April 8th, 2006 Concern America is sponsoring their 9th annual WALK OUT OF POVERTY. Registration begins at 7:30am. Walk begins at 8:15am. For additional information please contact Rose Mary Mercer at 1-800-CONCERN. Or the website www.concernamerica.org. Your religion teachers have information cards. You can also get information cards in the main office.
Sunday, March 12th, 2006 Thomas House Shelter in Garden Grove will have a walk to raise funds for their work. The walk will be held at Mile Square Park. Registration begins at 8:00am and walk begins at 9:00am. The shelter helps homeless families to move toward self sufficiency. For more information please contact Mark Michels, Chairperson at mpmichels@gmail.com or 775-5188. Flyers are available in the main office or in Campus Ministry.
April 8th Servite students invite Rosary students to join them at Loaves and Fishes to serve at meal together and to play with the children. For more information please contact the Campus Minister at Servite or Maria Dzida at 241-9016.
St. Joseph Hospital in Orange is looking for motivated young people between the ages of 14-18 who would like to donatetheir time and explore new careers. The next orientation for new volunteers in on Saturday March 18th. For more information please call 771-8125 ext. 5 or email at antonietta.treacy@stjoe.org.
Use these sites to search for volunteer opportunities in your area/field of interest:
www.csc.ca.gov/volunteer/teensandadults.asp.
Volunteer search engines will help you identify potential volunteer opportunities in your area depending on your age, interests, and the time you have to give. If you are wondering what type of service or volunteer opportunity to look for this site provides a set of questions to help you decide.
www.volunteermatch.org Match your interests to volunteer opportunities online.
www.servenet.org/ A resource center for service and volunteering.
www.idealist.org Find volunteer opportunities in specific countries, states, and towns. Choose your area of focus, with advanced search options such as skills needed, language needed, and age.
www.secondharvest.org Search online for local opportunities with America's Second Harvest.
www.nps.gov/volunteer Click on "opportunities" to obtain a listing of volunteer opportunities with the Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) at the National Park Service.
www.va.gov/kids/6-12/index.asp Student volunteers are an important part of the VA medical centers' treatment team. A wide variety of assignments are available.
volunteers.fws.gov U.S. Fish and Wildlife offers volunteer opportunities through the www.voluntter.gov/gov website or you can contact them directly at volunteers@fws.gov to see what opportunities may be available.
www.habitat.org Habitat for Humanity International website makes it easy to find local Habitat affiliates. Click on "Get Involved" to find contact information for a Habitat affiliate in your area.
www.literacydirectory.org/volunteer.asp A service of the National Institute for Literacy and Partners, you can search for programs within a specified distance of your zip code.
Additional web sites:
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
American Cancer Society
National 4-H Council
USDA Food Recovery
America's Outdoors
www1.salvationarmy.org
www.redcross.org/services/volunteer
www.cancer.org/docroot/GI/GI_0.asp
www.4husa.org
www.usda.gov/news/pubs/gleaning/five.htm
www.americasoutdoors.gov/volunteer.asp