I wanted to thank everyone for attending our First Annual Par 4 The Cause Charity Golf Challenge. It was a great day. We started out greeting our golfers. They were in for a wonderful day of golfing at Strawberry Farms Golf Course. Jason of 19th Hole Productions made sure everyone had a great time. [...]
I am often asked how and where donations of clothes and other items that are needed by those we serve. As I was cleaning out my mother’s house after she passed away, I was looking into that same issue. I contacted one of the organizations we have on our website, Clothing the Homeless. I [...]
Homeless Persons' Inter-Religious Memorial Service For thirty-one years, the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Consumer Advisory Board, and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council have promoted an annual event to remember our neighbors who have died homeless during the year. In Orange County, the memorial service is now in its 6th [...]
Our Blessings Count As the holidays are approaching, I find myself thinking more about individuals and families without a place they call home. I realize how blessed we really are to have our family and friends to share Thanksgiving dinner and celebrate the holidays with. Recently I visited a family member in Portland Oregon. [...]
You Can Help I wanted to take a moment to thank all of our nonprofit organizations helping the homeless and disadvantaged in our communities. Also, thank you to our volunteers! If you have downloaded our free phone app on Google Play or The App Store, or have looked on our website, you'll notice that [...]
Plans For The Future We are so encouraged at Volunteer Network OC to see our state, and the whole country, getting back to "normal." As we navigate our way back into our pre-COVID lives, VNOC is hopeful that you will make volunteering a way of life. So many of you, even on the darkest [...]
Unity Is Strength As we approach summer, all of us at Volunteer Network OC are encouraged. The spirit of volunteerism increased exponentially during the quarantine, and the Covid-19 positivity rate keeps dropping as the vaccinations are administered. We saw many new volunteers who wanted to help in any way they could. There were many [...]
Making A Difference I wanted to take a moment to talk about what a great event we held on Saturday, March 6. We had the pleasure of partnering with Trellis and The Crossing Church in Costa Mesa. Trellis (Love Costa Mesa) is a faith based organization of forty plus churches helping to improve the lives [...]
Some Good News Although, we must recognize all of the lives we have lost during these trying times and we grieve for their families and friends, we finally had great news here in California. Our COVID numbers are declining. Cases are down and our average positivity rate is dropping. Plus, our hospitalization admissions are [...]
A Message Of Gratitude At Volunteer Network OC, we realize what a challenging year 2020 has been. The amazing thing is that through it all, the spirit of helping others remained stronger than ever. We saw an increase in volunteers throughout the whole year. Although physical events were few, nonprofit organizations, churches and others, [...]
