 The E-News of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council • July 2008 |
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THIS MONTH: • Live, Work, Play in East Hollywood Health Fair in Thai Town, July 19 • 13th District Housing Rights Workshop, July 19 • 'Taste of East Hollywood' Community Festival, July 26 • Thai Town Receives 'Preserve America' Designation • At the Park After Dark: A Summer of Fun for Youths at Lemon Grove • Volunteer Opportunities for East Hollywood Youths 17-24!
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The next monthly meeting of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council will be on Monday, July 21, 6:30 p.m. at Nairi Armenian Restaurant, 5065 Hollywood Blvd., corner Normandie Ave. (pictured above). We will also have a reports from Council President Eric Garcetti's CD13 office, as well as our LAPD Senior Lead Officer Matt Zeigler (Rampart Division), plus a meeting of the EHNC's Governing Board, where important decisions regarding our neighborhood will be made. Community stakeholders will also have the chance to make announcements on upcoming events or voice their opinions on important issues in the neighborhood. Visit our EHNC Monthly Meeting Website to download the agenda and for more information on the meeting. Download the meeting agenda (.pdf file)
Live, Work, Play in East Hollywood Health Fair, Thai Town, July 19 
The event is for all East Hollywood community members to access all kinds of free health screenings, social services, consumer information and entertainment. It is also a great outreach venue for non-profit organizations, companies, and government agencies that provide East Hollywood residents with opportunities for improved health, housing, jobs, finance and more! The event features free health screenings, free massage and information on health Care/HMOs, housing & home ownership, legal consultation, utilities, food stamps/WIC enrollment and frauds & scams. Entertainment features live bands, a kids choir, Thai Cultural Dance and more. This event is organized by Thai Community Development Center, with Mayor Antonio Villaragosa's office, Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti's Office, McCormack Baron Salazar, the Armenian National Committee, Ralphs and Los Feliz United Methodist Church and was sponsored by the Royal Thai Consulate, Community Redevelopment Agency/LA, Thai Health Network and the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council. The EHNC will have an outreach table there, staffed by our Governing Board and Outreach Committee members, so stop by and say hi! This event is also part of the Mayor's Central Area CommUNITY Day of Service, which aims to grow Angeleno volunteerism. This year the mayor hopes to involve 5,000 people to volunteer at social service events taking place around the L.A. Central area on Saturday, July 19th. To volunteer, please call Thai CDC at 323.468.2555. For more information, visit: thaicdchome.org/cms/event/
Child Health & Safety Fair at Childrens Hospital, July 19 On Saturday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, there will be a Child Health and Safety Fair at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles in the Healing Garden for children, parents, grandparents, and any interested community members. Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of disability and death for children under 14. The fair will feature educational booths, free safety equipment, and representatives from California Highway Patrol, Fire Department and many other agencies who will be on hand to do safety demonstrations for children and parents. The hospital's hope is that through education, parents can learn about ways to keep children safe and prevent accidental injuries. Parent activities include: home and safety education and the giveaway of 100 booster seats, 100 bicycle helmets and 200 bome safety starter kits as well as referrals to local community services. There will also be activities for kids, including: Safety information, an LAFD Fire truck, Clowns, Face painting, prizes and refreshments Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is located at 4650 Sunset Boulevard (at Vermont). For more information, call 323.361.2487.
13th District Housing Rights Workshop, July 19 Come learn about your rights as renter living in a foreclosed property, and other housing issues. Bring your questions!
'Taste of East Hollywood' Community Festival, July 26 Join your neighbors for a day of community outreach, fun, food and entertainment as the Hollywood Youth and Family Center and the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council present "Taste of East Hollywood," a community festival on Saturday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hollywood Youth and Family Center, 607 N. Vermont Ave. Local non-profit agencies, restaurants, Los Angeles City College and other community institutions will participate in this event for our own community, and it's all free (yes, even the food)! For more information, call Grace McFarland at 323.644.6255.
Thai Town Receives 'Preserve America' Designation 
First Lady Laura Bush, Honorary Chair of the Preserve America initiative, designated
East Hollywood's very own Thai Town neighborhood as one of the nation’s newest Preserve Preserve America-designated communities are areas across the United States that uniquely display the various facets of our nation's history and cultural heritage and are entitled to community improvement grants from the Federal government. As a result of a nationwide competitive application process submitted by the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC), Chancee Martorell, Thai CDC Executive Director , recently recieved notice of the designation and will receive a certificate of designation signed by Mrs. Bush announcing that Thai Town is now a Preserve America Community. Thai Town, designated by the City of Los Angeles in 1998, is a half-mile stretch of Hollywood Boulevard from Western Ave. to Normandie Ave. as a traditional point-of-entry for Thai immigrants and the site of several historic Los Angeles buildings, such as the Don Carlos Apartments, Trianon Apartments and the Mayer Building on Hollywood and Western. Thai Town’s Preserve America application highlighted the public-private partnership involved in erecting the Apsonsi statues for the Thai Town Gateway Project, the annual Thai New Year’s Day Songkran Festival, Thai Culture Day, and LA Commons’ project featuring Thai Town as one of the most interesting cultural destinations in their “Trekking Los Angeles: Local Adventures in a Global City” guidebook. The East Hollywood Neighborhood Council voted unanimously to endorse Thai Town's Preserve America application at its May meeting, and its resolution, along with that of the Los Angeles City Council's and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's support, was submitted in the application package to Washington D.C.
At the Park After Dark: A Summer of Fun for Youths at Lemon Grove Don’t have plans for the summer? Please come to nearby Lemon Grove Recreation Center and enjoy a Summer filled with fun and safe activities geared toward our youth ages 13-18. Activities to include a skate park, boxing classes, sports activities, music, art and hip-hop Workshops and Workshops for parents, too! This is a FREE Family Oriented Program so bring your friends and family members! This program runs until August 30 on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 10:30 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from Lemon Grove Recreation Center is located in the nearby Melrose Hill neighborhood at 4959 Lemon Grove Ave. This program is sponsored by Councilman Eric Garcetti, Kaiser Permanente, City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, LACER and Aztecs Rising Gang Intervention. For more information, please contact Lemon Grove Rec Center director Lupe Zamora at 323.666.4144 or Council District 13 East Hollywood Field Deputy Alejandra Marroquin at 323.957.4500.
Volunteer Opportunities for East Hollywood Youths 17-24! Its mission is to put idealism to work by tapping the civic power of young people for an annual campaign of idealism. The goals of the annual campaign of idealism are to generate transformative community service, break down social barriers, inspire citizens to civic action, develop new leaders for the common good, and improve and promote the concept of voluntary national service. City Year's vision is that one day, the most commonly asked question of an eighteen year-old is: "Where are you going to do your service year?" City Year's full-time program provides paid community-service based work experience that concludes with an education award of nearly $5,000 that can be applied to student loans and/or future education expenses. Additional benefits include health insurance, networking sessions with business partners and City Year alumni, T-Mobile cell phone, Timberland uniform and free unlimited Metro pass in Los Angeles County. The program is currently in a period of rolling admissions and have a limited number of spaces available for young people to begin this program in August. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible. For more information, or to apply, please visit: www.cityyear.org/site/losangeles.
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