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By Shereen Oca
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Throughout the city, organizations and outreaches are seeking volunteers and donations to help people in need. Here is a list of some that have asked for a helping hand.
The Long Beach Fire Ambassadors is looking for volunteers who are 55 years and older to help teach area third graders about fire safety. Those interested must be able to donate eight hours per month. For more information, call 597-3044.
Harbor Regional Center, a nonprofit agency that serves people with developmental disabilities, seeks volunteers who can assist clients and their families during their visits to a Long-Beach based library. Training is provided. Call (310) 543-0611 or e-mail kristina.zerhusen@harborrc.org for details.
Belmont Shore’s Hide & Seek Boutique needs volunteers who can assist with the repair and delivery of donated items or work in the store as customer-service representatives. Home furnishing donations also are needed. Located at 203 Covina Ave., the Hide & Seek Boutique donates all of its proceeds to support lysosomal disease research. For details, call 621-1122 or visit www.hideandseek.org.
Pathways is seeking volunteers for its Friendly Visitor program that provides companionship and assistance to elderly people and to those who are on hospice care. Training sessions take place at 3300 South St. (suite 206). For more information, call 531-3031.
Faith in Action/Volunteer Action For Aging has a number of opportunities to help homebound, elderly or disabled clients. For details, call 637-7103 or e-mail bmartinez@scanhealthplan.com.
Stitches from the Heart, which donates blankets, sweaters and hats to babies in need at various organizations — including Long Beach Memorial Hospital, is seeking both yarn donations as well as volunteers to help with knitting and crocheting. Call (877) 985-9212 or e-mail stitchfromheart@-aol.com.
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care is looking for volunteers to spend time with terminally-ill patients and their families. Training is provided. Call (310) 225-5831 or e-mail denise.matherly@vitas.com.
For The Child, a Long Beach nonprofit agency, is looking for volunteers, especially those who are bilingual or who can serve nights and weekends, to serve as child advocates on their Child Abuse Response Team. To find out more, call 422-8472 or e-mail amiller@forthechild.org.
International City Theatre, the regional professional theater company that performs at the Performing Arts Center downtown, is seeking volunteer ushers. Call 495-4595, ext. 10, for more information.
Special Olympics Southern California, which serves people with intellectual disabilities, is seeking a volunteer with Raiser’s Edge software experience to assist staff with data management. A minimum commitment of four hours per week is requested. Call 354-2613 or e-mail mmcdade@sosc.org.
POWER 4 Youth, a mentoring nonprofit, seeks volunteers with two hours a week free to meet one-on-one with youth at a supervised site in the Long Beach area. Training is provided at no cost at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 E. Third St. Call 435-2352 or e-mail info@power4youth.org.
Rancho Los Cerritos is recruiting volunteers for its Adobe Days Revisited school tour program. The program aims to inspire understanding and respect for history. The Rancho is at 4600 Virginia Rd. Call 570-1755.
The American Red Cross Greater Long Beach Chapter is seeking volunteers to assist with its Response Center Network disaster service and also adult volunteers to help with its youth services. Training is provided. The chapter is at 3150 E. 29th St. and can be reached at 490-4003.
In addition, American Red Cross Blood Services is looking for volunteers to help with registration and refreshment tables, among other tasks. Call (800) 498-9910 or e-mail deanj@usa.redcross.org.
Meals on Wheels Long Beach is looking for volunteers to help deliver meals to its homebound clients. Volunteers are asked to give a few hours at least one morning a week. Call 432-6215 or visit www.mealsonwheelsoflongbeach.org.
The Bolsa Chica Conservancy, which works to restore the Bolsa Chica Wetlands area, is seeking volunteers to help greet guests, give tours and restore the native habitat through cleanups at its Huntington Beach site, 3842 Warner Ave. Call (714) 846-1114 or e-mail tia@bolsachica.org.
