Big Opportunity on Big Sunday

[Adrian L. Koehler]

Hey Crew –

If you have served with us for Big Sunday in the past, I’d love to give you an opportunity to gather your friends and help us pull off some Big Projects this year. The Big Sunday Staff have reached out to us to help…let’s deliver!

 

Take a look at  the 10 opportunities below. Contact Adr...@mosaic.org if you and your friends would be willing to help guide one of these projects. We will help you with information, resources, tools to help make a BIG DIFFERENCE!

 

Reaching out –

Adrian

 

Sort and Pack at the Food Bank of Southern California
Food Sorting & Repacking
The Food Bank of Southern California
 
1444 San Francisco Ave.
Long Beach, 90813
Sat:  8:00 to 1:00
100 volunteers


 Cook With Project Chicken Soup
Project Chicken Soup cooks and delivers tasty and nutritious kosher meals for people of all ages, races, backgrounds and sexual orientations who suffer with AIDS/HIV. They're old Big Sunday favorites, and this year they need folks to help cook and/or deliver to their clients around town.
 
338 N. Fairfax
Los Angeles, 90036
Sun:  7:45 am to 12:00
20 volunteers
 

Deliver Meals on Wheels
Help St. Vincent's bring delicious hot meals to elderly or critically ill people who can't leave home. We've been working with them on Big Sunday since our very first year! During that time, we've only delivered on Sunday. This year, it's our pleasure to send volunteers to deliver meals on Saturday, too! This isn't the easiest job on this list, but it's always one of the most rewarding.
 
2201 Miramar St.
Los Angeles, 90057
Sat:  9:45am to 1:30
10 volunteers
 

Make a New Old Friend in Boyle Heights
Hollenbeck Palms has been serving the senior community for more than 100 years. They would love someone to come and entertain them for an hour on Big Sunday. Kids are always welcome. (Any glee clubs or choruses out there?) Adults are welcome, too - but, per their request, adult musicians have to be pros. (That's what they're used to!)
 
573 S. Boyle Ave.
Los Angeles, 90033
Sat:  1:30:00 to 2:30
30 volunteers


 Sort and Stack at the Saban Free Clinic (Melrose)
The Saban Free Clinic (formerly the L.A. Free Clinic) needs all kinds of clerical help. Cleaning, sorting, putting things into the computer, throwing other things out. If you're neat and organized, this is the one for you! (And we'll be at both their Beverly and Melrose Avenue locations. Sign up here for Melrose.)
 
Beverly Health Center & Hollywood Wilshire Health Center
5205 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, 90038
Sat:  10:00 to 1:00
5 volunteers
 

Tell a Shaggy Dog Story (North L.A. and South L.A.)
L.A. Animal Services (better known as "The Pound") is home to many lost dogs and cats. The nice folks at the shelter do everything they can to find these animals new homes. (And, in fact, we're working together at an adoption fair on the Saturday of Big Sunday weekend.) This year, for the first time, we're working together on a special project: Writers of all ages are invited to come to every pound in L.A. to write up the story - real or imagined - of the dogs waiting to find new homes. The stories will be posted on the dogs' cages, with the hope that when prospective owners come by and know more about the dogs, it will be that much harder to pass them by. Bring your laptop if you want! Photographers are welcome, too. The event will be followed by a tour of the pound, and an animal or two will come out to meet the guests.
North Central Animal Care Center
3201 Lacy Street
Los Angeles, 90031
Sun:  9:00 to 10:30
20 volunteers
 
South L.A.
3612 11th Avenue
Los Angeles, 90018
Sun:  9:00 to 10:30
20 volunteers
 

Brighten a Home for Women With Hard Lives
The Phoenix House Santa Fe Springs Women’s' Program helps female parolees and their children. Their clients are often undereducated and unskilled. All have histories of substance abuse, many have been homeless, and some are mentally ill. Phoenix House helps with drug treatment, parenting and vocational skills, and therapy and counseling. Last year we went to this home for the first time and had a great time. This year they've asked for help purchasing and installing solar panels so that they can use their outdoor area for evening social gatherings. While we're there, we'll be doing  some painting and gardening, too. They could also use 60 new twin mattresses and bed spreads.
 
Phoenix House, Santa Fe Springs
11015 Bloomfield Avenue
Santa Fe Springs, 90670
Sat:  9:00 to 1:00
15 volunteers
 

Get Organized at OPCC.
Help an organization that helps the homeless. Clean and organize Storage Bins.
 
1453 16th Street
Santa Monica, 90404
Sat:  12:00 to 3:00
20 volunteers
 

Make a New Old Friend in Sherman Oaks
The Village at Sherman Oaks is a retirement home with nearly 300 residents. Their residents would love some visitors, to chat, sing, or maybe even do arts and crafts. In fact, they're open to whatever you'd like to do. They're nice people, and happy and grateful for the company. (Unless it's little kids, running around unsupervised,  which they find a little annoying. Then again, who wouldn't?) This is a great project for friendly people of all ages.
 
5450 Vesper Ave
Sherman Oaks, 91411
Sun:  2:00 to 3:00
60 volunteers


 Clean Up in a Big Way in Stanton
Come on by as our old friends at Rebuilding Together Orange County host an amazing cleanup and beautification day in the City of Stanton. (They're expecting about 75% of the people in the town to turn out!) Volunteers are needed to fix up, paint out, remove debris, mow lawns, and trim trees. Last year when Rebuilding Together and the City of Stanton got together, they cleared out more than 6 tons of debris. (Not sure if that's an incentive to go, or something that's sure to keep you away.) In any case, it should be a great and busy day with many people pitching in in all kinds of way. There will be lunch for everyone at noon. Then, as they say, "We'll work as long as we have volunteers."
 
Beach Blvd & Pacific St
Stanton, 90680
Sat:  7:30 am to 12:00
150 volunteers