FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
July 14, 2014 Ricky Garza, NCLR
(202) 776-1732; rgarza@nclr.org
Adriana Zyskowski, YPI
(323) 274-5472; azyskowski@ypiusa.org
HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO MARK NCLR COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY BY RENOVATING LOS ANGELES AREA SCHOOLS
In the spirit of volunteerism, two L.A. County schools will get a much-needed facelift
LOS ANGELES—On Friday, July 18, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) will partner with Bank of America and two local members of the NCLR Affiliate Network—Youth Policy Institute (YPI) and AltaMed Health Services—to bring together hundreds of volunteers for a day of community service. The event will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Berendo Middle School and Monseñor Oscar Romero Charter School. The service project is being held in conjunction with the 2014 NCLR Annual Conference on July 19–22 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Parents and students from the schools will be among the more than 400 expected volunteers who will help tackle renovations on the schools’ grounds, including landscaping, general cleanup, painting classrooms and installing shelves, as well as full restoration of technological services. Technological support will include rewiring classrooms, securing excess cables and resetting Wi-Fi access on classroom laptops. Also, volunteers will team up with students and guide them through creating presentations on a variety of subjects to refine their artistic, public speaking and presentation skills. The event will culminate in an exciting raffle and award ceremony to recognize six families for their volunteerism in the community.
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WHAT: NCLR community service event at Monseñor Oscar Romero Charter School and Berendo Middle School
WHO: 400–600 volunteers from Youth Policy Institute, AltaMed, Bank of America, NCLR’s Líderes Initiative, the NCLR AmeriCorps Program; students and parents
Speakers:
Janet Lamkin, President, Bank of America California
Dr. Efraín Garza Fuentes, Human Resources, Vice President, Talent Acquisitions,
AltaMed
Dixon Slingerland, Executive Director, Youth Policy Institute
Yvette King-Berg, Executive Director, Youth Policy Institute Charter Schools
Rosa Trujillo, Principal, Berendo Middle School
Rogelio Quintanar, Program Director, NCLR AmeriCorps Program
WHEN: Friday, July 18, 2014
9:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. PDT
WHERE: Berendo Middle School and Monseñor Oscar Romero Charter School
1157 S Berendo Street
Los Angeles (90006)
For more information, please contact Ricky Garza at NCLR at (202) 776-1732 or rgarza@nclr.org, or Adriana Zyskowski at YPI at (323) 274-5472; azyskowski@ypiusa.org. The NCLR Conference Press Office will be open July 18-22 and can be reached at (213) 743-6462.
NCLR—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. For more information on NCLR, please visit www.nclr.org or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
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