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News Release
LMU Nominates KidsTalk for Connect LA Business Award and Wins
KidsTalk Productions Inc., nominated by Loyola Marymount University,
received the Connect LA Business Award at a reception at the Cathedral
of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles on July 21.
For the past five years, KidsTalk has worked with more than 100 LMU
students and has contributed, through those students, approximately 1000
hours of community service to the greater Los Angeles Community.
"KidsTalk is a continuous accomplishment with the help of LMU students
helping other youth that are less fortunate," said Ninon de Vere De
Rosa, founder, host and producer of KidsTalk. "The students are
demonstrating their incredible ability to give back to the Los Angeles
community."
Founded in 1996, KidsTalk is a nonprofit organization that provides
media programming and youth training programs that encourage young
people to play active roles in their communities. Collectively, KidsTalk
has contributed more than 50,000 hours of service in a 10 year span that
has affected young people and their families.
The most notable program of KidsTalk is A Second Chance, which is a
Juvenile Hall Outreach program that gives incarcerated youth access to
community, educational and business resources prior to their release.
LMU student volunteers served as mentors at these Juvenile Hall events
and also have volunteered with the TV talk show, "Voices of Tomorrow,"
with studio production, lighting, editing, sound and public relations.
Connect LA is an organization designed to bring together nonprofit and
corporate leaders to look at ways to address the challenges facing
community-based organizations in the Los Angeles area. The business
award is given to an organization that contributes and bridges the gap
between the business and service community in Los Angeles.
News Release
LA County Probation & Youth
Non-Profit Partner for Juvenile Hall Career Event
Los Angeles, CA. Aram Nadjarian, a recipient of the 2005 Donald Strauss
Public Service Scholarship, has received $10,000 in funding to develop
and implement a youth outreach program in Los Angeles County juvenile
halls. His work with a Los Angeles non-profit, KidsTalk Foundation has
enabled him to present a program geared at giving youth a chance at
success. Following a successful career fair and outreach program in 2004
called “KidsTalk Make A Difference Day,” the Los Angeles County
Probation Department and KidsTalk are pleased to bring a new career
connections event in 2006! The event is called the Juvenile Hall Career
Fair that will allow young people in the juvenile justice system to have
access to career, trade, and technical opportunities made available to
them after their release from juvenile hall. In addition, one-on-one
resources will be provided to them, helping them realize their future
can be brighter after their release.
KidsTalk Foundation, Inc. & LA County Probation
are pleased to present the following program:
“A Second Chance: Juvenile Hall Career Day”
On
April 7, 2006 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Central Juvenile Hall | Downtown Los Angeles
Our target audience will include students between the ages of 16 and 20,
who reside in underrepresented areas of Los Angeles. Thus, we have
partnered with the Los Angeles County Probation Department and Central
Juvenile Hall in order to have our event in their facility. It is our
goal to involve community and trade technical colleges present along
with major universities in Los Angeles. Media wishing to attend the
event should call the LA County Probation Department’s Public
Information Office, Mr. Kenneth Kondo: 562-940-2858.
Event not open to the general public.
News Release
KidsTalk Foundation, Inc.,
a Los Angeles Youth Outreach Nonprofit, in the News
Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 2006 - KidsTalk Foundation is celebrating
its 10th anniversary of providing young people from the inner city and
beyond a voice in society through the media and educational programs in
juvenile halls, universities and across the globe with our newest
program in Africa. Recently, KidsTalk is once again featured in the
media in Southern California, highlighting the work that it does in
changing young lives throughout the world on a daily basis. Please click
the link below for more information:
http://www.mylocalnews.com/nws/index.php?/main/content/benefit_will_raise_funds_for_african_orphans/
About KidsTalk Foundation, Inc.
KidsTalk Foundation, founded in 1996 by Ninon de Vere De Rosa, KidsTalk
is an organization that gives young people a voice in society through
educational programs, juvenile hall outreach, global assistance, and its
hit television talk show, Voices of Tomorrow, which airs on the Los
Angeles Channel 36 Educational Station and the Beverly Hills Channel 6
station to more than 2 million viewers in Southern California on a daily
basis. Hosted by Ninon, who is also the show's Executive Producer, it
revolves around a new topic every day that allows young people to
reflect on issues that affect them in their daily lives. With topics
ranging from Teens and Gangs, to Teens and the Media, Kids with Cancer,
Life in Juvenile Hall to even Movie Star Teens, KidsTalk Voices of
Tomorrow covers a broad spectrum in providing quality educational
programming aimed at the younger generation and their families. To date,
and with a total of approximately 400 shows produced, the show has
garnered a total of 70 awards, including 20 Telly awards, one of the
television industries highest honors.
News Release
KIDSTALK PRODUCTIONS, INC.
RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS BUSINESS AWARD
KidsTalk Productions, Inc. & Founder Ninon de Vere De Rosa receive
honors for service and support of the Los Angeles Community
LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2006 – KidsTalk Productions, Inc., founded in 1996
by Ninon de Vere De Rosa, has been named the recipient of the Connect-LA
Business to Community Connections Award for 2006. In its fourth year,
this program highlights the accomplishments of small and medium-sized
businesses around Los Angeles that exemplify businesses who work with
communities in forming long-lasting bonds in service and volunteerism.
This marks the 70th award that KidsTalk has received in its 10 year
history. KidsTalk is an organization that aims to give young people a
voice in society through educational programming, media training, and
community-building programs. This award was given to KidsTalk for its
work with local non-profits, and most recently, its partnership with
Loyola Marymount University through a Juvenile Hall outreach program in
Los Angeles county, where LMU students volunteered with KidsTalk in
serving these youth.
The award will be presented to Ninon de Vere De Rosa at a special
breakfast at the Los Angeles Cathedral. For more information please
contact Mr. Richard Diaz at 213-989-2151.
