INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro needs volunteers to lead schoolchildren on one-hour tours of the aquarium and tide pool areas. Training is provided. Information: Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.

* KUSC-FM Radio (91.5), a public classical music station, needs volunteers to answer phones during its membership drive, Feb. 5 through Feb. 17. No experience is necessary. Information: (213) 514-1411.

* Suicide Prevention Center of the Didi Hirsh Community Mental Health Center in Culver City needs volunteers over 21 for its 24-hour crisis line. Training starts Saturday. Information: David Smith, (310) 751-5330.

* South Bay Literacy Program in Torrance needs tutors to teach English as a second language. Training is provided. Tutors do not need to speak a language other than English. A one-hour-a-week commitment is required. Information: Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.

* Operation Read, a reading initiative for delinquent, abused or neglected children in the care of Los Angeles County, needs tutors at Camp Scott and Camp Scudder in Saugus to help youths improve their reading skills. Information: (661) 296-8500, Ext. 254.

* Spoke N Paws Assistance Dogs in Oceanside needs people to foster dogs, to run booths and to give presentations or demonstrations to service clubs and businesses in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Information: (760) 754-0818.

* Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, a national nonprofit group that records textbooks for print and learning disabled students from kindergarten though postgraduate level, needs detail-oriented volunteers knowledgeable in math, science, computers, economics or medicine, and those who can describe visual materials in words. Training is provided. The studios are in Hollywood, Reseda and the South Bay. Information: (800) RFB-TEXT.

* 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: Mary Haskins, (310) 289-1201.

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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.