October 24, 2025 • 4 mins
Amy talks with Founder and Executive Director of Big Sunday David Levinson about their annual Sppoky Sunday event with a haunted house, costume giveaway, photobooth, trunk-or-treating, crafts, and much more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's say good morning now to the founder and director
of Big Sunday. It's David Levinson.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning, David morning.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
So, David, you have a Big Sunday planned this Sunday
for hundreds of kids in LA.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Please tell us about Spooky Sunday.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Yeah. Well, this is a Big Sunday's annual Halloween event
where we just bring out all the creepy crawlers and
spooks and scares for underserved kids and their families throughout
Los Angeles and we're excited to do it. It's always
loads of fun. This year's is full and the response
has been amazing. But people can stall gun involved. If
(00:38):
they want to help by donating candy, they can go
on our website Bigsunday dot org and press on to
the donate now button and just specify Spooky Sunday and
there'll be more candy and more costumes for those kids.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I love that, so we can help them out.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
So tell us about like, where where are these kids
coming from? How many kids are there that are going
to get to participate in this holloween event?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
They come from all the time. We work with all
sorts of social service agencies around towns and say you
know what families, what kids are in your program that
would really enjoy this. We work with groups like this
all over town in all kinds of ways throughout the year.
You know, our mission is to connect people through helping,
and we really believe a big Sunday that absolutely everybody
(01:22):
has some way they can help somebody else. Absolutely everyone
has some time they need help, and then we all
have to look out for one another.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Absolutely. So what do the kids get to do on Sunday?
I know that there's going to be trick or treating,
but you got some other stuff going on too?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Oh? Sure, we have magic shows and we have face painting,
and we have photographs, and we have games, and we
have dances. We have a haunted house and we have
all this. We have an endangered Animals show. Some of
them are a little scary animals, and we just have
all the things that you associate with Halloween. Kids come
(01:57):
in their costumes and it's really a ball to get
ready to get my costume on too.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
What are you going as?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I'm going as Waldough. Oh so I get a lot
of wares Waldo jokes, but it works.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Okay, And then let's talk about the costumes too.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Because we're talking about kids who are maybe coming from
underserved communities, so they don't have a lot of extra
money and costumes might be a problem.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
But this year, the kids are going to get costumes.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yes, our great friends that Disguise have donated tons of
costumes that we have then distributed to all kinds of
nonprofits and schools around town that in turn gave them
to their family. And Disguise has been a great support
of this event for a long time and we're very
grateful to them.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Okay, and then David to remind us again, you're all
full and you've got everybody you need for this event,
but if you want to donate some candy to help out,
we can make the Halloween a little sweeter for the kids.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Where do they go and how do they do it?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
They can just go onto Big Sunday dot org and
press on the donate now button and donate you know,
whatever you would like to do it. Just specify it's
for Halloween and we'll take it from there. And just
so your listeners knowing me, this doesn't end with Halloween.
We go jump right into our Thanksgiving event. This year,
(03:16):
we're going to be feeding eighteen thousand hungry and grateful
people throughout the Greater LA area. And this has been
such a challenging year for all of us in Los Angeles,
and we think it's a great time she got together,
whether share the scares of Halloween and just share some
gratitude of thanksgiving, or enjoy the holidays in December. Big
(03:38):
Sundays here for all of it.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
I love it, and we're going to be talking to
you more as we approach the holidays because I know
that we want to share more about how you're going
to feed those eighteen thousand people.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I think it's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
David Levinson, thank you so much, director and founder of
Big Sunday, getting ready for a big, spooky Sunday for
a whole lot of kids, making them happy this Halloween.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Thanks for having me, amil A say
Let's say good morning now to the founder and director
of Big Sunday. It's David Levinson.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning, David morning.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
So, David, you have a Big Sunday planned this Sunday
for hundreds of kids in LA.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Please tell us about Spooky Sunday.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Yeah. Well, this is a Big Sunday's annual Halloween event
where we just bring out all the creepy crawlers and
spooks and scares for underserved kids and their families throughout
Los Angeles and we're excited to do it. It's always
loads of fun. This year's is full and the response
has been amazing. But people can stall gun involved. If
(00:38):
they want to help by donating candy, they can go
on our website Bigsunday dot org and press on to
the donate now button and just specify Spooky Sunday and
there'll be more candy and more costumes for those kids.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I love that, so we can help them out.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
So tell us about like, where where are these kids
coming from? How many kids are there that are going
to get to participate in this holloween event?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
They come from all the time. We work with all
sorts of social service agencies around towns and say you
know what families, what kids are in your program that
would really enjoy this. We work with groups like this
all over town in all kinds of ways throughout the year.
You know, our mission is to connect people through helping,
and we really believe a big Sunday that absolutely everybody
(01:22):
has some way they can help somebody else. Absolutely everyone
has some time they need help, and then we all
have to look out for one another.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Absolutely. So what do the kids get to do on Sunday?
I know that there's going to be trick or treating,
but you got some other stuff going on too?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Oh? Sure, we have magic shows and we have face painting,
and we have photographs, and we have games, and we
have dances. We have a haunted house and we have
all this. We have an endangered Animals show. Some of
them are a little scary animals, and we just have
all the things that you associate with Halloween. Kids come
(01:57):
in their costumes and it's really a ball to get
ready to get my costume on too.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
What are you going as?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I'm going as Waldough. Oh so I get a lot
of wares Waldo jokes, but it works.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Okay, And then let's talk about the costumes too.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Because we're talking about kids who are maybe coming from
underserved communities, so they don't have a lot of extra
money and costumes might be a problem.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
But this year, the kids are going to get costumes.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yes, our great friends that Disguise have donated tons of
costumes that we have then distributed to all kinds of
nonprofits and schools around town that in turn gave them
to their family. And Disguise has been a great support
of this event for a long time and we're very
grateful to them.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Okay, and then David to remind us again, you're all
full and you've got everybody you need for this event,
but if you want to donate some candy to help out,
we can make the Halloween a little sweeter for the kids.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Where do they go and how do they do it?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
They can just go onto Big Sunday dot org and
press on the donate now button and donate you know,
whatever you would like to do it. Just specify it's
for Halloween and we'll take it from there. And just
so your listeners knowing me, this doesn't end with Halloween.
We go jump right into our Thanksgiving event. This year,
(03:16):
we're going to be feeding eighteen thousand hungry and grateful
people throughout the Greater LA area. And this has been
such a challenging year for all of us in Los Angeles,
and we think it's a great time she got together,
whether share the scares of Halloween and just share some
gratitude of thanksgiving, or enjoy the holidays in December. Big
(03:38):
Sundays here for all of it.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
I love it, and we're going to be talking to
you more as we approach the holidays because I know
that we want to share more about how you're going
to feed those eighteen thousand people.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I think it's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
David Levinson, thank you so much, director and founder of
Big Sunday, getting ready for a big, spooky Sunday for
a whole lot of kids, making them happy this Halloween.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Thanks for having me, amil A say
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