Big Sunday: Our Really Big Community Calendar – Support & Volunteer with our Nonprofit Partners every month!

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.

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4	5	6	7	8	9	10 1st Annual HIP through Science Fair 10:00 am 1st Annual HIP through Science Fair @ Bradley Milken Center Sep 10 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets NOTE: To participate, please email Dimitrios Jones for a Science Fair application. HIP through Science is a science initiative to help increase the interest of science in the urban and undeserved community. The People of[...] Organic Fruit & Vegetable Gardening 12:00 pm Organic Fruit & Vegetable Gardening @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Sep 10 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Need help with your garden as we roll into summer? The Organic Fruit & Vegetable class led by the Arboretum’s Horticultural Supervisor, Jill Morganelli, is the perfect place to look. Jill will be taking the[...]
11 Autry Explorers: Sounds of Southern California 1:30 pm Autry Explorers: Sounds of Southern California @ The Autry Museum of the American West Sep 11 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Shhh, do you hear that? Could it be a bird chirping, a truck honking, or a catchy tune on the radio? Take time to hear the sounds of Southern California, learn popular songs of the[...] Soul Cycle to Support Ovarian Cancer 2:30 pm Soul Cycle to Support Ovarian Cancer @ SoulCycle West Hollywood Sep 11 @ 2:30 pm Tickets Exercise and pizza? Why not? It’s for a good cause! Help find a cure for ovarian cancer with a super fun cardio party on a bike at SoulCycle West Hollywood to raise awareness for the[...]	12	13	14 PTV Human Dignity Awards Dinner 5:30 pm PTV Human Dignity Awards Dinner @ The Center at Cathedral Plaza Sep 14 @ 5:30 pm Tickets SAVE THE DATE & TICKETS ON SALE TODAY! Please join PTV for the 6th Annual Human Dignity Awards Dinner, it promises to be a fun and heartfelt evening in downtown Los Angeles as they honor actor and LGBT advocate George Takei (Star Trek), Vietnamese human[...]	15 LA Arboretum: “What’s Happening in Gardening” Series 9:30 am LA Arboretum: “What’s Happening in Gardening” Series @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Sep 15 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Don’t miss the LA Arboretum’s “What's Happening in Gardening” Series! 8 Thursdays, September 15-November 3 9:30am-12pm; $140 for the series; $25 per class These classes are designed to help you keep up with garden[...]	16 Los Angeles Green Festival 12:00 pm Los Angeles Green Festival @ Los Angeles Convention Hall, South Hall K Sep 16 @ 12:00 pm – Sep 16 @ 6:00 pm Tickets Los Angeles Green Festival The Bay Foundation’s Clean Bay Certified team will be hanging out at this year’s Green Festival! The Green Festival Marketplace showcases 250 exhibitors, learning from over 50 inspirational speakers, indulging in[...]	17 Coastal Cleanup Day 9:00 am Coastal Cleanup Day Sep 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets 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[...] Coastal Cleanup Day 2016 9:00 am Coastal Cleanup Day 2016 @ 40 locations across LA Sep 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets 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[...] Inspire Greatness Mini Golf Tournament 9:30 am Inspire Greatness Mini Golf Tournament @ Sherman Oaks Castle Park Sep 17 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets The “Inspire Greatness” team from the San Fernando Valley, composed of CHM staff from Casa de Canoga, Homes for Life (HFL) Vanowen, HFL Sequoia and HFL Van Nuys communities, invites everyone to join the fun[...] Los Angeles Green Festival 10:00 am Los Angeles Green Festival @ Los Angeles Convention Hall, South Hall K Sep 17 @ 10:00 am – Sep 17 @ 6:00 pm Tickets Los Angeles Green Festival The Bay Foundation’s Clean Bay Certified team will be hanging out at this year’s Green Festival! The Green Festival Marketplace showcases 250 exhibitors, learning from over 50 inspirational speakers, indulging in[...] READY Long Beach 2016: A Community Emergency Preparedness Expo 10:00 am READY Long Beach 2016: A Community Emergency Preparedness Expo @ Heartwell Park Sep 17 @ 10:00 am – Sep 17 @ 5:00 pm Tickets 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[...] We Are LA 10:00 am We Are LA @ Stub Hub Center Sep 17 @ 10:00 am Tickets We Are LA Family Festival aims to celebrate and engage the children and families in Los Angeles in a day-long family friendly music festival at the StubHub Center. The event promotes the importance of education[...]
