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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LA’s Social Impact Breakfast 7:45 am
LA’s Social Impact Breakfast @ Mount Saint Mary’s University – Doheny Campus
Mar 2 @ 7:45 am – 9:15 am
LA’s Social Impact Breakfast @ Mount Saint Mary’s University – Doheny Campus | Los Angeles | California | United States
The next Social Impact Breakfast is on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at Mt. St. Mary’s College.  Two dynamic breakfast speakers who are working to make an impact in LA will share their stories and insights[...]
Tai Chi 9:00 am
Tai Chi @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 2 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Instructor: Master Arnold Chien   Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”.  Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling[...]
What’s Happening in Gardening 9:30 am
What’s Happening in Gardening @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 2 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
What's Happening in Gardening Hosted by Matt-Dell & Rebecca Tufenkian 8 Thursday Classes  9:30am – 12:00pm; $140 for the series; $25 per class To register please call the Education Department at 626-821-4623 or pay at[...]
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Portraits of Hope: 24-hour Paint-a-Thon
Portraits of Hope: 24-hour Paint-a-Thon @ The Edge at Plaza El Segundo
Mar 4 – Mar 5 all-day
Join our friends from Portraits of Hope, as they are having a 24-hour Paint-a-Thon to revitalize LA County's animal shelters. Everything take place at their studio at Plaza El Segundo in El Segundo. For more info and[...]
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Fulfillment Event – Pasadena 11:00 am
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Fulfillment Event – Pasadena @ New Balance Pasadena
Mar 4 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Fulfillment Event - Pasadena @ New Balance Pasadena | Pasadena | California | United States
To make event participation on March 11 for this year's 20th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® at Dodger Stadium easier for everyone, three local area "fulfillment" events will be held the week prior[...]
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature 1:00 pm
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature Saturdays, (6 week sessions): January 14 – February 18 February 25 – April 1 April 8 – May 13 May 20 – June 24 1:00pm – 3:30pm Ron[...]
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Adoption Event: Michelson Found Animals Culver City 10:00 am
Adoption Event: Michelson Found Animals Culver City @ Please contact Michelson Found Animals Culver City for address details.
Mar 5 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Our pals at Michelson Found Animals Culver City are hosting a big adoption event with several other animal rescues in the area with one goal – to find furr-ever homes for as many of the adoptable cats[...]
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Tai Chi 9:00 am
Tai Chi @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 9 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Instructor: Master Arnold Chien   Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”.  Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling[...]
Skid Row Artists at Bolt Barbers 6:00 pm
Skid Row Artists at Bolt Barbers @ Bolt Barbers
Mar 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Don’t miss the opening of Skid Row Artists at Bolt Barbers during DTLA ArtWalk! It’s a must-see.
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Volunteer: 12th Annual BASH for Augie’s Quest 12:00 pm
Volunteer: 12th Annual BASH for Augie’s Quest
Mar 10 @ 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Volunteer: 12th Annual BASH for Augie’s Quest @ Los Angeles | California | United States
Augie’s Quest ALS Research Initiative, is looking for over 50 volunteers to help out at the 12th Annual BASH on Friday, March 10, 2017. The gala is a fun-filled event with live entertainment, dancing, awards,[...]
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Friendship Bowl – Event Day Volunteers Needed
Friendship Bowl – Event Day Volunteers Needed @ Palos Verdes Bowl
Mar 11 – Mar 12 all-day
Friendship Bowl - Event Day Volunteers Needed @ Palos Verdes Bowl | Torrance | California | United States
Join Walk With Sally at their 10th Annual Friendship Bowl! Volunteer the day of the event or sign up online to become a fundraiser and make a difference for kids whose parents or siblings have[...]
Susan G. Komen L.A. County – 20th Annual Race for the Cure® 8:00 am
Susan G. Komen L.A. County – 20th Annual Race for the Cure® @ Dodger Stadium
Mar 11 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Susan G. Komen L.A. County - 20th Annual Race for the Cure® @ Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles | California | United States
More than pink. If you are like most people, you know someone who has had breast cancer. One in eight women, and some men, will have the disease during their lifetime. Now imagine a world[...]
READING TO KIDS: March 11th Reading Clubs 9:00 am
READING TO KIDS: March 11th Reading Clubs @ 8 downtown Los Angeles elementary schools
Mar 11 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Reading to Kids organizes monthly reading clubs on the second Saturday of every month at eight downtown Los Angeles elementary schools. The reading clubs run from 9 am – 12 pm. Pairs of volunteer readers[...]
El Segundo’s 30th Annual Arbor Day Celebration 9:30 am
El Segundo’s 30th Annual Arbor Day Celebration @ Contact Charming for location details.
Mar 11 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Join Tree Musketeers in celebrating 30 years of youth-led environmental work in the South Bay and around the world. Lend a hand by planting and caring for trees along Imperial Highway in El Segundo! Register through[...]
