* GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically in the...

* GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically in the Daily Pilot on a rotating

basis. For information on adding your organization to this list, call

(949) 574-4298.

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.

(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. 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. (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. (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. (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. 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. (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. (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. (949) 642-3451, ext. 257.

SHERMAN LIBRARY & GARDENS

You could assist with the garden, work in the gift and tea shop or

become a docent guide for children and adults at Corona del Mar’s

botanical garden and historical research library. Stefanie

Kristiansen, (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. (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.

(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.

Mary Fitzgerald, (949) 458-8664.

SOUTH COAST REPERTORY THEATER

The South Coast Repertory Theater needs volunteers to help with

ushering and other functions. (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. (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.

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. (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.

(949) 495-5685.

TELL-A-FRIEND

Orange County cancer groups seek volunteers to encourage women to

have mammograms. Participants will take part in a one-on-one program

of education and encouragement specifically related to mammograms and

early breast cancer detection. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer

Foundation, (714) 957-9157.

UNDERGROUND

The Underground program, a function of Child’s Pace, provides

social activities and interaction for adolescents. Volunteers are

needed in many areas. (949) 548-8849.

VISIONS FOR PRISONS

Visions for Prisons, a nonprofit program that teaches attitudinal

healing and meditation in prison, needs typists to transcribe letters

from inmates to troubled kids. Weekday hours, Mesa del Mar. (714)

556-8000.

VOLUNTEER CENTER OF GREATER ORANGE COUNTY

With more than 1,500 volunteer opportunities, the Volunteer Center

will match people and groups wishing to volunteer with nonprofit

agencies in their area. Volunteer Connection Line, (714) 953-5757,

ext. 106.

WELLNESS COMMUNITY OF ORANGE COUNTY

The Wellness Community needs volunteers to help at the reception

desk during the day. (714) 258-1210.