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
Mar
17
Sun
High Tea with Enid & Friends @ Santa Monica Bay Women's Club
Mar 17 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

we need general set up, clean up for the event and help during the event such as dishwashing. We also would need some volunteers for face painting and balloon making for the kids who will be in attendance. 

Sep
7
Sat
Family Day: Art Beyond Borders @ Hammer Museum
Sep 7 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Unite and create. Join us for an afternoon of art, music, performances, and more.

All ages welcome. Most activities are recommended for ages five and up. American Sign Language interpretation will be offered during performances and story time.

The Hammer Museum hosts an afternoon of socially engaged art, music, performances, and more at this year’s Family Day: Art Beyond Borders.

Highlights include  an interactive puppetry performance with Bob Baker Marionette Theater, hip-hop dancers from Culture Shock Los Angeles, stories from InsideOUT Writers poets, and music performances by Rhythm Child, Wild Dreams, and the duo Noah James & Brendan Brandt.

Guests can contribute to a giant weaving that will be installed at the U.S.-Mexico border, make a collaborative balloon constellation, add their voices to a collective soundscape, and help make a map of how families are being separated by U.S. policy along the border. 

The free annual family festival fills the museum with art, music, performances, and yummy yummy cotton candy.

Parking is available under the museum for $7 flat on weekends

  • Contribute to a giant weaving that will be installed at the U.S.-Mexico border with Tanya Aguiñiga and Natalie Godinez.
  • Experience an interactive puppetry performance with Bob Baker Marionette Theater.
  • Imagine the Los Angeles River restored with pictures of wildlife with Carolyn Castaño.
  • Shake it up with hip-hop dancers from Culture Shock Los Angeles.
  • Help Ashley Hunt make a map of how families are being separated by U.S. policy along the U.S.-Mexico border. 
  • Hear InsideOUT Writers poets share their stories.
  • Make a collaborative balloon constellation with Alicia Piller.
  • Add your voice to a collective soundscape with Jimena Sarno.
  • Groove to the musical sounds of Rhythm Child.
  • Music by Wild Dreams and duo Noah James & Brendan Brandt.
  • Treats from Lee’Poof Cotton Candy.
  • Love and kindness activities with Families Belong Together.
  • Story-time with Miry’s List.
Sep
14
Sat
West Coast Game Night
Sep 14 @ 8:00 pm – 12:00 am

Join A Place Called Home for its 3rd annual West Coast Game Night featuring games, drinks, food and music at an exclusive private venue in Los Angeles’s up and coming Arts District. All proceeds will benefit A Place Called Home.

For information about the event and available sponsorship opportunities, please contact events@apch.org or (323) 232-7653 ext. 3254.

Are you a Social Change Club member? Reserve your free ticket(s) by sending an email to events@apch.org!

BUY TICKETS HERE!

Sep
18
Wed
No Fuss Comedy Bus: A PopUp Comedy Club Experience @ Chinatown
Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm

***21+ ONLY EVENT***

Price of ticket ($40, BUY HERE) includes entry to event, 2 drinks, and dinner from The BBQ Brethren!

Come enjoy this incredible popup comedy cluyb experience, hosted by Bugs Taylor! Featuring:

Hunter Hill

Audrey Stewart

Regan & Watkins

Craig Conant

Ymane Lakhlif

Dave Reinitz

Bugs Taylor

PI Baio

Sep
25
Wed
C3: Community, Cops, Conversation @ The Islamic Center of Southern California
Sep 25 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Participants must commit to being present both days (9/25: 12-5pm

& 9/26: 10-5pm). Participants will be awarded a $25 gift card each day.

Participants must be 18 or over.

REGISTER HERE!!

Directions and parking will be sent out closer to the event.

C3 is a series of community/police dialogues funded by a Soros Foundation Open Society Grant awarded to the Los Angeles Women Police Officers Association (LAWPOA) in cooperation with Pepperdine University and the LAPD. The dialogues are designed to help LA community members and LAPD officers build trust and understand each other better. The curriculum includes facilitated conversation, conflict resolution training, and interactive activities. Our upcoming Community/Police Dialogue is geared towards community members and officers from the West Bureau, which includes Hollywood, Koreatown, the Mid-Wilshire area, and much of West LA.

Sep
26
Thu
C3: Community, Cops, Conversation @ The Islamic Center of Southern California
Sep 26 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Participants must commit to being present both days (9/25: 12-5pm

& 9/26: 10-5pm). Participants will be awarded a $25 gift card each day.

Participants must be 18 or over.

REGISTER HERE!!

Directions and parking will be sent out closer to the event.

C3 is a series of community/police dialogues funded by a Soros Foundation Open Society Grant awarded to the Los Angeles Women Police Officers Association (LAWPOA) in cooperation with Pepperdine University and the LAPD. The dialogues are designed to help LA community members and LAPD officers build trust and understand each other better. The curriculum includes facilitated conversation, conflict resolution training, and interactive activities. Our upcoming Community/Police Dialogue is geared towards community members and officers from the West Bureau, which includes Hollywood, Koreatown, the Mid-Wilshire area, and much of West LA.

