Catholic Charities of Orange County
Outreach Center
3631 W. Warner Street
Santa Ana, CA 92704
1506 Brookhollow Suite 112
Santa Ana, Ca 92705
Contact Name and Number:
Jossie Tran
(714) 662-7500
Services Offered:
We assist in four areas: citizenship, family support, outreach, and counseling. (Please contact volunteers listed below for details of each service.)
Short-term Volunteer Opportunities:
Assist with Citizenship Application Workshops (selected Saturdays), INS Interview Training Class (selected weekdays), office work (phones, reception, information/public relations, mailings, filing, data entry), food distribution, and short-term projects, such as fund raisers and parties.
Long-term Volunteer Opportunities:
Assist with or teach ESL Survival Course (12 weeks), ESL Citizenship Courses (8 to 20 hours), parenting classes, and self-esteem/leadership development/youth leadership classes and seminars.
Opportunities to Observe at Organization:
We welcome people interested in volunteering to attend scheduled training sessions or interviews. Due to issues of client confidentiality, we would welcome observations only under special circumstances. Please call for more information.
Opportunities for On-site Informational Interview:
We welcome those who are interested in a volunteer contribution/commitment. Please call Jossie Tran, Community Services Coordinator, at (714) 662-7500, for information packet and application form.
Class Speakers:
Contact Erik Manuel Giblin or Sunney Shin at (714) 662-7500. Mr. Giblin is qualified to speak about the citizenship process and Ms. Shin about family support. Judy Silva, (714) 668-1130, is qualified to speak about outreach.
Central Orange County Literacy Council
324 Vicki Lane
Anaheim, CA 92804
Contact Name and Number:
Ralph T. Doyle
(714) 826-6122
Services Offered:
We teach reading and writing of English to those who speak English only, and we teach reading, writing, and speaking of English to speakers of other languages.
Short-term Volunteer Opportunities:
Students may wish to observe volunteer tutoring sessions or even take a tutoring course for literacy or ESOL.
Long-term Volunteer Opportunities:
At the approval of the Center Director, students may participate in the tutoring.
Opportunities to Observe at Organization:
Please call for more information.
Opportunities for On-site Informational Interview:
Please call for more information.
Class Speakers:
Please call to arrange. We have speakers available who can address issues related to tutoring those who either cannot communicate in the English language or who have been through, possibly, the American school system and cannot effectively read or write in English.
Garden Grove Adult Education
Lincoln Education Center
11262 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92843
Contact Name and Number:
Gayle Forgey
(714) 663-6153
(714) 663 6294 ( office )
For information about being a volunteer, contact Jackie Tolsma at (714) 663-6291.
Services Offered:
We offer classes for adult basic education, ESL, GED, career assessment, high school diploma, computers, TMR, and vocational classes.
Short-term Volunteer Opportunities:
Assist with ESL, adult basic education, high school diploma, and computer classes. Classes held morning, afternoon, and evening.
Long-term Volunteer Opportunities:
Same as above.
Opportunities to Observe at Organization:
If a student wants to observe, please contact Gayle Forgey at (714) 663-6294 or
(714) 663-6153 to arrange a date and time.
Opportunities for On-site Informational Interview:
Contact Gayle Forgey, Administrator, at
(714) 663-6294 or Jim DeLong, Director, at
(714) 663-6305.
Class Speakers:
Depends on availability and subject. Contact Gayle Forgey for assistance.
Literacy Volunteers of America—Fullerton
353 W. Commonwealth Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92832
Contact Name and Number:
Maura Dickerson
(714) 738-3114
Services Offered:
One-to-one tutoring for adult basic readers and new ESL. Small groups for ESL conversation.
Short-term Volunteer Opportunities:
Assist with publicity for special events, with matching clients with tutors, and with the newsletter editor.
Long-term Volunteer Opportunities:
Need a one-year commitment. Communicate with students, assist with publicity and marketing, and take responsibility for section of newsletter.
Opportunities to Observe at Organization:
Arrangements can be made with individual tutors. Visitors welcome at the board meetings.
Opportunities for On-site Informational Interview:
Arrangements can be made with individual officers and tutors. Contact name given above.
Class Speakers: Same as above.
Placentia Library Literacy Services
411 E. Chapman Ave.
Placentia, CA 92670
Contact Name and Number:
Jim Roberts, Literacy Coordinator
(714) 524-8408, Ext 213
Services Offered:
We train volunteers to tutor adults and children in basic reading, writing, and English skills. We also offer U.S. citizenship Application Assistance.
Long-term Volunteer Opportunities:
We ask our volunteer tutors to commit to six months of tutoring for about one to two hours per week.
Opportunities for On-site Informational Interview:
Contact Jim Roberts, Rosemarie Andrews, Literacy Coordinators, at (714) 524-8408, Ext 213.
Class Speakers: Same as above.
READ/ORANGE COUNTY
1501 E. St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Contact Name and Number:
Marcia Hendricks Tungate
(714) 566-3070
Services Offered:
As the official adult literacy program of the Orange County Public Library, we provide free basic literacy skills tutoring to adults over 16 or out of the traditional high school setting in any of the cities in which there is an Orange County Public Library. We train volunteer tutors to work one-to-one and in small groups in a variety of ways to provide the highest quality tutoring possible to our students. We provide on-going skills enhancement classes for our volunteers and specialized small group classes for students desiring more than the one-to-one tutoring. We provide diagnostic assessment to potential students at a library near them in a confidential setting. In addition to the general population, we have partnerships to provide tutoring in the jails, Horizon Schools, teen parent programs, and a number of other community service groups.
Short-term Volunteer Opportunities:
We have on-going need for office administration assistance, data input, grant research and writing, public speaking, newsletter assistance, and many other projects. The foundation of our program is the volunteer, so we are always willing to be accommodating with scheduling.
Long-term Volunteer Opportunities:
In the past, we have trained interns as workshop assistants in preparation for becoming a training tutor, assessors, public speakers, student support staff, small group tutors and many other positions in READ. We believe that the internship should be of mutual benefit to both our program and the intern. All interns must be interviewed by the Literacy Coordinator before working in the program.
Opportunities to Observe at Organization:
Students may make an appointment to visit READ to observe our services with the exception of the actual tutoring sessions. We promise our students strict confidentiality and, consequently, no tutoring session may be observed without the student’s written permission. All other functions of our organization are open for observation.
Opportunities for On-site Informational Interview:
Students may make an appointment to visit by calling:
Marcia Tungate, Literacy Coordinator, or Tangela Barnes, Literacy Specialist, at (714) 566-3070 to discuss any aspect of the literacy program.
Class Speakers:
Contact Marcia Tungate, Literacy Coordinator, at (714) 566-3070, to speak about adult literacy, Wilson Reading System, training organization, administration of non-profit organizations, volunteer management, and board development.