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.
Help Clean up Alpine Creek – Saturday, Sept. 17
Did you know that they majority of trash and debris on our coast comes from our inland waterways? Join Back Country Land Trust (BCLT) and their partners at I Love A Clean San Diego for their annual Coastal Cleanup Day volunteer event, and help clean up a beautiful, forested section of Alpine Creek, right at the gateway to the town.
They'll be working along Alpine Boulevard, just behind the Rite-Aid on Tavern Road. Parking is available curbside, or at the Alpine Regional Center, located at 1620 Alpine Blvd. Volunteers should wear work clothes & sturdy shoes. Bring a bucket for trash collection and a reusable water bottle to fill. BCLT & ILACSD will provide water, snacks, sunscreen, and prizes for volunteers.
Volunteer sign up available online! Click the link and be sure to select Alpine Creek. http://www.cleanupday.org/cleanupsites.htm?id=D&id2=650
Verified community service hours are available for students, scout troops, etc.
-1620 Alpine Blvd, Alpine, CA 91901 (parking available)
Don't miss the world's biggest beach cleanup!
On Saturday, September 17, more than 10,000 volunteers from all over Southern California will do their part to clean up their local beaches, rivers, creeks and parks. And that's just part of the picture: Coastal Cleanup Day happens all around the world–last year, it drew over 600,000 participants!
Here in L.A., Heal the Bay is proud to host over 50 cleanup sites from Malibu to Pasadena, so it's easy to participate even if you don't live near the beach.
Help protect what you love. You'll feel better about our environment, and proud that you're making a difference.
To sign up, please click HERE.
The Long Beach Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is proud to announce the 3rd Annual READY Long Beach Community Preparedness Expo. Please join the Long Beach Fire Department, the City of Long Beach and other partners as they come together and support this important community-wide event.
Why should you attend? Disasters know no boundaries…they are the great equalizer! Organizations, businesses, faith-based groups, neighborhoods, and residents must rally and support each other during these events. READY Long Beach creates an environment that builds these relationships and provides families the opportunity to enjoy a free, family-friendly, fun day while also learning how to take care of themselves at home and at work.
The expo will feature information booths, emergency preparedness demonstrations, emergency supplies for purchase, and will also include a kid’s fun zone, emergency food for purchase, and emergency response vehicle displays. After a dinner break from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., READY Long Beach will conclude with a free showing of the movie “San Andreas” starting at 6:00 p.m.
The event will include information regarding:
- How to build minimum supplies of food, water and other basic survival tools recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
- How and when to safely shut off gas and water lines;
- How to build a family evacuation and response plan; and
- How to engage your neighbors in disaster planning.
The Long Beach Fire Department invites the Long Beach community to attend the 2016 READY Long Beach Expo, your support will enable our City to take action now, before the disaster, to prepare our residents and assist them during response and recovery. It is about empowering Long Beach!
For more information you can visit our website at www.readylongbeach.org or call Arantxa Chavarria at the CERT hotline at 562-570-2525 or email CERT@longbeach.gov.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/READYLBC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/READYLBC/
View and sign up for a volunteer assignment here: http://tinyurl.com/wonderwomanvolunteer
The Jessica M. Berman Wonder Woman Walk for Breast Cancer is looking for 100+ volunteers to help
on Sunday, September 18th, 2016. Volunteer assignments include registration, water stations, expo, start/finish line and kids zone.
The Jessica M. Berman WONDER WOMAN WALK for Breast Cancer benefits Tower Cancer Research Foundation, which provides funding for
important and innovative breast cancer research and patient support services. The Walk celebrates breast cancer survivors and honors those who
have lost their battle with the disease. You're invited to help support this great event!
For questions about volunteering, or to register a group (10+), please email michelle@socalvolunteers.com.
Public Program United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nazis used radio; today’s extremists use social media. Then as now, new technology provides extremists with unchecked ability to spread hate and prey upon disenfranchised audiences to realize their deadly agenda. This event will explore the tension between protecting free speech and limiting incendiary propaganda. What responsibility do technology companies, governments, and individuals have to limit uses of technology to keep our world safe?
Speakers
Mouafac Harb, Independent Media and Political Consultant and former News Director, The Middle East Radio Network
Dr. Steven Luckert, Senior Program Curator, Digital Learning and New Media
Moderator
Janine Zacharia, Carlos Kelly McClatchy Visiting Lecturer, Stanford University
Co-presented with Loyola Marymount University.
QUESTIONS/CONTACTS
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Registration Assistance
202.488.0460
calendar@ushmm.org
The Emerson Avenue Community Garden Club is hosting the first annual Westchester Arts & Music (aka WAM!) Block Party, a free, day-long celebration filled with live music/dance, art, food and community. They’re closing down the street and opening up the garden for arts and crafts activities for all ages and a diverse mix of performances, vendors and food trucks, including Kogi BBQ! Come celebrate Westchester’s 75th Anniversary! To register, please visit http://wamblockparty.org/#wam.
This ongoing series explores the wide range of movies that can be considered Westerns, and the ways in which they shape our understanding of the American West.
Guest curated by Jon Burlingame, the nation’s leading writer on music for films and television, the September/October screenings demonstrate the range and power of film scores in the Western genre.
Don’t miss the 6th Annual Playing for Change Day on Sept. 24 from 2:00 – 4:30 pm featuring a live performance by Youth Musicians of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura and a preview of the inspiring new film landfillharmonic. For more info, please visit www.pfcday.org.
#PFCDay / #iplayforchange
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services is holding the 18th Annual Alive & Running 5k Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention on Sunday, September 25th, and they are currently looking for volunteers and participants.
Alive and Running is a 5K Walk/Run to raise funds and awareness for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services’ Suicide Prevention Center (SPC). Their SPC was founded in 1958, and provides critical services to people who are contemplating suicide and those affected by the suicide of a loved one.
Proceeds from the event are used to fund vital programming at the Suicide Prevention Center, which has one of the nation’s few 24/7 Spanish/English crisis lines and is one of only three that answers calls for the National Disaster Distress Helpline. The Center trains more than 20,000 people a year, participates in cutting-edge research and runs support groups replicated around the world for people who have thought about, attempted or lost someone to suicide.
Volunteer duties include:
• T-shirt distribution
• Parking lot attendants
• Design “Finish Line” posters
• Water distribution
• Award distribution
• Finish line cheerleaders
• Provide volunteer station relief
• High School Team assistance
• Set-up/Clean-up
Alive and Running will take place near LAX, on 88th Street and La Tijera Boulevard. Volunteers are asked to be at the event from 6:30am to 11am.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Hillary Peregrina at 310-751-5455 or DevTemp@didihirsch.org.
NOTE: All volunteers welcome; those 14 years old and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Help 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.
