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The OC Armory Emergency Shelter Program seeks volunteers

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The OC Armory Emergency Shelter Program Seeks Volunteers

By OC Supervisor Lisa Bartlett

With the cold weather upon us, the Orange County Armory Shelter opened on November 14 and will remain open through April 15, 2016. The Armory Program provides up to 400 beds per night for the homeless in Fullerton and Santa Ana. Volunteers are needed 7 days per week to help both in the evening (5-8 PM) and morning hours (5-7 AM). Volunteer activities include assisting with set-up, clean up, passing out meals and donations. Continue reading→

Solorio Senate campaign seeking volunteers and interns

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TEAM SOLORIO VOLUNTEER & INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The Solorio for Senate campaign is looking for talented, committed people to work with us on a cutting-edge political and community organizing campaign. With the June primary only a few weeks away, they are looking for additional volunteers and interns to join their team. Star volunteers and interns will also have priority for paid campaign positions openings.

Job Duties

The primary objective of our volunteer and intern program is to participate in voter contact (via phone banks and door-to-door canvassing) for identification, persuasion, and
engagement. Continue reading→

The OCTA seeks volunteers to serve on its Citizens Committee

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2014
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Joel Zlotnik (714) 560-5713, Eric Carpenter (714) 560-5697

OCTA Seeks Volunteers to Serve on Citizens Committee

Applications for advisory committee are being accepted through May 4

ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is recruiting community leaders to fill openings on the Citizens Advisory Committee, a 34-member group that provides input on a broad spectrum of transportation projects, studies and outreach activities.

Appointed by OCTA’s Board of Directors, the committee’s responsibilities include identifying opportunities for community input, serving as a liaison between the public and OCTA, and participating in roundtable discussions. Continue reading→

Help the Boys & Girls Club to build a new playground in Santa Ana, on 9/10

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From: The Santa Ana Boys & Girls Club

Looking for volunteer hours, community service, or just the opportunity to give back to your community? The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana have teamed up with KaBOOM! and Disney to build a brand-new playground for our Club.

In order to make this possible, we need help from the community! We are currently looking for volunteers to participate in our Build Day on Monday, September 10th. The Build Day will start at 8 a.m. and will conclude with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. Please come join us in celebrating!

For more information or to sign-up, please call our club at (714) 543-7212. Continue reading→

You can assist Back to Natives at Santa Ana’s Santiago Park nursery

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Come assist Back to Natives at our Nursery in Santa Ana’s lovely Santiago Park! We will be propagating and caring for native plants that will be used for habitat restoration or to help raise funds for our environmental education and habitat restoration programs.

Depending on what needs to be accomplished, you may be seeding, transplanting, weeding, watering, organizing, building displays, constructing a demonstration garden, etc. Bring gloves if you have them, or borrow ours. Wear sunscreen and a hat, bring a re-usable water bottle filled with water. CLOSED TOED SHOES ARE REQUIRED! Continue reading→

Wells Fargo volunteers planting over 100 trees at Santiago Park today

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media: Reginald Durant, Director of Restoration, Back To Natives Restoration, (949) 335-8655

More than 100 volunteers will gather tomorrow to plant 160 trees in honor of Earth Day and to mark Wells Fargo’s 160th anniversary

Santa Ana, Calif. (April 20, 2012) – Back to Natives Restoration today announced a $10,000 donation from Wells Fargo in support of the nonprofit’s efforts to preserve and restore Orange County and California’s wild lands through local education and restoration projects. The grant will be celebrated with the planting of 160 trees at Santiago Park in Santa Ana, Calif., in honor Earth Day and Wells Fargo’s milestone anniversary of 160 years of helping customers succeed financially and communities thrive. More than 100 Wells Fargo team members who are active members of the company’s local Volunteer Chapter, their friends and family, will participate in the effort. Continue reading→

Santa Ana receives grant to expand computer classes at the library

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Community: DIGITIZING YOURSELF INTO THE INTERNET COMMUNITY

SANTA ANA, CA (April 3, 2012) – The Santa Ana Library has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. The grant, entitled “Digitizing Yourself into the Internet Community,” will enable the library to expand its current basic computer classes with brand new courses taught by experts. These classes will help Santa Ana residents build the skills necessary to participate fully in the digital world. Continue reading→

Volunteers create workforce readiness space at Santa Ana community center

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What started as an underutilized, rundown building is now an inviting space that will host a variety of community, education and workforce programs thanks to the work of more than 100 ARAMARK volunteers.  They gathered together on Oct. 27, from 10 am to 3 pm, at The Salvation Army Santa Ana Community Center, located at 1710 W Edinger Ave, in Santa Ana.

