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 There are many ways for you to give back to your
community through Volunteer Center Orange County.
Family Volunteering
 Volunteering is a fun and meaningful way to spend
quality time together as a family while teaching
children the importance of service to others.
Every month Volunteer Center Orange County offers a
wide range of service projects appropriate for
families.
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Youth Volunteering
Youth report that benefits of volunteering
include: learning to respect others. learning to be
kind, learning to understand people who are
different form them, developing leadership skills,
patience and having a better understanding of good
citizenship.
Why should YOU start volunteering? Here's why!
- Meet other students and make new friends
- Enhance your college resume or job
application
- Fulfill community service requirements for
graduation
- Increase your chances of earning scholarship
awards in community service
- Explore possible career opportunities in the
nonprofit world
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Teen Summit
"Take the Lead," the
11th Annual Teen Summit, to promote
volunteerism, develop leadership skills, and
increase awareness of social trends at the
local, state and national levels will take
place March 23, 2007 at California
State University, Fullerton. Over 400
youth, ages 12-17, and educators from public
and private schools will come together to
explore ways that they can do just that.
The largest youth conference of its kind in
Southern California, the 2007 summit will
feature Erin Gruwell, revolutionary educator
as the keynote speaker, a networking lunch,
and more than twenty different workshops.
Sign
up Today!
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For more
information contact:
Bette Weinberg
bweinberg@volunteercenter.org
714.953.5757x135
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