The Long Beach unit of the American Cancer Society needs volunteer drivers to take cancer patients to their treatment appointments and to transport children with cancer and their siblings to camp. Training is provided. Call 437-0791.
Volunteers are needed to help with Hospice Touch, an outreach that offers visits and also provides handmade clothing and linens to terminally ill patients and their families. Call (866) 553-5553 or e-mail gaskew@hospicetouch.com.
Operation Jump Start, a nonprofit serving disadvantaged youth is seeking adult volunteers to make a long-term commitment to mentor a students through high school. Mentors must be able to spend six hours a month with a student. Call 988-2131 or e-mail SlangOJS@aol.com.
Volunteers are needed to help the Community Action Team in a number of upcoming Belmont Shore events, including its Haute Dog Poetry Contest, Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest, National Adult Spelling Bee and Mom Prom. Organizer, Justin Rudd, also leads a 30-Minute Beach Cleanup on the third Saturday of every month at 10 a.m., on the Granada Beach. Call 439-3316 or visit www.justinrudd.com for details.
The SS Lane Victory, a fully operational WWII cargo ship, needs volunteers to help with advertising, office, on deck, engine room and other work in San Pedro. Gangway greeters and tour guides also are needed. Call (310) 519-9545 or visit www.lanevictory.org.
Comprehensive Child Development, Inc., a nonprofit agency that provides childcare and education to low-income families, is looking for an adult facilities manager volunteer to help with repairs, maintenance and disaster preparedness operations for a few hours per month. Call 427-8834 or e-mail lcunningham@ccdlb.org.
St. Mary Medical Center Guild is currently accepting applications for new volunteers. The guild staffs St. Mary’s gift shop and thrift store, and hosts a bridge tournament and the Night at the Races annual fundraisers. Membership dues are $40/year; members must attend four to six meetings annually and be available for two three-and-a-half-hour shifts a month at the stores. For details, call 491-9230.
Pacific Asian Counseling Service is seeking volunteer homework helpers/mentors to help first through 12th graders in an after school program. Volunteers should be able to devote two hours a week. The after-school program in Long Beach is from 3 to 5 and 5 to 7 Monday through Thursday. Call 424-1886 or visit www.pacsla.org.
Donated yarn is needed for residents of the Retirement Housing Foundation who are part of Project H.A.N.D.S., which provides hand-knitted or crocheted sweaters and blankets for children in homeless shelters. To donate yarn, call 257-5138.
The Jewish Family & Children’s Service needs friendly people to volunteer in its Friendly Visitor Volunteer Program. The program reaches out to homebound elderly people. Call 427-7916, ext. 229.
Volunteers are needed one day a week to feed and/or assist in the humane trapping effort to spay/neuter the feral cat colony at Bluff Park. To join this grassroots effort, send an e-mail to helpbluffcats@yahoo.com.
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Hospice program needs volunteers to provide support to terminally ill patients and their families, clerical help in the office, and bereavement care. Call 933-0910 to find out about their next six to eight-week training class.
Odyssey Hospice is in need of volunteers to visit and lend a hand to make a difference in the lives of terminally ill patients and their families. There are a number of ways to help, from patient visits to knitting groups to office administration. For more information, call (714) 934-4520 or (800) 797-2686.
The University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach, is looking for volunteers and docents. For more information, call 985-7601 or e-mail btrimble@csulb.edu.
Helpline Youth Counseling is in need of mentors for children ages 8 to 12. Mentors spend at least one hour a week helping children with homework, talking to them or playing games. A year’s commitment is required. Training is provided. Call 864-3722.
The Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center needs volunteers to help with a number of its services, including its WINGS support system, its makeover program and its Musician Fridays. For an application, call 933-0961.
Catholic Charities, a non-sectarian social service agency, needs volunteers to deliver free groceries to low-income isolated seniors living in Long Beach. Training is provided. Call 591-1351.
People wanting to help adults improve their reading, math and computer skills are wanted at Literacy Network. Training is provided. For more information, call (213) 237-3010.
