INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Gamble House’s Docent Council is accepting applications for it annual docent training classes, which begin in the new year. Docents lead tours of the Gamble House, a National Historic Landmark in Pasadena. For more information, please call: (626) 793-3334.

Five Acres Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Society of Los Angeles, based in Altadena, needs couples or single people interested in becoming foster parents. A foster parent orientation will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday . There is a special need for people who know sign language to foster deaf children. Information: Patricia Old, (888) 824-1430, Ext. 205; TTY (626) 844-1434.

* Palos Verdes Land Conservancy needs volunteers to pull weeds and remove invasive non-native plants from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at Lunada Canyon. Participants must wear work clothes, sturdy boots or shoes and hats, and bring sunscreen and water. Information: Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.

* Wonder of Reading has scheduled a training class for tutors from 8:45 a.m. to noon Thursday at Barton Hill Elementary School. After training, tutors are matched with one child for the school year. Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach, (310) 212-5009.

* Interfaith Action for Aging needs volunteers to deliver Thanksgiving dinner to elderly shut-ins from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thanksgiving Day in the Long Beach area. For more information, please call: (562) 492-9878.

* Expressions Musical Playground in Calabasas needs seniors to interact with infants to 10-year-olds in music classes. No training is necessary. Information: Lee Mosbe, (818) 225-2286.

* Food on Foot, a nonprofit group dedicated to feeding, clothing and helping to find work for the homeless in Los Angeles, needs volunteers to help distribute prepackaged food and clothing in Venice on Saturdays and in Hollywood on Sundays for one hour. Information: (310) 442-0088.

* Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California, a nonprofit group that works with elementary schools in literacy throughout the Los Angeles area, needs a certified public accountant to sit on the board of directors as treasurer. Board meetings are the fourth Friday of each month, for two hours in the morning. Information: (323) 268-8755.

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.