Come meet the STAR volunteer readers Isaac and Savannah at John C. Fremont Library!  Children are invited to read stories together and learn how to earn a free book. Books come alive for kids when they share the fun of reading with STAR library volunteers. For more info, please contact Children's Librarian Megan Katz at 323-962-3521.

Are you an animal lover?  If so, don’t miss the chance to volunteer with Ahead With Horses every Saturday (unless otherwise noted) at their Shadow Hills facility.

Please note AWH is CLOSED the following Saturdays: 2/13/16; 3/26/16; 5/28/16; 7/2/16; 9/3/16; 11/26/16; 12/24/16 and 12/31/16.

Volunteers will assist in providing our developmental therapy to children with disabilities.

Duties include: Leading horses, spotting (walking along side the horse), grooming, cleaning tack, weeding, raking, etc.

Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and if under 18, an adult must come to sign a liability release form at their first session.

Dress code: must wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and a shirt with sleeves (t-shirt is fine; no tank tops). If planning on staying the entire day (which is not mandatory), please bring water and a sack lunch.

Questions? Please call Michelle at 818-767-6373.

Are you an animal lover?  If so, don’t miss the chance to volunteer with Ahead With Horses every Saturday (unless otherwise noted) at their Shadow Hills facility.

Please note AWH is CLOSED the following Saturdays: 2/13/16; 3/26/16; 5/28/16; 7/2/16; 9/3/16; 11/26/16; 12/24/16 and 12/31/16.

Volunteers will assist in providing our developmental therapy to children with disabilities.

Duties include: Leading horses, spotting (walking along side the horse), grooming, cleaning tack, weeding, raking, etc.

Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and if under 18, an adult must come to sign a liability release form at their first session.

Dress code: must wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and a shirt with sleeves (t-shirt is fine; no tank tops). If planning on staying the entire day (which is not mandatory), please bring water and a sack lunch.

Questions? Please call Michelle at 818-767-6373.

Looking for an awesome volunteer opportunity?  Join our friends at AHEAD With Horses Saturday, June 11^th, 2016, for their Children’s Annual Demonstration and Fun Day.  Volunteers are needed from 9 am – 5 pm (you do not have to come for the entire time); available shifts are 9 am – 1 pm, 12 pm – 4 pm, and 3 pm – 5 pm (shorter shifts of 2 hours are acceptable).

Volunteers will assist with set-up, running game booths, bbq, silent auction, clean up, etc.

Please contact Michelle at 818-767-6373 to sign up today! 

There’s still lots to do as AHEAD With Horses gallops AHEAD to prepare for Fun Day! Make sure your calendars are marked down for the 35th Annual Children's Demonstration and Fun Day on Saturday, June 11, 2016.  Purchase your tickets or make donations to support this great organization today! You can also help AWH by signing up to volunteer for the event!  Just click the link or call the office at 818-767-6373.

The event, which includes tasty barbecue; games for kids; a silent auction; fun crafts; music; AWH photos, hats, t-shirts, and bandanas for sale; achievement awards that are distributed to kid participants and a free toy with child’s ticket, also includes a demonstration from 12 – 2 pm and a group photo at 1 pm.

Bring family and friends … BBQ included with price of admission. 

The OPCC and Lamp Community Summer Fundraiser is just around the corner on Saturday, June 11th and they need help from volunteers to staff the event to ensure it is a success! This fundraiser is hosted by the Vintage Hollywood Foundation and it raises critical funds that help these organizations keep their doors open to provide services to the community’s most vulnerable neighbors. 

There are 3 shifts that need to be filled and they’ll need a LOT of hands on deck!

• Friday June 10th, 2016 – 2:00pm – 7:00pm – 15 volunteers needed
• Saturday June 11th, 2016 – 9:00am – 2:00pm – 15 volunteers needed 
• Saturday June 11th, 2016 – 4:00pm – 10:30pm –  30 volunteers needed (must be 21 years or older**)

What roles can you fill?

• Event set-up – strong and able bodied volunteers needed to assist in setting up the event space up
• Check in & Registration – volunteers will ensure all guests, media and celebrities are checked in
• Silent & live auction monitors – volunteers who love playing on cell phones are needed, as they will be using an electronic bidding system that works right through guests’ cell phones
• Winery and restaurant liaisons – volunteers will ensure all the participating wineries and restaurants are supported and stocked with what they need
• The green team – volunteers will be circulating on-site at all times to make sure the grounds are looking pristine throughout the entire event itself
• Event break-down – strong and able bodied volunteers are needed to help break down after the event wraps up at 9:00 pm; the more help on site, the faster everyone finishes!

