INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

California Science Center in Los Angeles needs volunteers in education, guest services, special events and to help look after plant and animal exhibits. Training sessions will be held one Saturday per month starting in May. Information: (213) 744-2124.

* House of Ruth needs volunteers for its May Day Garden Tour in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys Saturday. The tour is a fund-raiser for the House of Ruth, a battered women’s and children’s shelter. Information: (888) 791-5232.

* The city of Inglewood’s Oral History Project needs professional musicians and visual artists, 50 years of age and older, who reside in Inglewood or have at one time, to participate in the project. Initial interviews are taking place this week. Those chosen will be interviewed as part of the project. Also needed will be people to conduct interviews with those artists and musicians. Information: Skip Halloran, (310) 412-8750.

* L.A. Shanti, which offers support groups, workshops and education programs for people with HIV/AIDS, will hold a volunteer training session May 22, 23 and June 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Information: (323) 962-8197, Ext. 505.

* The Santa Monica BayKeeper needs people to assist in the BeachKeepers, Kelp Reforestation and Storm Drain Monitoring programs and the annual BayWalk event May 22. BayKeeper has stopped tons of toxic waste from entering the bay and operates the only 24-hour pollution reporting line. Information: Kris Haddad, (310) 305-9645.

Information for this column should be submitted typed and double-spaced to Involvement Opportunities, SoCal Living, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053.