Although Portola High School does not require community service for graduation, we believe community service to be a valuable and rich experience for the high school learner. Learners who complete 25 community service hours per year will receive recognition on their transcript with an additional comment: "Community Service Served". Community service hours completed during the summer can be included in the school year following that summer. Community Service Forms must be submitted each year for recognition.
Please submit your community service log when all 25 hours are completed!
2024-25 Community Service Form
Deadline for submitting hours is May 12th, 2025 at 12:30 PM. No late submission will be accepted.
Want to know if your community service hours will be accepted? Please review the Community Service Guidelines below:
2024-25 Community Service Guidelines
Some ideas for learners to gain community service hours is to join a community service club, search for opportunities via www.volunteermatch.org, or researching local community service organizations (see below).
List of Community Service Organizations in Orange County
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| Organization | Website |
|---|---|
| AIDS Services Foundation | www.ocasf.org |
| America On Track | www.redcross.org |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | www.bigbrooc.org |
| Blind Children's Learning Center | www.blindkids.org |
| Boys and Girls Club | |
City of Irvine
| www.cityofirvine.org |
| Earthroots | www.earthrootsfieldschool.org |
| ENC Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary | www.encenter.org/volunteer-enc/students/leaders |
| Families Forward | www.families-forward.org |
| Families Together of Orange County | familiestogetheroc.org |
| Festival of the Arts Pageant of the Masters | foapom.com/support/opportunities/volunteer |
| Fristers | www.fristers.org |
| Habitat for Humanity | www.habitatoc.org |
| Hoag Hospital | www.hoag.org |
| Illumination Foundation | www.ifhomeless.org |
| Irvine Animal Care Center | www.irvineshelter.org |
| Irvine Junior Games | www.irvinechildrensfund.org |
| Kids Institute for Development and Advancement | www.kida.com |
| Kids Who Care | www.kidswhocareclub.org |
| KidWorks | www.kidworksonline.org |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation | www.wish.org |
| Mercy House | www.mercyhouse.net |
| MS Society | www.nationalmssociety.org |
| Music To Heal at UCI Health | www.ucihealth.org/volunteer/music-to-heal |
| OC Interfaith Shelter | www.ocinterfaithshelter.org |
| OC Public Libraries | www.ocpl.org |
| Orange County Food Bank | www.ocfoodbank.org |
| PBS SoCal | www.pbssocal.org |
| Pediatric Center Research Foundation | www.pcrf-kids.org |
| Project Tomorrow | www.tomorrow.org |
| Rebuilding Together | |
| Salvation Army | |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | www.feedoc.org |
| Step Up Tutoring | www.stepuptutoring.org |
| School on Wheels | www.schoolonwheels.org |
| Susan G Komen Foundation | www.komenoc.org |
| Stop Hunger Now | |
| Team Kids | www.teamkids.org |
| THINK Together | www.thinktogether.org |
| UCI Health High School Volunteer Program | www.ucihealth.org/volunteer/high-school-students |
| Working Wardrobes | www.workingwardrobes.org |
| YMCA of Orange County | www.ymca.org |
| Youth United for Global Action | www.planusa.org/youth |
| List updated December, 2024 | |