NORTH HILLS : Youth Program Gets to Use Van for Year
A North Hills youth program won’t have to scrounge for transportation anymore, administrators say, now that Rebuild L.A. has given it use of an eight-passenger van for a year.
The van is one of 100 donated to Rebuild L.A. by General Motors Corp. and Hughes Aircraft Co. to distribute throughout the Los Angeles area.
The Police Activity League Supporters, or PALS, youth program, picked up the van this week, said Ruben Lopez, community relations officer with the Devonshire Division of the Los Angeles Police Department and reserve coordinator for the youth program.
“That made my day,” said Officer Fran Briscoe, who is in charge of PALS Youth Center in North Hills. “We’re always trying to get a bus or van.”
Through the program, officers take youths on field trips to museums, businesses and sporting events, and try to get them involved in community projects such as cleaning up graffiti.
“It’s a program that benefits the community and people in the community,” said Geoffrey Harper, associate project manager with Rebuild L.A.
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