COMMUNITY NEWS CARDIAC KIDS GRANT GIVEN TO WESTLAKE HIGH.Cardiac Kids Have H.E.A.R.T., a Thousnd Oaks-based nonprofit organization helping children with congenital heart disease congenital heart disease, any defect in the heart present at birth. There is evidence that some congenital heart defects are inherited, but the cause of most cases is unknown. , has given a grant for an automated external defibrillator automated external defibrillator Emergency medicine A portable device designed for use by first-response personnel for out-of-hospital emergency treatment of Pts suffering from cardiac arrest. See First-response personnel. to Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks. Last year, the group gave one to Acacia Elementary School in Thousand Oaks. Cardiac Kids Have H.E.A.R.T. (Helping Educate, Assist, Research and Treat) provides grants and trains school personnel in the Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. and other local districts. For information, call (805) 497-3124. Winnie Hon, a 2005 graduate of Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. , was awarded a $1,500 scholarship through the Vons employee scholarship program. The annual scholarship is awarded to an employee or family member of eligible Vons employees. Hon is the daughter of Kin Hon, a Vons Granada Hills store employee. Four local high school students were awarded $1,000 scholarships by Hope Christian Church in Northridge. Recipients of the inaugural award are Canoga Park High School Canoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located right across the street from the Topanga Plaza shopping center. graduate Maria Ayala, who will attend the University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. ; Cleveland High School graduate Rhea Bijo, who will attend California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an ; Chatsworth High School graduate Grace Lee, who will attend CSUN; and Reseda High School graduate Oluwatobi Ogbechie, who will attend Harvard College. Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services, a nonprofit agency offering education and treatment centers for at-risk youths in the juvenile-justice system, honored Dee Gadbury of Santa Clarita and Cathy McCutcheon of Saugus with the group's Volunteers of the Year Award. The duo have led fund-raising efforts that have earned more than $100,000 in the past three years for the Los Angeles-based organization. Gadbury is president of the Santa Clarita-Newhall Optimist Club and president-elect of the Optimist Blind Youth Association. McCutcheon has been a member of the Santa Clarita-Newhall Optimist Club for six years and is vice president for fundraising activities for the club's southwest district. The 13th annual Ronald McDonald House Charities This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. has presented $1,000 scholarships to several local Asian Pacific American high school students. The awards were based on academic achievement, leadership skills and community service. Each student also received a $500 honorarium to give to the community-based organization of his or her choice. Local winners are: Jennifer Baranoff, Oak Park High School in Oak Park; Tyffany Chen, Westlake High School in Westlake Village; Jason Ear, Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth; Tiffany Hsiou, Westlake High School in Westlake Village; Christine Lee, Cleveland High School in Reseda; Michelle Lee, La Ca ada High School in La Canada Flintridge; Jeffrey Martinez, Chaminade College Preparatory in West Hills; Jae Park, Clark Magnet High School in Glendale; Mi Hee Park, North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. in North Hollywood; Mamta Patel, Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga; Catherine Ricafort, Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks; Kathleen Ryou, North Hollywood High School in North Hollywood; Rebekah Vigran, Desert Christian High School in Lancaster; Wendy Wen, Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks; Jennifer Yeh, North Hollywood High School; and Nanyi Zhang, Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks. |
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