Mayor Hahn To Present Getty House Foundation's Ninth Annual City Of Angels Awards.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2004 Mayor to Recognize Earvin "Magic" Johnson and the Johnson Development Corporation, Daphna and Richard Ziman, Christopher Forman, and Nancy Daly Riordan One week from tonight, on February 5th, masked revelers and stilt stilt, common name for some members of the family Recurvirostridae, shore birds including the avocet. Stilts, as their name implies, have the longest legs of any bird except the flamingo. walkers will fill the grounds of the Getty House The Getty House is the official residence of the Mayor of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is located at 605 S. Irving Boulevard in Windsor Square, a neighborhood just east of the Hancock Park district, and located approximately five miles WNW of Los Angeles City Hall. as 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. Mayor Jim Hahn presents the Getty House Foundation's Ninth Annual City of Angels Awards at a Mardi Gras-themed ceremony. "Many of our residents contribute so much to improving the lives of the people, and especially the children, of Los Angeles," said Mayor Hahn. "The Getty House Foundation City of Angels Awards give us the opportunity to recognize some of these outstanding individuals and to encourage others to make a difference." Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Johnson Development Corporation will receive the Corporate Award, given in recognition of contributions to the youth of Los Angeles from the local business community; Daphna and Richard Ziman will receive the City of Angels Award, which honors individuals who have devoted themselves to the betterment of the City of Los Angeles
"On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Getty House Foundation, we are honored to have such tireless and dedicated award recipients," said Getty House Foundation President Lori McGee. "The work done by these individuals has impacted the lives of countless children and serves as a reminder to all of us that we can do more." Grammy-nominated composer and saxophonist Dave Koz and Pat Prescott, co-host of Dave Koz in the Morning with Pat Prescott, will MC the event. Entertainment will be provided by The Troubadors International and local performers, Caribbean Spectacular. Past recipients of the City of Angels Awards include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Anne and Kirk Douglas, Wallis Annenberg, Richard Lovett, Washington Mutual Bank and the Los Angeles Dodgers "Dodgers" and "Brooklyn Dodgers" redirect here. For the American football team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). For the Eastern Basketball Association team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball). . About Getty House Foundation Getty House Foundation oversees Getty House, the official residence of the Mayor of Los Angeles. It administers many educational programs, including numerous opportunities for school children including civics civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent. lessons, art programs and a reading corner. Since 1997, Getty House Foundation has awarded more than $30,000 each year to the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. (LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) ). Through its annual Above and Beyond School Awards, Getty House Foundation honors individuals who make a difference in their school community and since 1997, has distributed over $250,000 to LAUSD elementary school communities. |
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