* 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 (949) 574-4298.

PRIME DYNAMICS

Prime Dynamics, a Newport Beach nonprofit organization for the 99

and younger set, needs volunteers for its programs. Information:

(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.

Information: 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.

Information: (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. Information: (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.

Information: (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. Information: 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. Information: (714)

832-7100.