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.

Big Sunday Event Giving Opportunity! One-time Volunteer Opportunity Ongoing Volunteer Opportunity

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All-day Volunteer Usher: South Coast Repertory @ South Coast Repertory Volunteer Usher: South Coast Repertory @ South Coast Repertory Apr 16 – Apr 17 all-day Tickets Be a Part of the Volunteer Usher Family! More than 300 volunteer ushers assist South Coast Repertory by taking tickets, helping patrons to their seats, distributing programs and selling concession items and SCR merchandise. Volunteers[...]	Be a Mentor: Youth Policy Institute @ Please contact Leah for more details. Be a Mentor: Youth Policy Institute @ Please contact Leah for more details. Apr 17 all-day Tickets Need an internship? Want to strengthen your resumé? Are you working or retired and want to share your knowledge and wisdom with someone? Youth Policy Institute is looking for volunteers to commit to a 6-month[...]	Volunteer: Venice Community Housing @ Please contact VCH for address details. Volunteer: Venice Community Housing @ Please contact VCH for address details. Apr 18 – Apr 19 all-day Tickets Venice Community Housing has a variety of volunteer opportunities ranging from regular on-going projects to one-time experiences. For more info on VCH’s current volunteer opportunities, please visit http://www.vchcorp.org/volunteer/. For all opportunities, volunteers must be over[...]	Friendly Visiting Volunteer: SeniorServ @ Central, North and West Orange County, CA Friendly Visiting Volunteer: SeniorServ @ Central, North and West Orange County, CA Apr 19 – Apr 20 all-day Tickets SeniorServ provides services to over 1,000 frail, isolated, homebound older adults daily who are in need of companionship. Many homebound elders are lonely and do not or cannot reach out to others. If you find[...]	Volunteer: LA Family Housing @ Please contact LA Family Housing for address details. Volunteer: LA Family Housing @ Please contact LA Family Housing for address details. Apr 20 – Apr 21 all-day Tickets There are countless ways to volunteer and make an impact in someone's life at LA Family Housing (LAFH). Below are just a few examples! Dining Hall: Interested in an opportunity that includes more interaction with clients?[...]
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It’s a great way for folks of all ages to get together to help[...] 10:15 am Volunteer: Meals on Wheels West LA @ Meals on Wheels West Los Angeles Volunteer: Meals on Wheels West LA @ Meals on Wheels West Los Angeles Apr 17 @ 10:15 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Become a volunteer for Meals on Wheels West (MOW) Los Angeles and help deliver meals between 10:15 am and 12:30 pm any Monday – Friday! Student volunteers are always welcome at MOW. Younger students can[...] 2:00 pm Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Apr 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets The good folks at Hollywood HEART — a nonprofit dedicated to developing character strengths, confidence, and resiliency in at-risk youth through purposeful engagement in the arts — are in need of a few great volunteers! [...]	2:00 pm Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Apr 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets The good folks at Hollywood HEART — a nonprofit dedicated to developing character strengths, confidence, and resiliency in at-risk youth through purposeful engagement in the arts — are in need of a few great volunteers! [...]	12:00 pm Volunteer: Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission @ Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission Volunteer: Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission @ Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission Apr 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Currently, the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission provides emergency services consisting of hot meals, food items to go, clean clothes, new undergarments and socks, hygiene kits, blankets and referrals at 6425 Tyrone Ave., Van Nuys,[...] 2:00 pm Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Apr 19 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets The good folks at Hollywood HEART — a nonprofit dedicated to developing character strengths, confidence, and resiliency in at-risk youth through purposeful engagement in the arts — are in need of a few great volunteers! [...]	8:30 am Get Lit: Classic Slam @ Los Angeles Theater Center Get Lit: Classic Slam @ Los Angeles Theater Center Apr 20 @ 8:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets 300 Poets. 50 Schools. 1 Champion. Join Get Lit at the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world! Judges include Neil Hilborn, Duckwrth, Demi Adejuyigbe, & more! A few happy, helpful volunteers are needed[...] 9:00 am Tai Chi @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Tai Chi @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Apr 20 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am Tickets 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[...] 10:00 am Big Sunday’s TM@10 @ Big Sunday Big Sunday’s TM@10 @ Big Sunday Apr 20 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Join us for TM@10 at Big Sunday headquarters where we’ll host a different service project each week that benefits a worthy cause! Enjoy good food, good company and good deeds; everyone is welcome. Some of[...] 12:30 pm Get Lit: Classic Slam @ Los Angeles Theater Center Get Lit: Classic Slam @ Los Angeles Theater Center Apr 20 @ 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets 300 Poets. 50 Schools. 1 Champion. Join Get Lit at the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world! Judges include Neil Hilborn, Duckwrth, Demi Adejuyigbe, & more! A few happy, helpful volunteers are needed[...] 