* 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 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.
READ/ORANGE COUNTY
Volunteer literacy tutors are needed to help create a more
literate community with no-cost tutoring for adults in reading and
writing, one-on-one or in small groups. The adult literacy program
serves the Orange County Public Library system. Lessons are
individualized and confidential. Training is provided and required.
(714) 566-3070 or https://www.readoc.org.
READING BY 9
The mentor reading program seeks volunteers to read to students in
kindergarten through the third grade. Costa Mesa schools 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. 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.
SALVATION ARMY OF ORANGE COUNTY
Group or family volunteers are needed to adopt a family, sponsor
an angel tree, hold a canned food or toy drive, or make a special
gift or donation directly to the Salvation Army. (714) 832-7100.
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.
SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED
Serve as a guide for homeless families by helping them set goals
and maintain a basic budget. Bilingual skills needed. Orientation and
training provided. Theresa Rowe, (949) 757-1456.
SENIOR MEALS AND SERVICES INC.
Volunteers are needed to deliver meals to homebound senior
citizens in Costa Mesa who are not able to prepare their own meals
and do not have anyone to prepare meals for them. Meals are delivered
between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Volunteers are asked
to donate at least one hour per week for six months. 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 known as SPIN, is looking for
volunteers to help prepare 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.
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY THEATER
The South Coast Repertory Theater needs volunteers to help with
ushering and other functions. (714) 708-5500.
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, CA 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.
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
The Surfrider Foundation Newport Beach Chapter is a grass-roots,
nonprofit environmental organization that works to protect the
oceans, waves and beaches through its Conservation Activism Research
and Education program. (949) 631-6273.
SWEET ADELINES OF ORANGE COUNTY
The singing group invites women who like to sing to join them
Tuesday nights for four-part harmony, or Barbershop-style singing.
(949) 495-5685.
TELL-A-FRIEND
Orange County cancer groups seek volunteers to encourage women to
have mammograms. Participants will take part in a one-on-one program
of education and encouragement specifically related to mammograms and
early breast cancer detection. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation, (714) 957-9157.
UNDERGROUND
The Underground program, a function of Child’s Pace, provides
social activities and interaction for adolescents. Volunteers are
needed in many areas. (949) 548-8849.
VISIONS FOR PRISONS
Visions for Prisons, a nonprofit program that teaches attitudinal
healing and meditation in prison, needs typists to transcribe letters
from inmates to troubled kids. Weekday hours, Mesa del Mar. (714)
556-8000.
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF GREATER ORANGE COUNTY
With more than 1,500 volunteer opportunities, the Volunteer Center
will match people and groups wishing to volunteer with nonprofit
agencies in their area. Volunteer Connection Line, (714) 953-5757,
ext. 106.
WELLNESS COMMUNITY OF ORANGE COUNTY
The Wellness Community needs volunteers to help at the reception
desk during the day. (714) 258-1210.
WEST SIDE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
Volunteers are needed from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays
to tutor students in first through sixth grades in reading. (949)
631-7724.
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN
The Costa Mesa-based organization provides support for needy women
to become self-sufficient by gaining employment. Volunteers are
needed in the organization’s Professional Clothes Closet to assists
clients and sort clothing. The organization is at 711 W. 17th St.,
Suite A-10, Costa Mesa. (949) 631-2333 or https://www.whw.org.
WYLAND FOUNDATION
The Wyland Foundation, which encourages greater awareness of ocean
conservation, is seeking volunteers for clerical and computer help
and grant writing. (949) 497-6723.
YMCA
The YMCA’s Building Life Options Mentor Program is looking for
volunteers to mentor and tutor teens in Costa Mesa. (714) 838-0181,
ext. 110.
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