In a single day, the volunteers completely transformed the Salvation Army Santa Ana Community Center, which serves more than 1,250 people monthly. The refreshed space now boasts a fresh coat of paint, a community garden and outdoor recreation space. But perhaps most importantly, volunteers created functional and attractive workforce readiness rooms that will provide members of the community, which has the second highest unemployment rate in Orange County, with the space and tools to train for and find jobs. Continue reading→

Inner-Coastal Watershed Clean-up at the Santiago Park Nature Reserve on 9/17

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The Inner-Coastal Watershed Clean-up is taking place on September 17th between 9am and 12pm.

Watershed Clean-up registration begins at 9am at the Nature Center at: 600 E. Memory Lane, Santa Ana, CA 92706. Continue reading→

Nearly 300 Deloitte volunteers support SAUSD schools on 12th annual Impact Day

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NEARLY 300 DELOITTE VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT SANTA ANA’S SCHOOLS

Organization’s 12th annual IMPACT Day highlights long-term commitment to local school district

For the past twelve years, Deloitte volunteers have donated their expertise toward improving education in SAUSD schools. To date, Deloitte volunteers have impacted over 8,000 Santa Ana students.

On Friday, June 10, nearly 300 professionals from Deloitte’s Orange County office once again will put work on hold to volunteer at Santa Ana schools. At Jackson Elementary School, Deloitte volunteers will introduce students to the concepts of workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through a series of Junior Achievement courses, as well as give the campus a makeover. Meanwhile, at Sierra Preparatory Academy, volunteers will host a math camp to teach students how math comes into play in real-world situations. Volunteers will use an interactive game show format to engage 100 sixth grade students.

Deloitte volunteers are using the occasion of the 12th annual IMPACT Day, its national day of community service, to host these events. These are two of several volunteer events in Orange County and part of a national effort hosted by Deloitte in more than 70 communities across the country on June 10. Nearly three-quarters of the organization’s personnel, which numbers more than 50,000 in total, are setting aside their work to volunteer at more than 800 events nationwide.

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Over one hundred volunteers show up to paint a new mural at Santiago Park

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The City of Santa Ana sponsored a mural painting project today at Santiago Park.  Over one hundred volunteers showed up – some from surrounding cities, according to Gerardo Mouet, the Director of the Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Agency.

Mouet worked hard on this project, raising money to pay for it and raising more money to feed his army of volunteers.  Many of the teens who are part of the Santa Ana Library’s Teen Space were there today from as early as 6:30 a.m., to help set up.

Artist Roberto Del Hoyo was born and raised in Los Angeles. He received his bachelor degree in Studio Art with concentration in painting, from the California State University of Los Angeles.  He then earned an MFA in public practice at the OTIS College of Art and Design.

Mouet asked Del Hoyo to come up with a design that reflected the natural surroundings at Santiago Park – and that linked to the theme of the Discovery Science Center, as the mural was painted in a walkway that goes under Main St., connecting the park to the Discovery Science Center.

Del Hoyo did so brilliantly.  The mural features the California Wild Rose, which grows in the park.  You can also make out the Santa Ana River and an abundance of river rocks – but take a close look.  The rocks feature glyphs used by the native Tongva people who once lived in the region and were later dubbed the Gabrielinos, by the Spanish.

The mural also features native Eucalyptus leaves.

As you walk by the mural, from east to west, you will see it morph, just as you emerge from the walkway, to futuristic science themes, hinting at the Discovery Science Center.

Much of the mural is protected by steel bars.  The entire painting will be coated with a clear coat that can be easily cleaned if it is tagged.  Mouet hopes taggers will respect the mural as it was painted by local youth.

Del Hoyo has also painted a mural at Santa Ana’s El Salvador Park and he is slated to begin a mural at Memorial Park’s Bandstand, in February of this year.

Help paint a mural by Roberto Del Hoyo at Santiago Park this Saturday

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The City of Santa Ana is looking for volunteers to help at the Santiago Park Mural Painting Day and Celebration this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Santiago Park is located at 2535 N. Main Street, in Santa Ana.

Muralist Roberto Del Hoyo is the artist previously commissioned by the Pepsi Refresh project that produced the beautiful El Salvador Park All Star mural last July.  Painting of the mural is under the direction of the noted muralist Del Hoyo.

The dedication and ceremony and celebration start at 4 p.m., to 5 p.m.

