L.A.
Works Day Kickoff - April 17
 L.A.
Works Day will be on June 5th, but here's
the perfect opportunity to get all your questions answered about L.A.'s
most exciting day of community service. Join the L.A. Works staff and the
Chairs of the planning committees for a "kick-off" informational
session at downtown's California Plaza.
Find out how you can organize a team of volunteers; get a sneak preview
of the L.A. Works Day projects; or join one of our planning committees and
get involved in the production of this great event.
All are invited! Even if you don't want to get involved in L.A. Works Day,
this is a great opportunity to meet and mingle with your fellow L.A. Works
volunteers and the L.A. Works staff, and find out how you can make a difference
in the broader social issues facing our community.
Free food & refreshments
and validated parking provided.
Click
here to sign up to attend the kick-off social. Sign up today!
Who
Are You?
 Signing
up at laworks.com is quick and easy. However, we'd love to know more
about you. Here's why!
We can search our database
to find your special interests, skills, or volunteer profile.
This way when we have special projects or opportunities that might interest
you, we'll be able to call it to your attention! A few weeks ago, we had
a casting opportunity for a male volunteer, aged 25-36, for a commercial
promoting volunteerism. To find the right people we search our database.
It's
easy to tell us more about yourself! Just
click on the Personal Information tab in the Member
Center, and click through
the various links to tell us your demographic info, interests, skills,
and more. You'll also be able to view your volunteer and gift history.
The more you share with us, the more we can do for you! Click
here to get
started today!
Project
Leader Training is Back!
Our
monthly project leader training will resume on April 10th at the L.A. Works
office. Take the next step in volunteering and become one of our project
leaders! Click
here for more information and to sign up!
Featured
Projects of the Month
River
Cleanup. Friends of the L.A. River.
Join FoLar (Friends of the L.A. River) May 1st for a day of revitalization
of the river. Volunteers will clean up and be entertained by local bands
as well as entered in a drawing for prizes that are given that day. This
is a great project for families and groups! Join the L.A. Works team as
we improve conditions on the L.A. River. Click
here to sign up.
 We
are very excited about our new partnership with Reading to Kids!
This project brings together dozens of volunteers and children to read
and do art projects together.
Please sign up for our first event with them on April
10th, we have two locations, one in the Valley and
one Downtown.
To
see our full monthly calendar of projects, click
here.
Other
Volunteer Opportunities
The
following opportunities are not L.A. Works managed projects, but should
be of interest to our volunteers.
Help
Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) by joining them April
30th for a morning of environmental education for 300 elementary,
middle and high school students. Prepare to gather in Silverlake where
Fletcher Drive meets the Los Angeles River for a special Clean Up, wildlife
scavenger hunt, trash survey and invasive vs native plant workshop. For
more information, please call Jessica at (323) 223-0585.
Pow-Wow
LA. April 23 - April 28. The City
of Los Angeles has asked for our help! Pow-Wow
LA is a coordinated effort by the city of Los Angeles to boost tourism
in the city by hosting a conference to introduce international travel-related
businesses to all Los Angeles has to offer. They are looking for people
to help with the conference in lots of different ways. For more information
call Jorge Quezada at 888-227-3452 or via email at jquezada@mayor.lacity.org
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