THREE EARN AWARD FOR VOLUNTEER WORK.Three young people have worked to help to make the world around them a better place. Encino sisters Jocelyn and Paige Ryder, and Bobby Gibbons from Sherman Oaks were honored with the Congressional Award Bronze Medal for voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness and travel planning. The recognition commemorates 200 hours of service to the community in a program designed to teach participants responsibility, citizenship and organization. They were commended by Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Woodland Hills, at a ceremony last month in his Woodland Hills office. Community service is a part of everyday life for two San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. residents. Steve Meier has received the Ralphs Kroger Community Service Award for his volunteer efforts with the California Emergency Mobile Patrol. Meir was given a trophy and a $1,000 contribution to the charitable organization of his choice, which he donated to the Emergency Mobile Patrol to help with member training and equipment. Meier, 32, also serves as a volunteer specialist reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . and teaches cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid to young adults in the EMP EMPabbr. electromagnetic pulse program. The North Hollywood resident works as a manager at Ralphs grocery store in Glendale. Sylmar resident Diane Gross is attending a workshop in Bethesda, Md., where she is receiving training to serve a three-year term on the state board of the Self-Help Hard of Hearing People organization. The group serves individuals whose ability falls between normal hearing and deafness. She has been a member of the local chapter for 20 years. Two Valley students have been given $750 scholarships by the Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund. Phillip Song of Chatsworth, is the son of Kyung Song, an employee of the Postal Service in Pasadena. Lawrence Hsu of Woodland Hills, was also a recipient. His mother, Meichin, is an Internal Revenue Service employee. Both have an extensive list of personal achievements at school and in the community. Another student winning commendation, Jonathan Elkin, a junior at Agoura High School Agoura High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Agoura Hills, California, United States. It is the largest high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District, with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. , wrote a 300-word essay about why he has chosen to stay away from drugs and alcohol. He won a $1,000 scholarship in the NO-ADdiction Campaign. The award is sponsored by the nonprofit parent company Solar Cosmetics Labs, which donates funds not used for advertising for drug- and alcohol-free promotional campaigns. And two other students can tout their accomplishments. Nash Rightmer of Sun Valley has been named to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars 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. . And Kirsten Shourt, from Sherman Oaks, is on the dean's list at Saint Olaf's College in Northfield, Minn. Local agencies are assisting the community in charitable ways. The San Fernando Valley Assistance League has received $3,000 from the Southland Regional Association of Realtors toward the purchase of dictionaries for third-grade students at Montague Charter Academy in Pacoima. And the On Your Feet organization will run bingo games starting Sept. 30 to raise funds for clients in the Rental Assistance and Eviction The removal of a tenant from possession of premises in which he or she resides or has a property interest done by a landlord either by reentry upon the premises or through a court action. Prevention service for low-income and homeless families. Games will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Masonic Building 5122 Tujunga Ave., North Hollywood. Las Virgenes Unified School District Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is a K-12 school district in north-west Los Angeles County, USA consisting of 14 public schools in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, and several small portions of the West Hills section of Los Angeles. Superintendent John F. Fitzpatrick John F. Fitzpatrick was the first person to represent the thirteenth district of the Los Angeles City Council under the new charter in 1925. However, he served only briefly. He was suspended on August 21, 1925. He was replaced on the council by Carl Ingold Jacobson. has been named to a two-year term as chairman of the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. . WASC WASC Western Association of Schools and Colleges WASC West African School Certificate WASC Western Administrative Support Center (NOAA) WASC Western Australia Supreme Court WASC Washington Administrative Service Center serves more than 3,000 schools participating in the accreditation process in California, Hawaii and the South Pacific. |
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