TEENS MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY 2007
Board of Supervisors Scroll Presentation to HRC and seven co-sponsoring agencies and organizations in honor of National Award from USA Weekend Magazine and Newman's Own Foundation (See April 27 Sunday newspapers for insert featuring HRC!)

When: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 (tentative)
Time: 9:30 am
Where: Hall of Administration - Board Meeting Room

TEENS MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY 2007
Youth Volunteer zerohour Conference
When: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Time: 10 am - 3 pm
Where: EXPO Center
Los Angeles, CA
Info: Gustavo Guerra, HRC Staff

L.A. COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS, L.A. CITY AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND PARTNERS RECEIVE A NATIONAL AWARD FOR TEENS MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY

For it leadership coordinating Teens Make A Difference Day 2007, a countywide day of volunteer and community service, the Human Relations Commission and eight other agencies and non-profit partners were selected as one of ten National Award recipients by USA Weekend Magazine and Points of Light Foundation.

At its April 22, 2008 meeting, the Board of Supervisors presented scrolls to Robin Toma, Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission, Russ Guiney, Executive Director of L.A. Dept. of Parks and Recreations and representatives of Connect LA, L.A. City Department of Recreation and Parks - Class Parks Program, LAUSD Health Education Programs, LAUSD Beyond the Bell branch, L.A. Junior Chamber of Commerce and L.A. Conservation Corps Clean n Green program.

To highlight the award, youth from Jesse Owens Park were featured on the cover and in the story on the ten national award recipients in the April 27 issue of USA Weekend Magazine in Sunday newspapers nationwide, for their volunteer efforts during the 2007 Teens Make A Difference Day...more