INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Pacific Lodge Foster Family Agency in Woodland Hills needs foster parents. Training begins June 15 and runs eight consecutive Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Information: Jocelyn Clegg, (818) 347-1577, Ext. 173.
* Senior Chai Center at the Westside Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles needs volunteers to serve lunch and snacks, to accompany members to activities and to provide companionship. Entertainers are also needed. The center serves the elderly Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Information: (323) 938-2531, Ext. 2228.
* Streetlights Production Assistant Program needs volunteers to help with job development, accounting and general office work. Streetlights trains and places economically disadvantaged men and women as production assistants in film and television. Its goal is to get families off welfare, promote diversity in the industry and give young people with a difficult past an opportunity. Information: Linda Horner, (323) 960-4540.
* Mira Costa High School Class of 1999 Grad Nite Committee in Manhattan Beach is seeking volunteers and donations for its all-night, drug- and alcohol-free event for graduating seniors on June 17. Chaperons over 21 are needed (parents of the graduating class are not allowed). Information: Claire Feiger, (310) 545-6347.
* Jack B. Clarke High School, a California Department of the Youth Authority school in Norwalk, needs day or evening volunteers to perform a variety of tasks related to the education of juvenile offenders in a correctional school. Information: Liam Cowan, (562) 868-9979, Ext. 2302.
* Sycamores Foster Family Agency in Pasadena needs families to care for children over the age of 12. Foster parents receive training, financial reimbursement and 24-hour support from staff. There will be an orientation session June 17 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Information: Zenayda Fuentes, (626) 685-2121, or (888) 243-2645.
* Friends of the Madrid Theatre in Canoga Park needs volunteers for ushering, office support and help with special events. Information: (818) 883-3334.
* Meals on Wheels, Santa Monica, Malibu and Pacific Palisades, needs drivers or helpers to deliver meals to homebound people weekdays. Information: Joanna Vasquez, (310) 394-7558.
* Valley Women’s Center in Tarzana, which provides education and counseling for at-risk women and families, needs volunteers for public speaking, to answer phones, assist with events and update resource files. No experience necessary. Information: (818) 757-2188.
* Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women in Pasadena needs volunteers to become crisis intervention counselors/advocates for assault survivors. Training begins June 8.
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