GETTING INVOLVED

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.