L.A.
Works Day 2005 is Set!
 Saturday, June
11, 2005 will
be L.A.
Works Day 2005, Los Angeles' 13th annual day
of community service.
Thanks to the
work of L.A. Works Board member and Grand Performances Executive Director
Michael Alexander, we'll be returning again to our central site at California
Plaza courtesy of Equity Office Properties, Maguire
Properties and the Omni Hotel Downtown L.A. Project sites will again be within
a 15-20 minute bus ride from Grand Avenue and we will continue our focus
on extreme make-over style facilities projects involving 200-500 volunteers
per site.
In association
with the L.A. Unified School District, and the relevant City Council offices,
we are already compiling a list of possible project sites. If
you know of any possible project sites please email them to us at info@laworks.com,
and we'll put them on the list for consideration. Final decisions on
project sites will be made in early 2005.
Sponsorships
for L.A. Works Day 2005 have gotten off to a roaring start as well. We
are extremely proud to announce ICI Paints as a new Premier level sponsor.
A new Elite level sponsor is the UCLA Anderson Challenge for Charity, and
Deloitte has increased their sponsorship to the Patron level. All
this and we have only just sent out the sponsorship solicitation materials! If
you or your company might be interested in sponsoring L.A. Works Day 2005,
click here for more info. Act quickly because some sponsorship levels
will fill-up fast.
As always, the
success of L.A. Works Day 2005 will depend primarily on the efforts of
our dedicated and skilled volunteer committees. Whether
you are a returning veteran L.A. Works Day organizer, or a new person looking
to get involved, keep an eye out for notices of when and where our organizing
kick-off meeting will be held.
We're looking forward to seeing you all at L.A. Works Day 2005!
October
was a Big Month for BusinessWorks
During
the last few weeks, L.A. Works has completed six major facility refurbishment
projects involving thousands of volunteers from some of L.A.'s biggest
corporations. Our
consulting program, called BusinessWorks, is how we help interested corporations
and other civic groups, produce their own custom-made days of community service,
and is also one of the main ways we earn the money to support our calendar
projects and all of our other programming.
 One
of the projects we did was the extreme make-over of Charnock Road Elementary
School (pictured left) for
600 employees of E! Networks and G4techTV as part of Comcast
Cares Day.
For Deloitte
Community Impact Day we organized the extreme
make-overs of Trinity
Street Elementary School (pictured below, right) , Plaza
de la Raza Cultural Arts Center in East L.A.,
and Edison Elementary School in Santa
Ana (pictured right) for over 1000 Deloitte volunteers. These
projects were very successful and made a huge and lasting
impact on the agencies the companies transformed, and on
the kids those agencies serve.
But that's not
all. Here
are some of the other great companies who volunteered with L.A. Works recently:
Forest
City Real Estate: This
major real estate development company, heavily involved in the renaissance
of Downtown L.A., sent over 100 employee volunteers to help us prepare
for the extreme make-over of Trinity Elementary School.
UCLA
Anderson Challenge for Charity: Over 100 MBA students from UCLA
also spent a long day preparing Trinity for it's make-over.
 Home
Depot: A part of Home Depot's 25th anniversary celebration,
L.A. Works organized two major facilities renovations for their Team
Depot volunteers. One
included building more classrooms and refurbishing the performing arts space
at Save our Future Charter School in South L.A., and a similar facility
refurbishment at the Boys & Girls Club in Whittier.
Turner
Broadcasting: L.A.
Works organized a painting project for 100 Turner Broadcasting employee
volunteers at L.A. Leadership Academy, a charter Middle School in the Mid-City
area.
Causeway
Capital: The
good people at Causeway Capital went to Shenandoah St. School in West L.A.
to put finishing touches on an extreme make-over L.A. Works did there.
Katz
Media: This
major L.A. media company also helped us with finishing Shenandoah.
The success
of these projects shows once again that L.A. Works is the leader in community
service and volunteerism for corporations and other groups in L.A. If
you would like more information on how your company can get involved please
write to info@laworks.com and
we'll get right back to you.
Featured
Project of the Month
Five
Days left to Sign up for TeamWorks
TeamWorks is
a new and exciting program that seeks to explore the root causes behind
some of our most challenging community issues and stimulate a sense of
civic engagement. It
will build on our existing volunteer programs by providing you with opportunities
to deepen the experience of service and to create a sense of community
among our volunteers. At the same time, you will be equipped with the
tools to act collectively on the root causes of some of the most pressing
social issues that face our city.
 Volunteers
will participate in hands-on volunteer service while learning about
the community issues and creating a bond with our nonprofit partner
and their fellow teammates.
TeamWorks is an eight session commitment,
two times a month for four months. We ask that if you sign up for TeamWorks,
you make sure you are available for all eight sessions of the program. Dates
for this session are:
November
6th and 20th
December 4th and 18th
January 8th and 22nd
February 5th and 19th
TeamWorks
is a great way to make new friends, develop leadership skills, and have
fun while benefiting our community.
Click on the links below
to find out more about each project:
Angel’s
Flight (Mac Arthur Park) – interact with the residents of a homeless
shelter that focuses on immigrant youth, this organization helps dozens of children
reconnect with their families or be placed in foster homes.
Highland
Village (Highland Park) – work with the children that reside in
this tight-knit community while learning about their community programs.
Other
Volunteer Opportunities
The following opportunities are not L.A. Works managed projects,
but should be of interest to our volunteers.
Compton
Volunteer Center: As the standards increase for college admission, it is important
to offer as many aids as possible to our students in the community. SAT
Prep courses can cost thousands of dollars! The service
as the Compton Volunteer Center is FREE! While they cannot guarantee students
will score a perfect 1600, with your help as a devoted volunteer they can
help educate students about the structure, expectations, and strategies related
to the SAT. If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer SAT Coach,
and are available Monday-Thursday from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. please contact: (310)
605-5585 or e-mail bmims@comptoncity.org
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