Opportunities for Volunteering

Project Caring, sponsored by Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles, needs small groups of volunteers to adopt a nursing home in their neighborhood, visit monthly and bring programs of Jewish culture and holiday celebrations to residents. Jewish Elder-Care Corps, a separate program also sponsored by Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles, needs volunteers to work one on one with nursing-home residents. Volunteers and senior citizen residents can be of any faith. For more information, call (818) 318-3996.

Over the Rainbow, a community-based group geared toward restoring and preserving historic buildings in and around Hollywood, needs volunteers to help in street cleanups, boarding up abandoned buildings and other projects. Outdoor festivals are also being planned. For information, call Sam Bakri at (800) 691-1151.

The environmental group Heal the Bay is holding a volunteer orientation at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 and a training session for its speakers’ bureau Feb. 6 (the first of four required sessions) from 7 to 9 p.m. Both activities will take place at the Heal the Bay office, 2701 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 150, Santa Monica. For more information, call Laura at (800) HEAL BAY, Ext. 129. A habitat restoration at Point Dume Nature Preserve in Malibu will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 1. Tools and instruction will be provided to help return the area to its natural state. For more information, call Alix at (800) HEAL BAY, Ext. 128.

Training for volunteer community food safety educators is being offered by the University of California Cooperative Extension program in four sessions. Volunteers will educate people on the dangers of food-borne illnesses in children. Training will take place at the Los Angeles County Cooperative Extension Office, 2 Coral Circle, Monterey Park, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 18, 21, 25, and 28. For more information, call (213) 744-4348.