INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Greatest Love Foster Family Agency in Inglewood needs foster parents for children and adolescents. Information: Patricia A. Duck or Crystal Mitchell, (310) 419-1948.

* Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services offers a seminar on becoming a foster or adoptive parent Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at its Los Angeles office. Information: Clemie Love, (310) 836-1223, Ext. 286.

* Charmlee Nature Preserve Foundation offers a training orientation starting Sept. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Malibu. Graduates of the seven-session course can work as docents, guiding schoolchildren on ecology hikes, or as naturalist volunteers at Charmlee preserve in Malibu. Information: Barbara Hitz, (310) 457-2490.

* The Sycamores, a multi-service agency dedicated to healing abused and neglected children and their families, needs people, married or single, to care for children from infants to adolescents. Information: Zenayda Fuentes, (626) 685-2121.

* Working Wardrobes, based in Irvine, needs volunteers to sort clothing on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at its Garden Grove facility, to donate plus-size women’s clothing and toys and games, and to help with three October women’s events. Information: (949) 862-9090.

* Los Angeles Maritime Institute in San Pedro needs volunteers to sail as crew with its Topsail Youth Program. No experience is necessary. Topsail operates seven days a week, year-round. Information: (310) 833-6055.

* East San Gabriel Valley Partnership Americorp in West Covina needs adult volunteers who can spare 10 hours or more a week for its literacy program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Information: Judy Rasheed, (626) 472-5194.

* Under the Bridges and on the Streets, a West Hollywood group that distributes 600 lunches on the last Saturday of each month to the homeless of Los Angeles, needs volunteers to assemble and deliver lunches. Information: Laxman Das, (310) 659-4003.

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.