* GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically in...
* GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically in the Daily Pilot on a
rotating basis. If you’d like For information on adding your
organization to this list, call (949) 574-4298.
Academic Year in America
Costa Mesa families can host a German student and earn up to
$1,000 toward a number of travel abroad programs. Danielle Carpino,
(800) 322-HOST.
ALS Assn., Orange
County Chapter
The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn., which helps individuals
who have the disorder that is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease,
needs volunteers. (714) 375-1922.
American Home Health Hospice Program
The American Home Health Hospice Program needs volunteers to give
emotional support to terminally ill patients and their families in
the greater Orange County area. Training is provided. (714) 550-0800
or (800) 540-2545.
Best Buddies
The nonprofit organization is looking for volunteers, 18 and
older, to provide companionship for adults with developmental
disabilities. As a ‘’Citizen Buddy,’’ volunteers will visit with a
buddy twice a month and call or e-mail them once a week. The
organization lso has an e-Buddies program that forms friendships
entirely over the Internet. Volunteers for that program must be at
least 12. (714) 546-1826 or www.bestbuddies.org.
Easter Seals
Easter Seals needs volunteers for ongoing clerical work and to
help in programs for children with disabilities and in special
events. (714) 834-1111.
FISH -- Mobile Meals
Call (949) 642-6060 to help Friends in Service to Humanity assist
with the Mobile Meals
program and provide ongoing emergency assistance to those in need.
Both always seek volunteer assistance in a variety of areas. (949)
645-8050.
Friends of the Newport Beach Library
The book store needs book donations for book sales. Good quality
children’s and nonfiction books are especially needed. They may be
left at any of the branch libraries -- Balboa, Mariners or Corona del
Mar, or in the special book closet next to the Friends Book Store at
1000 Avocado Ave. Volunteers are needed to staff the used book store
that is inside the entrance of the Central Library. Volunteers must
be members of the Friends of the Library and are asked to work one
three-hour shift per month. (949) 759-9667.
Junior League
of Orange County
The organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism,
developing the potential of women and improving communities through
the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers, is seeking
new members. (949) 261-0823.
Kaiser Permanente Hospice Services
Volunteers are needed to provide four hours per week visiting
patients or doing errands for them or their caregivers in communities
near volunteers’ homes. (562) 622-3805.
Newport Harbor
Nautical Museum
The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum offers a number of volunteer
opportunities in the gift shop, as docents or receptionists, with
clerical work and with fund-raising events. Training is provided.
(949) 675-2355.
Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center
The center needs volunteers to work with high-risk families and
children, providing weekly emotional support to families, infants and
first-time mothers in their homes. The center is asking for a
three-hour weekly commitment. (714) 543-4333.
Service Corps of
Retired Executives
Join other business professionals to help small businesses succeed
by leading seminars and coaching entrepreneurs online with this
nonprofit group. (714) 550-5369 and ask for membership.
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