
November 21, 2009 is National Family Volunteer Day. There are many places to volunteer in Orange County, California. The Volunteer Center Orange County is a great place to find service projects in the Orange County area where you can find places to volunteer with your children. Here are three places in Orange County, California that are perfect for beginners, families, and youth volunteering for you and your family to volunteer on National Family Volunteer Day on November 21, 2009.
Buena Park: Giving Children Hope
On National Family Volunteer Day, November 21, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. in Buena Park, Orange County California, you can volunteer with Giving Children Hope. Giving Children Hope helps children and youth and you will have the opportunity to possibly sort food and pack backpacks for homeless children, sort medical supplies by kind, organize into triwalls, wrap Christmas toys for children and bring canned/boxed food or toys to contribute. The minimum age for this project is age 5 and an adult must accompany anyone under the age of 16. You must register here and send an email to Kelli Norris who is the facilitator on this project.
Your local neighborhood: Orange County Rescue Mission – Family Food Drive
On Family National Volunteer Day, November 21, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., you and your family can organize your own food drive in your neighborhood or local grocery store to help the homeless and hungry people through the Orange County Rescue Mission in Orange County, California. It is very simple to volunteer with the Orange County Rescue Mission on National Family Volunteer Day. If you are interested in volunteering with the Orange County Mission on National Family Volunteer Day, first you will need to register here and send and email to Nicole Ofori-Atta (email will be sent to you after you register), who is the facilitator and let her know when you will be picking up your supplies in Tustin, Orange County, California for the event on November 21, 2009. Supplies can be picked up Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Irvine: Second Harvest Food Bank/Society St. Vincent de Paul
On National Family Volunteer Day on November 21, 2009, volunteers (minimum age is 14 with an adult) are needed to work in the Second Harvest Food Bank to label and sort food for needy individuals and families. The hours for this service project are from 9 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. and closed toed shoes are mandatory. If you are interested in this service project on National Family Volunteer Day, register here with the Volunteer Center Orange County and send an email to Kelli Norris who is the facilitator. The location of this service project is in Irvine, Orange County, California.