This
month we recognize one of our most active new Project
Leaders - Luis De Avila. Since moving back to Los Angeles
from the Central Coast a year ago, Luis has dug into
volunteerism with both hands! He regularly leads projects
at the Union Rescue Mission, the Burbank Center for
the Retarded, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.
He nurtured his passion for volunteerism
while in Santa Barbara where he helped out at a food
and clothing distribution center and volunteered for
Amnesty International.
Here in Los Angeles he works as a Support Engineer
for an integration software company in Monrovia, and
yet still manages to find time to lead as many as
four volunteer projects through L.A. Works each month!
We asked Luis why he's been so generous
with his time, as a leader of so many projects:
"I think we all want to live well and be happy.
For some people living is a difficult endeavor because
they worry about where they're going to sleep or where
their next meal will come from. If we eliminate those
obstacles, then it's easier for people to learn a new
skill, work on their drug addiction, become better
people, and be on a path towards finding their passion
and living well. "
"There was a need for someone to head these projects
and since they are important to me I decided to lead
them. Also, there are always volunteers willing to
give their time and energy and I felt it would be a
shame to have to cancel those projects because we couldn't
find someone to lead them.
Mahatma Gandhi once said, "You must be the change
you wish to see in the world." That makes perfect
sense to me so I act."
Thanks Luis for your continued commitment
to action in our community!
Past
Project Leaders Recognition Pages
April, 2004 - Mandana Dayani
Mar, 2004 - Cindy Finocchi
Feb, 2004 - Viet
Hoang
Jan, 2004 - Teresa
Castelli
Dec. 2003 - Mary Lawler
Nov. 2003 - Jose
Valencia
Oct, 2003 - Dustin
Manhart
Sept, 2003 - Marc Weinberg
Aug, 2003 - Mark
Kimura
July, 2003 - Jay
Ross
June, 2003 - Meghan
Lee
May, 2003 - Ray
Ng
April, 2003 - David
Trilling
March, 2003 -
Tom Hoctor
February, 2003 -
Kayo Shiraishi-Adachi
January, 2003 -
Henry Meyer
December, 2002 -
Suzanne Studer
November, 2002 - Ed Simon
October, 2002 - Bobbi Marin |
