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.
Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance (WANA), and
Daisy Avenue Christmas Tree Lane (CTL)
Are Looking for a Few Good Volunteers!
Service Hours opportunity for volunteers over the age of 18 yr. old.
Volunteers — they need your help setting up the lane on Daisy Avenue.
The volunteer work day is:
Christmas Tree Lane Work Day
Saturday, December 7, 2019
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Meet at Hill Street and Daisy Avenue
Christmas Tree Lane is located on Daisy Avenue
between Hill Street & Pacific Coast Highway.
Volunteers will be meeting at Hill Street & Daisy Avenue.
Volunteers work all day to try and get every display fenced in.
Lunch will be provided for all the volunteers.
You are welcome to help even if it's only one or two hours.
Please contact: Maria Norvell, Chair or e-mail DaisyChristmasTreeLane@gmail.com (562) 427-5021
Dear Neighborhood and Community Leaders & Urban Forester Volunteers —
Would you like to make a difference for the environment?
Come help plant 100 new street trees in the Ridgewood Triangle neighborhood in Long Beach!
Ridgewood Triangle Neighborhood
Tree Planting
“Plant a Tree for the Holidays”
Saturday, December 21, 2019
9 a.m. – noon
Meeting Location: 4681 Goldfield Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90807
Up to 100 trees will be planted in the neighborhood bounded by:
Del Amo Boulevard –- North
San Antonio Drive –- South
Cherry Avenue — East
Orange Avenue -– West
Ridgewood Triangle Neighborhood Association is committed to help plant, water and care for these trees for their first year.
What can you expect on planting day? I thought you all would like to check out this awesome video from a recent tree planting event!
Would your group like to be a volunteer partner for this event?
Volunteers of all ages are welcome at this event to help plant and water these young trees. No experience is needed, we will train you.
Can you and/or your organization serve as Water Brigade volunteers to help water the newly planted trees on planting day?
Volunteers are needed to help make sure each tree is deep watered with 15 gallons on planting day to help them get off to a good start.
Would your group like to provide refreshments for the volunteers?
- Ines with Ridgewood Heights Neighborhood Association, Lightning Camp Fire Group and Boy Scouts of America – Lone Scouts will bring volunteers and water and breakfast pastries for the volunteers!
- Jim and Donna with Ridgewood Triangle Neighborhood Association will bring volunteers and will grill hot dogs for the volunteers!
Can you and/or your organization assist with watering the trees during their first year?
Thank you for your pledge to water the new trees during their first year:
- Ridgewood Triangle Neighborhood Association
The Port of Long Beach and CAL FIRE have provided funding to plant 10,000 trees in Long Beach neighborhoods through 2022. Residents, businesses and community groups partner with Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureau to provide volunteers at the tree planting events.
Public Works will survey the neighborhood for tree planting locations and Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureau staff will mail letters to the property owners of all the adjacent sites to notify them that trees will be installed and to provide them with an opportunity to decline them.
Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureau staff will deliver all the trees and tools on planting day.
Greetings!
Join AOC7 for their 2nd Annual Tree Watering and Tree Decorating Event!!!
Help turn 10th Street into Candy Cane Lane! AOC7 is looking for "super volunteers" to join them for their 2nd annual 10th Street tree watering and tree decorating event on Saturday, December 14th! Volunteers will be watering and decorating almost 100 trees on 10th Street from Alamitos to Cherry Ave. This is a really fun event that dosen't require any experience. They will provide the buckets and all the supplies to water the trees. If you're feeling really cheerful and would like to wear your little Elves or Santa Hats that would make great photo ops. Invite your family and friends. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
Decorations will be welcome!
When: Saturday, December 14th from 8:30 am to 10:30 am
Where: Craftsman Village Park
850 Orange Ave., Long Beach, 90813
Contact Mary 562 758-5751 or email msmarys61@hotmail.com
Volunteer with the Office of Sustainability to help care for the native plant restoration area at Willow Springs Park! This is a 12 acre restoration area filled with native coastal sage scrub and wetland plants. It features hills and low-lying areas that form a natural gulch. Volunteers will spread mulch and remove invasive species to help the native plants thrive.
Saturday, December 14th 9am to 12pm,
Willow Springs Park
Parking is available at 2755 Orange Avenue.
Gloves, tools and refreshments will be provided for all volunteers. Minors will need a waiver signed by a parent or guardian: http://longbeach.gov/globalassets/sustainability/media-library/documents/about-us/events-calendar/longview-waiver
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/592589961281742/
For any questions contact Sustainability@longbeach.gov or 562-570-6396
Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance (WANA), and Daisy Avenue Christmas Tree Lane (CTL) are Looking for 25 Good Volunteers to help take down the figurines, fencing, stakes, etc.
