Way back when, in 1996 when I started working for the Foundation, the very first grant that I recommended was for Para Los Ninos. (How can twelve years have gone by so fast?) All those years ago, it was a pretty small place – mostly day care and early childhood education for the families in the Skid Row area. Boy, has it grown!

Now they have two charter schools, after-school programs, classes and programs for adults, special programs for teens – and of course, day care and pre-school programs. Para Los Ninos is remarkable, and a lot of the credit goes to the terrific staff and administration. Many thanks are due to my friends there, Amy Schweiger, Evelyn Ramirez-Schultz and Blythe Cotton Maling (who recently retired to take care of her new daughter). Of course, I need to mention Miki Jordan who was the Woman-In-Charge at PLN for years (she’s now at Junior Blind of America) and the new and totally wonderful President, Giselle Acevedo.
                                   

We’ve been making grants and supplying books to Para Los Ninos for years – why don’t you help them, too? To make a donation, just click here to be directed to their website – you’ll be amazed at the scope of their programs. And don’t forget to tell them that we sent you!

                                         

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