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We Salute our Project Leaders
August, 2005

Project Leader of the Month

Bryan Kadotoni

This month we recognize another of our newer leaders. Bryan Kadatoni was born and raised in Northern California before moving to Los Angeles to attend UCLA and study biology and computing. He now works for Allergan, a pharmaceutical company in Irvine and got involved with L.A. Works two years ago before finding "his perfect project" - Environment Conservation at the Ballona Wetlands.

Bryan originally started out volunteering at the L.A. Food Bank and got "hooked" on volunteering. He led that project for a while, and then expanded his involvement by co-chairing the Logistics Team for L.A. Works Day 2004.

One day he did a search on the laworks.com website to see if any of our projects affected the environment, which was an area of interest for him. He found our monthly project at the Wetlands and after volunteering for a month decided to "adopt" the project and lead it on a monthly basis. He now leads the project on the 2nd Saturday of every month.

The project is consistent with his love of outdoor activities (in his spare time he also goes to the beach, runs, plays basketball and golf, and enjoys "watching the Sacramento Kings beat the L.A. Lakers."

He enjoys doing his project outdoors and is "amazed and inspired by the amount of work that volunteers put in every month to conserve and revitalize the environment."

Bryan considers himself fortunate that he has a lot of free time on the weekends and can choose to do something more important than watch Saturday morning cartoons or sleeping late (though he likes those too!). He finds it invigorating to work with other volunteers, work hard, and make a difference in our communities environment.

Thanks Bryan for your continued commitment to the project, and by leading, serving as an example to our many volunteers.

If you want to help our environment and enjoy working outdoors, join Bryan one Saturday afternoon! Click here to sign up! Environment Conservation at the Ballona Wetlands.

This Month's Project Leaders

Thanks to all of our Project Leaders who are leading projects during the month of August.

You are the real leaders in our community! The Staff & Board of Directors of L.A. Works thanks you for being the real superstars of our community!

Andrew Abeyesinghe
Aniko Alexovics
Bobbi Marin
Bryan Kadatani
Clarence Smith
Cynde Knerr
Dan Perkins
David Trilling
Ed Simon
Elvin Albino
Gil Gerstein
Helga Hung
Henry Meyer
Howard Weiner
Jane Rockwood
Jay Ross
Karsten Loose
Kathryn Perez-Fraga
Kristen Yolas
Laura Bonilla
Luis De Avila
Mark Kimura
Mary Lawler
Mia Farrell
Russell Ali
Sandy Boscarino
Teresa Castelli
Timothy Dickey
Veronica Cruz

Want to join the ranks of L.A.'s most involved citizens? Become an L.A. Works Project Leader.

It's easy, it's fun, and it doesn't require a huge amount of your time.

Go to the Project Calendar section of the website and sign up for Project Leader Training or email Larry Deckel to find out the date of the next session.

Past Project Leaders Of the Month

July, 2005 - Ken Hagopian

June, 2005 - Laura Bonilla

May, 2005 - Alexa Benson

April, 2005 - April Fields

March, 2005 - Mia Farrell

February, 2005 - Sandy Boscarino

January, 2005 - Andrew Anura Abeyesinghe

December, 2004 - Jacquie Moreno

November, 2004 - Timothy Dickey and Howard Weiner

October, 2004 - Russell Ali

September, 2004 - Suzanne Wiener

August, 2004 - Veronica Cruz