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Supporting Community Resilience

Happy Summer, everyone! This week Development Coordinator Jeremy Minter shares a behind the scenes look at one of the amazing community support projects Corpsmembers are working on this summer all over Los Angeles County. Dear Friends,

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Another First for the Corps

Dear Friends, Last week was another first for the Corps – our first Virtual Luncheon. As some of you may know the Luncheon is a tradition almost as old as the Corps and something we look

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Happy Earth Month!

Dear Friends, When the word conservation is in the name of your organization then naturally people are going to ask you, “How are you celebrating Earth Day?” Of course, we love to hear from partners and

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The First Days of Spring

Dear Friends, Once again, I am writing to you with a host of mixed emotions. I imagine you are feeling them, too. We have welcomed a new season, one of rebirth and renewal, and turned the

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Celebrating Our Educators

This week, I wanted you to get to know Da’Lana Walker and the amazing work she does running our After School Program. For over 2 years, this program has been an unsung hero at the Corps,

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Tree Ambassador Program: Request for Proposal

Download a PDF of this RFP  Services or Goods to be Procured: Urban Heat Island and Urban Tree Equity Community Engagement Program Design, Management, and Implementation for a “Tree Ambassadors” Program  RFP Issue Date: February 24,

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Read the LA Corps response to COVID-19

In the Press

2019

12.5.19 – Artist Brings Awareness to Nonprofit with “Promised Land” Paintings

12.2.19 – Project Spotlight: Food Waste Prevention & Rescue

11.21.19 – Heroic Youth Leaders are Treated to an Early Thanksgiving

8.29.19 – 9/28 National Public Lands Day

8.21.19 – NBA Star Russell Westbrook Joins Initiative to Promote Job Skills For At-Risk Young Adults

8.20.19 – NBA Star Russell Westbrook Joins Initiative to Promote Job Skills For At-Risk Young Adults (PEOPLE)

7.31.19 – 2019 YES Summit!

7.29.19 – Mattress Recycling Council Announces New Alliance with Los Angeles Conservation Corps and City of Los Angeles

7.25.19 – The River Corps is Back

7.15.19 – Mattress Recycling Council Announces New Alliance with Los Angeles Conservation Corps and City of Los Angeles

7.8.19 – LA Conservation Corps Re-Launches River Corps Program in Partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

7.2.19 – Project Spotlight: Baldwin Hills Trail & Storm Water Restoration Project

6.29.19 – LA Conservation Corps Spruces Up Boyle Heights Park (CBS 2 | KCAL 9)

6.29.19 – LA Conservation Corps Spruces Up Boyle Heights Park

6.23.19 – Community Aquarium Closes After 20 Years in Redondo Beach (NBC 4)

6.12.19 – From Momenta to movies and more: Reynolds senior participated in the Momenta Workshop in February 2019, taking a series of photographs for the L.A. Corps (Univ. of Nevada)

5.23.19 – Officials Seek Volunteers to Log Photos of Urban Critters Captured by L.A.-Area Wildlife Cameras (KTLA)

5.22.19 – Community improvement projects to beautify neglected streets of Westwood (Daily Bruin)

5.15.19 – NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Los Angeles Award $225,000 in ‘Project Innovation” Grants to Local Nonprofits (NBC 4)

4.26.19 – Go Green with the LA Corps

4.4.19 – ‘Smart’ Trash Cans Debut in Little Tokyo (Rafu Shimpo, LA Japanese Daily News)

3.1.19 – Corpsmembers LEAP Into Action

3.1.19 – Much to be Grateful for

3.1.19 – Bye Bye Mattress