INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Harbor Interfaith Shelter in San Pedro, which distributes food and provides shelter to the homeless and needy, is looking for volunteers to assist staff with clerical tasks, including data entry. Information: Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.
* Summer Solstice Folk Music, Dance and Storytelling Festival needs volunteers in five-hour shifts to take tickets, set up the festival site, work the parking lot, run the instrument checkroom, assist in the country store and serve as water runners. The 17th annual festival, presented by the California Traditional Music Society, takes place June 25-27 on the Soka University campus in Calabasas. Information: (818) 342-7664.
* Global Children’s Organization, an L.A.-based group dedicated to helping refugee children who have suffered in war, needs funding and volunteers. Information: (323) 934-8805.
* Women’s World Cup Soccer, to be held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday and July 10, needs volunteers in various areas, including accreditation, food and beverage service, guest services, and to serve as transportation attendants, drivers, staffing assistants, technology assistants and uniform assistants. Information: Cindee Hagain, (310) 229-0877.
* North East Trees needs volunteers to help with tree planting and care, and habitat and trail restoration June 26 in Highland Park on the Arroyo Seco greenbelt and Aug. 14 at San Pedro Elementary School in downtown Los Angeles. Information: (323) 221-1778.
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.
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