VOLUNTEERING AS FAST AS SHE CAN.Byline: - Jaime Spangrude Christina Padilla, 18, is the founder of the International Ballet Folklorico in Glendale and national winner of the 2003 Kohl's Kids Who Care recognition program. ``I started the Ballet Folklorico after school for kids to do something with their time and to learn something about their culture and other cultures,'' said Padilla. The Ballet Folklorico performs the traditional dances of Mexico, and Padilla's troupe at Horace Mann Elementary is well-known in Glendale. There are about 200 kids in the troupe, and they practice 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Fridays from September through June. ``I try to always be there and try to help with everything,'' she said, ``whether it's teaching the kids a step, driving them to a performance, or even just supporting them.'' It was her leadership, initiative, creativity and generosity Generosity See also Aid, Organizational; Kindness. Abbé Constantin self-sacrificing priest; curé of Longueral. [Fr. Lit.: The Abbé Constantin, Walsh Modern, 105] Amelia takes interest in Paul. [Br. Lit. that won her the Kids Who Care award. ``Christina definitely exemplified those criteria,'' said Steve Mann Steve Mann is a tenured professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Education Mann holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in Media Arts and Sciences '97) and McMaster University, where he was , public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most coordinator for the Kohl's Kids Who Care program. She was one of the 10 winners. Padilla, who started dancing at the age of 4, has been volunteering for more than eight years. Her humanitarianism hu·man·i·tar·i·an·ism n. 1. Concern for human welfare, especially as manifested through philanthropy. 2. The belief that the sole moral obligation of humankind is the improvement of human welfare. 3. extends beyond the Ballet Folklorico. She also tutors students at Horace Mann and worked as a teen volunteer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as . She estimates that she has spent more than 6,000 hours volunteering in her four years of high school. She is now a freshman communications major at 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 , and dances with CSUN's Ballet Folklorico. For more information on Glendale's International Ballet Folklorico or to schedule a performance, call Chris Burt at (818) 246-2421. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Christina Padilla, center, founder of the International Ballet Folklorico in Glendale, is surrounded by some of the 200 students from Horace Mann Elementary School Horace Mann Elementary School may refer to:
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