INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce, a leadership organization, seeks men and women ages 21 to 39 for community service and social events. Information: (562) 435-0340.

* Hollywood Opera Ensemble needs opera singers for its production of Bizet’s “Carmen” in French in April and May. Information: (323) 851-0271.

* After School Learning Center in Los Angeles needs tutors for 7- to 11-year-olds at Windsor Hills Elementary School. Information: Lizl Peter (323) 299-8380.

* Community Helpline in Palos Verdes Estates needs volunteers to help deliver 25,000 Palos Verdes directories to residents and businesses. Volunteers are asked to report to Rancho Vista Elementary School in Rolling Hills Estates on Saturday at 7 a.m. Information: Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.

* Los Angeles County Public Library needs help with literacy tutoring, storytelling, crafts, homework, and Friends of the Library, and to provide Internet assistance to customers. Information: Carol Ross, (562) 940-8559.

* KUSC-FM (91.5) needs volunteers to answer phones during its membership drive Feb. 4-12. Information: (213) 514-1411.

* Constitutional Rights Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization, needs businesses to host Los Angeles high school students for six-week internships, 24 hours a week. Information: Carolyn Hou, (213) 316-2109.

* Veterans’ Garden in Westwood, operated by patients of the VA Hospital as a horticulture therapy program, needs volunteer drivers and gardening enthusiasts at its 15-acre site. Information: (310) 268-4062.

Jenesse Center, a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to providing services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence, needs volunteers for its Children’s Enrichment Program to read, tutor, do artwork and interact with children. Information: Evette De Luca, (323) 751-1145, Ext. 22.

* UCLA Center on Aging needs retired teachers in the Los Angeles, Compton and Long Beach areas to act as mentors to first-year teachers who are part of Teach for America, a national teaching recruitment program helping place teachers in under-resourced areas. Information: Mike Fong, (310) 794-0676.

* Young Artists International, a Los Angeles group dedicated to the support, management and promotion of gifted young musicians throughout the world, needs volunteers with good social skills for its membership committee, and a volunteer to establish and maintain a Web site. Training is provided. Information: (310) 281-3303.

* Peace Offerings!, an Alhambra-based group that creates brochures, booklets and books on domestic abuse, needs volunteers to help with a new children’s campaign and establish a National Organization for Adult Children of Violence. Help is also needed with word processing, graphic arts, fund-raising and marketing. People with business experience, Internet skills and legal knowledge are also sought. Information: Barbara Corry, (626) 576-5610.

* Orange County Marine Institute in Dana Point needs volunteers to handle clerical work, serve in the gift shop, teach in laboratory classrooms and assist aboard the tall ship Pilgrim. Information: (949) 496-2274.

* School on Wheels needs coordinators for tutors in homeless shelters throughout Los Angeles County. Training is provided. Information: (800) 923-1100.

* The Sycamores Foster Care in Pasadena needs people, married or single, to provide care for neglected and abused children. Training, certification and financial aid are provided. Information: Zenayda Fuentes, (626) 685-2121.

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.