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basis. For information about adding your organization to this list,
call (714) 966-4600.
ACADEMIC YEAR IN AMERICA
Costa Mesa families can host a German student and earn up to
$1,000 toward a number of travel-abroad programs. Information:
Danielle Carpino, (800) 322-HOST.
ALS ASSN., ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER
The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn., which helps people who
have the disorder that is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, needs
volunteers. Information: (714) 375-1922.
ALZHEIMER’S ASSN. OF ORANGE COUNTY
Support group leaders, family resource consultants, special event
volunteers, office volunteers are needed. Volunteers may work on
one-time projects or ongoing programs. Training sessions are
available. Information: (800) 660-1993.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
The Orange County Region of the American Cancer Society seeks
office volunteers. The society also seeks volunteers to answer calls
for the unit’s Helpline Info Center. Information: (949) 261-9446.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY DISCOVERY SHOP
The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop needs unwanted goods
such as clothing, furniture, jewelry, accessories, antiques and
collectibles to fund the society’s research, education and
patient-services programs. The goods may be dropped off at 2600 E.
Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. Volunteers ages 16 and older are also
needed to help sort clothes, cashier, decorate, and do computer work
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the same location.
Information: (949) 640-4777.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ROAD TO RECOVERY
The transportation program needs volunteers to drive cancer
patients to and from medical treatments free of charge. The required
commitment is a few hours each week or month. Drivers must have a
valid driver’s license and insurance and be at least 25. Volunteers
may use either their own vehicles or American Cancer Society vans.
Information: (949) 261-9446 or [email protected].
AMERICAN HEART ASSN.
The American Heart Assn. is looking for volunteers to perform
various general office duties in the main office and implement
educational and fundraising events through Orange County. No
experience necessary. Training will be provided. Information: (949)
856-3555.
AMERICAN HOME HEALTH HOSPICE PROGRAM
The American Home Health Hospice Program needs volunteers to give
emotional support to terminally ill patients and their families in
the greater Orange County area. Training is provided. Information:
(714) 550-0800 or (800) 540-2545.
AMERICAN RED CROSS, ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER
The chapter needs volunteers to address community groups about Red
Cross services and to act as liaisons with the media in disaster and
emergency situations. Information: Lynn Howes, (714) 481-5376.
***ANGELS CHARITY
A nonprofit charity to help children with multiple birth defects,
the group needs help with their annual fundraiser Angel’s Run.
Information: (949) 650-2757 or https://www.angelscharity.org.
ANIMAL NETWORK OF ORANGE COUNTY
Become a bottle-feeder or take in pregnant cats at your home. Many
shelters kill pregnant cats upon arrival. Dogs and cats are also
available for adoption. Information: (949) 759-3646 or
https://www.animalnetwork.org.
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA
Volunteers looking for varying levels of involvement are needed to
help the organization with its goal of helping children in the
community. Information: (949) 645-6929.
ASSN. RENAISSANCE CREATORS
The Costa Mesa group sponsors and supports outreach community
service programs, such as the homeless sanctuary. Volunteers are
needed. Information: (714) 540-5803.
BALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Balboa Island Museum and Historical Society, a nonprofit
organization, is seeking memorabilia such as photographs and stories
for the museum’s collection. Volunteers are needed as docents and to
help with displays. The museum, at 502 S. Bayfront, Suite A, is open
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Information: (949)
675-3952.
BALBOA PERFORMING ARTS THEATER FOUNDATION
The Balboa Performing Arts Theater Foundation is looking for
volunteers to assist in its office. Volunteers are asked to work a
two-hour shift every week. Information: (949) 673-0895.
BEST BUDDIES
The nonprofit organization is looking for volunteers 18 and older
to provide companionship for adults with developmental disabilities.
As a “Citizen Buddy,” volunteers will visit with a buddy twice a
month and call or e-mail them once a week. The organization also has
an e-Buddies program that forms friendships entirely over the
Internet. Volunteers for that program must be at least 12 years old.
Information: (714) 546-1826 or https://www.bestbuddies.org.
BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS
The local chapter is looking for men and women older than 18 who
have lived in Orange County for at least one month and have been
employed for at least one month to serve as big brothers or big
sisters for children ages 6 to 16 from single-parent homes.
Information: (714) 544-7773, https://www.bigbrooc.org.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC.
Volunteer opportunities for the Orange County Council include
fundraising, program development and training to existing troops and
packs. Information: (714) 546-4990.
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.
Information: Mary Johnson, (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 or
volunteers@Companion
Hospice.com.
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. Information:
(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.
HUMAN OPTIONS
The organization shelters, counsels and educates abused women and
children. It is looking for volunteers. Information: (949) 737-5242,
Ext. 24.
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
The organization of women, committed to promoting volunteerism,
developing the potential of women and improving communities through
the work and leadership of trained volunteers, is seeking new
members. Information: (949) 261-0823.
KAISER PERMANENTE HOSPICE SERVICES
Volunteers are needed to spend four hours per week visiting
patients or doing errands for them or their caregivers in communities
near volunteers’ homes. Information: (562) 622-3805.
LAGUNA GREENBELT INC.
Volunteers are needed to assist Laguna Coast Wilderness Park staff
and James Dilley Preserve staff and docents with hiker registration
and general public orientation. Information: (949) 488-0287.
