|
 On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, between 110 and 130 people attended the SCNA's hugely successful Meet and Greet with City Councilperson Paul Koretz, LAPD Captain Eric Davis and Senior Lead Officer Adam Green in the Carthay Center Elementary School Auditorium.
Special Thanks to:
Judy Bowen, who personally called and invited 160 people.
Kirstin Jarratt, who organized the event.
The members of the event committee:
Larry Bogatz, Kelly de Laat, Ron Sokoloff and Tim Tobin They worked tirelessly to co-ordinate th guest speakers, to publicize the event, obtain donations, purchess supplies, drive people to the event set up the room and clean-up!
David Hoekstra, Banquet Manager for Maggiano's at the Grove, for donating all the wonderful food.
Marco Tarantino, helped us get the auditorium permit. When the Los Angeles Unified School District would not accept the SCNA's check on the day before the event, he went to an ATM and advanced us the money!
John Darnell, City Councilperson's Field Deputy, for his hard work on a daily basis on our behalf and helping us schedule the event.
Councilperson Paul Koretz was originally scheduled to talk for fifteen (15) minutes. However, he was having such a good time answering our questions, he ended up staying for well over an hour.
Since we only had an hour and a half, we did not get to talk much about Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 and we put it over until the Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Public Board Meeting. The good news is that City Councilperson Koretz liked what he heard enough to indicate support for funding once we can demonstrate results. Further, representatives from the Carthay Circle Neighborhood Association and Carthay Square Neighborhood Association asked to work on that important safety program. |
