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April 2008

National Volunteer Month

April is National Volunteer Month and United Way is celebrating volunteers who are committed to ending poverty in Los Angeles County by working with homeless youth, encouraging kids to improve their math skills so they can graduate from high school and helping low-income families increase their income through the Earned Income Tax Credit. More...

Volunteer, Tomoko Brooks and LACER youth, Zach M.

May 2007

LACER announces new Executive Director, Linda Horner. More...

April 2007

Read an article on the production of 'Earth Pop' posted on the CRF Forum.

January 2007

Awarded the California Arts Council; Artists In Schools Grant

September 2006

Recipient of theHot Topic Foundation Grant

June 2006

   Aaroe & Associates

   Darden Restaurants

   Entertainment Industry Foundation

   PacifiCare Foundation

   Eisner Foundation

   Northrop Grumman Corp.

   California Arts Council



1995 ~ 2005

Celebrating

10 Years of Service

to the Youth of

Los Angeles!



"LACER is important to me because it has good classes that kids like. I wish LACER would never end. I like it so much because it is fun. Soccer is the best for me and also dance!”

Danny R., 7th grade



“LACER is important because I get to do fun activities and I get help on my homework. I also get to go to fun field trips. It is important because before I could not act in from of people, I would get shy, same thing with singing. Not now!”

Stephanie R., 8th grade



“LACER is important to me because I have fun and it's cool. I like coming to Basketball and to the Computer Lab. I see my friends and it its lots of fun. They give us free snacks and take us on field trips and it’s cool!”

Jonathan S., 8th grade

Calendar of Events

LACER's 9th Annual Spelling Bee!

Students across Los Angeles that attend LACER's four middle school after school programs will be participating in an exciting competition with prizes!

Semi-Finals:

May 5, 4:00 pm LeConte

May 6, 4:00 pm Irving

May 7, 4:00 pm King

May 8, 4:00 pm Bancroft

Finals:

May 15, 4:00-5:30 at King Middle School

[more at the Spelling Bee 2008 page]

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 11am

The International House of Blues Foundation/LACER

Make An Impression Recital

Featuring youth from the LACER programs at Irving, Bancroft, Hollywood and Fairfax led by guitarist Jerry Morales.

Made possible by a partnership with IHOBF.

April 23, 2008

Happy Birthday Shirley Temple!

ABC's "Good Morning America"

LACER's Hollywood Stars at LeConte Middle School in Hollywood, California celebrate Shirley Temple's 80th Birthday! [click here for video]

Last week, thirteen girls in LACER’s Hollywood Stars at LeConte M.S. were invited to participate in Shirley Temple’s 80^th Birthday celebration. The special tribute for the film legend, former United Nations Diplomat and U.S. Ambassador will be aired on “Good Morning America” April 23, 2008.

Check your TV listings and set your TiVo’s and VCR’s to record “Good Morning America”. Our wonderful theater girls sang “The Good Ship Lollipop”, “Happy Birthday” and taped a special message to her – all with a few moments of rehearsal. Hopefully, we will make it through the editing, as we are part of a very big group of young people from all over the U.S. celebrating Ms. Shirley Temple Black.

[click here for video]

LACER @ Fairfax High School and JazzAmerica Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month

April 13, 2008

Catalina Bar & Grill