Valleywide : Volunteering Opportunities

Valley Presbyterian Hospital needs volunteers to work on the information desk in the surgery waiting room, visit patients on the nursing floors and greet patients and their families.

Surgery waiting room volunteers are especially needed on Monday mornings between 8 and noon. Visiting volunteers on the nursing floors, especially in the Med Surgery Oncology Unit, visit patients and help make them more comfortable.

Hospitality volunteers greet patients and their families, familiarize them with rooms and work as part of a team in the nursing unit.

For more information call Anne Fastiggi, volunteer director, at (818) 902-2932.

* The Epilepsy Foundation of Los Angeles and Orange counties needs volunteer counselors for its 11th annual family weekend camp Sept. 15-17 at Camp Hollywood in Griffith Park. The camp is for families with children suffering from epilepsy or a seizure disorder. Volunteers help children with games, arts, crafts, campfires, swimming, hiking and other activities.

For more information, call (213) 382-7337 or (800) 564-0445.

* The San Fernando Valley Crop Walk, co-sponsored by the San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council and Church World Service will be held Nov. 19 at 12:30 p.m. The 10-kilometer walk will start at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church in Chatsworth on the corner of Devonshire Street and Winnetka Avenue. The funds raised go for world relief agencies and to help local food pantries and Meals on Wheels.

For more information call Arlene Landon at the Valley Interfaith Council at (818) 718-6460.