Official 'JUST LIKE YOU' Team Blog
Due to the strong interest from USC students to participate in our program, we have decided to launch a USC chapter for JUST LIKE YOU.
We hope to have a stronger presence on campus this Fall and we are going to be working with a larger number of partner schools in the USC area. Having a student organization will give our volunteers and interns an easy way to coordinate JLU efforts in the area.
Us at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development Public/Non-Profit Career Fair. We were a big hit! Looking forward to the semester!
A Big Thank You to Prof. Guillbert C. Hentschke (Cooper Chair of Educational Governance in the Rossier School of Education) for being our official USC advisor.
Fight On!
It was a fun-filled (very hot!) day with about 100+ kids aged 6-12 at the Boys & Girls Club of the San Fernando Valley.
Our "Global Playground" program uniquely combined education, nutrition and physical activity – the three components of a healthy, active lifestyle – brought together in a safe & positive place for kids.
Friendly game of "Dog and the Bone" from India.
Kids jumping during a Chinese stretching exercise.
Passports were given to all attendees, with proof that they had traveled to four continents in a single day.
The Walt Disney Company, the pioneer in entertainment for children and families, had employees participate in the fun and games as "VoluntEARS".
The Dole Food Company, the imminent proponent of health and nutrition and working in communities to promote proper eating and healthy living provided healthy snacks and refreshments for the event.
JUST LIKE YOU was in the Saturday, May 8th edition of the Los Angeles Times, the 2nd largest metropolitan newspaper in the country! The article was on the front page of the LATExtra portion of the paper and featured Oscar Mejia, an 11 year old enrolled in the JUST LIKE YOU afterschool program at Camino Nuevo.
The article explores the impact the program has on Oscar. Read the full article here: http://tinyurl.com/jluLATimes
Grassroots.org provides a series called "Faces of Change" profiling individuals within the non-profit community, asking the very important question: How do you create change?
Grassroots.org picked JLU co-founders Marie Herwig and Jerry Darko to profile this week.
See the whole article here!
Other non-profit leaders profiled include:
-- Jordyn Wells of Dosomething.org
-- Mike Watson of the Institute of Cultural Affairs
-- Jill Gurr of Create Now ... and others!
We are honored to be profiles alongside such great organizations making an impact in their communities.
We love Grassroots.org and recommend their wide range of services to all non-profits. Check them out!
Linda Livingtone, Dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, writes an inspiring article about Pepperdine's commitment to an education that stands on the principles of it's founder, George Pepperdine.
The university is committed to a business education that focuses on values such as integrity, stewardship, courage, and compassion.
The article titled "Higher Measure of Success" mentions JUST LIKE YOU and it's co-founder, Jerry Darko, Pepperdine alumnus '09.
Read the full article here: http://magazine.pepperdine.edu/index.php/2010/04/a-higher-measure-of-success/
