NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID LOS ANGELES, CA PERMIT NO. 30753 2830 South Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90011-2037 (323) 232-7653 • www.apch.org SAVE THE DATE December 7, 2011 Gala for the Children The Beverly Wilshire Please join us! Call (323) 904-4400 for details APCH Calendar OF EVENTS 2011 what when & where details get involved NOVEMBER Thanksgiving APCH APCH opens its doors to the community Calling all volunteers. 23 Community Dinner and All day providing healthy meals and fresh food to take Please email [email protected] Food Distribution home (including turkeys). DECEMBER Tree Lighting Ceremony APCH Join us for our Tree Lighting Ceremony and stay Bring an ornament and join the fun. 2 and Movie Night 5pm – 8pm for hot chocolate and Movie Night. Make sure to Volunteers needed, please email bring warm blankets for the whole family! [email protected] DECEMBER APCH Gala for the Children 6pm – 9pm Please join us for our biggest fundraiser of the For ticket and sponsorship information 7 The Beverly Wilshire year as we celebrate the success of APCH youth. please contact Rebecca Mizrahi at The most valuable resource young members includes tutoring, homework help and literacy programs. At 323-904-4400 or [email protected] people have is what’s inside of them - the other end of the age spectrum, we have a dropout recovery partner- DECEMBER Christmas Holiday 8pm – Midnight A hip and fun holiday party Visit www.apch.org for details that indomitable part of their spirit that ship with LAUSD, an SAT and higher education prep program, and a ro- 13 Toy, Book Skybar at one of the hottest spots in L.A. wants health, harmony and happiness. bust college scholarship program that sent 58 young women and men and Clothing Drive 8440 West Sunset Blvd Admission: one $20 toy or $20! West Hollywood, CA “Anyone from South Central can survive to college in September 2011; and we launched our vocational develop- and succeed, you just have to work three ment program in 2011. Along the way, we provide young people with DECEMBER Holiday Festival preparation APCH Help us decorate the Center and sort toys, Calling all volunteers. 20 books and clothing to be Please email [email protected] times harder.” So says Maynar, nourishment for the mind, distributed to South LA families 17 years old. body and spirit, including DECEMBER Holiday Festival APCH A fun and festive day for hundreds of To volunteer, email [email protected] Our job at APCH is to nurture WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE nutritious, fresh food and a 21 and Gift Distribution South Central families in need. that inner core and to help each DEVELOP THE MOST connection with the earth DECEMBER 23 APCH Holiday Break APCH Closed to Members member develop the strength, in our garden; athletics and – JANUARY 2 Center reopens Monday, January 2, 2012 skills, tools and motivation to VALUABLE RESOURCE team sports; visual, dance, 2012 what when & where details get involved overcome obstacles. music and media arts pro- MARCH Stars & Strikes 6pm – Midnight This is the APCH Leadership Council’s For ticket and sponsorship information IN THE WORLD APCH is a dynamic launch- grams; mental health and 14 Celebrity Bowling and Poker PINZ in Studio City annual fundraising event. Celebrities and guests please contact Scott Culbertson at Tournament take to the lanes and poker tables 323-232-7653 x238 or [email protected] ing pad to an atmosphere family counseling; and rites for a nonstop night of fun for a cause! where all things are possible, but there of passage programs for the transition into adulthood. MARCH Los Angeles Marathon Morning start time TBD If crossing the nish line after running or walking Please check our website or contact is a lot to do to prepare a young person for 17 and 18 and 5K Walk/Run 5K or 26.2 miles while helping APCH Scott Culbertson at 323-232-7653 x238 that moment of lift-o. As a multi-service sounds like something you want to accomplish, or [email protected] let us sign you up! organization, we approach the mission PLEASE USE THE ENCLOSED DONATION CARD AND APRIL APCH Spring Break APCH Closed to members. Contact Jerry Rodriguez at from many angles simultaneously. Early VISIT OUR WEBSITE TODAY FOR MORE INFO 2-8 Center reopens on Monday, April 9, 2012 323-232-7653 ext 239 or educational support for our youngest ON HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: APCH.ORG [email protected] if you have questions. APRIL Cinderella and APCH South Los Angeles teens learn about Donate dresses or suits 27 and 28 Prince Charming Project Hours TBD inner beauty and strength and outer generosity Volunteer by contacting Gilbert Radillo at OUR MISSION A Place Called Home is a safe haven in South Central and go home with fabulous dresses and suits 323-232-7653 ext 233 for Prom and Graduation. Los Angeles where underserved youth are empowered to take ownership of MAY Big Sunday APCH Calling skilled handy men and women Calling all volunteers. 