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Bravo! Neighborhoods get help with clean up, schools get help with programs

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Local volunteers help their neighbors

Residents of the Anaheim’s Balsam Curtis neighborhood woke up recently to see volunteers, clad in bright orange vests, with trash pickers and bags scouring their neighborhood. Thus continued what has become a semi-annual tradition sponsored by the Anaheim Rotary Club through Anaheim Beautiful’s Adopt-A-Neighborhood program.

  • Western High School students and their health teacher, Lonnie Smith, accepting a donation from Visit Anaheim and American Heart Association, Orange County Division, of CPR kits.  (Courtesy of Visit Anaheim)

  • Magnolia High School’s Interact Club help with Anaheim Beautiful’s last neighborhood clean up. (Courtesy of Carol van Ahlers)

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  • ELMO Education Foundation Secretary Melinda Bentley, Vice President Patti Figueroa, President Alma Massey, EL Modena Principal Jill Katevas and foundation Treasurer Danette Demont with the hydration station that was supplied to the school. (Courtesy of Alma Massey)

  • The CPR in Schools Training Kits donated to Western High and other Anaheim campuses can be easily wheeled between classrooms and can be reused multiple times. (Courtesy of Visit Anaheim)

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Representatives from several city departments including Anaheim Neighborhood Services, Code Enforcement and the Police Department, joined with Anaheim Beautiful and the Rotarians to collect trash along the streets of the neighborhood. Additionally, Superior Inc., a business member of Anaheim Beautiful, was on hand to rid the neighborhood of any graffiti found during the clean up.

This fall’s event, the second this year, saw a welcomed addition of volunteers from two of Anaheim Rotary’s high school Interact Clubs. Students from Katella and Magnolia High School offered up the early hours of their weekend to help.

— Submitted by Carol van Ahlers

Parents unite for the good of a school

A group of parents is working on making El Modena High School a better place for students.

They  have formed the ELMO Education Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to raising money for improvements around the campus and supporting educational endeavors. Their efforts are already paying off in the form of a new hydration station in the cafeteria.

The foundation also has partnered with the PTSA to buy an editing program for the school’s newspaper.

Additionally, the fund received a $1,000 donation from COX Communications whose employees painted curbs and benches on campus.

Now, the volunteers are running a “Have A Seat” campaign, which hopes to raise at least $120,000 to replace seating in the gym.

To find out more about the ELMO Education Foundation go to elmodenahs.org/about/elmo-education-fund.

More Anaheim schools receive CPR kits

Visit Anaheim, in partnership with American Heart Association, Orange County Division, donated eight life-saving CPR kits to Western and Loara high schools.

As part of the multi-year campaign, “Heart-to-Heart,” Visit Anaheim has pledged to provide each of the eight Anaheim Union High School District campuses with multiple of the American Heart Association’s CPR in Schools Training Kits.

In 2017, Visit Anaheim donated eight CPR in Schools Training Kits to Katella and Anaheim high schools. Now, Loara and Western were also gifted four kits each, eight in total.

The CPR in Schools Training Kit enables students to learn the lifesaving skills of CPR in just one class period. Plus, the kit teaches AED use and choking relief. The kit’s wheeled bag allows for convenient movement from classroom to classroom and easy storage. It’s also reusable – one kit can train hundreds of people.

According to the Orange County Health Profile, heart disease is the leading cause of death in Orange County.

— Submitted by Lindsay Miller

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