Casa Youth Shelter, a safe haven for runaways and youth in crisis, is looking for people who want to work with teens. Volunteers are needed to help with administrative work and fundraising for the organization, as well. For more information, call 594-6825 or visit www.casayouthshelter.org.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) has a number of volunteer opportunities for people 55 and older. Call 506-2801 for details.
The Willmore Urban Agency needs volunteers to share their hobbies and talents, play games and sports with students after school, and also help them with their homework. Volunteers are needed from 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays at program sites in downtown, north Long Beach and Alamitos Beach. Call 437-1289.
Senior Meals and Services, Inc., is looking for people to visit at least one hour a week with or deliver a hot lunch to homebound senior citizens. Volunteers are asked to commit six months. Orientation and training are available. Call (714) 891-0804.
Long Beach BLAST (Better Learning After School Today) needs adults to become mentors and tutors to children in first through eighth grade. Tutoring and mentorship occur at more than 20 after-school sites in Long Beach. Training is provided and volunteers are asked to give 90 minutes one afternoon a week. Call 435-9500, ext. 24.
Food Finders, a nonprofit that brings food donors and service organizations together, is looking for volunteers with cars who can pick up and deliver food to various organizations. Help also is needed in the organization’s retail store, Finders Keepers. Call 598-3003.
Living Into the Future Foundation is looking for volunteers to help out with its food pantry program every other Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1100 Freeman Ave. Volunteers will bag and distribute groceries to families in need in Long Beach. Call 305-4595 to volunteer.
Volunteers are needed the second Saturday of every month to help Second Street’s sidewalk trees blossom. Adopt-A-Tree volunteers meet at 8:30 a.m. in front of Runner’s High/Jones Bicycle, 5338 and 5332 E. Second St. There they will receive buckets, water and plant food to feed the sidewalk trees. Call (714) 890-3925.
The city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine is seeking lifeguards and swim instructors for Silverado Pool, 1540 W. 32nd St., and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool, 1910 Lemon Ave. Applicants must pass a swim test. Call 570-1718.
The Long Beach Fire Ambassadors is looking for volunteers who are 55 years and older to help teach area third graders about fire safety. Those interested must be able to donate eight hours per month. For more information, call 597-3044.
Harbor Regional Center, a nonprofit agency that serves people with developmental disabilities, seeks volunteers who can assist clients and their families during their visits to a Long-Beach based library. Training is provided. Call (310) 543-0611 or e-mail kristina.zerhusen@harborrc.org for details.
Belmont Shore’s Hide & Seek Boutique needs volunteers who can assist with the repair and delivery of donated items or work in the store as customer-service representatives. Home furnishing donations also are needed. Located at 203 Covina Ave., the Hide & Seek Boutique donates all of its proceeds to support lysosomal disease research. For details, call 621-1122 or visit www.hideandseek.org.
Pathways is seeking volunteers for its Friendly Visitor program that provides companionship and assistance to elderly people and to those who are on hospice care. Training sessions take place at 3300 South St. (suite 206). For more information, call 531-3031.
Faith in Action/Volunteer Action For Aging has a number of opportunities to help homebound, elderly or disabled clients. For details, call 637-7103 or e-mail bmartinez@scanhealthplan.com.
Stitches from the Heart, which donates blankets, sweaters and hats to babies in need at various organizations — including Long Beach Memorial Hospital, is seeking both yarn donations as well as volunteers to help with knitting and crocheting. Call (877) 985-9212 or e-mail stitchfromheart@-aol.com.
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care is looking for volunteers to spend time with terminally-ill patients and their families. Training is provided. Call (310) 225-5831 or e-mail denise.matherly@vitas.com.
For The Child, a Long Beach nonprofit agency, is looking for volunteers, especially those who are bilingual or who can serve nights and weekends, to serve as child advocates on their Child Abuse Response Team. To find out more, call 422-8472 or e-mail amiller@forthechild.org.
