Volunteer Network OC is proud to introduce three new board members: Mark McMahon, Mai Sirimanne and Cody Paningsoro. We are so excited to have them all join the VNOC team. Mark McMahon and his wife, Yuko, own Home Brand Properties. Mark and Yuko are realtors, landlords and home rehab specialists. Yuko also does interior [...]

Family Assistance Ministries Goal Is A Self-Sufficient Life Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting FAM (Family Assistance Ministries). FAM is doing such great work to help those in need. They offer emergency housing and shelter, permanent supportive housing, rental assistance plus more. When I arrived at their distribution center in San Clemente, there [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

What Would You Do? Recently, while going about my afternoon, I had an encounter with a homeless woman which really made me think. Is there something I could have done to help? Will I ever see her again? What happened to her? Is she okay? I got out of my car the other day, and [...]

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

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 [...]