The location of the mural project is adjacent to the Bike Trail under Main Street as you exit the park and approach the Discovery Science Center.

Contact Anthony Novella know if you have any questions, at (714) 571-4239.

Click here to see the event flyer.

Volunteer service to County of Orange valued at $23 Million

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 22, 2010
Contact: Jessica Good, 714.834.6203 office, Jessica.Good@ocgov.com

Volunteer Service to County of Orange Valued at $23 Million

(Santa Ana, CA)— A report available online today finds that volunteers, student interns and reserves last year contributed over 850,000 hours of service to the County of Orange with a total estimated value of $23 million.

The Annual Report on Volunteer and Intern Utilization details the varied roles played by approximately 44,000 individuals throughout County agencies and Board offices during fiscal year 2009-10.

Despite a climate of financial hardship, the number of Americans volunteering in their communities actually jumped by 1.6 million in 2009 – the largest increase in six years – according to research conducted by the Corporation for National and Community Service. At the County level, the number of volunteers increased 11 percent during this time while the number of hours they served rose 5 percent. Examples of the contributions of volunteers and interns to the County of Orange include:

  • Volunteer Probation Officer Wayne Buser, who has served over 10,000 hours since 1999, most recently drawing upon his personal knowledge and expertise of computer technology to increase the Adult Sex Offender and Special Supervision Units’ effectiveness using Global Positioning Satellite monitoring.
  • As a first-year Master of Social Work student, Stephanie Haight interned with the Social Services Agency for more than 500 hours in 2009 supporting Senior Social Workers in serving families whose children are dependents of the Orange County Juvenile Court due to abuse and neglect.
  • OC Parks volunteer Marianne Martineau has given over 450 hours since 2008 as an Upper Newport Bay restoration crew leader holding educational presentations for college students, demonstrating restorative techniques, and supervising multiple groups of volunteers. She also assists park staff with “How to Plant and Where to Plant” habitat enhancing projects at Upper Newport Bay and Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park.

“Our volunteers participate in a full range of professional activities that supplement the County’s wide range of technical, professional, social and administrative services,” said Chair Janet Nguyen, who represents the First District on the Board of Supervisors. “This support often frees up time for managers and staff to concentrate their efforts on higher-level projects and is especially vital in these challenging economic times.”

To view the Orange County Annual Report on Volunteer and Intern Utilization, please visit http://egov.ocgov.com/ocgov/Info OC/Departments & Agencies/Volunteer & Intern/Annual Report.

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Alfredo Amezcua to offer free breakfast and dinner to supporters this Saturday

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I will say this for Alfredo Amezcua, he still isn’t being specific about what it is he intends to do as Mayor of Santa Ana, but he sure does hold a lot of fundraisers.

His spokesperson, Dr. Art Lomeli, a Republican resident of Orange Park Acres who owns a dentistry practice in downtown Santa Ana, has said repeatedly that if you want to know what Amezcua’s plans are then you have to go to his fundraisers, his meet and greet events or call him.

Your next chance to do just that is this Saturday, July 31, from 4 pm to 6 pm at 2802 Waverly Place, in Santa Ana.

If you play your cards straight you can actually get free food from Alfredo all day long on Saturday.  He is offering a free breakfast at 10 am, at his office, at 1311 North Broadway, in Santa Ana.  Then at 10:30 am he is conducting a volunteer orientation.  And at 11 am he and his supporters are going to go precinct walking.

There will be free dinner offered at the event at Waverly Place, starting at 5 pm.  The food is being provided courtesy of Chicanos Unidos.  They are offering Oaxacan Mole and Refreshments.

For more information call 714-55UVOTE or 714-558-8683 or click here to RSVP or click here to see more information about these events.

Taller San Jose looking for volunteers for Light up a Life 2010

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Taller San Jose, is an innovative Santa Ana program that walks young people out of poverty by offering the hope of a productive and self-reliant future.

They are presenting their “Light up a Life 2010” fundraiser on September 18, from 2:00pm – 11:00pm, at Mission San Juan Capistrano, located at 26801 Ortega Hwy., in San Juan Capistrano.

Taller San Jose is looking for 100 volunteers to help set up the event, greet guests, sell opportunity drawing tickets, faciliate the auction, and much more.

To join their team of great volunteers, contact Perla Lopez at (714) 543-5105 Ext. 110 or plopez@tallersanjose.org or contact David Saldaña at Ext. 206 or dsaldana@tallersanjose.org.

Do good work in your community, have fun, and make some new friends along the way!  Click here to RSVP on Facebook.