Here are some of the ways you can get involved to help your city:
Community Center volunteers
Burns Community Center Volunteers
562-925-7512
Volunteers are needed to teach recreation classes for active seniors. Teen volunteers are also needed every other Thursday for the year-round Tech Talk Program.
Weingart Senior Center Volunteers
562-630-6141
Volunteers assist staff in a variety of areas including the information desk, special events; meal distribution for the brown bag program twice a month; and helping with facility maintenance.
Tax Assistance
562-630-6141
This program provides free assistance in preparing state and federal income tax returns. Volunteers are trained in late January and volunteer through April 15.
Parks, Activities & Events
Junior Lifeguard
562-866-9771, extension 2408
After completing the Junior Lifeguard class, volunteers assist with swim classes, locker room supervision, and special events. Volunteers receive aquatics training, as well as training in CPR and First Aid.
Maintenance Aid and Special Projects
562-866-9771, extension 2426
Volunteers assist staff with general facility and ball diamond maintenance, as well as a variety of special projects.
Recreation Volunteer
562-866-9771, extension 2408
Volunteers assist the recreation staff with arts, crafts, sports, special events and general supervision.
Teen Volunteers
562-429-7472
Teens assist with a variety of programs and special events throughout the year.
Tutoring Program - After-school Activity Zone
562-866-9771, extension 2408 or stop by your neighborhood park.
Volunteers assist park staff at the Activity ZONE, an after-school program at Lakewood Parks that provides general supervision to children including arts and crafts, homework help and sports activities.
Special Events
562-866-9771, extension 2408
Volunteers help with a variety of special events held throughout Lakewood.
Halloween Carnivals– Contact your local park
Volunteers staff game booths and haunted houses.
Public Safety programs
Block Captains, Neighborhood Watch
562-866-9771, extension 2114
Volunteers connect their neighborhood to crime prevention programs and serve as liaisons with the city and the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station.
CERT Program - Community Emergency Response Team
562-866-9771, extension 2114
This free, 21-hour training program prepares volunteers to assist their neighbors following a major disaster.
Sheriff’s Department
562-623-3500 ask for the Community Relations Deputy
Volunteers assist and support station personnel in a variety of areas, including the detective bureau, traffic division, and front counter.
Sports & Recreation programs
Adaptive Recreation Programs
562-865-1717
Adaptive recreation is designed to provide equal recreation and leisure opportunities for people with special needs. Volunteers assist city staff with supervision.
Lakewood Youth Sports
562-866-9771, extension 2408
Volunteer coaches are needed to coach baseball, softball, flag football, volleytennis, and basketball programs.
Special Olympics
562-865-1717
Volunteers help with team coaching and general supervision.