AYF MOBILIZING YOUTH TO BEAUTIFY STREETS OF LITTLE ARMENIA IN HOLLYWOOD
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2011 - 10:02 AMT
For the eighth consecutive year, the Armenian Youth Federation is
mobilizing the youth throughout California for a massive one-day
effort to beautify the streets of Little Armenia in Hollywood.
On May 7, the 8th Annual Little Armenia Beatification Project will
take place beginning in the courtyard of the Rose and Alex Pilibos
High School. Hundreds of volunteers are expected to take part in this
year's Project.
The event, organized by the AYF's Hollywood "Musa Dagh" Chapter, is
put together in conjunction with Los Angeles City Council President
Eric Garcetti's office, as well as the office of California State
Senator Kevin de Leon, to help revitalize the streets of this densely
populated district of East Los Angeles.
Over the past 8 years, according to the Los Angeles Sanitation
Department estimates, the Project has been resulted in the collection
of more than 25,000 pounds of trash. side from cleaning up Little
Armenia, the project also seeks to unify Armenian youth from local and
surrounding neighborhoods around common goals and a shared community,
Asbarez reports.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2011 - 10:02 AMT
For the eighth consecutive year, the Armenian Youth Federation is
mobilizing the youth throughout California for a massive one-day
effort to beautify the streets of Little Armenia in Hollywood.
On May 7, the 8th Annual Little Armenia Beatification Project will
take place beginning in the courtyard of the Rose and Alex Pilibos
High School. Hundreds of volunteers are expected to take part in this
year's Project.
The event, organized by the AYF's Hollywood "Musa Dagh" Chapter, is
put together in conjunction with Los Angeles City Council President
Eric Garcetti's office, as well as the office of California State
Senator Kevin de Leon, to help revitalize the streets of this densely
populated district of East Los Angeles.
Over the past 8 years, according to the Los Angeles Sanitation
Department estimates, the Project has been resulted in the collection
of more than 25,000 pounds of trash. side from cleaning up Little
Armenia, the project also seeks to unify Armenian youth from local and
surrounding neighborhoods around common goals and a shared community,
Asbarez reports.
From: A. Papazian