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.
First Fridays 2016: Big Screens, Bigger Science. NHM’s once-a-month music and more series explores the intersection of science and fiction. Scientists will discuss the good, the bad and the ridiculous in film and how Hollywood continues to inspire the next frontier of science exploration. Join them each month to learn how.
Lecture: “With Great Power Comes Great Close-Ups” Caltech research scientist Spiros Michaelakis and Alex Wild, curator of entomology at the University of Texas at Austin, discuss the practical body mechanics of hybrid superheroes like Antman and Spiderman.
- Performances: The Hood Internet, Boulevards, and Mark Redito fka Spazzkid
- In the DJ Lounge: Resident KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd featuring Anthony Valdez
Tickets on sale now and available at the door!
Join the Pacifica Institute of Orange County and the Newport – Mesa- Irvine Interfaith Council for a discussion on Climate Change at the Pacifica Institute, 18022 Cowan #100, Irvine CA 92614. Panelists will include David Feldman, Professor and Chair of the Department of Planning, Policy and Design Adjunct Professor of Political Science, UCI; Virginia Bernal, Treasurer, United Nation Association, OC Chapter & Climate Change Activist (moderator) and Jere Lipps, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, Geologist, Paleontologist and Marine Biologist. To attend, please RSVP to organigecounty@pacificinstitue.org.
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. 
Are your kids looking to do something fun to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Join a great group at the John C. Fremont Library to hear stories about Valentine's Day and make bracelets and cards for someone special. Children of all ages welcome. For more info, please contact Children's Librarian Megan Katz at 323-962-3521.
Volunteer with 826LA to provide one-on-one writing assistance to students in high-need LA public schools. Upcoming opportunities include creative media to respond to the Watts Uprising with Locke H.S, narratives of resilience with Roosevelt H.S., expository writing support with ALC, journalistic writing about environment and community with Dorsey H.S., and more.
Attend a Volunteering 101 to learn more:
- 826LA in Mar Vista, Feb. 5, 5 to 7 p.m.
- 826LA in Echo Park, Feb. 12, 5 to 7 p.m.
Read more about volunteering at 826LA here.
Valentine's Day is the perfect time to show your loved ones just how much you care about them. Why not do the same for the environment?! Volunteers will meet behind Benchmark Brewing Company on Saturday, February 13th from 10am-12pm to cleanup surrounding streets and the San Diego River. Stick around after the cleanup for an after-party, courtesy of our friends at Benchmark Brewing Company. Register today!
We want to make sure no one is forgotten on Valentine’s Day. So we’re gathering tons of nice people to make cards and gift bags for thousands of shut-ins and people who are ailing, or facing a tough time. All Valentines will be picked up by the Do-Good Bus concluding the event. Perfect, right? For more info or to sign up today, please click HERE.
Every month, Big Sunday sponsors a food drive to collect food for a local food pantry or nonprofit organization. This month, we are collecting pasta and sauce for Alexandria House, a house of hospitality for women and children in need and a neighborhood center for education, advocacy and action. The food can be dropped off at Big Sunday starting today through Feb. 17 at 11 am. Wanna help sort the collected food? Stop by the Big Sunday office between 10 and 11 am on Feb. 17
. We’d love for you to pitch in!
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.
Don’t miss So Cal Quilts of Valor’s one-day sewing event at the Lakewood High School Cafeteria. Volunteers are needed to help construct quilts to be awarded to veterans to thank them for their service and/or help them in their healing. For more info, please visit www.socalqov.org. They especially need long-arm quilters to complete the process. Please contact Barbara Winkler for more info or to sign up today!