5 (Even though it’s Saturday) 10am – 4pm to help beautify APCH. Volunteer today! Please email [email protected] the quality and direction of their lives through programs in education, arts, MAY GirlPower Awards Luncheon 10am – 1:30pm This event raises funds for For ticket and sponsorship information and well-being; and are inspired to make a meaningful difference in their 24 and Boutique Beverly Hills Hotel APCH GirlPower Project and other APCH please contact Rebecca Mizrahi at programs that inspire inner-city youth. 323-904-440 or [email protected] community and the world. WANT TO LEARN MORE AND GET MORE INVOLVED? CALL TODAY TO JOIN ONE OF OUR MONTHLY TOURS AT APCH. (323) 232-7653 ext. 208 changing the world starts at home INSIGHTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS OUR MIDSUMMER’S DREAM I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching re. The past year was a roller coaster of program BECAME A REALITY I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; activity, transitions, expansions, infrastructure To loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. construction, visioning and goal setting. A Place I choose to risk my signicance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, Called Home is an agency that is never lacking And that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit. in opportunity or ideas, requests for collabora- ~ Dawna Markova tions, or self-generated initiatives and it is one of the dynamics that makes this institution so alive and responsive to our In the coastal forests, giant redwoods, hundreds of years sharing of artwork with children across the nation. community’s needs. We wrapped up an amazing summer with atten- old, stand in circular groves whose roots are interwoven. Storms of unemployment, poverty and crime have left South dance of over 300 daily-- members participating in classes, workshops, When great winds come, or re races through the forest, Central battered, but not broken. The neighborhood’s young activities, and more than 80 eld trips celebrating the music, dance and Summer at APCH is always amazing. Summer 2011 was o the hook! exciting milestones of the 20th century. the trees hold each other up. So it is with people. Holding people need safety and support so they can enjoy healthy lives 86 eld trips (!!!) and a plethora of enrichment classes exposed hundreds This year our program sta engaged in numerous strategic planning of APCH summer members to decades of history, art, and culture. No, we each other and working together, we are stronger and more and develop into the leaders of tomorrow. At APCH, we are ex- session to determine how we can better serve our members, families didn’t have a time machine, but our summer theme was “Decades.” From resilient. panding our programs, and our young people are learning from and the community at large over the next one to three years. We look the end of June to the end of August, our members explored the music, art, Every day at APCH, young people are learning to tap into the redwoods–if we stand in a circle and hold each other up, forward to expanding our scholarship program, (this year we funded 58 politics, culture, food, fashion and technology of the twentieth century. It students at colleges around the country through our Shaheen Schol- their inner strengths and to develop vital life skills and tools we can survive the storms and continue to grow toward the sky. was a gas, man! (a colloquial expression from the 1960’s). arship program), and building a mentoring component to assist our Among our many eld trips: a weeklong surf camp, where members for the future. With empowerment comes new possibility, You, dear reader, can be a part of it by contributing your members in gaining life and social competency skills. We also plan to learned the fundamentals of riding the waves. Other standout watery eld new perspective and new courage to live life fully. time, talent and treasure. Please consider getting involved as continue the development of our new vocational development initia- trips included boating, sailing and shing, with a journey to Catalina Island This year we launched APCH SHARES, an initiative that a volunteer, a partner, or a board member. It’s a decision you tive, highlighted by our successful chef apprenticeship program with sponsored by board member, Marshall Wax.