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Mary’s
Kitchen—Provides three meals a day to
the needy in Orange County. Helen Anderson (714)
555-1212
helen@maryskitchen.org
Goodwill Industries of Orange
County
Offers
many opportunities to help.
denisehiguchi@gioc.com
Volunteer Center of Orange
County
1901
E. Fourth Street, suite 100, Santa Ana, CA
92705
(714)
953-5757 - work
(714)
834-0585 - fax
admin@volunteercenter.org
Adopt-A-Social Worker
515
Cabrillo Park Drive, Suite 205
Santa
Ana, CA 92701
Katheryn
Hayes (714) 543-4333 x501
Corazon
Builds
3-4 homes in Mexico on regular one day
trips.
Peter-
(714) 846-5231 (work)
(714)
838-0611 (home)
Gleaning
Hotline
(714)
708-1597
LDS Humanitarian
Services
Involved in
international humanitarian projects requiring many
different needs. Please inquire as humanitarian needs are
always in shift. Will mail instructions for hygiene,
infant, maternity and school kits to be assembled for third
world countries and will arrange to distribute. 3550 Afton
Road, San Diego, CA 92123.
(801)
240-5954 or (858) 279-9690
Ronald McDonald House
383
Batavia, Orange, CA
(714)
639-3600
ALM Leprosy Mission
1
ALM Way, Greenville, South Carolina
29601
(800)
543-3135
http://www.leprosy.org
amlep@leprosy.org
Orangewood Home for Abused
Children
1575
E. 17th St., Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714)
619-0200 or (714) 935-7584
Shelter for the
Homeless
15161
Jackson Street
Midway
City, CA 92655
Connie
(714) 897-3221
Saddleback Outreach
Ray
Havert (949) 380-8144
San Francisco
Solano Food Bank
Irene
Reuter (949) 858-5166
Ways To Volunteer...
Help
people in need:
•
Prepare and serve a meal for the
homeless
•
Sort food and clothes at a social service
agency
•
Help build shelves and fill them for a local food
bank
•
Collect warm clothing and socks for the
homeless
•
Organize a food drive at your local church, school or
neighborhood
•
Collect toys for a domestic violence
center
•
Put together care boxes for abuse
women/children
•
Organize a study hour for young people
•
Serve as a career day speaker at a local
school
•
Participate in a walk-a-child from school
program
•
Help tutor a child in reading or math
skills
•
Become a foster parent
•
Coach a youth sports team
•
Connect with a family that might need help - including
friendship
Provide
Assistance For Senior Citizens:
•
Plant a garden at a senior citizens home
•
Organize a grocery shopping trip or trips for the
elderly
•
Perform household chores for the elderly or a home bound
person
•
Do yard work for an elderly neighbor or a family person in
need
•
Help decorate a hospice or nursing home
•
Adopt a grandparent
•
Organize a youth/senior get together between a nursing home
and a youth center
Improve
The Community
•
Join a neighborhood crime prevention
group
•
Teach environmental awareness to young
children
•
Start a recycling program in your neighborhood or
school
•
Help paint a home, school or church
•
Clean up the neighborhood park or recreation
area
•
Organize a neighborhood watch program