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.
Join us for TM@10 at Big Sunday headquarters where we’ll host a different service project each week that benefits a worthy cause! Enjoy good food, good company and good deeds; everyone is welcome. Some of the groups we’ve helped include BookEnds, Quilts with a Divine Quest, and lots of shelters, hospitals and senior facilities around all over town. For more info or to sign up, contact rob@bigsunday.org or click HERE. 
Big Sunday’s harbor cruises are awesome! We host a big group of underserved and deserving folks on a special cruise through San Pedro Harbor. Many of these nice people have never been on a boat before! We need volunteers to host, be friendly, hand our donuts (of course!), enjoy one another and enjoy the ride. We call it the “We’re All in the Same Boat Project” and everyone has exactly one job: To meet one new person. For more info or to sign up today, please contact info@bigsunday.org. 
The leading cause of homelessness is poverty. Don't miss a social justice panel sponsored by the Tikkun Olam committee of Kehillat Israel Congregation as they explore “Poverty in America” with guest speakers Sasha Abramsky, author of "The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives" and Jessica Bartholow from the Western Center on Law & Poverty. Admission is free, but please RSVP to info@ourki.org
Why wait for Veteran’s Day? At Big Sunday, we love working for and with veterans. We’ll be hosting vets from all over town. Together, we’ll enjoy great games and entertainment. We’ll also be writing letters to soldiers on active duty. Then everyone’s invited for a big and memorable Big Sunday community dinner. It’s a great way to show the vets how much we care.
We are collecting food items for our friends at the Los Angeles VA Ambulatory Care Center. We are collecting canned proteins and instant dinners (i.e. anything where you can just add water).
Lastly, we are also collecting comic books for Operation Gratitude to include in care packages for deployed soldiers.
For more info or to sign up today, click HERE.
BTW: Would you or your group be interested in being a sponsor of this event? (Sponsorships start at $1000 and allow us to keep all our programs free!) Contact adam@bigsunday.org.
AdoptHelp is one of the nation’s premier domestic adoption centers specializing in newborn baby adoptions. They are conducting an adoption seminar on Saturday, April 16 in Sherman Oaks, California. Call 1-800-637-7999 to register! Visit http://www.adopthelp.com for more info.
Once a month, volunteers and community partners come together at the Garden School Foundation’s 24th Street School Garden to have some fun in the sun, enjoy delicious, garden-fresh snacks, and get vital work done that keeps their living classrooms beautiful for the kids they serve. They also have a cooking or gardening workshop during each workday, where volunteers can learn & get inspired about food, from seed to table.
To volunteer, please contact Shelby Crowell at shelby@gardenschoolfoundation.
Upcoming date:
May 7
Help beautify and cleanup our city! Choose a project by going to www.pomonabeautification.com, then join this great group for a great big community celebration with free burgers and entertainment celebrating their 10th-year Anniversary. For more info, contact Nancy Matarrita.
Help support and lead outdoor volunteer days with Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy! Volunteer for two events and sign up at pvplc.volunteerhub.com.
The Great Los Angeles River CleanUp is the nation’s largest urban river CleanUp drawing thousands of volunteers to fifteen sites over three weekends in April. Do your part this Earth Month by visiting http://folar.org/cleanup; sign up today!
Interested in doing something amazing for our veterans? In honor of Earth Day on April 22, join the good folks at Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista as they beautify their grounds. Up to 100 volunteers are needed to pitch in with much-needed tasks ranging from landscaping to weed pulling, all in an effort to make the campus look spectacular for the veteran residents who utilize this facility. Please bring garden gloves and small trowels to help out (as well as a whole lot of muscle), and take a bit of time to swap stories with veteran residents from all walks of life … many of whom have served in WWII. They love sharing stories with new faces! Volunteers must be 18 and older, please.