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Kate Berman at kberman@opcc.net. For more info on OPCC and Lamp Community, please visit www.opcc.net and www.lampcommunity.org, respectively.

OPCC and Lamp Community serve adult and child victims of domestic violence and ends homelessness of Los Angeles' most vulnerable individuals, primarily adults with mental illness through a continuum of services and housing, enabling them to reach their highest level of self-sufficiency and community integration.  Volunteer today!

What do you get when you take a neglected space, unused resources, and a community that has long been forgotten? Join the Ron Finley Project's DaFUNction, a community event dedicated to spreading knowledge and awareness of alternative options and healthy lifestyle choices.  Da FUNction is the brainchild of Ron Finley, one of LA’s most widely known artivists and a forerunner in the healthy food movement.

For more info, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1736594239952149/.

Guide: Frank McDonough

On this tour, you’ll see some of the biggest, the oldest and the weirdest plants in the LA Arboretum.  For more info, please visit http://www.arboretum.org/events/amazing-plants-tour/2016-06-11. 

Arts Brookfield presents a highly acclaimed public art installation by Australian artist Amanda Parer. The installation, titled Intrude, features seven monumental rabbits constructed of sewn white nylon that have been inflated and internally lit. Two of the seven rabbits were specially commissioned by Arts Brookfield, each scaling over two stories in height.

Rabbits in Parer’s native Australia are an out of control pest first introduced by white settlers in 1777. Their intrusion into the landscape and impact on the country’s endemic species was the initial inspiration for Intrude. Their presence in LA’s urban landscape invites viewers to get up close, cuddle and enjoy while also asking one to consider every species’ larger than life impact on their surroundings.

The seven rabbits of Intrude will be spread across several Brookfield properties on Bunker Hill and at the FIGat7th retail center in downtown Los Angeles from June 5 – June 11.

Locations: 

• FIGat7th
  735 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
• Bank of America Plaza
  333 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
• Wells Fargo Center
  330 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Join Family Rescue Center for their weekly Saturday distribution of organic food donated from the Calabasas Farmer's Market.  They need happy, helpful volunteers to sort the fruits and vegetables and to hand them out at their center. Four to six volunteers per Saturday is preferable; teens and older, please.

To volunteer, please email your name, phone number, and preferred contact method (phone, text, email) to Julie Domingo at jewelsd2005@yahoo.com.  Please state how often you can volunteer — once a month or whatever works for you!

The OPCC and Lamp Community Summer Fundraiser is just around the corner on Saturday, June 11th and they need help from volunteers to staff the event to ensure it is a success! This fundraiser is hosted by the Vintage Hollywood Foundation and it raises critical funds that help these organizations keep their doors open to provide services to the community’s most vulnerable neighbors. 

There are 3 shifts that need to be filled and they’ll need a LOT of hands on deck!

• Friday June 10th, 2016 – 2:00pm – 7:00pm – 15 volunteers needed
• Saturday June 11th, 2016 – 9:00am – 2:00pm – 15 volunteers needed 
• Saturday June 11th, 2016 – 4:00pm – 10:30pm –  30 volunteers needed (must be 21 years or older**)

What roles can you fill?

• Event set-up – strong and able bodied volunteers needed to assist in setting up the event space up
• Check in & Registration – volunteers will ensure all guests, media and celebrities are checked in
• Silent & live auction monitors – volunteers who love playing on cell phones are needed, as they will be using an electronic bidding system that works right through guests’ cell phones
• Winery and restaurant liaisons – volunteers will ensure all the participating wineries and restaurants are supported and stocked with what they need
• The green team – volunteers will be circulating on-site at all times to make sure the grounds are looking pristine throughout the entire event itself
• Event break-down – strong and able bodied volunteers are needed to help break down after the event wraps up at 9:00 pm; the more help on site, the faster everyone finishes!

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Kate Berman at kberman@opcc.net. For more info on OPCC and Lamp Community, please visit www.opcc.net and www.lampcommunity.org, respectively.

OPCC and Lamp Community serve adult and child victims of domestic violence and ends homelessness of Los Angeles' most vulnerable individuals, primarily adults with mental illness through a continuum of services and housing, enabling them to reach their highest level of self-sufficiency and community integration.  Volunteer today!