You're Invited!
Please join us on January 29 at the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens to celebrate the New Year and to honor the L.A. Works volunteers who are this year's recipients of the President's Volunteer Service Award.
This is our chance to recognize and thank the individuals who have demonstrated a sustained committment to voluneer service during the last twelve months. The award is issued by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers make to our Nation.
We'll also be recognizing our outstanding project leaders, and volunteers who have made special contributions during the last year.
Bring friends and family to make new friends, reconnect with old friends, and learn more about L.A. Works and our plans for 2006.
 There will be cake, light snacks and a special prize -- if you've volunteered with L.A. Works during 2005 you'll be eligible to win an Apple Ipod Nano! Drawing will be at 3:30 pm (you must be present to win).
We hope to see as many of our volunteers and Project Leaders as possible, so we can personally thank you for the amazing job you've all done transforming Los Angeles in the past year.
Click here to RSVP for this great get-together. (Make sure you're logged into your account and then click SIGN ME UP to RSVP).
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New Sessions of Let's Read to Start in January
Want to make a real impact on Kids' lives? L.A. Works' Let's Read Program is a program whose purpose is to provide kids with the tools to help them reach their dreams. We work individually and as a group, with kids' school-related materials, as well as try to expose them to other topics that they may not otherwise encounter. If you like kids and wish to develop a relationship with one or a few of them, this program can be one of our most rewarding.
Volunteers in this program must commit to the full 10 week session on consecutive Saturday mornings Jan 21 - March 25 from 10:00 a.m. - noon. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. Volunteers will develop a mentoring relationship with kids during the ten week semester.
The Let's Read program takes place at two locations:
Pueblo Del Rio in central Los Angeles. Click here to sign up! If you've never volunteered for Let's Read at Pueblo Del Rio, you must also sign up for the orientation session for new Let's Read volunteers on January 14. Click here to sign up for orientation.
Mar Vista Gardens in Culver City. Click here to sign up for the 10-week session, January 21 - March 25.
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