Orange County Exploring Programs!

 

Exploring Scholarships and Additional Information Available at:

www.learning-for-life.org
 

Exploring offers you an exciting opportunity--the chance to actually sample the career or profession you are interested in and the chance to do it now! You can learn what it would be like to be a pilot, a firefighter, a police officer, a graphic designer, biologist, engineer and more.  Explorer posts organized around career specialties offer you the chance to gain hands-on experience in a career or profession that you are interested in. 
 

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Animal Care

Anaheim Equestrian Center - Jayne Jones - 714-535-3510

Animal Control Officer – Susan Miller 714-935-6927

Santa Ana Zoo - Tish Flynn - 714-647-6575

 

 

Business

Future Leaders of Orange County – Mike Munos-513-2971

 

Community Service/Career Clubs

Anaheim YMCAs - Javier Gonzalez - 714-635-9622

Anaheim B. and G. club  Daniel Gibson 714-491-3617

 

Hispanic Chamber Career Clubs:

  • Beckman HS - Doris Kollias 714-734-2900 Ext.223
  • Capistrano HS - Lorena Sweeny-949-364-6100 *2360
  • Century HS — Janice Hopper-714-568-7054
  • Costa Mesa HS - Mike Sciacca - 714-424-8700
  • Los Amigos HS – Karina Martir-714-663-6288
  • Saddleback HS – Sally Lane –513-2900
  • Santiago HS – Dante Urzua – 714-663-6215
  • Trabuco HS - Rya Carepenter-949-768-1934
  • Valley HS - Ruben Garcia -714-241-6410

Rotary Interact Clubs:

Jim de Boom - 714-921-1881

Al Rasch - 714-432-0794

·          Anaheim HS

·          Back Bay HS

·          Bolsa Grande HS

·          Brea HS

·          Buena Park HS

·          Capo Valley HS

·          Corona Del Mar HS

·          Cypress HS

·          Dana Hill HS

·          El Dorado HS

·          El Modena HS

·          El Toro HS

·          Fullerton HS

·          Garden Grove HS

·          Huntington Beach HS

·          Katella HS

·          Laguna Beach HS

·          Laguna Hills HS

·          Los Alamitos HS

·          Mission Viejo HS

·          Mountain View HS

·          Newport Harbor High

·          Orange County School of the Arts

·          Pacifica HS

·          Orange HS

·          Saddleback HS

·          Santa Ana HS

·          Santiago HS

·          Savanna HS

·          Tesoro HS

·          Trabuco Hills HS

·          Troy HS

·          Valencia HS

·          Villa Park HS

·          Woodbridge HS

 

Rotary Rotaract Clubs:

Mark Schmidt714-283-3328

  • Hope University
  • North OC Community Rotaract
  • Saddleback College
  • Soka University
  • UC Irvine

Orange ROP - Teri Snyder - 714-897-6066
 

 

Ecology – Earth Resources

DHHS Marine Biology/Environmental Science

Randy Hudson - 949-496-6666

NHHS Marine Biology - Scott Smith - 949-549-1239

 

Fire & Emergency Service

Anaheim Fire Department – Alan Long – 714-978-7304
Brea Fire Department - John Aguirre - 714-990-7662
Costa Mesa Fire Department – Steve Cathey
714-754-5004
EMT-Eric Vargas – 714-334-8076
Fullerton Fire Dept. – Brad Wilder – 714- 738-6519
Huntington Beach Search & Rescue – Adam Bereki -
714-536-5485
Los Alamitos Fire – James Drummond – 562-795-2144
Orange County Fire Authority:
Buena Park - Mickey Hansen -714-527-4118
Irvine - Anthony Mejia - 949-559-7530
Ladera Ranch – Kurt Bidinger - 949-347-2258
Laguna Niguel - Kevin Skinner – 949-249-3085
Mission Viejo - Gary Lee - 949-581-1910
Modjeska Canyon - Bruce Newell - 714-760-0454
Placentia - Jim Silva – 714-996-2121
San Juan Capistrano - Bruce Bailey - 949-831-0872
Tustin - Bob Hutnyan - 714-544-0171
Westminster - Dan Bustamante - 714-379-4920
Orange Fire Department – Greg Baudot - 714-288-2515
Specialized Safety Services – Rick Travis 714-457-8265

 

