The Ecology Center is a 28-acre Regenerative Organic Farm and ecological nonprofit. They believe everyone should have access to the tools, knowledge, and skills that promote a healthy environment and healthy communities. Learn and participate in sustainable farming practices by helping farm staff with harvesting, packing pantry items, saving seeds, making bouquets, and more. Limit: 20 Address: 32701 Alipaz Street, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Note: Please wear clothes suitable for garden projects, closed toed shoes, and sun protection (hat and sunscreen). Bring a reusable water bottle. Parking is available behind the farm stand but can be limited. Street parking is also available. Carpooling is encouraged.

Supports clients in building resiliency to help them achieve permanency, stability, safety, and improve their well-being. Their goal is to make a positive impact in healing childhood trauma within the communities they serve. Volunteers will have an opportunity to contribute to the healing process of minors who have experienced trauma through community building. They will join in a fun evening that includes snacks and games. Volunteers serve desserts and play games with the children and build community. Limit: 15 Address: Fullerton, CA Note: Three (3) confidentiality forms must be signed by each volunteer. An orientation will be given at the start. If you are feeling unwell, please contact the program coordinator. Optional: Bring prizes such as beanies, socks, loofahs, fidget spinners, small matchbox cars, small craft sets, and journals. Please let us if you plan to bring any of the above (nothing sharp, made of glass, or containing alcohol).

Join with Sisters and partners in building community, while crocheting and knitting to keep babies warm. Volunteers will have the opportunity to make baby blankets and bonnets for Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and other organizations near Orange. Limit: 15 Address: St. Joseph Center, 440 S. Batavia St., Orange, CA 92868 Note: This project is geared specifically for folks who already know how to crochet and/or knit. Please bring your own supplies. Please wear a face covering.

L'Arche Wavecrest is a non-profit that recognizes and shares the gifts of people to create vital, healthy, spiritually rich homes for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Volunteers will have an opportunity to affirm the dignity of our brothers and sisters with intellectual disabilities by supporting the staff at L’Arche Wavecrest by assisting with spring cleaning and backyard makeover. Indoor duties will include dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, cleaning windows, etc. Outdoor duties will consist of pulling weeds, pruning, watering plants, etc. Volunteers will enjoy lunch and board games with residents afterwards. Limit: 10 Address: Orange, CA Note: If you are feeling unwell, please stay home and contact Damaris Molina with the update.

The Resource Center serves as a central location where each individual receives wraparound care six days a week. The HUB RC offers access to showers and laundry, breakfast and hot lunches. Volunteers will help meet the needs of the unhoused population in Orange and bring holistic hope, healing, and transformation. Volunteers will help by sorting mail, assisting with organizational projects, passing out clothes or hygiene products, running stations (check-in, showers, laundry, restrooms, cell phone charging, etc.), and stepping in where help is needed. Limit: 20 Address: 517 W Struck Ave, Orange, CA 92867 Note: The HUB is located at the end of the cul-de-sac on Struck Ave. Only street parking is available and can be limited, so carpooling is recommended. Please arrive 15 minutes early. Wear closed-toe shoes and bring a refillable water bottle. If you are feeling unwell, please stay home and let Damaris know you will not be attending after all.

HomeAid is a nonprofit that provides shelter for families who are at risk of homelessness. They work to be a vital force in creating safe and dignified housing for families who are experiencing or are at-risk of homelessness. Volunteers will have an opportunity to decorate the shelter where families reside for the upcoming fall season. They will assist with cleaning common areas, sort and organize their inventory of clothing and toiletries and prepare sack lunches for the day. Limit: 10 Address: Orange, CA Note: If you are feeling unwell, please stay home and contact Damaris Molina with the update.

Provides hunger relief for local families through their mobile kitchen(s) that delivers high-quality meals to food-insecure communities. Volunteers at Bracken's Kitchen will work closely with kitchen staff to prep and cook a variety of rescued food. Experience in the kitchen is not necessary for volunteers to help out, beginners are welcome! Volunteers will also assist in ensuring that meals are packaged, sealed, and labeled properly to maintain quality standards for those in need. Limit: 10 Address: 13941 Nautilus Drive, Garden Grove, CA 92843 Note: A waiver/release form will be signed on-site. Casual attire: No tank tops, shorts, skirts, or open toe shoes. Please wear comfortable non-slip shoes. Aprons and hairnets will be provided (baseball caps are acceptable instead of hairnet). Long hair should be tied behind the head while using hats or hairnets. Please bring metal or plastic drink containers with lids for water. No glass and open bottles are permitted per health code in the kitchen. Lunch is provided; however, we can’t accommodate for any particular dietary needs.

Provides hunger relief for local families through their mobile kitchen(s) that delivers high-quality meals to food-insecure communities. Volunteers at Bracken's Kitchen will work closely with kitchen staff to prep and cook a variety of rescued food. Experience in the kitchen is not necessary for volunteers to help out, beginners are welcome! Volunteers will also assist in ensuring that meals are packaged, sealed, and labeled properly to maintain quality standards for those in need. Limit: 10 Address: 13941 Nautilus Drive, Garden Grove, CA 92843 Note: A waiver/release form will be signed on-site. Casual attire: No tank tops, shorts, skirts, or open toe shoes. Please wear comfortable non-slip shoes. Aprons and hairnets will be provided (baseball caps are acceptable instead of hairnet). Long hair should be tied behind the head while using hats or hairnets. Please bring metal or plastic drink containers with lids for water. No glass and open bottles are permitted per health code in the kitchen. Lunch is provided; however, we can’t accommodate for any particular dietary needs.

Orangewood Foundation promotes health, wellness, housing, life skills, employment, and education to help foster youth improve or strengthen their physical, emotional and “relational” health as first steps on the road to self-sufficiency. Volunteers are invited to support foster and unhoused youth by packing hygiene kits for Orangewood’s toiletry distribution. Volunteers will gather at the St. Joseph Center to prepare kits and write letters of encouragement to the young people who will receive them. Limit: 30 Address: Mother Louis Room, 480 S. Batavia St. Orange, CA 92868 Note: Please bring donations of the following items: full size shampoo (12-20 oz), full size hair conditioner, full size body wash, toothbrushes, and full size tubes of toothpaste.

Supports clients in building resiliency to help them achieve permanency, stability, safety, and improve their well-being. Their goal is to make a positive impact in healing childhood trauma within the communities they serve. Volunteers will have an opportunity to contribute to the healing process of minors who have experienced trauma through community building. They will join in a fun evening that includes snacks and games. Volunteers serve desserts and play games with the children and build community. Limit: 15 Address: Fullerton, CA Note: A confidentiality form must be signed by each volunteer. An orientation will be given at the start. If you are feeling unwell, please stay home and let Damaris know you will not be attending after all. Optional: Bring prizes such as hair accessories, lip gloss, socks, travel size lotions, loofahs, small craft sets, journals, small stuffed animals, and baby items (bonnets, onesies, socks). Please let us if you plan to bring any of the above (nothing sharp, made of glass, or containing alcohol).