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L.A. Works Insider August 2011
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L.A. Works Day 2011 in Leimert Celebrates 20 yrs of Service
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Picture Perfect
A volunteer from McDermott Will and Emery, one of L.A. Works Day’s sponsors, put together a great video you can check out here. We’ve already started posting pictures on our facebook page (tag yourself!!) and our professional photography team led by Rob Naples, has posted some additional pictures from the day on his site, here!
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THANKS
L.A. Works Day 2011 Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Sponsor Spotlight
Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
In-Kind Sponsors
In Partnership With
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Cool Threads for A Cause!
The great looking shirts that the volunteers and leaders were sporting on L.A. Works Day are available @ our apparel sponsor's site, bgreen. Proceeds from the shirts will be donated to L.A. Works!! Do good and look good doing it! MORE >>> |
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Thanks Event Captains
L.A. Works Day was so successful thanks to our dedicated leadership. Long-time L.A. Works leaders, newbies, and 50 Starbucks employees attended a pre-event training, showed up EARLY! on Saturday and brought amazing energy and skills to the leadership team. We cannot thank you all enough!
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THANK YOU ALL WHO CAME OUT AND MADE THIS L.A. WORKS DAY GREAT!!!!
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On July 30, volunteers from all across Los Angeles joined together to help transform Leimert Park for L.A. Works Day 2011. In celebration of L.A. Works’ 20th anniversary, the nearly 1,000 volunteers painted, planted, created mosaic arts, built drums and added a splash of color across this village. A few special projects included: replacing broken tiles and blank wall space with a new tile mosaic, painting the façade of the World Stage nonprofit organization, painting murals at the 42 Street Elementary School, and laying the foundation for Leimert’s first community garden to transform a vacant lot. For the LA Times story about the day, click MORE >>>
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Commemorating September 11th
L.A. Works’ September 11th Day of Service volunteer event commemorates the lives and memories of the victims and heroes of 9/11 through civic dialogue and service. On Sunday, September 11, hundreds of veterans and their families, active service members, and community volunteers will come together to revitalize an airplane hanger into a welcoming space for Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum (TAM) to use as a community center, interactive children's museum, great hall for Compton city events, and home to its after-school mentoring program called Positive Vibrations. For MORE >>>
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Elected officials join the volunteers
Councilmembers Jan Perry, Eric Garcetti, and Bernard Parks, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, and Rafael Gonzalez from the mayor's office all joined us for L.A. Works Day 2011. By supporting L.A. Works and our volunteers in Leimert Park, these officials have demonstrated the great value that they place on service to the community. We encourage you to send them a note of thanks for their attendance at L.A. Works Day!
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TSA's Big Give
This August, more than one hundred employees from Thomas Saffran and Associates will be renovating a greenhouse area and building a garden for TSA’s annual Big Give volunteer project. The funds that TSA is contributing to L.A. Works for this event will help cover the costs of revitalizing this site adjacent to Andrew Carnegie Middle School to bring it to life as a garden space. In addition, the donation will help support L.A. Works’ ongoing volunteer programming that makes volunteering easy and accessible to the LA community.
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Home Depot & Special Musical Guests
Members of the band, 3 Doors Down, will be volunteering along-side Home Depot volunteers at a Los Angeles VFW post this month. Originally from the small town of Escatawpa, Mississippi, 3 Doors Down hit their stride in the early 2000s with a string of post-grunge singles, most notably "Kryptonite," "When I'm Gone," and the ballad "Here Without You." While touring, the band likes to spend their spare time serving the community and volunteering for and with veterans.
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Going Back to School
Volunteers from AmWins Group will be at a school in East LA and the Jonathan Club will be at a school in West LA, helping to ready the grounds for the new school year. With the recent LAUSD budget cuts, the schools are under-resourced and extremely appreciative of the extra hands that the L.A. Works volunteers provide in painting, planting, and cleaning the school grounds to get them ready for the students return in September.
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A Street Named Conan?
L.A. Works’ team had a thing or two to say in Mayor Villaraigosa's video response to Conan O'Brien's request for a Los Angeles street sign. You can catch what Angelenos called for in exchange for a street, click HERE >>>
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9/11 Tribute Volunteer Opportunities
This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a moment that through tragedy brought together cultures, bridged differences and united citizens of goodwill around the world in a spirit of unity and commitment. In tribute to all of those who were lost and the tens of thousands who rose in service, 9/11 has been designated a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Looking for a way to serve your community in honor and commemoration of the heroes and victims of September 11th? L.A. Works has opportunities for hundreds of volunteers all across LA, so you can volunteer at a project in September 11th that fits your interest regardless of time or skill! MORE >>>
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Dale Carnegie Training LA is generously providing quarterly workshops to our volunteer community and corporate partners! Join us on August 31 for the 2nd workshop in this series.
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Enrichment Workshop: Connecting through Community Service
When you connect through community service, not only are you meeting likeminded people who are potentially valuable connections for you in your career, you can take satisfaction in knowing that the community is better off for your efforts. At the completion of this workshop you will have tools and approaches for identifying your personal mission, expand ing your circle of influence, and turning connections into great relationships. MORE>>>
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20 For 20 Campaign
Have you heard? We're celebrating our 20th year! Be part of planning this year's event by bringing your marketing, networking, fundraising and creative skills to the table. The 20 for 20 Celebration is going to include an exciting and unique service experience that you won’t want to miss! Help choose a date for our first August meeting.
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Food Sorting with APLA
Help prepare grocery and nutrition bags for distribution through the Necessities of Life Program, which provides food and other basic necessities to low-income people living with HIV/AIDS. This is a great project to make new friends while serving an organization dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by HIV disease, reducing the incidence of HIV infection, and advocating for fair and effective HIV-related public policy. MORE >>>
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KEEP ABREAST of the Community Gatherings
L.A. Works is partnering with The People’s Fleet on their Community Gathering events to showcase a LA-specific social issue and relevant opportunities for community action. Through these gatherings, like-minded people will be brought together to utilize their time and talent toward creating positive community change in Los Angeles. At the second event on August 11 and third on August 23, TPF will partner with Keep Abreast for the Keep A Breast Non Toxic Revolution movement and Pablove with their effort to fight childhood cancer with love, MORE >>>
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Sort by Interest Area on our Calendar
On our new website, the easiest way to find projects that are led by L.A. Works volunteer project leaders is to go to the volunteer calendar. Now you can filter by “Opportunity Type: Managed by Us” to find over 90 projects each month that are convenient, do not require an orientation or a long-term commitment. You can also filter by your location or interest area! MORE >>>
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Give Back w/out Opening your Wallet
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Easy FUNdraiser to support volunteers
Please help us with this fun and easy FUNdraiser!! Join Goldstar for free and Goldstar will make a $3 donation to L.A. Works. Plus, Goldstar will give you an instant $5 credit to use toward your first purchase. Goldstar offers half-price tickets to theater, concerts, sports, comedy, family attractions and more! MORE>>>
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Are you an eBay shopper?
Did you know that you can donate $1 or more (up to $25) to support L.A. Works whenever you complete a purchase on eBay and pay using PayPal? At checkout, eBay will invite you to add a donation to your transaction. If you choose to give, eBay will automatically deduct your donation from your PayPal account and eBay’s nonprofit partner MissionFish will forward it L.A. Works! You can preselect which nonprofits will appear on your checkout page, through MyeBay. Please consider L.A. Works as your favorite nonprofit. MORE >>>
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Make a donation as a gift to honor a birthday, anniversary, or just because! Specify which social issue you want your dollars to go to and we’ll send the honoree a  personalized email acknowledging that cause with your gift.
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