LAGUNA SHANTI
Laguna Shanti, an organization that works with persons with HIV or
AIDS, is seeking caring volunteers to assist with running the front
office, delivering meals, providing transportation and providing
complimentary therapies such as massage, acupuncture and chiropractic
care. Information: Lisa Toghia, (949) 494-1446.
LITERACY PROGRAM
The program is always in need of volunteer tutors. No professional
teaching experience is required. To attain certification, a series of
training classes must be completed. For more information, contact
Literary Services at the Newport Beach Library, (949) 717-3874.
LUV-A-PET CENTER
Volunteers who love to work with cats and kittens are needed at
the Luv-a-Pet Center at PetsMart in Costa Mesa. Information: (949)
451-3272.
MENTOR PROGRAM
YMCA Community Services needs mentors to make a lasting effect on
a young person’s life. Students 10 to 18 years old are matched with
mentors to improve their school performance and self-esteem while
developing positive peer and adult relationships. Information: (714)
549-9622, Ext. 35.
MOBILE MEALS
Volunteer drivers are needed to help deliver nutritious meals to
homebound, frail or elderly clients incapable of shopping and cooking
for themselves. Information: (949) 645-8050.
MOZART CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA
Orange County’s only nonprofit resident chamber orchestra needs
volunteers for ticketing, ushering, phones, mailing and help with
receptions. Nominees are also being sought for the board of
directors. Information: (949) 830-2950.
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR WOMEN INC.
The recovery center for women with alcohol or other chemical
dependencies seeks volunteers. Information: (949) 548-9927 or (949)
548-8754.
NEWPORT BEACH 1/1 ADOPT A MARINE BATTALION FUND
The 1/1 Adopt A Marine Battalion Fund was created to accept
donations and to provide financial support for ongoing programs and
events planned to show appreciation to the 1st Battalion 1st Marines,
based at Camp Pendleton. Information: (949) 644-3124.
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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information: (949) 717-3874
-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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information: (949)
759-1046 or [email protected].
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.
Information: (949) 675-8915, Ext. 107.
NEWPORT-MESA YMCA
The YMCA needs a variety of general volunteer help. Information:
(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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information: (949) 644-3244.
OPERA PACIFIC
The Opera Pacific Guild Alliance, a support group for Opera
Pacific, has activities for volunteers. Information: (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. Information: 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. Information:
(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. Information: (949) 451-3272.
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. Information: 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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information: (949) 723-5424 or
https://www.coastkeeper.org.
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Volunteers are needed for a variety of functions. Information:
(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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information:
(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. Information:
(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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information: (949)
859-6312.
THE PHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The institute is looking for volunteers to take part in a study on
quitting smoking. Information: (888) 774-4673.
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.
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.
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. Information: (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. Information: (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. Information: 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. Information:
(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.
Information: (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. Information: (949) 642-3451, Ext. 257.
SHERMAN LIBRARY & GARDENS
Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona del Mar is looking for
volunteers to work in the gardens for six hours a month and to be
involved in its two volunteer fundraisers. Information: (949)
673-2261.
SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTER
The Small Business Assistance Center of Orange Coast College needs
volunteers to advise small business owners in finance, accounting,
law, marketing, sales, human resources and other areas. Information:
(714) 432-5916.
SOMEONE CARES SOUP KITCHEN
Someone Cares Soup Kitchen needs food servers and volunteers for
kitchen duties. The organization is at 720 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa.
Information: (949) 548-8861.
SOUTH COAST LITERACY COUNCIL
Volunteer tutors are needed to meet a greater demand for literacy
and English as a second language classes. Students are taught English
reading, writing and speaking skills at their own level in small
groups or one-on-one. There are centers all over Orange County. Once
trained, tutors may choose the center at which they want to teach.
Information: Mary Fitzgerald, (949) 458-8664.
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY THEATER
The South Coast Repertory Theater needs volunteers to help with
ushering and other functions. Information: (714) 708-5500.
SPEAK UP NEWPORT
A nonprofit organization that promotes the social welfare by
educating the public and improving local government in Newport Beach
holds monthly meetings the second Wednesday of each month at the
Newport Beach Yacht Club, 1099 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. A
reception begins at 5:30 p.m., and meetings begin at 6 p.m. Free.
Annual membership dues are $20. Send check to “Speak Up Newport,”
P.O. Box 2594, Newport Beach, CA 92663. Information: (949) 673-1191.
STITCHES FROM THE HEART
Made up of a group of women from Southern California who love to
knit and crochet, the nonprofit corporation is looking for volunteers
to knit and crochet hats, booties and blankets for premature babies
and babies in need. The items are donated to hospitals across the
country. Patterns are available, and donated yarn is appreciated.
Information: Kathy Silverton, (310) 472-6903.
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
The Surfrider Foundation Newport Beach Chapter is a grass-roots,
nonprofit environmental organization that works to protect the
oceans, waves and beaches through its Conservation Activism Research
and Education program. Information: (949) 631-6273.
SWEET ADELINES OF ORANGE COUNTY
The singing group invites women who like to sing to join them
Tuesday nights for four-part harmony, or Barbershop-style singing.
Information: (949) 495-5685.
TASTE OF NEWPORT
Assistants are needed for the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce’s
16th annual “Taste of Newport” event, held Sept. 10 to Sept. 12
outside Fashion Island mall, 400 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.
Volunteers will pour beverages, help in the ticket booths and greet
visitors. They’ll also receive a “Taste of Newport” T-shirt and free
admission to the event on the day they volunteer. Information: (949)
729-4400.
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