International City Theatre, the regional professional theater company that performs at the Performing Arts Center downtown, is seeking volunteer ushers. Call 495-4595, ext. 10, for more information.
Special Olympics Southern California, which serves people with intellectual disabilities, is seeking a volunteer with Raiser’s Edge software experience to assist staff with data management. A minimum commitment of four hours per week is requested. Call 354-2613 or e-mail mmcdade@sosc.org.
POWER 4 Youth, a mentoring nonprofit, seeks volunteers with two hours a week free to meet one-on-one with youth at a supervised site in the Long Beach area. Training is provided at no cost at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 E. Third St. Call 435-2352 or e-mail info@power4youth.org.
Rancho Los Cerritos is recruiting volunteers for its Adobe Days Revisited school tour program. The program aims to inspire understanding and respect for history. The Rancho is at 4600 Virginia Rd. Call 570-1755.
The American Red Cross Greater Long Beach Chapter is seeking volunteers to assist with its Response Center Network disaster service and also adult volunteers to help with its youth services. Training is provided. The chapter is at 3150 E. 29th St. and can be reached at 490-4003.
In addition, American Red Cross Blood Services is looking for volunteers to help with registration and refreshment tables, among other tasks. Call (800) 498-9910 or e-mail deanj@usa.redcross.org.
Meals on Wheels Long Beach is looking for volunteers to help deliver meals to its homebound clients. Volunteers are asked to give a few hours at least one morning a week. Call 432-6215 or visit www.mealsonwheelsoflongbeach.org.
The Bolsa Chica Conservancy, which works to restore the Bolsa Chica Wetlands area, is seeking volunteers to help greet guests, give tours and restore the native habitat through cleanups at its Huntington Beach site, 3842 Warner Ave. Call (714) 846-1114 or e-mail tia@bolsachica.org.
The Long Beach unit of the American Cancer Society needs volunteer drivers to take cancer patients to their treatment appointments and to transport children with cancer and their siblings to camp. Training is provided. Call 437-0791.
Volunteers are needed to help with Hospice Touch, an outreach that offers visits and also provides handmade clothing and linens to terminally ill patients and their families. Call (866) 553-5553 or e-mail gaskew@hospicetouch.com.
Operation Jump Start, a nonprofit serving disadvantaged youth is seeking adult volunteers to make a long-term commitment to mentor a students through high school. Mentors must be able to spend six hours a month with a student. Call 988-2131 or e-mail SlangOJS@aol.com.
Volunteers are needed to help the Community Action Team in a number of upcoming Belmont Shore events, including its Haute Dog Poetry Contest, Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest, National Adult Spelling Bee and Mom Prom. Organizer, Justin Rudd, also leads a 30-Minute Beach Cleanup on the third Saturday of every month at 10 a.m., on the Granada Beach. Call 439-3316 or visit www.justinrudd.com for details.
The SS Lane Victory, a fully operational WWII cargo ship, needs volunteers to help with advertising, office, on deck, engine room and other work in San Pedro. Gangway greeters and tour guides also are needed. Call (310) 519-9545 or visit www.lanevictory.org.
Comprehensive Child Development, Inc., a nonprofit agency that provides childcare and education to low-income families, is looking for an adult facilities manager volunteer to help with repairs, maintenance and disaster preparedness operations for a few hours per month. Call 427-8834 or e-mail lcunningham@ccdlb.org.
St. Mary Medical Center Guild is currently accepting applications for new volunteers. The guild staffs St. Mary’s gift shop and thrift store, and hosts a bridge tournament and the Night at the Races annual fundraisers. Membership dues are $40/year; members must attend four to six meetings annually and be available for two three-and-a-half-hour shifts a month at the stores. For details, call 491-9230.
Pacific Asian Counseling Service is seeking volunteer homework helpers/mentors to help first through 12th graders in an after school program. Volunteers should be able to devote two hours a week. The after-school program in Long Beach is from 3 to 5 and 5 to 7 Monday through Thursday. Call 424-1886 or visit www.pacsla.org.