1:00 pm Sewing Quilts for Veterans @ SewVac Ltd Sewing Quilts for Veterans @ SewVac Ltd Apr 20 @ 1:00 pm – Apr 20 @ 5:00 pm Tickets SoCal Quilts of Valor cuts and sew quilts to present to military Veterans to thank them for their service, welcome them home, and help them in their healing. They also trim quilts when they come back from[...] 2:00 pm Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Apr 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets The good folks at Hollywood HEART — a nonprofit dedicated to developing character strengths, confidence, and resiliency in at-risk youth through purposeful engagement in the arts — are in need of a few great volunteers! [...]	8:30 am Get Lit: Classic Slam @ Los Angeles Theater Center Get Lit: Classic Slam @ Los Angeles Theater Center Apr 21 @ 8:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets 300 Poets. 50 Schools. 1 Champion. Join Get Lit at the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world! Judges include Neil Hilborn, Duckwrth, Demi Adejuyigbe, & more! A few happy, helpful volunteers are needed[...] 10:15 am Volunteer: Meals on Wheels West LA @ Meals on Wheels West Los Angeles Volunteer: Meals on Wheels West LA @ Meals on Wheels West Los Angeles Apr 21 @ 10:15 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Become a volunteer for Meals on Wheels West (MOW) Los Angeles and help deliver meals between 10:15 am and 12:30 pm any Monday – Friday! Student volunteers are always welcome at MOW. Younger students can[...] 11:30 am Climate Day LA @ The Theater at Ace Hotel Climate Day LA @ The Theater at Ace Hotel Apr 21 @ 11:30 am – 6:00 pm Tickets Climate Resolve presents the second annual Climate Day LA, a day-long event that will bring together over 1,500 Angeleno leaders, advocates, and locals to strategize, implement, and celebrate local solutions to climate change. The Daytime[...] 12:30 pm Get Lit: Classic Slam @ Los Angeles Theater Center Get Lit: Classic Slam @ Los Angeles Theater Center Apr 21 @ 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets 300 Poets. 50 Schools. 1 Champion. Join Get Lit at the largest youth classic poetry festival in the world! Judges include Neil Hilborn, Duckwrth, Demi Adejuyigbe, & more! A few happy, helpful volunteers are needed[...] 2:00 pm Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Volunteers: Hollywood HEART/ LA High School @ Los Angeles High School Apr 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets The good folks at Hollywood HEART — a nonprofit dedicated to developing character strengths, confidence, and resiliency in at-risk youth through purposeful engagement in the arts — are in need of a few great volunteers! [...]	9:00 am Garden School Foundation’s Community Garden Day @ 24th Street Elementary School Garden School Foundation’s Community Garden Day @ 24th Street Elementary School Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets 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[...] 9:00 am Great LA River CleanUp @ Varied LA locations Great LA River CleanUp @ Varied LA locations Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets The Great Los Angeles River CleanUp is the nation’s largest urban river CleanUp drawing over 9,000 of volunteers to fifteen sites over three weekends in April. This Earth Month do your part – go to http://folar.org/cleanup –[...] 9:00 am March for Science LA @ Pershing Square March for Science LA @ Pershing Square Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets March for Science is coming through LA. The March celebrates crucial roles science plays in economic growth, environment preservation, and public health. Beginning at Pershing Square, join fellow Angelenos (and Bill Nye!) for a dynamic day[...] 9:00 am Spring Cleaning Event in Alpine Spring Cleaning Event in Alpine Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Creek to Bay Cleanup Back Country Land Trust’s list of spring events is now available! This year, their theme is "spring cleaning" for Alpine. With heavy winter rains, there has been an unusual amount of[...] 10:00 am Crescent Farm Series @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden (Meet at the Crescent Farm) Crescent Farm Series @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden (Meet at the Crescent Farm) Apr 22 @ 10:00 am Tickets 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[...] 10:00 am Los Angeles Times Festival of Books @ USC Los Angeles Times Festival of Books @ USC Apr 22 @ 10:00 am – Apr 22 @ 6:00 pm Tickets The Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: Bring together the people who create books and the people who love to read them. The Festival was an immediate success and has become[...] 12:30 pm Heal the Bay: Earth Day Celebration @ Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Heal the Bay: Earth Day Celebration @ Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Apr 22 @ 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets For Heal the Bay, every day is Earth Day, but in honor of the 47th annual worldwide observance on April 22, Heal the Bay is celebrating for a solid week! Heal the Bay’s Nothin’ but[...] 1:00 pm Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Oil Painting: Capture the Beauty of Nature @ Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Apr 22 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets 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[...] 8:00 pm Book Drop Bash @ Los Angeles Central Library Book Drop Bash @ Los Angeles Central Library Apr 22 @ 8:00 pm Tickets One night per year, Members of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles join authors from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the historic Central Library after dark. Don’t miss this year's unique Bash where the 25th anniversary of the Library Foundation will[...]

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