College Students Helping To Make A Difference

The Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society of Golden West College joined Volunteer Network OC in serving our homeless community on Saturday, February 26th at the Crossing Church in Costa Mesa. The students put together sack lunches with turkey and cheese sandwiches and stuffed the bags full of other delicious goodies. In addition, they helped [...]

By |2022-03-01T19:01:24-08:00March 1st, 2022|In The Spotlight|Comments Off on College Students Helping To Make A Difference

Thankful for Our Wonderful Volunteers

Thankful for Our Wonderful Volunteers Our numbers are soaring! Volunteer Network OC’s drive to register volunteers has been quite successful, and we have seen many new faces at our volunteer events. Our slogan, and the main purpose of our app, is Volunteering Made Easy. Nothing makes us happier than meeting people at these events [...]

By |2021-11-22T14:08:11-08:00November 22nd, 2021|In The Spotlight|Comments Off on Thankful for Our Wonderful Volunteers

Let’s Encourage Each Other

Let's Encourage Each Other On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I attended a wonderful 9/11 Commencement  Ceremony presented by The Power Of One Foundation and hosted by actor Jack Scalia.  This was an amazing event held in The Hangar at The OC Fairgrounds. The remembrance event had so much for us all to reflect [...]

By |2021-09-15T17:54:30-07:00September 15th, 2021|In The Spotlight|Comments Off on Let’s Encourage Each Other

New Board Members

Volunteer Network OC Welcomes New Board Members Nashita Datsur As Volunteer Network OC is continues to grow, we are excited to introduce our two new board members, Nashita Pagdiwalla Dastur and Valerie Venegas. Nashita Pagdiwall Dastur was born and raised in India. In her teens, she moved to Sydney, Australia and went [...]

By |2020-09-17T18:44:15-07:00September 13th, 2020|In The Spotlight|Comments Off on New Board Members

2019 Volunteers of the Year: Beverly Ann Heene and Sarah Ontiveros

Introduction 2019 was a landmark year for Volunteer Network OC. With the launch of our mobile app in July, there were plenty of opportunities to volunteer with our registered organizations. Users quickly became pros using our app. If you would like to explore volunteer opportunities, please download the app from either Apple App Store [...]

By |2020-07-06T20:55:12-07:00December 28th, 2019|In The Spotlight|Comments Off on 2019 Volunteers of the Year: Beverly Ann Heene and Sarah Ontiveros

Meet Beth Philips and Her Daughter Robyn

Recently my colleague, Karen Gregg and I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Beth Phillips and her daughter Robyn of Furnishing Hope.                                                                  [...]

By |2020-03-25T09:24:39-07:00June 3rd, 2019|In The Spotlight|Comments Off on Meet Beth Philips and Her Daughter Robyn

In The Spotlight – Meet Brian Peterson

Giving Homeless A Face Recently my colleague, Karen Gregg and I had the pleasure of meeting artist Brian Peterson of Faces Of Santa Ana. Brian is truly an inspiration. He is making a difference in his community and is sharing his message of love with others. Brian is someone you would like to have [...]

By |2020-03-25T10:19:24-07:00February 7th, 2019|In The Spotlight|Comments Off on In The Spotlight – Meet Brian Peterson

In The Spotlight – Isaiah House

It is a pleasure to put a spotlight on Isaiah House, an organization that relies on the generosity of our community to help people who need assistance.  The work of Isaiah House is provided under the guidance of Dwight and Leia Smith.  They began volunteering at Isaiah House in 1993, and moved into the house [...]

By |2019-06-28T15:57:36-07:00November 20th, 2016|In The Spotlight|0 Comments