Los
Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce (LAJCC) Charity Foundation
Together with its community partners, the philanthropic projects and programs of the LAJCC Charity Foundation affect more than 15,000 lives each year. The Northern Trust Open continues a tradition of giving back, strengthening individuals, families and their communities through innovative and responsive philanthropic programs.
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| American Heart Association Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana Child Care Information Services Children's Bureau of Southern California Create Now Direct Relief International Downtown Women's Center Everybody Wins Foster Family Picnic Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles Hostelling International I Have a Dream Foundation Inside Out Community Arts Junior Achievement L.A. Scores |
Learning Rights Law Center Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House Los Angeles Stage Alliance Los Angeles Watts Summer Games Los Angeles Women's Theatre Maternal and Child Health Access Meals on Wheels West New Economics for Women 1010 Development Corporation Pacific Asian Counseling Services Ready to Learn Reel Dreams for Youth Southwest Chamber Music Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation 24th Street Theatre Young and Healthy |
First
Tee of Los Angeles
The First Tee of Los Angeles teaches golf to underserved youth between the ages of 7 and 17 who would not otherwise have the opportunity to be exposed to the game. The Program instills the Nine Core Values™ of The First Tee: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment. While using TARGET Clinics and the Life Skills Experience™ as the curriculum, the program develops golfers by providing professional instruction, properly fitted equipment and affordable access to golf courses and practice facilities. As the youth progress through the program's certified levels: PLAYer, Par, Birdie, Eagle and Ace they learn how the skills essential for successful golf experiences can help them be successful in life. In addition, students are recognized for maintaining exceptional grades in school.
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Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development (RVLDP)
Founded by Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, the Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development Program (RVLDP) educates and trains young professionals for life-long service in the governance and leadership of nonprofit organizations. RVLDP participants contribute eight (8) to ten (10) hours per month to the program, including attending a 3-hour seminar with presentations by experts and consultants in the field of nonprofit governance. Each participant is also matched with a nonprofit organization where they gain experience and skills in board governance by participating on a committee or the board itself.
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The LA Watts Summer Games
Growing out of the Watts Riots, the inaugural L.A. Watts Summer Games were held in 1968 in the belief that through the spirit of high school athletic competition, better understanding and communications could be developed that would foster improved relations between young people of various ethnic, economic and geographic backgrounds throughout the city of Los Angeles. Since it's inception the L. A. Watts Summer Games have positively affected over 185,000 high school student athletes by emphasizing sportsmanship, positive achievement and interaction.
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Ready to Learn
The Ready to Learn Program is a monthly reading program designed to help first graders at 49th Street Elementary School improve their reading, develop a love of reading, improve English language skills and encourage school attendance. Volunteer LAJCC members give 4 hours monthly to read to the children, spend quality time with them, and serve as role models. In addition to reading with an adult LAJCC member, the students do an art project related to the reading, bringing in an element of fun. Each child receives a special "gift" and book to take home with them. Plans for expansion include taking the program to other schools, adding sessions at 49th Street, continuing the program with the same children as they matriculate to higher grades, expanding summer sessions to prevent summer learning loss and adding math/science components.
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Financial Literacy Program
The goal of the Financial Literacy Program is to teach at risk and underserved youth about personal financial issues that will enhance their lives. These include: how to save money; budgeting; use of credit cards; establishing checking accounts; preparing for the future and other subjects that will increase their chances for success. The other critical goal of this program is to support academic achievement and personal and social development, and to broaden the youth's outlook and plans for the future by exposing them to people, places and life-building/enhancing experiences. LAJCC is implementing the Financial Literacy Program in collaboration with Pan American Bank and the Watts Labor Community Action Committee in Watts.
Kid Fit
Childhood obesity is an epidemic that we need to stop, now. Kid Fit is a one-day event that includes physical activities and fun nutritional lessons to empower children to make the best decisions about their health. The day of fun will support not only the kids in underserved areas but also their families.