INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

CATCH Program at Community Magnet School in the Mid-Wilshire area needs mentors for elementary schoolchildren one hour a week. Information: (323) 549-9652.

* Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles needs museum guides and assistants in the galleries. Training is provided. Volunteers must be 19 or older and commit three hours a week for a year. Information: Carolyn Brucken, (310) 772-2510.

* Hollygrove, a therapeutic residential treatment facility for abused and neglected children in Los Angeles, needs married or single people to provide foster homes. Financial and practical support are provided. Information: (800) 864-KIDS.

* Rhapsody in Green in Studio City needs people to help restore the environment for the endangered Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly in San Pedro. Volunteers will work alongside scientists to pull out weeds and plant native plants that the butterfly and other animals in the habitat need. Information: (323) 654-5821.

* La Mirada Volunteer Center needs volunteers to perform clerical duties in its office and for the Friendly Service Program driving senior citizens to appointments. Information: (562) 943-3177.

* Harbor Interfaith Shelter in San Pedro, which provides temporary housing, counseling and other services to homeless families, needs volunteers to tutor adults early evenings and weekends in GED courses, with an emphasis on math and English. Information: Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.

* Inglewood Senior Center, which prepares and delivers meals to the homebound elderly weekdays in Inglewood, Hawthorne and Lennox, needs volunteer drivers with auto insurance and vehicles. Mileage will be reimbursed. Information: Rochelle Williams, (310) 412-4346.

* OneCenter, an online personal growth center based in Ojai and dedicated to the development of human potential through practical spirituality, needs a volunteer to maintain and update a small Web site. Also, a volunteer is needed to research the Web for information. Information: (805) 649-6883.

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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.