Spirit of
Giving
 Spirit
of Giving is a service-learning experience
that provides students in low-income
communities with backpacks filled with
school supplies, books and toy. More than
the tangible gifts, the goal of the
program is to teach children to be giving
people through example, stories and a
specialized curriculum. Volunteer storytellers read
stories about giving to the students.
Then the children are asked to "pay it
forward" by volunteering their services at
school, in their neighborhood, or by
performing an act of kindness in their home
or family environment.
In 2007, this
program reached:
- 2,313 1st
grade students
- 20 Title 1
schools
- 113 teachers
- 6 Orange
County, CA cities
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Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This year MLK Day
will be celebrated on Monday, January 21,
2008. Volunteer Center Orange County
acknowledges the life and legacy of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. by mobilizing
volunteers to engage in a day of reflective
community service. We have collaborated with
other local nonprofit agencies to organize
projects that address critical community
issues of hunger, literacy and environmental
protection.
Thank you to the many
volunteers who took this day to honor Dr.
King through meaningful service. Click
here to see what happened.
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Cesar Chavez Day
 Cesar Chavez
dedicated his life to inspiring others into
action and creating equality and respect for
every person in our society. To
recognize Chavez's contributions the state
of California deemed Chavez's birthday,
March 31st, an annual holiday.
In 2008 Volunteer
Center Orange County and Andersen Elementary
fourth graders celebrated Cesar Chavez Day
in Second harvest Food Bank's Field of
Greens. In total, the children picked 1,800
pounds of food and planted 2,000 plants to
alleviate hunger in the Orange County
community. To learn
more about Cesar Chavez visit
The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation.
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Spirit of Volunteerism Awards
Spirit
of Volunteerism is VCOC's annual awards
luncheon. This event provides an
opportunity for nonprofits, businesses,
schools and civic organizations to recognize
their most outstanding volunteers. In
2008 255 volunteers were recognized for
their service to the Orange County Community
and the Junior League of Orange County,
California, Inc. received the Giving is
Living award.
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Take the Lead! Teen Summit
 "Take the Lead," the
12th Annual Teen Summit, promoting
volunteerism, developing leadership skills,
and increasing awareness of social trends at
the local, state and national levels took
place on Friday, February 29, 2008 at
California State University, Fullerton.
The largest youth
conference of its kind in Southern
California, the 2008 summit featured
Wing Lam as the keynote speaker, a networking
lunch, and more than twenty different
workshops. For more information on
future teen summits please contact Bette
Weinberg at
bweinberg@volunteercenter.org
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