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ORANGE CITY HERO OF THE MONTH!

Do you know someone who serves our neighbors heroically?

We are excited to highlight the heroic efforts of ordinary citizens, aka your volunteers! Look, down on the corner! Is it you? Is it your neighbor? Who will be the next Orange Hero of the Month?

Click the link to Nominate your Volunteer Here! 
Submit your candidate for a chance to be featured in Love Orange's Newsletter and social media.

What We Do


City-Wide Events

Through connections with each other, our hope is to build civic pride as well as make a difference year round in our city.



Neighboring

The only way to truly become community is to love the people right next to us, our neighbors.




Unity

Our heartbeat is to come together to love this city to wholeness as we work alongside civil, educational and marketplace leaderships.


 Get Involved 

  Volunteer Opportunities 


Providing Core Services for those Experiencing Homelessness


Senior Saturdays


Santiago Creek Clean Up


THANK YOU from Love Orange!

We had a total of 1,283 volunteers serving in 236 projects throughout the year in Orange!

That's over 6,060 volunteer hours, which equates to over $210,827 worth of time invested in Orange.

Thank you to our Sponsors for helping to make this year such a success!


      • City Leadership Gatherings

        • Homeless Neighbor Initiative quarterly lunches to inform and address the issues pertaining to those experiencing homelessness with Civic Leadership and Nonprofit Partners; attendance average, 30

          Annual breakfast to pray for our country, county, city and city leaders on the National Day of Prayer

      • Senior A.C.T. (Action Care Team): addressed our underserved Senior Residents in crisis in cooperation with the Orange Senior Center

      • Senior Saturdays - assisting Senior Residents with their homes

        • Senior Yard Care; sponsored by Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary every month

        • Annual Pastor’s Appreciation Breakfast to honor those serving our congregations

        • Monthly Pastor’s Prayer meeting, representing 20-30 congregations in Orange

        • 50 guests gathered in unity to see the International Peace Flame from Bethlehem

        • 154 encouragement and thank you cards written and distributed to the Orange Police Admin, City Manager’s Office, City Council Members, Community Services and Public Works.

          • Connected 231 volunteers to helping with the The Wall that Heals https://www.vvmf.org/
          • Organized over 150 volunteers to help out in 17 projects in Orange and 1 project in Pasadena. The Pasadena project was helping those affect by the January 2025 fires.
          • Joined with a local church’s food distribution program.
          • Supported and protected one of the City’s cultural legacies by cleaning up the Orange Grove.


          •  Gathered 509 volunteers to serve in 21 projects on Volunteer Day

            • Assisted with the Volunteer Festival, which hosted 250 guests
            • Landscaped one of Orange's historical churches.

          • Hundreds of rocks were creatively painted to be given to cancer patients in different cancer centers and to be given to a local garden.

          • Beautification and maintenance of the Jeanne Carter Nature Center by removing horsetails and invasive plants along the pond and creek as well as weeding and landscaping various areas.

          • Cleaned up the American Legion Banquet Hall

            • Family Fun Run brought together youth and families for a day of fun activities.
            • Assisted with the ongoing efforts of providing core services to those experiencing homelessness.

          • Assembled and distributed Awareness Kits that highlights the continued efforts of a few of our nonprofits in Orange.

          • Worked at a local nonprofit thrift store that helps vulnerable women facing crises and homelessness.

          • Joined the efforts of cleaning up Santiago Creek with the Santiago Creek Greenway Alliance in order to achieve their mission of improving the beauty and access to Santiago Creek. https://www.santiagogreenway.org/

          • Made no-sew blankets for the 2/11 Marine Battalion at Camp Pendleton.


          • Updated the painted trim on 2 Chapel on Wheels wagons
          • Gathered 56 volunteers for the 31st Annual Christmas Market & Tree Lighting Ceremony
          • Continued to connect people, congregations, and organizations to volunteer opportunities throughout the year.



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