ADVISORY/Twelve College-Bound Students Get Financial Boost from Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center.City Desks/Health/Medical Writers ADVISORY...for Thursday (June 5) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Receive Scholarships for Volunteering Over 10,000 Hours in Local Communities
Date: Thursday, June 5, 2003
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 pm, Scholarship Recipients available for interviews
6:30 - 9:00 pm, Dinner and Awards
Place: Hacienda Hotel at LAX
525 North Sepulveda Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90045
Twelve students from throughout L.A. County have taken the adage "one person can make a difference" to heart. With a combined 10,000 hours of community service, they will receive the Bill Coggins Community Leadership Scholarship at the 2003 Pursuit of Excellence Awards Dinner scheduled for 6:30 pm on June 5, 2003 at the Hacienda Hotel The Hacienda Hotel is a historic site in New Port Richey, Florida. It is located at 5621 Main Street. On October 24, 1996, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. (LAX) in El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and . The scholarship program was developed by the Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. Watts Counseling and Learning Center to provide financial assistance to student volunteers who demonstrate a commitment to community service and leadership. Each recipient has an inspiring story to tell: -- Candace Fields, from Compton, has been accepted to Xavier College, and contributed her volunteer efforts to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood. -- Kathy Le, from El Monte, is a student at U.C. Riverside, and has tutored children in El Monte, helped decorate Rose Parade floats and been a hospital volunteer in Baldwin Park. -- Erica Quezada, from South El Monte South El Monte, city (1990 pop. 20,850), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel Valley; inc. 1958. Manufactures include transportation equipment, electrical and plastic products, clothing, textiles, machinery, and furniture. There is poultry processing. , attends CSULA CSULA California State University Los Angeles and provides individual mentoring and tutoring for children at Menlo Ave. Elementary School in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. . -- Eric Teasley, from Inglewood, has been accepted to Stanford University, and is the Co-Founder of "A Walk in Your Shoes A Walk in Your Shoes was a reality-drama show that aired on The N. It chronicled the lives of two different teens (different people each episode) as they switched lives, and took a walk in each other's shoes. External links
Inc." -- Laura Torres, from Los Angeles, will be attending Grinnell College, and has provided volunteer assistance at Inner-City Struggle, Hollenbeck Middle School and at Queens Care. Other recipients are: Alberto Gonzalez (Pico Rivera); Jazelle Burries (Compton); Sylvia Cibrowski (Los Angeles); Laura Cuellar (Los Angeles); Ji Lee (San Pedro); Jessica Ou (San Marino); and Shodhan Sivani (Canoga Park). All are available for interviews, along with local graduates (elementary through college) who have achieved academic success in spite of many obstacles. |
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