Crescent Farm Series 10:00 am
Crescent Farm Series @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden (Meet at the Crescent Farm)
Mar 11 @ 10:00 am
Crescent Farm Series @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden (Meet at the Crescent Farm) | Arcadia | California | United States
Instructor: Crescent Farm Staff Learn about water conservation and sustainable gardening, with hands-on experience! The Crescent Farm, located in the heart of the Arboretum just west of Baldwin Lake, is a reclaimed landscape where we[...]
Downtown Bookfest 12:00 pm
Downtown Bookfest @ Grand Park
Mar 11 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
This year, Downtown Bookfest at Grand Park is partnering with the City of L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs' Big Read to celebrate the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The annual literary gathering highlights the work of[...]
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature 1:00 pm
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 11 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature Saturdays, (6 week sessions): January 14 – February 18 February 25 – April 1 April 8 – May 13 May 20 – June 24 1:00pm – 3:30pm Ron[...]
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LAMP Arts Program Collaborative Musical Performances 1:00 pm
LAMP Arts Program Collaborative Musical Performances
Mar 15 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Take part in the PREMIERE of original musical performances stemming from collaboration between Street Symphony, Urban Voices, and Lamp Arts Program musicians! For more info, please visit https://www.facebook.com/LampArtProject/.  
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Tai Chi 9:00 am
Tai Chi @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 16 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Instructor: Master Arnold Chien   Tai Chi is a martial art based on the theory of an ancient classic called “I Ching”.  Kinetic Tai Chi is created by Master Chien based on this foundation coupling[...]
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YWE 5th Annual Girl Talk V Spring Conference 8:00 am
YWE 5th Annual Girl Talk V Spring Conference @ San Bernardino Valley College
Mar 18 @ 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Attention Schools, Faith Based and Community Supporters!  Don’t miss Young Women Empowerment’s 5th Annual Girl Talk V Spring Conference "Beauty in Motion" on March 18.  Young women between the ages of 12-21 are invited to[...]
Garden School Foundation’s Community Garden Day 9:00 am
Garden School Foundation’s Community Garden Day @ 24th Street Elementary School
Mar 18 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Garden School Foundation's Community Garden Day @ 24th Street Elementary School | Los Angeles | California | United States
Garden School Foundation hosts monthly Community Garden Days. These days are a wonderful opportunity to meet like-minded people from all over the city and spend a morning outdoors helping create and maintain garden classrooms for[...]
Heal the Bay: Nothin’ But Sand Beach Cleanup 10:00 am
Heal the Bay: Nothin’ But Sand Beach Cleanup @ Will Rogers State Beach - Tower 7
Mar 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
PROTECT WHAT YOU LOVE This is a great opportunity for you and your family, friends or associates to get involved. All you need to do is show up…and bring a bucket if possible! General Admission: You[...]
Plant Propagation 10:00 am
Plant Propagation @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
$25 Arboretum members / $35 non-members (includes Arboretum admission) Reservations are preferred; Please call 626-821-4623 to register or pay at the door Laramee Haynes, Instructor Propagating your own plants can be a rewarding and truly green[...]
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature 1:00 pm
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 18 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature Saturdays, (6 week sessions): January 14 – February 18 February 25 – April 1 April 8 – May 13 May 20 – June 24 1:00pm – 3:30pm Ron[...]
Garden Night Photography 7:30 pm
Garden Night Photography @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 18 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Join the Los Angeles Arboretum’s on-going series “Garden Night Photography Group Session”!  Night offers unique photographic opportunities in the garden so come and discover your own creative images!  Share your night photography techniques with other photographers. Specific emphasis[...]
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The People of Change: 2nd Annual Bowling Fundraiser Event 2:30 pm
The People of Change: 2nd Annual Bowling Fundraiser Event
Mar 19 @ 2:30 pm – Mar 19 @ 5:00 pm
Don’t miss The People of Change’s 2nd Annual Bowling Fundraiser Event on Sunday, March 19!  Participation in this fun event helps fund the organization’s programs — HIP through Science, ICB groups, P.L.A.Y, and No More[...]
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No Limits Golf Classic 10:30 am
No Limits Golf Classic @ Spanish Country Club
Mar 20 @ 10:30 am – Mar 20 @ 6:00 pm
Take part in the No Limits Golf Classic on March 20, a special event that benefits No Limits for deaf children in Oxnard.  -12 pm Shotgun -$700 per Foursome (includes lunch, hors d’oeurvres, prizes, dinner[...]
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Conference: Creating Healthy Communities 12:00 pm
Conference: Creating Healthy Communities @ St. Anne's Conference Center (Foundation Room)
Mar 21 @ 12:00 pm
Creating Healthy Communities: Using Data to Advance Women’s Health Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Registration/Lunch: 12 noon – 1:00 PM Program: 1:00 – 4:30 PM Location: St. Anne's Conference Center – Foundation Room |155 N Occidental[...]
