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INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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Penny Lane, a national foundation based in North Hills for the treatment of the emotionally disabled, needs volunteers for a fund-raising campaign to celebrate 30 years of service to abused teens. Help is needed in mailings, phone banks, recruiting honorary board members, planning events, publicity and mentoring. Information: Julia Robinson Shimizu, (818) 892-3423.

* American Cancer Society needs volunteers in all communities to distribute daffodil order forms (deadline Feb. 26), promote daffodil sales, help plan flower delivery routes, arrange bouquets and baskets of flowers and assist with flower deliveries March 15 and 16 for the Daffodil Days campaign. Information: (800) ACS-2345.

* The Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce is seeking volunteers to help with its annual fund-raising event, the Nissan Open, from Monday to Feb. 22. The PGA tournament will be held at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. Information: Martharuth Lefever, (213) 989-2157.

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* The Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women is holding training classes for volunteers beginning Feb. 17 and running Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings for six weeks. Volunteers will help educate the community through seminars on sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. Information: Gabriele Larsen, (626) 585-9166.

* The Child Advocates Office of the Superior Court needs volunteers to serve as court-appointed special advocates to investigate the circumstances of abused and neglected children in the Los Angeles County foster-care system and to make recommendations to the court. Information: (323) 526-6666.

Submit items to Involvement Opportunities, SoCal Living, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053.

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