DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CULTURAL FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
12:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE!

Admission is Free!

Rose Hills Memorial Park
3888 Workman Mill Road
Entrance Gate 1 – Follow signs to SkyRose Chapel
Whittier, CA  90601
For more information:

Grace Kaine, 310-424-8113

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For more information about the benefits of Advance Planning or to RSVP for this event, please call Grace Kaine at 310-424-8113 or fill out the following form:

Posing with Shondrella Avery

Saturday, August 28, 2010 marked Sickle Cell Disease of California’s first ever Sickle Cell Walk-A-Thon which took place in Darby Park in Inglewood, CA.  The walk, organized by Tara Ragin and hosted by none other than Girls Behaving Badly actress and SCDC board member Shondrella Avery, involved walking three laps around the track all in the name of spreading the word about sickle cell anemia.   The day included games for kids, a video game lounge, and live music provided by the Matthew Jamele Trio.  SCDC put the event together as a way of fundraising for the much needed cause.

The official 1st Annual Sickle Cell Walk-A-Thon photos on Facebook

To learn more about the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation or to register to be a volunteer, please visit http://scdfc.org.

If you’ve never attended the Revlon Run/Walk and maybe are interested in doing it next year, I encourage you to attend because you will not only be running or walking for a great cause, but also because you will leave their truly touched by people’s stories of loved ones affected by cancer.

The event itself is complete with vendors who give away free goodies, a medal ceremony for those who raced the event, and  a concert in the end–this year Chaka Khan blessed us with her still very amazing voice!

So all in all, I’m thankful to have attended and supported the cause yet another year.  I may not have cancer myself, as well as anyone in my immediate family, but I do this every year with the hope that I am helping other women who were affected or are currently affected by cancer.

Facts

For women, the three leading causes of cancer death were lung, breast and colorectal cancer for all racial/ethnic groups except Hispanic women, for whom breast cancer ranked first.  Cancer.gov contains a national report related to the U.S. cancer rates.

So, as far as breast cancer goes, African American women are more likely to die from this cancer, many times because it’s detected much later when it’s harder to treat or cure.  Our breast cancer death rates are more than double that of Caucasians.  All types of agency listings, programs, and resources are listed in the report from the Office Of Minority Health.

Please share with as many people as possible and consider submitting a tax deductible donation at our United For A Cause group page today… and Happy Mother’s Day~

Donate at http://tinyurl.com/REVLONTEAM757

WE Connect in Los Angeles

Any opportunity to spread the word on something that may help someone else I will surely jump on.  Despite how long it’s been since I posted on my blog, this opportunity got me logging in!  Please share the below information to anyone it can be of help to… or actually everyone you know, since we don’t know who really needs the help

Click Here To Download The Flyer

Dates & Times:

Friday, March 26th – Sunday, March 28th 2010
Friday: 3:00 – 8:00pm
Saturday: 10:00 – 7:00pm
Sunday: 11:00 – 3:00pm

Location:

The Forum – Downtown Los Angeles
3900 West Manchester Blvd.
Inglewood CA 90305

7 Reasons to attend the WE Connect Weekend

1.    Free Tax Preparation
2.    Foreclosure Assistance
3.    Employment/ Resume Assistance
4.    Free Bag of Produce
5.    Free Flu Shots
6.    Programs and Services all in one place
7.    FUN

FREE TAX PREPARATION!

For free tax preparation, call to make an appointment at 888-434-8248 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              888-434-8248      end_of_the_skype_highlighting and tell the operator that you would like to make an appointment for the WE Connect event in LA.
If you plan on getting your taxes done or signing up for programs and services, you need to bring:
•All W-2’s, 1098T’s and 1099’s for 2009
•ITIN or Social Security Card for each family member
•Your Last Telephone Bill
•Recent Electric Bill
•Proof of Identity (photo ID)
•Recent Paycheck Stub or Recent Tax Return (1040)

On Site:

•Free Tax Preparation
•WEb Connector
•Job Search & Resume Assistance
•Foreclosure & LOSS Mitigation Counseling
•Pre-Purchase Home Ownership Counseling
•Rental Counseling
•Produce Distribution
•Flu Shots
•Food Stamps
•Medi-Cal
•& Much More!
The WE Connect campaign is a public/private partnership designed to help the nation’s working families become more financially secure by connecting them to important programs and resources. Many of these programs, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Women, Infant and Children’s Program (WIC), are available to individuals and families, but are not fully taken advantage of. This nationwide campaign connects those eligible with the information and tools they need to access these valuable resources, empowering them to live their dreams.