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City on the Verge: Eric Garcetti in Conversation 7:30 pm
City on the Verge: Eric Garcetti in Conversation @ Occidental College - Thorne Hall
Mar 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Mayor Eric Garcetti is a former adjunct assistant professor of diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College. Garcetti and Hawthorne will cover topics including the re-imagining of the Los Angeles River; the expansion of the[...]
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2017 ¡Latin Food Fest!
2017 ¡Latin Food Fest! @ Adjacent the Santa Monica Pier
Mar 24 – Mar 26 all-day
Celebrate America’s largest annual Latin culinary celebration at ¡Latin Food Fest!’s 2017 action-packed line-up March 24-25, adjacent the Santa Monica Pier (1550 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica, 90401), featuring tastings, a celeb chef dinner, parties,[...]
What’s the State of the Food Desert? 2:30 pm
What’s the State of the Food Desert? @ The Center - Phoenix Hall
Mar 24 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
What's the State of the Food Desert? @ The Center - Phoenix Hall | Los Angeles | California | United States
Join the LA Food Policy Council (LAFPC) to hear from food justice experts about building a vision for food equity in Los Angeles. Through collaborative discussions about food access disparities, LAFPC hopes to develop a policy platform[...]
DIY Screen-printing with Dewey Tafoya 6:00 pm
DIY Screen-printing with Dewey Tafoya @ Self Help Graphics & Art
Mar 24 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Fee: $30 Instructor: Dewey Tafoya On March 24, don’t miss DIY Screen-printing with Dewey Tafoya at Self Help Graphics & Art! Attendees are required to bring two transparency copies of an original black and white[...]
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Orientation: Volunteers of the Burbank Animal Shelter 9:00 am
Orientation: Volunteers of the Burbank Animal Shelter @ Burbank Animal Shelter
Mar 25 @ 9:00 am
2017 Orientation Dates March 25, 9am May 20, 9am July 22, 9am September 23, 9am November 18, 9am Signup links for orientations are posted on this page three weeks prior to the orientation date. Adult[...]
Cesar Chavez Day of Service 10:00 am
Cesar Chavez Day of Service @ Heart of Watts Community Garden
Mar 25 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
In honor of Cesar Chavez, join From Lot to Spot for a day of working in the Heart of Watts Community Garden. From Lot to Spot engages with disadvantaged communities in developing healthy public spaces in their[...]
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature 1:00 pm
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Mar 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature Saturdays, (6 week sessions): January 14 – February 18 February 25 – April 1 April 8 – May 13 May 20 – June 24 1:00pm – 3:30pm Ron[...]
SHG/The BIG READ’s Postermaking Workshop 6:00 pm
SHG/The BIG READ’s Postermaking Workshop @ Self Help Graphics & Art
Mar 25 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
On March 25, don’t miss Self Help Graphics and The Big Read’s Postermaking Workshop!  The workshop will explore Emily Dickinson's affinity for flowers and gardens and how she used them throughout her writings. Participants will then create mono-silkscreened posters[...]
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CicLAVia 9:00 am
CicLAVia @ Culver City-Venice
Mar 26 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
It's that time again! CicLAvia is heading back to one of their fan-favorite routes, weaving through Culver City, Mar Vista and Venice! All cyclists, pedestrians, runners, and skaters are welcome.  Plan out your day here.
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Youth Movement: Mayors Aja Brown & Robert Garcia 7:30 pm
Youth Movement: Mayors Aja Brown & Robert Garcia @ Occidental College - Choi Auditorium
Mar 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The series returns to Occidental March 29 with Youth Movement: Mayors Aja Brown and Robert Garcia, featuring Brown, mayor of Compton since 2013, and Garcia, mayor of Long Beach since 2014. As two of the[...]
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Opening Art Reception: “What Does DTLA Mean for You” 7:00 pm
Opening Art Reception: “What Does DTLA Mean for You” @ Angel City Brewery
Mar 30 @ 7:00 pm
Don’t miss the opening reception of the "What does DTLA mean for you" art exhibit (runs through April 14) curated by awesome LA artist Kathryn Pitt. This unique exhibition will showcase art work by artists from LA[...]
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Kiehl’s Party to Benefit Create Now 6:00 pm
Kiehl’s Party to Benefit Create Now
Mar 31 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Kiehl’s Party to Benefit Create Now @ Los Angeles | California | United States
Join Create Now on Friday, March 31st from 6 – 9 pm for a relaxing and memorable evening at Kiehl’s. For only $50, you will receive a rejuvenating mini-facial, a goodie bag with samples, scrumptious refreshments,[...]

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