INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Cheer for Children, a Redondo Beach-based group that aims to cheer up acutely ill and orthopedically disabled children at Easter, Halloween, and Christmas, and during the summer, needs volunteers for its Luau Party July 9 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. People are needed to barbecue food and serve it to children, and entertain them with Hawaiian music, dancing, hat making and stories of Hawaiian history. Information: Pam Edwards, (310) 540-2494.
* Children’s Bureau of Southern California needs people to foster abused and neglected children. An informational meeting will be held Wednesday at the bureau’s San Gabriel Valley office in Baldwin Park. Information: (323) 644-3900, Ext. 201. The agency is also looking for youths 15 and older to volunteer as counselors and aides for its summer camp July 19 through Aug. 19 at Oak View Elementary School in Huntington Beach, Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Training will be held July 12 and 13. Information: (714) 375-3725.
* Westside Children’s Center, a Culver City foster family agency, needs foster parents for children from birth to 5 years old. Information: (310) 390-0551.
* St. Joseph Center in Venice needs men and women to act as mentors in its Sisters for Success program and a new mentoring program for boys. A commitment of one year is required. Information: Pam Tyler, (310) 399-2352.
* East San Gabriel Valley Partnership Americorp needs adult volunteers to devote 10 hours a week to its literacy program for children in West Covina, Baldwin Park, Glendora, San Dimas and La Verne. Information: Toni Davis, (626) 335-5350.
* Friendship Force of Los Angeles needs hosts for visitors from Bogota, Colombia, from Aug. 15 to Aug. 22. Information: Carolee Lawrence, (818) 348-8211.
* United Cambodia Community Inc., a refugee assistance organization in Long Beach, needs volunteers for its after-school tutoring program for English-speaking students in elementary through high school. Information: Robert Hull, (562) 433-2490.
* Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills needs people to answer phones, file and help with mailings on weekdays. Information: Mary Monreal, (310) 271-9999, Ext. 224.
* New Leash On Life and L.A. City Animal Services need volunteers to groom animals and help with adoption services at the East Valley Animal Shelter in North Hollywood. Information: (818) 710-9898.
* Los Angelitas del Pueblo in Los Angeles needs docents to lead tours at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument on Olvera Street. Information: Louis Hilleary, (800) 208-0012.
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