More than 50,000 volunteers are expected this weekend for service projects throughout California.
Big Sunday, which started in Los Angeles in 1999, is a two-day event that pairs volunteers with hundreds of community service projects. It's the largest regional community service festival in the United States, according to organizers.
Many of the projects are already full, but don't worry -- there's still time to join in the fun. Opportunities range from painting to planting to cooking to sewing. Volunteers can even sell lemonade.
- "Read Up and Clean Up at LA Elementary"
- Date: May 14
- Start Time: 8 a.m.
- End Time: 1 p.m.
- Age Group: 18+
- Location: Los Angeles
- Volunteers Still Needed: 7
- "Paint (and Paint)(and Paint) at Camp David Gonzalez"
- Date: May 15
- Start Time: 8 a.m.
- End Time: 4 p.m.
- Age Group: 18+
- Location: Calabasas
- Volunteers Still Needed: 16
- "Join the Buzz at the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church Hub"
- Date: May 14
- Start Time: 9 a.m.
- End Time: 1 p.m.
- Age Group: All Ages
- Location: Costa Mesa
- Volunteers Still Needed: 198
- "Give Blood at the University Synagogue Hub (Irvine)"
- Date: May 15
- Start Time: 8 a.m.
- End Time: 2 p.m.
- Age Group: 16+
- Location: Irvine
- Volunteers Still Needed: 22
- "Paint & Plant at the Hollywood YMCA!"
- Date: May 15
- Start Time: 10 a.m.
- End Time: 4 p.m.
- Age Group: All Ages
- Location: Los Angeles
- Volunteers Still Needed: 12
- "Help the MEND Foodbank Collect and Sort Food Donations Part One"
- Date: May 14
- Start Time: 2 p.m.
- End Time: 7 p.m.
- Age Group: 12+
- Location: PACOIMA
- Volunteers Still Needed: 91
- "Help Out at Serrania Avenue Elementary"
- Date: May 15
- Start Time: 8 a.m.
- End Time: 1 p.m.
- Age Group: All Ages
- Location: Woodland Hills
- Volunteers Still Needed: 32
Don't see an opportunity that suits your fancy, plenty more projects are still accepting volunteers. A full listing is available here.
If this weekend doesn't fit with your schedule, the group has a monthly spinoff called "Monthly on Melrose." There's also an events calendar full of more opportunities.
