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Become a Volunteer

FOTO volunteers enable us to connect to the community. As a member of the FOTO volunteer corps, you'll collaborate with staff and other volunteers to support and promote Griffith Observatory. Here's how to get involved...

With the long-awaited rebirth of our popular icon, Friends Of The Observatory needs volunteers to assist with the influx of new members by:

Helping members take advantage of their benefits while visiting Griffith Observatory

Encouraging visitors to join FOTO and support Griffith Observatory

Assisting staff with events and administrator projects

Please download & print the volunteer application form, fill it out, attach your resume and return:

By mail:

Friends Of The Observatory

2800 East Observatory Road

Los Angeles, CA 90027

By fax:

213-473-0819

By email:

FOTOfriend@friendsoftheobservatory.org

We will contact you within 2 weeks of receipt of your completed application and resume.


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Friends Of The Observatory (FOTO) is a non-profit membership organization established to support and promote Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California. Friends are people like you who value the Observatory for its importance to education, science and public astronomy.