* GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically in the...
* GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically in the Daily Pilot on a
rotating basis. For information on adding your organization to this
list, call (949) 574-4298.
ORANGE COUNTY
MUSEUM OF ART
Learn more about art and share with your community by becoming a
docent at the Orange County Museum of Art. A volunteer docent guides
adults and school groups through the galleries and teaches about the
museum’s collections and exhibitions. (949) 759-1122, ext. 204.
ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Docents are needed to lead tours of the Center, 600 Town Center
Drive, Costa Mesa. Learn about the history and the development of the
Center and the workings of the back stage areas. For more
information, call (714) 556-ARTS, ext. 833
ORANGE COUNTY WORKS
Participate in life management and employment training workshops
as a success coach to foster teens 16 to 18 years old. (949)
509-1451.
ORGANIZATION FOR THE HUMANE CARE OF ANIMALS
Volunteers are needed to care for stray and lost animals in the
Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Corona del Mar areas. (949) 722-1357.
ORTON DYSLEXIA SOCIETY ORANGE COUNTY BRANCH
Volunteers are needed to teach reading skills, work on mailings
and coordinate the adult group. (714) 999-0118 between 9 a.m. and 3
p.m.
PACIFIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Orange County Pacific Symphony Orchestra’s Volunteers in
Education Opportunities program needs volunteers to assist children
in a variety of hands-on musical activities. Volunteers spend a total
of six Saturday mornings with the children. (714) 755-5788, ext. 244.
PEDIATRIC CANCER
RESEARCH FOUNDATION
PCRF, which raises money to support pediatric cancer research,
needs needs volunteers for a variety of duties. (949) 859-6312.
THE PHARMACOLOGY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The institute is looking for volunteers to take part in a study on
quitting smoking. To learn more about the program, call (888)
774-4673.
PRIME DYNAMICS
Prime Dynamics, a Newport Beach nonprofit organization for the 99
and younger set, needs volunteers for its programs. (949) 262-7300.
PROJECT ACCESS
Project Access is a nonprofit organization that links resident of
low-income housing developments with beneficial social services
usually through resource centers. Volunteers are needed to turor
children, teach crafts and computer skills at the various centers.
Paul Shapiro, (949) 253-3120 ext. 229.
PROJECT CUDDLE
Project Cuddle, a nonprofit organization, serves the needs of
abused, abandoned and drug-exposed children. In addition to office
help and once-a-month, 12-hour hotline shifts, volunteers are needed
for an auxiliary group, fund-raising committees and to help
distribute stickers to stop babies from being abandoned in trash
bins. The organization also needs donated gift items for mothers and
babies. (714) 432-9681.
READING BY 9
The mentor reading program seeks volunteers to read to students in
kindergarten through the third grade. In Costa Mesa: Pomona
Elementary School, (949) 515-6980; Whittier Elementary School, (949)
515-6898; Wilson Elementary School, (949) 515-6995; and New Shalimar
Learning Center, (949) 646-0396, need help for students in reading,
writing and English. Mentor sessions may be scheduled from 8:30 to
11:30 a.m., and after school from 3 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
SAVE OUR YOUTH
The Westside Costa Mesa youth organization is looking for
volunteers to help create a positive alternative for people 12 to 23.
Volunteers are needed to help in areas such as boxing, sports,
health, fitness, aerobics and academic tutoring. (949) 548-3255.
SERVICE CORPS OF
RETIRED EXECUTIVES
Join other business professionals to help small businesses succeed
by leading seminars and coaching entrepreneurs online. The corps is a
nonprofit charitable organization composed of 11,500 volunteer business mentors, both working and retired, who counsel businesses
from nearly 400 offices throughout the country. Call (714) 550-7369,
and ask for membership.
SENIOR MEALS
AND SERVICES INC.
Volunteers are needed to deliver meals to homebound senior
citizens residing in Costa Mesa who are not able to prepare their own
meals and do not have anyone to prepare meals for them. Volunteers
are asked to donate at least one hour per week for a six-month
period. Substitute drivers are also needed to fill in for regular
drivers. (714) 840-6611 or (714) 891-0804.
SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED
Serving People in Need, also know as SPIN, is looking for
volunteers to help prepare sack meals for the homeless, assemble
hygiene kits, distribute meals and pick up food for preparation. SPIN
provides move-in costs for housing, case management and support
services to families leaving shelters. SPIN workers also serve as
family advisors or mentors and conducts workshops on budgeting and
more. Visit SPIN at 2900 Bristol St., Suite H-106, Costa Mesa. (714)
751-1101.
SHARE OUR SELVES CLINIC
The clinic, which provides emergency services to the needy in
Orange County, is looking for volunteers to deliver and pick up food
from local restaurants and grocery stores, help with medical and
dental staff, data entry, assist with food sorting and distribution,
to help at the front desk and some other duties. The group also needs
translators. (949) 642-3451, ext. 257.
SHERMAN LIBRARY
& GARDENS
You could assist with the garden, work in the gift and tea shop or
become a docent guide for children and adults at Corona del Mar’s
botanical garden and historical research library. Stefanie
Kristiansen, (949) 673-2261.
SMALL BUSINESS
ASSISTANCE CENTER
The Small Business Assistance Center of Orange Coast College needs
volunteers to advise small business owners in finance, accounting,
law, marketing, sales, human resources and other areas. (714)
432-5916.
SOMEONE CARES
SOUP KITCHEN
Someone Cares Soup Kitchen needs food servers and volunteers for
kitchen duties. The organization is at 720 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa.
(949) 548-8861.
SOUTH COAST
LITERACY COUNCIL
Volunteer tutors are needed to meet a greater demand for literacy
and English as a second language classes. Students are taught English
reading, writing and speaking skills at their own level in small
groups or one on one. There are centers all over Orange County. Once
trained, tutors may choose the center at which they want to teach.
Mary Fitzgerald, (949) 458-8664.
SPEAK UP NEWPORT
A nonprofit organization that promotes the social welfare by
educating the public and improving local government in Newport Beach
holds monthly meetings the second Wednesday of each month at the
Newport Beach Tennis Club. A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., and
meetings begin at 6 p.m. Free. Annual membership dues are $20. Send
check to “Speak Up Newport,” P.O. Box 2594, Newport Beach, 92663.
(949) 673-1191.
STITCHES FROM THE HEART
Made up of a group of women from Southern California who love to
knit and crochet, the nonprofit corporation is looking for volunteers
to knit and crochet hats, booties and blankets for premature babies
and babies in need. The items are donated to hospitals across the
country. Patterns are available, and donated yarn is appreciated.
Kathy Silverton, (310) 472-6903.
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