ADVISORY/Inner-City Students Offered Connection to Nature Through Inventive Program to Be Supported Through Metropolitan's Community Partnering Program.News Editors/Business Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Monday Monday: see week. (Nov. 3) --(BUSINESS WIRE) State Assembly Speaker Wesson Wesson may refer to, among other things:
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WHAT: State Assembly Speaker Herb J. Wesson Jr. (D-Los Angeles/
Culver City) to join the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California in presenting Community Partnering
Program sponsorships to the California State Parks
Foundation, Friends of Baldwin Hills and STAR Education.
Groups will use MWD monies to continue support of Weeds
to Wonder Program for Crenshaw High School students.
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Park, 6300 Hetzler Rd.,
Culver City (Los Angeles County Thomas Guide, page
672, J-1)
WHO: Assembly Speaker Wesson; Willard Murray Jr., Metropolitan
director representing West Basin Municipal Water
District; Edward Little, West Basin director; Dan
Raducanu, park ranger; and representatives of the
California State Parks Foundation, Friends of Baldwin
Hills and STAR Education
VISUALS: Demonstrating the lessons learned through the Weeds to
Wonder program, a handful of Crenshaw students will be
transplanting native plant seedlings into larger pots.
BACKGROUND: Weeds to Wonder--or W2W, as it's popularly known--brings
inner-city students from Crenshaw High to Baldwin Hills
Scenic Overlook Park once a week to learn about
horticulture, landscaping, and the environment through a
hands-on experience. Now in its fourth year, MWD's
Community Partnering Program will offer nearly $500,000
to support water-related education projects and programs
this year.
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