Visit L.A. Works' calendar to find volunteer opportunities
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Channel@Work: Technology Makeover, School Edition
Check out the video from the recent Dayton Heights Elementary project sponsored by Everything Channel.
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L.A. Works with Mayor @ City's Day of Service
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Corporate sponsorship opportunities available for
EARTH DAY
(April 22)
L.A. WORKS DAY
(June 12)
SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY
(September 11)
For more information, please contact
323-224-6510
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Invest in your community, support L.A. Works
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Your contribution will help support over 1,000 volunteer projects that L.A. Works organizes throughout Los Angeles year round, including tutoring children in reading, feeding the homeless, and spending quality time with seniors. Thank you for your support!
For more information on how you can support L.A. Works and to make a contribution, please click here.
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In-Kind Supplies, wish list
Desktop computer (2008 or newer)
Laptop computer (2008 or newer)
External hard drive (to backup computers)
Projector and screen
Graphic Design Software
Flip Video Camera
Digital Camera w/memory card
Blackberry or equivalent PDA (equipment and service)
Floor Covering (carpet, tile, bamboo)
Work gloves
Walkie talkies
Emergency Generator
Under-desk space heater
Markers, coloring books, puzzles (for managed projects...)
Food/drinks for events and trainings
Unused painting supplies (paintbrushes, rollers, artist brushes, butcher paper, masking tape, etc.)
In-Kind Services, wish list
Muralists (to donate their time)
Graphic designer
Blackberry/PDA services
Handyman and contractor service
DJ (with equipment)
Please email debbie if you can help us with any of these items listed!
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A TRIBUTE TO OUR VOLUNTEERS:
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK
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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor touched...but felt in the heart."
--Helen Keller
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The dollar value attributed to volunteer time by the Independent Sector is $22.79/hour; which means that in just the first three months of this year, L.A. Works volunteers have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Southern California economy. But this dollar value is only a small symbol of your true value to the Los Angeles community.
For national volunteer appreciation week in April, we would like to recognize all of our volunteers who have spent time mentoring, tutoring, and visiting with at-risk children, painting and revitalizing our schools and community centers, caring for animals, visiting with the elderly, planting, gardening, trail maintenance, increasing accessibility for individuals with disabilities, and so much more. Your heart, commitment, time, and efforts are truly priceless to Los Angeles. Thank you all!!!!
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GoodSearch will donate $1 to L.A. Works for every toolbar that is downloaded between April 6th at 9am EST and April 9th at 9am EST up to $5,000!! Please download the toolbar right now by following this link http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/l-a-works-la-works
The L.A. Works toolbar is free to download and allows you to raise money for our cause every time you shop or search online! Once added to IE or Firefox, each time you shop at more than 1,300 stores (from Amazon to Zazzle!) a percentage of your purchase will automatically be donated to L.A. Works - at no cost to you (and you may even save money as the toolbar provides coupons and deals as well!). Please do this now so that we can earn the $1 bonus per toolbar!
And, please pass this along to all of your friends. The two minutes it takes to add this toolbar to your browser can make a difference to L.A. Works!
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SIGNATURE DAYS OF SERVICE:
L.A. WORKS DAY, EARTH DAY, CESAR CHAVEZ DAY, AND MLK DAY
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L.A. Works’ Signature Days of Service have already brought out thousands of volunteers…
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* In honor of Cesar Chavez volunteers joined together on March 28 to revitalize pocket parks, Elysian Valley Park and Rattlesnake Park, along the LA River.
Looking forward:
* For L.A. Works Day on June 12, join L.A. Works as we beautify schools, parks, and the neighborhood community of Cypress Park.
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WE CONNECT EVENT EMPOWERS ANGELINOS
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L.A. Works recruited, managed, and coordinatied over 500 volunteers for Maria Shriver's WE Connect Event on March 26-28. The WE Connect event connected families with the information and tools they need to take full advantage of valuable resources, empowering them to live their dreams.
Mayor Villaraigosa and First Lady Maria Shriver at WE Connect!
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GILBERT GONZALES' 2ND ANNIVERSARY
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Without our Director of Programs, L.A. Works would not touch as many lives as we are able to do on a daily basis! We are so lucky to have Gilbert Gonzales, former Peace Corps member (Jordon) and S.F. State Alum with NY Cares & Rock Corps experience, as part of our team.
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In his two years with L.A. Works, Gilbert has more than doubled the opportunities available through L.A. Works!! Gilbert is a proud Angelino, having grown up in the San Fernando Valley and a current resident of Highland Park. Congratulations Gilbert on all you have accomplished in these past two years with us, we look forward to many more successful years to come!
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 THE FINAL 8 |
L.A. Works and the Los Angeles Magazine Foundation sponsored a month-long competition, Get L.A., designed to get Angelenos thinking and talking critically about what it means to live, work, and play in Los Angeles. The winners will be announced on April 16th at City Hall with a special screening and reception. Other prizes include coverage in Los Angeles Magazine and a meeting with a top entertainment agent or studio executive. Watch the Get L.A. finalists here, then return on April 16 when we will post the "Audience Selection" and "Official Selection" winners along with highlights from the competition and favorite non-finalist films.
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CALL FOR ACTION:
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
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EARTH DAY AND L.A. WORKS DAY: If you are interested in taking a leadership role in L.A. Works' Earth Day (April 22) OR L.A. Works Day (June 12) – either planning prior to the event or on the day as a task captain, please contact Porsha Pearson.
ALLTHIS.COM: Currently, if you want to support L.A. Works’ ongoing programs with a donation, you have a few options – write a check and add the GoodSearch toolbar to your internet browser. Now we have one more entrepreneurial way to support us! Allthis.com turns your time into cash that then goes directly to L.A. Works.
The most famous example of this type of donation is Warren Buffet who auctions off a lunch with himself every year to benefit Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. That particular item sells for more than $2 million, but the concept can be applied to anyone who wants to contribute to a cause. A plumber can donate a house call, a lawyer a will preparation, a personal trainer a series of workout sessions. A local fire department can donate a ride on the fire engine, a college admissions counselor a college application prep session, a pro athlete can give tips to a high school student, a celebrity can record your outgoing voice mail message, a businessperson can donate 30 minutes of his time to hear a new idea, have a product pitched or give his advice on a particular problem.
Using the Internet to create a marketplace for people’s time, allthis.com has the chance to become the single largest charitable force on the planet. In order to be involved, we will need 10 individuals to join the L.A. Works team and put their interest/skill up for auction. For more information, or to join the L.A. Works team, please contact Debbie@laworks.com.
Volunteer: And there are over 80+ volunteer opportunities listed each month on L.A. Works' volunteer calendar and hundreds of nonprofit community partners who are looking for volunteers to assist them in achieving their missions. And there is still space available for projects scheduled for tomorrow!
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GIVE A DAY TO L.A. WORKS, GET A DAY AT A DISNEY THEME PARK
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L.A. Works would like to extend a warm thank you to the thousands of volunteers who signed up to volunteer through Disney's 'Give a Day, Get a Disney Day' program and for your service to the city and people of Los Angeles. We hope that your service through the Disney program has inspired you to want to continue your engagement with and service to your Los Angeles community!
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Bob Iger, CEO Disney & Bob Johnson, Co-Founder of L.A. Works! |
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Please note that you are already registered as a volunteer with L.A. Works. This means that if you go to our website to look for volunteer opportunities, you do not need to register as a volunteer. You simply need to log-in at our Member Center using the same email and password that you used to register with Disney. Once you do this you will be set to look through hundreds of volunteer opportunities and sign-up for the one that is right for you.
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