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

    08 Jul 2019
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LA Conservation Corps Re-Launches River Corps Program in Partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Local Young Adults Take on Conservation of LA River Los Angeles—–July 8, 2019—–The LA Conservation Corps (LA Corps) has received a grant of $98,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to engage at-risk young adults in the River Corps program, a...
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  • The LA Conservation Corps Celebrates the Legacy of the SEA Lab.

    05 Jun 2019
    For Immediate Release The LA Conservation Corps Celebrates the Legacy of the SEA Lab The beloved Redondo Beach attraction closes its doors. Redondo Beach——June 4, 2019—— The LA Conservation Corps announces that the SEA Lab will be closing at the end of June 2019. For more than 20 years, the SEA Lab has greeted hundreds of thousands of school-aged students...
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  • Go Green with the LA Corps

    26 Apr 2019
    Thanks for attending the Spring Luncheon From the green hardhats, to the trees we plant, our Corpsmembers are helping Los Angeles go green every day. Thank you for standing behind our Corpsmembers and supporting our nonprofit mission. You are a part of the Corps family. We hope you will carry our stories out into the world and help us create...
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  • The LA Conservation Corps 2019 Annual Spring Luncheon Honors Sean Burton, CEO Cityview, 2019 Corps Champion and Lime, Corporate Partner of the Year

    26 Mar 2019
    Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti to deliver keynote address LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA, USA, March 26, 2019 The LA Conservation Corps announces its Annual Spring Luncheon celebration to benefit the Corps and the Russell Kanter Next Steps Fund. Anyone who has attended this event in the past knows that passion and emotion run high at the Annual Luncheon. If...
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  • Bye Bye Mattress

    01 Mar 2019
    Have you ever noticed mattresses piling up near trash bins and wondered where they should go? Well, our San Fernando Valley area Corpsmembers just kicked off a new pilot project in partnership with the Mattress Recycling Council and CalRecycle–its Bye Bye Mattress. Once mattresses are collected by LA Sanitation, Corpsmembers load them into a transfer trailer for recycling purposes instead...
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  • Much to be Grateful for

    01 Mar 2019
    We have so much to be grateful for as we look back at our 2017-2018 Fiscal Year in our new Gratitude Report. Most importantly, we thank our Corpsmembers and we thank you for being a critical part of the Corps. Find out how your impact has spread across our communities.

  • Corpsmembers LEAP Into Action

    01 Mar 2019
    A group of about 40 Corpsmembers in our Clean & Green Program were the first to experience the new LEAP initiative, launched earlier this month. LEAP, or the Learning Environmental Awareness Program (named by a Corpsmember in a naming contest), is the new environmental education and field studies program that Corpsmembers will participate in once a week for two-hour immersive...
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2019

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

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)

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

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Audio

8.28.18 – Upswell Podcast / Episode 2 / Michele Hodges and Wendy Butts (at 17:45)  LISTEN HERE

2.4.18 – LA Conservation Corps CEO Wendy Butts on KPFKs Experience Talks

8.5.17 – LA Conservation Corps CEO Wendy Butts on Open Line

9.30.17 – Open Line Highlights the Corps New Technologies Program

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