Volunteer Opportunities

Burbank Public Library Literacy Services needs volunteer tutors for adults. The first session of a 12-hour workshop will be Tuesday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Burbank Public Library Auditorium, 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd. Call (818) 238-5577.

The Volunteer Center of Los Angeles needs helpers to register and usher guests Friday and Saturday at a medical conference in Universal City; to work with the Los Angeles Film Festival from Friday-April 28; and to plant trees Saturday in Pacoima.

Volunteers are also needed for a golf tournament April 23 in Simi Valley, sponsored by the HELP Group, a coalition of nonprofit agencies that helps families of children with special needs. Friends of the Los Angeles River needs people to clean the river May 11-12.

Volunteers are also needed to lead nature walks for the Children’s Nature Institute, to serve as greeters at the Los Angeles Zoo and to teach Internet skills at a computer lab of the Boys & Girls Club of Venice.

For all of these programs, call Joan Kagan at (818) 908-5128.

The Organization for the Needs of the Elderly is seeking volunteers to set up artwork at a senior art exhibition April 29 from 6:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; hours are flexible. The event will be at the Encino Farmers’ Market, 17400 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys. Volunteers are also needed to deliver meals once a week for about 2 1/2 hours. Call Joyce Megna at (818) 705-2345 or log onto https://www.one4seniors.org.

The Jewish Federation’s Koreh L.A. program is seeking mentors for kindergartners through third-graders who are behind in their reading skills. Training sessions will be held May 6 at the Sinai Temple, 10400 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; and May 20 at Adat Ari El Synagogue, 12020 Burbank Blvd., Valley Village, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (323) 761-8153 or send e-mail to literacy@jewishla.org.

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, (818) 788-4230 or Steve Pollack, (818) 992-7422.

The California Wildlife Center needs help taking care of injured and orphaned animals. The Calabasas center needs volunteers to help with rescues, education and construction projects. Call (310) 457-9453.

The Braille Institute needs volunteers to input text from books into computers, which institute workers will later translate into Braille. For more information, call (323) 663-1111 or log onto https://www.brailleinstitute.org.