Volunteers getting ready to show their communities some love City

Yorba Linda will join several Orange County com m unities this year in organizing a volunteer day, May 4, to show the city some love. The Love Our Cities campaign has spread over the years across north and central Orange County and now includes 10 communities. Love Yorba Linda will feature 13 projects, including sprucing up several local elementary schools. The biggest project of the day will be at the Philip Paxton Equestrian Center, where volunteers will be painting railings around the arena, adding landscaping and helping to clean up, said Cindy Scott, who has been leading the organization of the first Love Yorba Linda day. It is great, she said. The community is excited. It is a great way for the community to come together and get to know one another. Across the region, volunteers will be marshaling their talents and elbow grease to complete community projects, which range from painting fire hydrants in Anaheim to a poolside mural in Buena Park. Thers planned throughout the cities, including serving lunch at a rescue mission in Tlistin and writing cards and notes for the elderly in Fullerton. Fullerton was the first Orange County city to join the Love Our Cities effort. Since then, OC United has taken over organizing and helping behind the scenes as more cities joined. OC United now lists Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, La Habra, Orange, Placentia, Tustin and Yorba Linda among its participating cities, though not all are staging events May 4. Volunteers still are needed for many projects.