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In The Spotlight
Shining a Spotlight on Nonprofits Making a Difference
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 [...]
How Can We Help?
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 [...]
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Angels Among Us
Individuals Making a Difference in the Lives of Others
Meet James Brooks – An Angel Among Us
James Brooks is a living inspiration. Once homeless himself, James now serves as Mercy House’s O.C. Programs Director, Emergency Services for individuals experiencing homelessness. In the process of launching our website, we approached Mercy House [...]
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Inspiring Stories
Individuals Who Beat the Odds and are Living a Better Life
Two People with Different Stories-Same Result
If you read the Orange County Register, you know about the plight of the homeless in Orange County, the tents along the Santa Ana River trail and the Santa Ana Civic Center, and the [...]
Wanda Witter – A Determined and Courageous Woman
Wanda Witter On August 22 and 23, 2016, the Washington Post reported about 80-year old Wanda Witter. Ms. Witter was formerly a machinist in New York who manufactured turbine and engine parts. [...]
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In The News
Current Events Related to Poverty and Homelessness in O.C.
New Board Member
New Board Member We would like to introduce you to our new board member Aurea Lawson. Aurea grew up in Oklahoma and decided to come to California in 2014 to pursue career opportunities. Aurea [...]
Responding to Child Poverty
Responding to Child Poverty Our lives these days are traveling at “freeway speeds” if not at NASCAR speeds, with no low gear to slow us down. So, stopping, is more like the annoyance of [...]
“The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.”
∼Henry Wadsworth Longfellow