* 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.

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.

PROJECT TOGETHER

Project Together seeks adult volunteers to establish a trusting,

one-to-one relationship with children stressed from family problems

and abuse. This component of the Orange County Health Care Agency’s

Children’s Mental Health Services offers training and supervision for

the program. Many of the children are economically deprived, victims

of neglect or both. (714) 850-8444.

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. (714) 550-7369

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. (714) 840-6611 or (714) 891-0804.