For more information, call 916-447-4099 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              916-447-4099      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or email Robert@weconnect.net or Tamara@weconnect.net

I had originally learned of the Midnight Mission through a screening of the movie “Skid Row” at the 2008 Pan African Film Festival, where Orlando Ward and Pras (from the Fugees) were doing a Q&A session after the movie. Since then, I had been wanting to get involved and later found them on Facebook.

Through my getting involved with them, I have been learning more and more about the real problem(s) related to homelessness in Los Angeles, and why it’s still an issue today.

I did my much anticipated walk-through this late Summer at the Midnight Mission.  I was planning with a few others to do something there for the Holidays.  Unfortunately, that never happened, but I was still determined to do something at the Midnight Mission and was therefore able to gather a group of volunteers to serve food there on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. So here are the pictures of the Midnight Mission. I’m excited about this coming Sunday!

“America’s Funniest Home Videos: $100,000 Grand Prize Show”
I need at least 15 people for this!

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009
Call time: 11:00-3:00 p.m. ***our group will only get credit if you show up on time
Showtime: 11:30-9:00 p.m.

LOCATION: RALEIGH STUDIOS
1600 ROSECRANS AVE.
Manhattan Beach, CA
Download a map here
Download a flyer here

Please RSVP to volunteernigeria@usa.com, or through our Facebook event page:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139366457878

A head count and list of names  must be turned in prior to the date of the show for security reasons.

AUDIENCE PARKING / CHECK-IN : Free audience parking is available in the studio’s on-lot parking
structure. Go south on Redondo (from Rosecrans) and enter at the main gate Visitor Lane – on your
right at the end of Redondo.

DRESS CODE: The studio audience at AFV appears on camera, so please dress appropriately.
For Men: Shirts with collars and dress slacks. Ties and jackets are optional… but preferred.
For Women: Pant suits, dresses, skirts or slacks with dress blouses.
Please, NO jeans, tshirts, solid white shirts, tank tops, hats or clothing with large photos, words or logos.
CELLPHONES, CAMERAS or PAGERS are NOT permitted on stage! (If you bring these items, don’t worry, they have a check-in place for them with security to tag and hold for you)

Feel free to comment, email volunteernigeria@usa.com, or tweet me if you have any questions!

I will be participating again in this year’s AIDS Walk Los Angeles on Sunday, October 18!

This year marks the 25th Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles – the world’s first such event.  For more than two decades, teams have been an integral part of our success.   Please join us with your team as we commemorate a quarter-century of heartfelt strides and lifesaving progress.  Together, we will make AIDS history.

Here are some statistics that I found astounding:

• More than 1.2 million people in the United States are estimated to be living with HIV.
  [http://www.aidswalk.net/losangeles/]
• Around 67% of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa.
  [http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm]
• Nigeria alone had 280,000 HIV and AIDS-related deaths in 2008 and 350,000 fresh cases.
  [http://allafrica.com/stories/200908240597.html]

Sign up today and join 30,000 other Los Angeles participants as we fill West Hollywood Park in support of this important cause.  AIDS Walk Los Angeles is a 10-kilometer (6.2 mile) fundraising walkathon benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) in addition to dozens of other AIDS service organizations throughout Los Angeles County.

AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) is dedicated to: improving the lives of people affected by HIV disease; reducing the incidence of HIV infection; and advocating for fair and effective HIV-related public policy.

In 2008, AIDS Project Los Angeles…

• distributed 125,000 free bags of groceries
• performed 10,000 dental procedures
• created 700 housing plans for APLA clients
• provided peer support and safer sex education to 993 gay and bisexual youth
• distributed copies of their HIV prevention publications to more than 21 countries worldwide coordinated 27 meetings among people living with HIV/AIDS, HIV Advocates, and California Legislators’ offices during AIDSWATCH 2008

If you read up on what’s going on in Nigeria, you’ll realize that these three areas that the APLA focuses on are necessary in reducing the number of HIV/AIDS related deaths and to prolong the lives of those living with it.  Nigeria is struggling with this. But if we start in our respective communities we can be apart of the worldwide change and be better equip to help back home.  Our job is to bring awareness to our Nigerian community and show how we can be apart of the solution.

Please join Volunteer Nigeria! as we rep for Nigerians & Africans in the diaspora showing the world that we too care about this pandemic and want to be apart of the solution!

View our Team Page!

Join The Team Now By Clicking Here

Or, register by phone:

Call the AIDS Walk office at (213) 201-WALK (9255).
Let them know you are signing up to join Volunteer Nigeria – 1325

Please pass this message along to your co-workers, friends, and family!

They can all join the Volunteer Nigeria Team.

If you can not walk with us, but would like to make a donation to the Volunteer Nigeria team, please click here and make that donation online with a credit card.

You can sponsor any specific walker on the team or make a general team donation.

Thanks for reading and I hope I see you there!

Comment if you have questions