Activities

Ronald McDonald Baking House

The Ronald McDonald Baking House is a residential shelter that helps keep families with sick children close to each other. They are partnered with the CHOC hospital. The Ronald McDonald Baking House helps provide the families with shelter and resources as their child is recuperating or undergoing treatment. It helps the families settle close to the hospital for a temporary amount of time. Assisteens help bake a variety of pastries such as cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. These delicious treats are then provided to the residents and children of the baking house. It is a hands-on event with many opportunities to care and give back to the community.

At the Brookdale Senior Living Community, Assisteens help the staff set up for their holiday celebrations, ranging from a St. Patrick's day party to Easter parties and many more. Many teenagers are clueless about the details of a Senior Living community. By volunteering here, the Assisteens have the opportunity of experiencing how the seniors live and how they are being taken care of. There are many frail patients and patients that are lively. The Seniors occasionally feel lonely and bored and sometimes, a simple party is all that it takes. It is a rewarding experience, to see how the simple action of setting up decorations can put a smile on someone's face and help them enjoy an event.

Vineyard Church deals with the extremely prevalent hunger issue in Orange County. Vineyard Church collects packages of food and packs them into bags. It promotes working together as a team. The volunteers need to form a packaging line in order to be efficient and package as much food as necessary. Vineyard Church helps volunteers realize how many people are struggling to provide food to their families or remain hungry in the community around you. Vineyard Church is a great opportunity to give back to the community.

The food banks ensure that no individual in the community remains hungry. At the food banks, Assisteens help sort out various foods and package them so they can be shipped out to the community. Like Vineyard Church, the food banks helps volunteers realize how many people remain hungry due to the lack of food. It is a good opportunity to volunteer as your actions ensure that a family is provided with the sufficient amount of food so they do not live in hunger.