Thursday, December 26, 2019,
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Meet at Hill Street and Daisy Avenue.
Lunch will be provided for all the volunteers.
You are welcome to help even if it's only one or two hours.
Volunteers must be ages 18 years old and over.
Thank You for all your help in making Christmas Tree Lane beautiful once again!
If you have questions, please contact:
Maria Norvell, Chair
562-427-5021
daisychristmastreelane@gmail.com
New street trees are coming to the Rancho neighborhood!
Up to 100 trees will be planted in the neighborhood bounded by:
Mezzanine Way — North
Spring Street — South
Karen Avenue – West
Stevely Avenue — East
Rancho Neighborhood Organization is committed to help plant, water and care for these trees for their first year.
Come help plant the trees!
Rancho Neighborhood Tree Planting
Saturday, January 25, 2020
9 a.m. – noon
Meeting Location: 3002 Stevely Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90808
Volunteers of all ages are welcome at this event to help plant and water these young trees.
No experience is needed, they will train you.
Can you and/or your organization serve as Water Brigade volunteers to help water the newly planted trees on planting day?
Volunteers are needed to help make sure each tree is deep watered with 15 gallons on planting day to help them get off to a good start.
Can you and/or your organization assist with watering the trees during their first year?
Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureau staff will deliver all the trees and tools on planting day.
The Port of Long Beach and CAL FIRE have provided funding to plant 10,000 trees in Long Beach neighborhoods through 2022. Residents, businesses and community groups partner with Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureau to provide volunteers at the tree planting events.
Public Works will survey the neighborhood for tree planting locations and Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureau staff will mail letters to the property owners of all the adjacent sites to notify them that trees will be planted and to provide them with an opportunity to decline them.
Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureau staff will deliver all the trees and tools on planting day.
Rancho Neighborhood Organization is excited to plant the trees as a tribute to Cliff May, the architect that designed their homes and neighborhood in the 1950’s and widely recognized as The Father of the California Ranch Home. Cliff May loved wide open spaces. No wonder. A descendant of an early California Spanish family, he was raised on a San Diego ranch. May is noted for combining the western ranch house and Hispanic hacienda styles with elements of modernism. His approach called for houses to be built out instead of up, with the continual goal of bringing the outdoors in. (Source: Doug Kramer’s Rancho Style)
Would your group like to be a volunteer partner for this event?
Volunteers of all ages are welcome at this event to help plant and water these young trees.
No experience is needed, they will train you!
Now that you’ve participated in the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, take the next step in helping address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County by joining the 3rd Annual Hollywood Hike to End Homelessness.
60,000 of our neighbors fall asleep unsheltered, alone, and isolated every single night in Los Angeles County. For many of our neighbors, challenges are layered. Mental and physical challenges, a fundamental lack of resources, and the social stigma of homelessness create an environment of indescribable loneliness, trauma, and pain many of us cannot begin to comprehend.
For the better part of a decade, The Center has provided a holistic and trauma-informed approach to ending isolation and homelessness. Offering unique Wellness, Health, Outreach & Housing, and Community Support Programs, they work every day to break down barriers to entry for our homeless neighbors. By doing so, we help build a path toward wellness and housing.
On March 21st, they will host the 3rd Annual Hike to End Homelessness to raise vital funds for The Center’s Community Wellness Program that serves thousands of vulnerable individuals living unhoused on the streets in our neighborhood. With these resources, together, they will give their participants access to community programming and connections to healthcare, mental healthcare, and housing.
This unique event is anything but the typical fundraising experience. Bringing together hundreds of Angelenos hiking in solidarity, this hike is a powerful display of our commitment toward ending homelessness in our community.
For more information on registration or sponsorship, please email Nathan Box, Director of Development & External Relations, at nathan.box@thecenterinhollywood.org.
Unlitterla is now open for volunteer signups at https://unlitterla.com!
Join UnlitterLA on April 25th at one of their 30 hubsites. Small teams of volunteers will be walking one of 350 2-3 mile cleanup routes all over greater LA!
Click here to register! https://unlitterla.com/volunteer/
Now that students will be attending school virtually, they need supplies at home to be successful! P.S. Arts needs your help with assembling 5,000 art kits that will contain supplies like markers, pencils, sharpeners, etc.
Join them next Saturday, September 26, from 10:30 AM -2:30 PM at Westchester Park. Masks will be required, and social distancing guidelines must be followed. Water and snacks will also be provided. Be sure to sign up here!
