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 A Message from Jon Webb,
Chairman of the Board Overcoming the Barriers
to Success Tara Village Center
Receives Soroptimist Service Award Intergenerational
Program Established at Malabar Warwick Square
Scholarship Winners Announced Catalina Summer Arts
Camp Adventure Cox, Castle &
Nicholson Donate Computers Project Access Board
& Advisory Board Contact
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 On behalf of our Board of Directors and
staff we appreciate that you allow us to enter your world through the
medium of the Internet. I just wanted to use this opportunity to say a few
words about our non-profit organization, Project Access. Please take just
a moment of your time to learn more about us, and to see if you may be
interested in supporting our efforts.
Our vision is to "Provide families living in low-income communities with the tools they need to maximize their potential and achieve their dreams". One way we accomplish this is by partnering with existing community-based service providers -- with MOMS, for instance, to provide free pre-natal care to expectant mothers; with Orange County Human Relations to build community capacity and cultural understanding; to promote family wellness; and with the Santa Ana Unified School District to provide vital school readiness programs. Project Access is led by a distinguished Board of Directors and Advisory Board, the members of which are listed at the bottom of this newsletter. Please look these names over -- many may be friends or associates. We are now developing our organizational capacity by expanding and strengthening these Boards to include greater professional expertise, as well as the cultural and ethnic diversity that are necessary to serve the low-income families of Orange County. Many of you have already demonstrated an interest in creating affordable housing or assisting low-income families. I urge you to consider becoming involved with our organization, particularly if you have expertise in any of the following areas: marketing, public relations, volunteer recruitment, public affairs, finance, or program design and development. Please contact me or Michael Goodman, our Executive Director, if you would like to discuss how you can participate in our efforts, or if you know someone who could assist and support us in fulfilling our mission. With your help Project Access can continue to provide opportunities for the empowerment of low-income individuals, families, and seniors -- allowing them to achieve greater self-sufficiency and independence through access to health, education, and youth development services. |
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| Project Access is a nonprofit corporation that
creates opportunities for the low-income residents of affordable housing
communities to achieve greater self-sufficiency and independence through
access to health, education, and youth development services. Through the
creation of on-site learning centers, Project Access helps people to
overcome the barriers that keep them from these resources, giving them the
opportunity to maximize their potential and achieve their
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 The Tara Village Learning and Resource
Center and its director, Karen Carbajal, have been honored by Soroptimist
International of Cypress in recognition of their outstanding work in
assisting low-income families. The presentation of the Service Award,
which included a check in the amount of $850, noted Karen’s dedication in
establishing the learning center and its programs, and her tireless
efforts to provide the residents of Tara Village with opportunities for
growth and enrichment. |
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 Project Access has played a key role in the
creation of a new intergenerational program that provides academic
enrichment, arts, crafts, and sports activities for the youth of the
Malabar Apartments in Garden Grove. Initiated as a grass-roots community
effort by Barbara Barker and Ralph Laudenslayer that was supported by
Brookhurst Elementary School and funded by KDF Malabar, LP, the summer
activities will continue this fall as an after-school program on-site at
Malabar that will match retired seniors with dozens of children who are
eager to learn while having fun. |
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 Erik Ortiz and Maria Ayala will be receiving
scholarships of $1,000 and $500, respectively, toward their college
educations through a program funded by Warwick Square Associates, Ltd.,
and the Santa Ana Empowerment Zone. Erik credited the on-site learning and
resource center for helping him and his brother to do well in school. “I
never thought I would be the first person in my family to graduate from
high school and go into college”, he said. Maria also felt that her life
had been changed by the many enriching opportunities available at Warwick
Square; and, with her sights set on obtaining a Master’s Degree in
Counseling, she looks forward to helping others to succeed as well.
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 Project Access joined with Foundation for
Social Resources and the Catalina Island Performing Arts Foundation to
send eight children from Tara Village to summer arts camp at Emerald Bay
on Catalina Island. In addition to tent camping in the idyllic setting,
the children hiked and kayaked, learned to make crafts and play musical
instruments, and topped off their adventure by presenting a dramatic
performance on stage. |
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 The law firm of Cox, Castle & Nicholson has made a generous
donation of twenty-eight desktop and laptop computers to Project Access,
for the benefit of low-income families throughout Southern California.
This contribution will help both children and adults to enhance their
skills and their ability to participate in the Information Age.
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