INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Beverly Hills Public Library needs teenagers to assist library staff in the children’s division this summer with Puppet Time and the Harry Potter Club. Puppet Time volunteers read stories to children, ages 6-8, and help them perform puppet shows Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for six weeks beginning July 6. Harry Potter Club volunteers will help with crafts, games and activities on Wednesday afternoons starting July 5. Information: (310) 288-2211.
* Cheer for Children in Redondo Beach needs volunteers to barbecue, entertain or help serve children from South Bay Orthopedically Handicapped Schools on July 14 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Also needed are Hawaiian music, dancers, paper, plastic or silk flowers for leis and hats, hat makers and people with knowledge of Hawaiian history to share with the children. Help is needed to transport food and other items. The group also needs donations of personal toiletry items such as shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes and perfume. Information: Pam Edwards, (310) 540-2494.
* Best Buddies needs volunteers for its Citizen Buddy program to visit disabled people. Volunteers are matched to a buddy and asked to make a one-year commitment of twice-monthly visits and weekly phone or mail contact. Information: Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.
* Hawaiian Avenue Elementary School in Wilmington needs English-speaking volunteers to spend half an hour in two classrooms reading to children in its Rolling Readings program. Information: Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.
* Share the Wonder of Reading needs people to train as volunteers to read to elementary schoolchildren, one-on-one, at various schools in the Los Angeles area, Information: Sarah Bergeson, (310) 289-1201.
* USC Family Studies Project needs families (two parents with a 9- or 10-year-old child) to participate in a research project examining how L.A. families stay strong and connected despite family and community stress. Reimbursement provided. Information: Adabel Lee, (213) 740-2313.
* A Window Between Worlds, a group that uses creative expression to help battered women and children recover, needs clerical help. Information: (310) 396-0317.
Information for this column should be submitted typed and double-spaced to Involvement Opportunities, SoCal Living, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles CA 90012.
