GETTING INVOLVED

NEWPORT BEACH THEATRE COMPANY

The company needs volunteers to help with costume design, sewing, makeup application, set construction, technical help, publicity, stage management and backstage supervision. Call: (949) 759-1046 or e-mail: lksaf@aol.com.

NEWPORT HARBOR NAUTICAL MUSEUM

The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum offers volunteer opportunities in the gift shop, as docents or receptionists, or with clerical work and fundraising events. Call: (949) 675-8915, ext. 107.

NEWPORT-MESA YMCA

The YMCA needs volunteers for a variety of tasks. Call: (949) 642-9990.

NEWPORT-MESA SCHOOL FOUNDATION

The foundation is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising efforts, events and occasional office work. Call: (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. Call: (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 semimonthly blood pressure screenings 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. Call: (949) 644-3244.

OPERA PACIFIC

The Opera Pacific Guild Alliance, a support group for Opera Pacific, has activities for volunteers. Call: (714) 546-6000.

OPERATION CLEAN SLATE

Operation Clean Slate, a Costa Mesa-based organization for graffiti prevention, needs volunteers to paint over graffiti and perform other duties. Call: 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. Call: (949) 645-9412.

ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE COALITION

The nonprofit Orange County Animal Rescue Coalition needs volunteers to help maintain cats’ and kittens’ cages at Petsmart’s Luv-a-Pet center at 17th Street and Superior Avenue, Costa Mesa. Volunteers for all shifts are needed. Call: (949) 451-3272.

ORANGE COAST INTERFAITH SHELTER

The largest family shelter in the county needs volunteers, including tutors, for its children’s programs. Volunteers will also act as a big brother or big sister during the summer. Volunteers are needed to prepare food and help serve dinner to more than 50 people in the emergency program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Call: Jaime Mayo, (949) 631-7213.

ORANGE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY

A volunteer group serving the communities of Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Huntington Beach needs volunteers for two-hour shifts on weekdays to walk dogs and help socialize them. Before purchasing a pet, please visit the shelter at 2163 Newland St., Huntington Beach. Call: (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. Call: (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. Call: (949) 723-5424 or visit: www.coastkeeper.org.

ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

Volunteers are needed for a variety of functions. Call: (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. Call: (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. Call: (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 backstage areas. 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. Call: (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. Call: (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. Call: (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. Call: (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. Call: (949) 859-6312.

THE PHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The institute is looking for volunteers to take part in a study on smoking cessation. Call: (888) 774-4673.