Jr. Lifeguard Programs

California Jr. Guard - Jim Balok - 714-901-9031 Ext. 11

·          Sunset Beach

·          Salt Creek

·          Newland

Huntington City Jr. Guard - D. Simcox - 714-375-5079

U.S. Ocean Safety -Jason Young –949-276-5050

Club Aqua – Phill Stirtz – 949-831-5590

Law Enforcement

Anaheim Police Depart. – Amador Nunez -
714-533-8255
Brea Police Depart. - Phil Rodriguez -
714-990-7602
Buena Park Police Depart. –Mike Galos -
714-562-3902
Costa Mesa Police Depart. – Kha Bao - 714-754-5050
CHP - Billy Kwon - 714-567-6000
CSI-Orange County – Jack Davidson - 714-898-3315
Ext. 723
Cypress Police Depart. – Danny Forniss - 714-229-6627
Fountain Valley Police Depart. – Mike Parsons -
714-593-4485
Fullerton Police Depart. – Stewart Hamilton –
714-773-5703
Garden Grove Police Depart. – Chris Lawton -
714-741-5226
Huntington Beach Search & Rescue – Adam Bereki -
714-536-5485
Irvine Police Depart. – Michael Frei -
949-724-7186
La Habra Police Depart.- Gerry Macho -
562-266-5071
La Palma Police Depart. – Julian Gonzalez - 714-690-3370
Laguna Beach Police Depart. - Ted Falencki -
949-497-0370
Los Alamitos Police Depart. – Rick Moore -
562-431-2255 Ext. 417
Newport Beach Police Depart. - Lloyd Whisenant -
949-644-3717
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Coordinator: Gary Smith – 714-538-3718
Aliso Viejo
Harbor Patrol
Lake Forest
Mission Viejo
Rancho Santa Margarita
Santa Ana
Stanton (West)
Tri-Cities
Orange Police Depart. – Stacie Day -
714-744-7444 ex1227
Placentia Police Depart. - Sean Malone -
714-993-8164
Santa Ana Police Depart. – Tony Panzica-
714-245-8012
Seal Beach Police Depart. – Michael Henderson -
562-799-4100 ext. 628
Tustin Police Depart. – Mark Sauerwein - 714-573-3247
Westminster Police Depart. - Al Brackett -
714-898-3315 ex 860

 

Medical
           

Kaiser Hospital-Anaheim-Dr. James Lau 714-236-2851
Saddleback Memorial Hospital - Jan Gameroz -
949-452-3255

Military

1st Battalion 558th - Gil Coerper - 714-841-3009
Fullerton JROTC - James H. Ashhurst, III - 714-626-3852
Katella High School JROTC - Ed Guillermo -714-999-3695
Kennedy JROTC - Marc Breslow - 714-220-4152
Magnolia JROTC - Col Lindon – 714-220-4224
Santa Ana NJROTC- Tom Osseck-714-567-4944
Santiago High School - Army JROTC - Richard Wandke
714-663-6569
Savanna NJROTC –Bob Miller 714-220-4262
Sonora JROTC - Julio A. Gomez - 562-266-2101
Western JROTC - Jerry Pierce - 714-220-3031

Mortuary Science

Fairhaven Mortuary – Bill Bowers – 714-633-1442

                        CSI-Orange County – Jack Davidson - 714-898-3315

Ext. 723

 

Music

Impulse - Faith Goldman - 714-993-0682

J.F. Kennedy High Band - Robert Anthony -

714-220-4101

 

Safe Rides

Mission Hospital Trauma Center:  Georgi Mercado -

949-364-7754

·          Aliso Niguel High School

·          Capistrano High School

·          Dana Hills High School

·          El Toro High School

·          Laguna Hills High School

·          Mission Viejo High School

·          San Clemente High, School

·          Santa Margarita High School

·          St. Margaret’s High School

·          Tesoro High School

·          Trabuco High School

Los Alamitos High Safe Rides – Lina Lehecka -

562-493-4043
 

            Social Services

Cesar Chavez HS – Cathy Baumgartner - 714-633-2829

Drug Use Is Life Abuse - Santa Ana - Marilyn MacDougall - 714-647-4135

El Modena High Rotary Club – Orange - Marie Maresh -714-998-3837

                            Atlantis Academy-Ron Gellis-949-533-6075

Native Indian Project – Michael Folsom – 714-847-2873 ext 280
 

Workability

                Coordinator – Barbara Cooper 714-972-6772

Bobbi Menn-949-830-5302

-       Capistrano Valley Unified School Distric

- Garden Grove Unified School District

-       Huntington Beach Unified School District

-       Laguna Beach Unified School District

-       Orange Unified School District

-       Saddleback Unified School District

-       Santa Ana Unified School District

-          Tustin Unified School District

 

Exploring Program Contacts

Exploring North, South & Central County
Lane Calvert-714-546-8558 Ext. 181
lanec@oclfl.org
Exploring West County & Public Safety
Marla McGee-714-546-8558 Ext. 183
marlam@oclfl.org
Career Speakers/Middle School & High School Programs
Michael Gonzalez – 714-546-8558 ext. 149
michaelg@oclfl.org