Opportunities for Volunteering

The Volunteer Center of the Assistance League of Southern California, which serves the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys, needs several volunteer ambassadors to visit its client agencies. They will be trained to evaluate the programs. For more information, call Joan Kagan at (818) 908-5066.

Los Angeles Community Action Network, a volunteer membership organization that began in 1983, assists other organizations with their fund-raising events. Members receive a bimonthly newsletter with about 80 to 100 listings of groups that need volunteer help. For more information, call (310) 391-5770.

A national network of volunteers called doingsomething, geared toward matching busy professionals with short-term volunteering opportunities, is looking for volunteers. The group works with a wide variety of agencies. For information, call the doingsomething hotline at (310) 391-3907.