Opportunities for Volunteering
The San Fernando Department of Recreation and Community Services, 208 Park Ave., needs volunteer coaches and referees for flag football, basketball and roller hockey. Volunteers spend a minimum of two hours a week working with children.
For more information, call (818) 898-1290.
The John Wayne Cancer Institute needs volunteers to help with its first Terry Fox Run in Los Angeles on Nov. 10. Runners are collecting pledges for this fund-raiser. Volunteers can give water to runners and help set up the event.
For more information, call the Terry Fox Run hotline at (310) 582-7073.
A national network of volunteers called doingsomething, geared toward matching busy professionals with short-term volunteering opportunities, is looking for new volunteers. The group works with a wide variety of agencies.
For more information, call the doingsomething hotline at (310) 391-3907.
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