Sep
28
Sat
Daisy Avenue Christmas Tree Lane Fundraiser @ Firefighters Union 372
Sep 28 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance is having a Daisy Avenue Christmas Tree Lane fundraiser to have the irrigation, electrical upgrade, replace the 24 trees. Our main sponsor is Rex Pritchard, President Firefighters 372.

 

Daisy Avenue Christmas Tree Lane Fundraiser

Saturday, September 28, 2019

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

 

Location: Firefighters Union 372

2201 Cherry Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90755

 

Come and enjoy refreshments and Christmas Joy.

RSVP to Maria Norvell, Chair — e-mail to mariabootsy@aol.com or call (562) 427-5021.

11th Annual Hope & Unity Awards Gala @ Fairmont Miramar
Sep 28 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Pico Youth & Family Center (PYFC) invites you to the 11th Annual Hope & Unity Awards Gala on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel (Wedgewood Ballroom) in Santa Monica.

 

The #PYFCGala is a special time for us to recognize extraordinary individuals in our community who have successfully transformed their own lives as well as the lives of others.

 

This year's Hope & Unity Awardees are:

Underground Scholars Initiative of UCLA

Maria Loya

and Surprise Guests

 

Hosted by Joe Hernandez-Kolski

 

The Gala also features:

Happy Hour (6:00-7:00pm)

Silent Auction (6:00-7:00pm)

Five-Star Dinner

Live Entertainment

and More!

 

During the Gala, you will hear from the youth we serve who will share their stories of positive transformation and how our program and services contributed to their success.

 

PYFC provides a safe haven for underserved youth and their families. We empower young people through professional training in Music, Film, Creative Arts, Technology, Yoga (Wellness & Mindfulness training) and more.

 

Join us in bringing Hope and Positive Transformation to the lives of the youth we serve.

 

Your contribution will support PYFC's innovative and unique model of youth services and programming (see programs below). Every contribution is tax deductible. Thank you for your support.

Can't attend? Donate at Checkout. Thank you for your support!

 

More Information:

Since opening in 2002, PYFC has served hundreds of youth through gang prevention services, case management, film production training, counseling, tutoring, career and college readiness and computer training. Our facility houses the City’s first ever public recording studio, and is the only non-profit in the region whose services target youth ages 10-24 who are most at risk, such as youth who dropped out of school, are on probation and/or struggling academically. Your contribution will support PYFC’s innovative and unique model of youth services.

Our goal is to raise $50,000 to meet our commitment to the youth and community we serve. Join us!

 

 
 

 

Oct
5
Sat
Clean Air Day 2019: Habitat for Humanity & Conservation Corps of Long Beach @ Seaside Park
Oct 5 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles

&

Conservation Corps of Long Beach

Proudly Bring You

Clean Air Day 2019

This is a FREE event, open to the public and features free snacks and ice cream, raffles, DIY demonstrations, fun activities, valuable resources & MORE!

 

Hosted by Seaside Park and Long Beach Health Department

Come and Visit the Washington Neighborhood

Enjoy the Washington Middle School Mural

Join us in our Tree Planting on Pine & 16th Street

Aquarium of the Pacific will have their Climate Resilient booth

 

Saturday, October 5, 2019

8 am–12 pm

at Seaside Park is located at 14th Street and Chestnut Avenue

(440 W. Cowles Street, Long Beach, CA 90813)

 

For More Information Contact: Mayra Murillo

(310) 991-9531 or email communityoutreach@habitatla.org

Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/410651329590585/

Together, we can help keep Long Beach air clean. Take the clean air pledge at CleanAirDay.org

Oct
16
Wed
Long Beach Police Department: South Division Commander’s Community Forum @ Police Department Headquarters
Oct 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Long Beach Police Department

South Division

South Division Commander’s Community Forum

Please join us for our next South Division Commander’s Community Forum. This is a great opportunity for community and business leaders to become engaged with members of the Long Beach Police Department and to share their issues and concerns.

Topics of Discussion:

Homicide

Drug Investigations

South Division Crime Report

 

Time and Date:

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

 

Location:

400 W. Broadway, Police Department Headquarters

Parking will be validated for the parking structure at Broadway/Chestnut

Contact: Please send an email to Jericho.Balderian@LongBeach.gov or call (562) 570-7578.

 

Departamento de Policía

de la División del Sur

Foro de la Comunidad, Division Sur, del comandante

Únase con nosotros para nuestro próximo Foro de la Comunidad del Comandante de la División del Sur. Esta es una gran oportunidad para que los líderes comunitarios y empresariales participen con los miembros del Departamento de Policía y compartan sus inquietudes y problemas.

Temas de Discusión:

Homocidio

Investigaciones de drogas

Informe de delitos de la División Sur

 

Dónde y cuando:

miercoles 16 de octubre de 2019

De 6:00 p.m. a 8:00 p.m.

400 W. Broadway, Departamento de Policía

El estacionamiento en la estructura será validado en las calles Broadway/Chestnut

 

Si tiene alguna pregunta, envíe un correo electrónico a Jericho.Balderian@LongBeach.gov o llame al (562) 570-7578.

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