Opportunities to Volunteer
The Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce needs volunteers for a country festival. Participants will work four-hour shifts at the July 23 event, which will be held from noon to 8 p.m. at Warner Park, 5800 Topanga Canyon Blvd. 347-4737.
The Organization for the Needs of the Elderly needs volunteers to deliver meals to senior citizens for about three hours one weekday morning. Students are also needed to teach basic Internet skills to seniors for about an hour after school. Volunteers are needed to sell produce, set up booths, fill balloons and help vendors at a Sunday morning farmers’ market. Call Joyce Megna at (818) 705-2345.
Encino B’nai B’rith needs drivers to pick up bagels, bread and cakes, and deliver them to poor children, needy seniors, battered women and children, and the homeless. Call Herman Berman at (818) 788-4230 or Steve Pollack at (818) 992-7422.
The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop, an upscale resale store at 21799 Ventura Blvd., needs volunteers to sort, sell, display and price merchandise. Those who have trucks or sports utility vehicles also are needed to deliver furniture. Call Judy Kissick at (818) 888-3183.
The Valley Storefront Multiservice Center for Seniors of the Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, a nonprofit, nonsectarian agency serving senior citizens, is seeking case aide volunteers to work one-on-one with seniors. Participants must volunteer once a week and training is provided. Call Rena Snyder at (818) 984-1380.
The Jewish Family Service is also seeking volunteers for senior activities and clerical duties, and to work as family mentors, meal servers and deliverers, and case aides. Call Sally Weber at (323) 761-8800, Ext. 217.
Volunteers are needed at the Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center gift shop at 16237 Ventura Blvd. Shop proceeds support the nonprofit Sunair Children’s Foundation, which funds research and treatment of children with asthma and other ailments. Call (818) 345-3862.
The American Red Cross’ Glendale-La Crescenta chapter needs volunteers who are at least 14 years old to do office work. Call (818) 243-3121.
Easter Seals is seeking volunteers to do clerical work at its office at 25115 Avenue Stanford, Suite B-122, in Valencia. Call Christine Edgeworth at (661) 723-3414.
The California Wildlife Center is seeking people to take care of injured and orphaned animals. The center in Calabasas needs volunteers to help with rescues, education and construction projects. Call (310) 457-9453.
The Volunteer Center of Los Angeles needs volunteers to do patient, hospitality and office work at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Los Angeles. Volunteers are also needed to help a group that rescues Labradors. Call Joan Kagan at (818) 908-5128.