INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Heritage Hill Historical Park in Lake Forest needs docents to lead tours for children and adults and help with special events. Training will be 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 13. Information: (949) 831-8419.

* Women Helping Women Services, of the National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles, needs paraprofessional talk line counselors. Bilingual people who speak English and Russian, Farsi or Spanish are particularly needed. Training begins Thursday. Information: (323) 655-3807.

* Lomed L.A., a program of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles, needs tutors to work with students in secular and Judaic studies in Jewish day schools in West Los Angeles. An orientation and training session will be held 9:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 16 at the Jewish Federation Goldsmith Center in Los Angeles. Information: (323) 761-8605.

* County of Los Angeles Public Library’s volunteer corps needs Friends of the Library, technology volunteers, literacy tutors and people to assist with storytelling, crafts and homework. Information: Carol Ross: (562) 940-8559.

* Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship in Chatsworth needs volunteers 12 and older to assist with horse care and lessons for disabled riders Tuesdays through Saturdays in Chatsworth and Wednesdays and Saturdays in Thousand Oaks. Training is provided. Volunteers are also needed for fund-raising, special events, grant writing and the newsletter. Information: (818) 700-2971.

* Temple Judia in Tarzana needs volunteers to teach adults in its English as a second language program. Training is provided. Information: (818) 758-3800.

* Holy Family Services Adoption & Foster Care in Pasadena needs people to care for babies in the process of being adopted. Compensation is provided. Information: (800) 464-2367.

* Interfaith Action for Aging in Signal Hill needs people to visit lonely, isolated elderly people and read to them, take them for walks, help with their mail, call them, or just listen and talk to them. Information: Tammy Lemmenes, (562) 492-9878, Ext. 104.

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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.