18 Pizza with a Purpose: Support The Circle Pizza with a Purpose: Support The Circle @ CPK Encino Sep 18 – Sep 19 all-day Tickets When you dine in, take out and get catering (all beverages included as well) from California Pizza Kitchen all day on Sunday, September 18, CPK will donate 20 percent of your check to The Ovarian[...] Wonder Woman Walk for Breast Cancer 6:00 am Wonder Woman Walk for Breast Cancer @ Palisades Park Sep 18 @ 6:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets 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. Los Angeles Green Festival 10:00 am Los Angeles Green Festival @ Los Angeles Convention Hall, South Hall K Sep 18 @ 10:00 am – Sep 18 @ 5:00 pm Tickets Los Angeles Green Festival The Bay Foundation’s Clean Bay Certified team will be hanging out at this year’s Green Festival! The Green Festival Marketplace showcases 250 exhibitors, learning from over 50 inspirational speakers, indulging in[...]	19	20 Lecture: Fueling Extremism in a Wired World 7:30 pm Lecture: Fueling Extremism in a Wired World @ Skirball Cultural Center Sep 20 @ 7:30 pm Tickets 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[...]	21	22 LA Arboretum: “What’s Happening in Gardening” Series 9:30 am LA Arboretum: “What’s Happening in Gardening” Series @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Sep 22 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Don’t miss the LA Arboretum’s “What's Happening in Gardening” Series! 8 Thursdays, September 15-November 3 9:30am-12pm; $140 for the series; $25 per class These classes are designed to help you keep up with garden[...]	23 Music Tastes Good Festival Music Tastes Good Festival @ Downtown Long Beach, CA Sep 23 – Sep 26 all-day Tickets Long Beach’s brand new music and food festival, Music Tastes Good, will be taking over downtown Long Beach September 23-25, 2016 with substantial talent including The Specials, Iron & Wine, Squeeze and Warpaint amongst many others.[...] 9th Annual Women In Pain Conference 9:00 am 9th Annual Women In Pain Conference @ The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities Sep 23 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets For Grace’s 9th Annual Women In Pain Conference “Pain Takes a Vacation: Actions and Strategies that Get Us Away” The Los Angeles-based organization, For Grace, invites you to a uniquely empowering event for women challenged by[...]	24 WAM Block Party: Emerson Avenue Community Garden 10:00 am WAM Block Party: Emerson Avenue Community Garden @ Emerson Avenue Community Garden Sep 24 @ 10:00 am – Sep 24 @ 8:00 pm Tickets 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[...] 18th Annual Tennis for Tots 1:00 pm 18th Annual Tennis for Tots @ Los Angeles Tennis Club Sep 24 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Don’t miss the 18th Annual Tennis for Tots event on September 24 presented by City National Bank and The Angell Foundation to benefit the Alliance for Children’s Rights. All levels of tennis players are invited[...] What Is A Western? Film Series: Duck, You Sucker! (1971) 1:30 pm What Is A Western? Film Series: Duck, You Sucker! (1971) @ The Autry Museum of the American West Sep 24 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets 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[...] 6th Annual Playing for Change Day 2:00 pm 6th Annual Playing for Change Day @ Torres-East LA Performing Arts Magnet (Torres Auditorium) Sep 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets 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[...] JVS 85th Anniversary Gala 6:30 pm JVS 85th Anniversary Gala @ Beverly Wilshire Hotel Sep 24 @ 6:30 pm Tickets Join JVS for an evening of dining, dancing and celebration in honor of the organization’s 85th Anniversary and Vivian Siegel’s lifetime of service to JVS and the JVS community. Gala Host Larry Miller, actor, comedian[...]
25 Volunteer: Alive & Running 5k Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention 6:30 am Volunteer: Alive & Running 5k Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention Sep 25 @ 6:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets 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[...] Justice Jog 8:30 am Justice Jog Sep 25 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (GLA ALA) and CASA/LA (Court Appointed Special Advocates of Los Angeles) are partnering once again for the Justice Jog—a 5K Run/Walk benefiting CASA of Los Angeles—bringing the legal community, local[...]	26 Phone Banking for Yes on Prop 56 – $2 Tobacco Tax 5:30 pm Phone Banking for Yes on Prop 56 – $2 Tobacco Tax @ American Cancer Society Pasadena Office Sep 26 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 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[...]	27	28 Benefit: Project Angel Food/AIDS Walk LA 9:00 pm Benefit: Project Angel Food/AIDS Walk LA @ Hamburger Mary’s Sep 28 @ 9:00 pm Tickets Don’t miss Legendary Drag Queen Bingo benefitting Project Angel Food/AIDS Walk LA!!! The only work involved is having an awesome time while enjoying a night of BINGO, prizes, auction items, great food & drinks with[...]	29 Longines Masters of Los Angeles Longines Masters of Los Angeles @ Long Beach Convention Center Sep 29 – Oct 3 all-day Tickets WHAT: The four-day event will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center September 29th-October 2nd 2016, bringing in the world's best riders and horses to LA to compete in the first major equestrian event[...] LA Arboretum: “What’s Happening in Gardening” Series 9:30 am LA Arboretum: “What’s Happening in Gardening” Series @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Sep 29 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Don’t miss the LA Arboretum’s “What's Happening in Gardening” Series! 8 Thursdays, September 15-November 3 9:30am-12pm; $140 for the series; $25 per class These classes are designed to help you keep up with garden[...] Unsilent Cinema 5:00 pm Unsilent Cinema @ FIGat7th Sep 29 @ 5:00 pm Tickets UNSILENT CINEMA Produced by David Spelman and Rum & Humble HAPPY HOUR in TASTE Courtyard: 5:30 pm DJ Raul Campos: 7 pm SCREENING & LIVE PERFORMANCE: 8 pm Presented by Arts Brookfield, UnSilent Cinema pairs outdoor screenings of[...]	30

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