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.

Big Sunday Event Giving Opportunity! One-time Volunteer Opportunity Ongoing Volunteer Opportunity
Oct
15
Sat
Volunteer: Ahead With Horses
Oct 15 @ 8:45 am – 2:00 pm

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]

CROP Hunger Walk @ Our Lady Queen of Angels
Oct 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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!

The Beverly Hills artSHOW @ Beverly Gardens
Oct 15 @ 10:00 am – Oct 15 @ 5:00 pm

The Beverly Hills artSHOW returns to historic Beverly Gardens on Saturday and Sunday, October 15th and 16th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art enthusiasts visit from all over Southern California and beyond to see selected artists from across the country.

Artists whose work illustrates the timely topic of Construction!, particularly in the Los Angeles environs, are featured among the 250 artists. The show expands along four garden blocks in the center of Beverly Hills, from Rodeo to Rexford Drive, along Santa Monica Boulevard. Media categories run the gamut from painting and printmaking to sculpture, ceramics, and even the occasional performance artwork.

Guests can also enjoy a wine and dine garden, a beer and brat garden, popular food trucks, ambienbh-art-showt music, and family art projects. Easy parking is located directly across from the show grounds. Don’t miss it!

Visit http://www.beverlyhills.org/artshowinfo or call 310-285-6830.

Visit www.beverlyhills.org/constructionartists for information on featured art.
 

Volunteer: Family Rescue Center @ Family Rescue Center
Oct 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

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!

2016 Imagine Awards @ California Science Center (Samuel Oschin Pavilion under Space Shuttle Endeavor)
Oct 15 @ 7:00 pm

Don’t miss a night of dinner, drinks and dancing under Space Shuttle Endeavour and help Inner-City Arts shoot for the stars!

imagine-awards-16By engaging young people in their own creative process, Inner-City Arts is helping shape a society of creative, confident and collaborative individuals who dare to IMAGINE a future filled with possibility.

Join Inner-City Arts as they celebrate the transformational work of their organization, and honor the philanthropic commitment of The Boeing Company and Susan Emerling-Torres.

Imagine Awards is Inner-City Arts' signature fundraising event. All contributions directly support Inner-City Arts' work in providing arts education for underserved youth in downtown LA.

To purchase your tickets and for sponsorship opportunities, please click HERE.

Oct
16
Sun
The Beverly Hills artSHOW @ Beverly Gardens
Oct 16 @ 10:00 am – Oct 16 @ 5:00 pm

The Beverly Hills artSHOW returns to historic Beverly Gardens on Saturday and Sunday, October 15th and 16th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art enthusiasts visit from all over Southern California and beyond to see selected artists from across the country.

Artists whose work illustrates the timely topic of Construction!, particularly in the Los Angeles environs, are featured among the 250 artists. The show expands along four garden blocks in the center of Beverly Hills, from Rodeo to Rexford Drive, along Santa Monica Boulevard. Media categories run the gamut from painting and printmaking to sculpture, ceramics, and even the occasional performance artwork.

Guests can also enjoy a wine and dine garden, a beer and brat garden, popular food trucks, ambienbh-art-showt music, and family art projects. Easy parking is located directly across from the show grounds. Don’t miss it!

Visit http://www.beverlyhills.org/artshowinfo or call 310-285-6830.

Visit www.beverlyhills.org/constructionartists for information on featured art.
 

KEENFEST 2016 @ Golden Road Brewery
Oct 16 @ 5:00 pm

Please join KEEN Los Angeles Sunday, October 16th for KEENFEST 2016. 
 

Individual Tickets: $75

To purchase Tickets, Tables and Sponsorships, click here.

  • 5:00 pm Silent Aucton and Magic Show
  • 5:30 pm Programkeenfest-2016
  • 7:00 pm Silent Auction Closes 
Oct
17
Mon
Mentorship Program: Imagine LA @ Please contact Tara for more details.
Oct 17 – Oct 18 all-day

Imagine LA works with volunteers and vulnerable families to break the cycle of homelessness, poverty, and neglect; and help every member thrive!

Their Family Mentorship Program matches a team of volunteer mentors from committed organizations to work directly with a family for 1-2 years. Imagine LA matches every family member with a one-to-one mentor; plus every family gets a Budget Mentor; and other volunteers help with tutoring, career development, childcare, healthcare, meal-planning and more. Imagine LA works.

Today, kids are excelling in school, parents are on career tracks, saving, maintaining budgets, and everyone remains in stable housing.

The Family Mentorship Program is a transformative experience for Families and Mentors alike. For families escaping the cycle of poverty, a mentor like you can make the difference between surviving and thriving.

All you need to do is take the first step –– please contact Outreach & Communications Manager, Tara Ignont at tara@imaginela.org or 323-944-0210 x412 for a Mentorship Application today!

NOTE: This is an ongoing, daily (M-F) volunteer opportunity!imaginela-logo-2014

Phone Banking for Yes on Prop 56 – $2 Tobacco Tax @ American Cancer Society Pasadena Office
Oct 17 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

acs-can-logoHelp the American Cancer Society prevent kids from smoking by phone banking to pass Prop 56 – a $2 Tobacco Tax (if you don't smoke, you don't pay!). This year alone, 16,800 California kids will start smoking and taxpayers in CA will pay $3.58 Billion for tobacco-related healthcare costs. Volunteers are needed to get the word out and get voters to the polls! To sign up, go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f49a8af22a6f49-losangeles and all instructions are detailed. For more information, contact Primo Castro at 213-427-7394.

Oct
18
Tue
Mentorship Program: Imagine LA @ Please contact Tara for more details.
Oct 18 – Oct 19 all-day

Imagine LA works with volunteers and vulnerable families to break the cycle of homelessness, poverty, and neglect; and help every member thrive!

Their Family Mentorship Program matches a team of volunteer mentors from committed organizations to work directly with a family for 1-2 years. Imagine LA matches every family member with a one-to-one mentor; plus every family gets a Budget Mentor; and other volunteers help with tutoring, career development, childcare, healthcare, meal-planning and more. Imagine LA works.

Today, kids are excelling in school, parents are on career tracks, saving, maintaining budgets, and everyone remains in stable housing.

The Family Mentorship Program is a transformative experience for Families and Mentors alike. For families escaping the cycle of poverty, a mentor like you can make the difference between surviving and thriving.

All you need to do is take the first step –– please contact Outreach & Communications Manager, Tara Ignont at tara@imaginela.org or 323-944-0210 x412 for a Mentorship Application today!

NOTE: This is an ongoing, daily (M-F) volunteer opportunity!imaginela-logo-2014

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