Herbalife Establishes Its First Casa Herbalife Program in Mexico.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF HFF Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (Germany) HFF Heartland Film Festival HFF Hardy Fern Foundation HFF Half Forward Flank (football position) HFF Horizontal Flute Factor ) established its first Casa Herbalife in Mexico today at Albergue Infantil Los Pinos Los Pinos is Mexico's official presidential residence, the home – for a six-year period – of the President of Mexico. Located inside the Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Park) in central Mexico City, it has been in use since 1934 when Gen. , a non-profit organization that provides social services to disadvantaged children, in Guadalajara. This is the 11th Casa Herbalife program established around the world. Albergue Infantil Los Pinos will use the grant to help cover costs of buying nutritious foods and also for kitchen equipment and supplies. The Casa Herbalife program was created by HFF to provide funds to existing non-profit organizations serving children to improve nutrition-related functions such as upgrading kitchens, appliances or the ability to provide healthier foods. Currently, Albergue Infantil Los Pinos provides lodging, meals, clothes, education and psychological support to 76 children living in extreme poverty who range in age from 3 to 17. The shelter's main objective is for children to recover their self esteem as well as provide them with the necessary tools to achieve self-sufficiency and good citizenship. With the objective of expanding the social services offered, Albergue Infantil Los Pinos established the Department of Social and Family Coordination. This division provides direct service to the participants' families and currently supports more than 289 individuals. Herbalife President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Greg Probert, who also sits on the board of HFF, visited the shelter with several Herbalife independent distributors to meet the children and present the organization with the donation. HFF is supported by Herbalife (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HLF HLF Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Hapag Lloyd Flug (German airline) HLF Himalayan Light Foundation HLF Hawaiian Longboard Federation HLF High-Level Format HLF Home Location Function HLF Hook Length Formula ) and its independent distributors and employees. After the initial grant, the company promotes the involvement of local independent distributors and employees to directly support the Casa Herbalife program through financial donations and volunteer activities. Other Casa Herbalife programs have been established in the following locations: the original orphanage HFF built in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē` thĭ zhənĕē`r , Brazil, from which the programs gets its name; A Place Called Home in Los Angeles, Calif.; Atlanta Children's Shelter in Ga.; Associacao Casa Da Crianca De Santos in Brazil; Aga Children's Home in Budapest, Hungary; Singapore Children's Society The Singapore Children's Society (abbrev: SCS; Chinese: 新加坡儿童社会) is a charitable organisation which looks after the welfare of children. in Singapore; Kobe Jitsugyo Gakuin in Japan; NAIM NAIM ncurses AIM (AOL Instant Messenger client for Linux)NAIM Network Analysis and Implementaton Management (Sprint) Corporation in Santiago, Chile; Rumah Bakti Hulu Kelang (RBHK) in Malaysia; and The Wayne Barton Study Center in Florida. HFF will continue to roll out this program worldwide. The Herbalife Family Foundation is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization. More information can be found at www.herbalifefamily.org. About Herbalife Herbalife is a global network marketing company that sells weight- management, nutritional supplement and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in 62 countries through a network of more than one million independent distributors. More information can be found at www.herbalife.com. (HLFP) |
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