Notable Achievers in Your Community : Lopez to Head Program for Volunteers
Carlos Lopez of Van Nuys has been named head of the Traditional Volunteer Involvement Program at the Volunteer Center of San Fernando Valley. Lopez had previously spent four years in the Community Service Program at the Volunteer Center, which matches prospective volunteers with nonprofit agencies in need of their services.
The Volunteer Center of San Fernando Valley, in partnership with JC Penney, recognized two area residents recently with Golden Rule Awards for achievement in volunteer community service. Barbara Perkins of Sylmar was honored for spearheading the community outreach efforts of the National Council of Negro Women. Gerhard Henschke of Van Nuys was honored for devoting nearly 10,000 hours to teaching, nurturing and talking with children at Victory Boulevard Elementary School. Both won trophies and $1,000 for the nonprofit groups they serve.
Sandra Lampert of Studio City, instructor of family and consumer studies at Mission College, was part of a 40-member delegation from the American Society on Aging who traveled to China recently to attend a seminar, “The Chinese Response to Aging,” conducted by the China National Committee on Aging.
Roosevelt Junior High School Assistant Vice Principal Jerry Watson accepted a $10,000 donation from the Glendale Galleria shopping center recently for the school’s Varsity Coaches Program. The program, a partnership with the Boy Scouts, operates in six junior and senior high schools in Glendale. The program selects students who are trained and hired to coach 20-student teams, which compete in sports, school service, career opportunities and community service.
The 87-member Woodland Hills Rotary Club was named the No. 1 club in its district, which extends from Mammoth southward to the Santa Monica Mountains, at the Rotary’s District Conference in Laughlin, Nev. The Woodland Hills members were honored for work with such groups as L. A. County Foster Children, the Pacific Lodge Home for Boys, Haven Hills Home for Battered Women, El Camino and Taft high schools and the West Valley Food Pantry.
The Verdugo Hills Mental Health Center in Glendale, a nonprofit provider of comprehensive treatment services, has named three area residents to its board of directors: Charles Chatham, owner of Creative Writings by Chatham and president of the Jewel City Kiwanis of Glendale; Karl Kniceley, a Lutheran clergyman who is president of the Unihealth America Foundation in Burbank, and Dan Johnson, a broker with Glendale Insurance Agency Inc.
Leroy Gibbs of Canoga Park, husband of the late Camille Gibbs, has donated $2,500 for scholarships to help students at Pierce College in Woodland Hills. The donation goes into the Camille Gibbs Fund, established in 1990 to honor the slain Pierce College adult education student.
Nikki Anderson of Northridge, Dolly Greene of Calabasas, Arielle Loewenstein of Northridge, Kristy Lovegren of Woodland Hills and alternate April Harmon of West Hills have been selected by the Girl Scouts to attend a summer cultural exchange of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in Sweden. Two local merchants are helping to defray the girls’ travel costs. The El Torito restaurant on Tampa Avenue in Northridge will donate 25% of every food check between 9:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 27, and Pro Ed Inc. of Chatsworth, a distributor of beauty salon products, is raffling a basket of beauty products. To buy a ticket, send checks made out to Scouts to Sweden ’93 to Pro Ed, 9019-F Oso Ave., Chatsworth, 91311. A drawing will be held on June 27.
Nancy Hoffman, program director for the Mid-San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed executive director of the organization. Hoffman assumes the duties of Albert A. Corriera, who is retiring.
Valley People recognizes noteworthy accomplishments. Please address candidates to Valley People, Los Angeles Times, 20000 Prairie St., Chatsworth 91311. Or you can fax them to (818) 772-3338.