* GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically in the...

* GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically in the Daily Pilot on a rotating

basis. For information about adding your organization to this list,

call (714) 966-4600.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWPORT-MESA

The three area clubs need volunteer coaches and arts-and-crafts

workshop teachers. Call for locations. Information: (949) 642-2245.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS

The organization is running car campaigns to support its programs.

If you would like to donate your automobile, call (800) 246-0493.

BRAILLE INSTITUTE’S

ORANGE COUNTY CENTER

The nonprofit organization is looking for volunteers to assist

blind and visually impaired students in a variety of areas. (714)

821-5000, Ext. 2113.

CAMP LAUREL FOUNDATION

Camp Laurel is seeking volunteer counselors and medical staff for

Summer Camp and Teen Adventure Camp. The organization is dedicated to

providing educational camping programs free of charge to children

living with HIV and AIDS. Information: (323) 653-5005.

CASA TERESA

Casa Teresa, a temporary home for single, pregnant, homeless women

18 and older, needs volunteers for these positions: office

assistant/greeter, computer assistant, program developer assistant,

and resale-boutique salesperson. Information: (714) 538-4860.

COMPANION HOSPICE

The hospice is now recruiting volunteers to become a friend for

someone who needs that extra special caring at the end of life.

Become a member of a team whose goal is to promote quality of life

and comfort measures. Each applicant will receive 16 hours of

orientation and training. Information: (714) 560-8177.

COMMUNITY ANIMAL NETWORK

The network needs volunteers to help control the rising population

of wild cats in local neighborhoods. Volunteers would trap and

deliver cats to local veterinarians for spaying or neutering, and

then release them back to the property where they were found. The

goal of the program is to save the lives of stray cats. (949)

759-3646.

COSTA MESA CIVIC PLAYHOUSE

The playhouse needs volunteers for ushering, backstage work,

mailings, typing, controlling lights and many other duties.

Information: (949) 650-5269.

COSTA MESA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The society preserves and promotes the history of Costa Mesa and

the harbor area. Volunteers are needed for the archives, library,

museum, docent and public-outreach programs. Information: (949)

631-5918.

COSTA MESA LITERACY COUNCIL

The Costa Mesa Literacy Center needs volunteer tutors to teach

English as a second language. People who want to learn English as a

second language are also encouraged to call. Call to register.

Information: (714) 435-3310 or (714) 545-3445.

COSTA MESA MS SELF-HELP GROUP

The Orange County chapter of the national Multiple Sclerosis

Society has started a new self-help group in Costa Mesa for people

newly diagnosed or with minimal symptoms of multiple sclerosis, or

both. The group meets at 11 a.m. the second Tuesday of every month.

Information: (949) 650-7659.

COSTA MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT

The Costa Mesa Police Department is seeking volunteers 21 and

older to work at least 16 hours per month at the main station at 99

Fair Drive or at the Westside substation at 567 W. 18th St. Duties

include answering phones, making appointments, registering bicycles,

entering data, fingerprinting and helping with citywide projects.

Computer skills are not required. Information: (714) 754-5020.

COSTA MESA SENIOR CENTER

The multipurpose senior services facility at the corner of 19th

Street and Pomona Avenue seeks volunteers who can greet members and

the public at the front desk and volunteers for the Resource

Department with Excel computer experience and sharp telephone skills.

The Senior Meals program also needs people to deliver meals to homes.

Information: (949) 645-2356.

COSTA MESA SENIOR CORP.

The nonprofit organization at the Costa Mesa Senior Center is

looking for new board members. The fundraising and policymaking board

needs volunteers who will participate in monthly meetings, occasional

committee meetings and special projects. Candidates should have

connections in Costa Mesa and surrounding communities and an interest

in serving the community by helping seniors. Information: (949)

645-2356, Ext. 16.

COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES

Volunteers are needed to serve as advocates for abused, neglected

and abandoned children. Volunteers work one on one with a child for

three hours a week. Information: (714) 619-5155.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES

Volunteer mediators, case specialists and outreach assistants are

needed to help in a variety of mediation cases. Bilingual language

skills are needed for office volunteers and for mediators.

Information: (949) 250-0488.

EASTER SEALS

Easter Seals needs volunteers for ongoing clerical work, programs

for children with disabilities and special events. Information: (714)

834-1111.

ENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER

The Environmental Nature Center provides quality education through

hands-on experience with nature in a 3.5-acre outdoor classroom.

Adult volunteer trail guides are needed in the afternoon during the

week to lead children’s tours in the Center. Several other volunteer

opportunities are also available. Information: (949) 645-8489.

FAMILIES -- COSTA MESA

This team of community-based organizations, which works to provide

youth and families with counseling, family support, health education,

mentoring, tutoring, after-school activities and kinship services,

needs volunteers in all areas. Information: (949) 574-3976.

FISH -- MOBILE MEALS

Call (949) 642-6060 to help Friends in Service to Humanity with

the Mobile Meals program and provide ongoing emergency assistance to

those in need. Both always seek volunteer assistance in a variety of

areas. Information: (949) 645-8050.

FRIENDS OF THE BALLET MONTMARTRE

The Friends need volunteers who want to help talented local

dancers perform in professional theaters. For 30 years, the

organization has provided the community with quality Russian ballet

training, helping youth develop strong discipline skills, build high

self-esteem and achieve dreams of being a professional dancer.

Information: (714) 241-7424.

FRIENDS OF THE COSTA MESA LIBRARIES

The Friends is a support group for the three libraries in Costa

Mesa. Help with fundraising events and help promote library programs

and services in our community. Information: (714) 556-4396.

FRIENDS OF THE NEWPORT BEACH LIBRARY

The bookstore needs 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, which 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. Information: (949)

759-9667.

FRIENDS OF ORANGE COAST INTERFAITH SHELTER

The Friends of the Orange Coast Interfaith Shelter meet the first

Thursday of each month to plan projects and events that benefit

homeless families. FOCIS is the shelter’s only fundraising arm.

Information: (949) 640-8828.

GIRL SCOUTS

Girl Scouts of Orange County needs volunteers who will be trained

as troop leaders, serve on special committees and give lectures,

demonstrations or classes. Information: (714) 979-7900.

GIRLS INC. OF ORANGE COUNTY

Volunteers are needed to offer educational and enrichment

opportunities for girls and boys. Information: (949) 646-7181.

HOSPICE PREFERRED CHOICE

Volunteers are needed to help make a difference in the lives of

terminally ill persons and their families. Volunteers would assist

them with nonmedical needs such as providing respite for the primary

caregiver, running errands, reading to the patients and weekly social

visits. The organization is also looking for clerical and bereavement

volunteers to assist with office duties. Training is provided.

Information: (714) 980-0900.

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Volunteers are needed for Project Caring, which provides

socialization and cultural experiences to the Jewish residents and

others at Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa. Volunteers

adopt a facility to provide programming of Jewish content to the

residents on a monthly basis. They must take a TB test and undergo a

fingerprinting background check. Volunteers are also needed to

provide comfort and support to the Jewish terminally ill and their

families. The group sponsors an ongoing Jewish healing support group

for people with chronic illness at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Jewish

Family Service, 250 E. Baker St., Suite G, Costa Mesa. Free.

Preregistration required. Information: (714) 445-4950.