever works for you!
Arts Brookfield presents a highly acclaimed public art installation by Australian artist Amanda Parer. The installation, titled Intrude, features seven monumental rabbits constructed of sewn white nylon that have been inflated and internally lit. Two of the seven rabbits were specially commissioned by Arts Brookfield, each scaling over two stories in height.
Rabbits in Parer’s native Australia are an out of control pest first introduced by white settlers in 1777. Their intrusion into the landscape and impact on the country’s endemic species was the initial inspiration for Intrude. Their presence in LA’s urban landscape invites viewers to get up close, cuddle and enjoy while also asking one to consider every species’ larger than life impact on their surroundings.
The seven rabbits of Intrude will be spread across several Brookfield properties on Bunker Hill and at the FIGat7th retail center in downtown Los Angeles from June 5 – June 11.
Locations:
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FIGat7th
735 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 -
Bank of America Plaza
333 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 -
Wells Fargo Center
330 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Join Program for Torture Victims’ Purple Rain Soul Ride for Human Rights
Register to ride for #35 or if you can’t make it sponsor Team PTV!
On Sunday, June 5th at 2:30 PM, take a ride at the SoulCycle Pasadena Studio.
REGISTER TO RIDE WITH THE PTV SOULCYCLE TEAM
SoulCycle is an engaging and inspirational workout, filled with energizing music and positivity that benefits both the body and mind. PTV’s benefit ride will feature the music of Prince.
One hundred percent of proceeds will go PTV's work of healing local survivors of torture, persecution, and other human rights abuse who have fled to the U.S. for freedom and safety.
If you can’t make it, please consider a small donation to champion the ride – go to ptvla.org/soul and TAP BACK $10 or more and write a message in MY NOTE TO PTV.