Donated yarn is needed for residents of the Retirement Housing Foundation who are part of Project H.A.N.D.S., which provides hand-knitted or crocheted sweaters and blankets for children in homeless shelters. To donate yarn, call 257-5138.
The Jewish Family & Children’s Service needs friendly people to volunteer in its Friendly Visitor Volunteer Program. The program reaches out to homebound elderly people. Call 427-7916, ext. 229.
Volunteers are needed one day a week to feed and/or assist in the humane trapping effort to spay/neuter the feral cat colony at Bluff Park. To join this grassroots effort, send an e-mail to helpbluffcats@yahoo.com.
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Hospice program needs volunteers to provide support to terminally ill patients and their families, clerical help in the office, and bereavement care. Call 933-0910 to find out about their next six to eight-week training class.
Odyssey Hospice is in need of volunteers to visit and lend a hand to make a difference in the lives of terminally ill patients and their families. There are a number of ways to help, from patient visits to knitting groups to office administration. For more information, call (714) 934-4520 or (800) 797-2686.
The University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach, is looking for volunteers and docents. For more information, call 985-7601 or e-mail btrimble@csulb.edu.
Helpline Youth Counseling is in need of mentors for children ages 8 to 12. Mentors spend at least one hour a week helping children with homework, talking to them or playing games. A year’s commitment is required. Training is provided. Call 864-3722.
The Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center needs volunteers to help with a number of its services, including its WINGS support system, its makeover program and its Musician Fridays. For an application, call 933-0961.
Catholic Charities, a non-sectarian social service agency, needs volunteers to deliver free groceries to low-income isolated seniors living in Long Beach. Training is provided. Call 591-1351.
People wanting to help adults improve their reading, math and computer skills are wanted at Literacy Network. Training is provided. For more information, call (213) 237-3010.
Casa Youth Shelter, a safe haven for runaways and youth in crisis, is looking for people who want to work with teens. Volunteers are needed to help with administrative work and fundraising for the organization, as well. For more information, call 594-6825 or visit www.casayouthshelter.org.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) has a number of volunteer opportunities for people 55 and older. Call 506-2801 for details.
The Willmore Urban Agency needs volunteers to share their hobbies and talents, play games and sports with students after school, and also help them with their homework. Volunteers are needed from 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays at program sites in downtown, north Long Beach and Alamitos Beach. Call 437-1289.
Senior Meals and Services, Inc., is looking for people to visit at least one hour a week with or deliver a hot lunch to homebound senior citizens. Volunteers are asked to commit six months. Orientation and training are available. Call (714) 891-0804.
Long Beach BLAST (Better Learning After School Today) needs adults to become mentors and tutors to children in first through eighth grade. Tutoring and mentorship occur at more than 20 after-school sites in Long Beach. Training is provided and volunteers are asked to give 90 minutes one afternoon a week. Call 435-9500, ext. 24.
Food Finders, a nonprofit that brings food donors and service organizations together, is looking for volunteers with cars who can pick up and deliver food to various organizations. Help also is needed in the organization’s retail store, Finders Keepers. Call 598-3003.
Living Into the Future Foundation is looking for volunteers to help out with its food pantry program every other Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1100 Freeman Ave. Volunteers will bag and distribute groceries to families in need in Long Beach. Call 305-4595 to volunteer.
Volunteers are needed the second Saturday of every month to help Second Street’s sidewalk trees blossom. Adopt-A-Tree volunteers meet at 8:30 a.m. in front of Runner’s High/Jones Bicycle, 5338 and 5332 E. Second St. There they will receive buckets, water and plant food to feed the sidewalk trees. Call (714) 890-3925.
The city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine is seeking lifeguards and swim instructors for Silverado Pool, 1540 W. 32nd St., and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool, 1910 Lemon Ave. Applicants must pass a swim test. Call 570-1718.
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