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The Berkeley YMCA is looking for volunteers to serve as both academic and social mentors to high school students who would become the first in their families to attend college, as well as volunteers to provide vocational training for students with learning disabilities. 

Students selected for the mentoring program come mainly from low-income families and from groups underrepresented at university campuses, said Mangwi Atia, program coordinator. 

Mentors must be willing to devote two hours a week to the program, which is held both at the downtown Berkeley Y and at the high school. 

To volunteer, call 665-3272 or see http://www.baymca.org/index.php.d_scholars.html.