* 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.
NEWPORT BAY NATURALIST
The Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve is looking for volunteers to
assist with naturalist-led tours and programs, special events and
habitat restoration projects. The interpretive center is at 2301
University Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 923-2296.
NEWPORT BEACH CONFERENCE AND VISITORS BUREAU
The bureau is dedicated to the promotion of the city to potential
visitors. Volunteers with extensive knowledge of Newport Beach are
needed. (949) 719-6100.
NEWPORT BEACH LIBRARY LITERACY PROGRAM
The program seeks volunteers to tutor adults who want to improve
their reading and writing skills. Volunteers will be certified during
training workshops in the Friends Meeting Room at the Central
Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. Newport Beach. (949) 717-3874 or
literacy@city.newport-beach.
ca.us.
NEWPORT BEACH PREMIERE CINEMA GUILD
The Newport Beach Premiere Cinema Guild, which supports the
Newport Beach Film Festival, is looking for new members. Interested
candidates should want to help further an artistic and cultural
heritage in the community and should have a love of cinema and a
desire to raise awareness of the film festival. (949) 253-2880.
NEWPORT BEACH, GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Newport Beach City Council is seeking applications from
residents or business owners to fill vacancies on the General Plan
Advisory Committee. The committee meets from 7 to 9 p.m. on the
second and fourth Mondays in the Newport Beach Police Department
auditorium, 870 Santa Barbara. (949) 644-3005.
NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
The library foundation needs extra hands to perform clerical
duties, such as filing, organizing and stuffing envelopes, at the
Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. (949) 717-3890.
NEWPORT BEACH THEATRE COMPANY
The company needs volunteers to help with costume design, sewing,
make-up application, set construction, technical help, publicity,
stage management and backstage supervision. (949) 759-1046 or
LKSaf@aol.com.
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 fundraising events. Training is provided.
(949) 675-8915, Ext. 107.
NEWPORT-MESA YMCA
The YMCA needs a variety of general volunteer help. (949)
642-9990.
NEWPORT-MESA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
The foundation is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising
efforts, speaking opportunities, public events and occasional office
work. (949) 631-4143.
NEWPORT THEATRE ARTS CENTER
A variety of jobs need to be tackled, including set construction,
ushering, mailings and assorted technical duties. Scheduling is
flexible, with a two- to 20-hour commitment per month. The Newport
Theatre Arts Center is at 2501 Cliff Drive. (949) 631-0288.
OASIS SENIOR CENTER
Meals on Wheels volunteers are needed to distribute prepared
dishes to homebound seniors in the Newport Beach area. The delivery
time is between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily. The center also needs
volunteer nurses for its semi-monthly blood pressure screenings. The
center offers this service between 9 and 11 a.m. the first and third
Tuesdays of the month. Volunteers should commit two hours once a
month or volunteer on a substitute basis. The center is at 800
Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar. (949) 644-3244.
OPERA PACIFIC
The Opera Pacific Guild Alliance, a support group for Opera
Pacific, has activities for volunteers. (714) 546-6000.
OPERATION CLEAN SLATE
Operation Clean Slate, a Costa Mesa-based organization for
graffiti prevention, needs volunteers to paint over graffiti and
other duties. Michael Howard, (714) 435-0745.
OCC NAUTICAL LIBRARY
Orange Coast College’s School of Sailing and Seamanship needs book
donations for its Nautical Library. Thousands of volumes of
boating-related titles are needed. The School of Sailing and
Seamanship is at 1801 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949)
645-9412.
ORANGE COAST INTERFAITH SHELTER
The largest family shelter in the county needs volunteers for its
children’s programs. It especially desires tutors and those who can
take part in activities after 6 p.m. Tutors will work with groups of
children or individually, helping children in their academic problem
areas. Volunteers will also act as a big brother or big sister during
the summer. Jaime Mayo, (949) 631-7213.
ORANGE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
A volunteer group serving the communities of Costa Mesa, Newport
Beach and Huntington Beach needs animal-loving volunteers for
two-hour shifts on weekdays to walk dogs and help socialize them to
help them get adopted. Before purchasing a pet, please visit the
shelter at 2163 Newland, Huntington Beach between Pacific Coast
Highway and Atlanta. (714) 540-2288.
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.
ORANGE COUNTY COASTKEEPER
Newport Beach-based Orange County Coastkeeper is looking for
enthusiastic volunteers to help monitor water quality. Training
sessions for volunteers are available. (949) 723-5424 or
https://www.coastkeeper.org.
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Volunteers are needed for a variety of functions. (714) 839-6199.
ORANGE COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE
The task force is recruiting volunteers for the Interfaith Council
Network to work one-on-one with homeless adults in a program on basic
life skills. (949) 263-1774.
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. (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.
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.
PARENT HELP USA
Founded by Mothers and Others Against Child Abuse, Parent Help
asks the public for help and volunteers to inform the community on
vital issues affecting children and the family. (949) 650-3461 or
(949) 675- 5271.
PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
PCRF, which raises money to support pediatric cancer research,
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 tutor
children, teach crafts and computer skills at the various centers.
Paul Shapiro, (949) 253-3120 ext. 229.
PROJECT CUDDLE
Project Cuddle is a Costa Mesa-based nonprofit organization that
meets the needs of girls and women facing unplanned pregnancies. In
addition to office help and 12-hour hotline shifts once a month,
volunteers are needed for an auxiliary group and fundraising
committees and to help distribute stickers to stop babies from being
abandoned in trash bins. Service groups of all kinds -- mom’s groups,
churches, students, men and women’s clubs, and company-sponsored
sport’s teams -- are wanted for creative fundraising projects. The
organization also needs donated gift items for mothers and babies.
(714) 432-9681 or https://www.projectcuddle.org.
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.
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