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We are pleased to introduce the 10 finalists organizations that will present at the event on November 11! Alternates may present if one of the finalists is unable to attend the event.
Finalists:
A Window Between Worlds
City Hall Fellows
Compton Jr. Posse Foundation
Girls and Gangs
Giving Children Hope
Harmony Project
Imagine LA
Infrastructure Academy
Posse Foundation, Inc.
Shanes Inspiration
Alternates:
Growing Great
Reef Check Foundation
Showcase Participants:
Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting
Circle of Friends
Community Advocates for People's Choice
Free Arts for Abused Children
Get Lit - Words Ignite, Inc.
The Learning Garden
New City Public Schools
Proyecto Pastoral
Whole Child Foundation
And check out the class of 2008! These are the 10 finalists from last year’s Social Innovation Fast Pitch.
Award Winners
Everyone Deserves a Roof (EDAR)
www.edar.org
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Presenter: Peter Samuelson |
| $10,000 Grant Winner for Best Overall Presentation |
| Click here for more details and to watch EDAR's pitch video! |
| EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof), Inc. provides mobile shelters, functionally each a shopping cart that unfolds into a single-user, robust tent, to homeless people living on our streets. Each EDAR is a four-wheeled mobile unit that carries belongings and facilitates storage and recycling by day. At night, EDAR unfolds into a framed sleeping enclosure with a bed. |
Environmental Charter High School (ECHS)
www.echsonline.org
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Presenter: Kennedy Hilario |
| $5,000 Grant Winner for Pitch |
| Click here for more details and to watch ECHS's pitch video! |
| The mission of ECHS mission is to create lifelong learners and environmental “change agents”. We provide a college prep curriculum using a core environmental learning program, Green Ambassadors, to motivate students and to give them a reason to prepare for college. |
St. Barnabus Senior Services (SBSS)
www.sbssla.org
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Presenter: Martha Spinks |
| $5,000 Grant Winner for Innovation |
| Click here for more details and to watch SBSS's pitch video! |
| The mission of SBSS is to provide and promote a continuum of innovative services that empower a diverse community of elders to live well, feel well and age well—to do what all of us wish to do as we age: remain in our own homes and live as we choose. Among SBSS’ highly innovative programs are its Adult Day Health Care Center, specializing in the care of adults with chronic illnesses, including Alzheimer’s disease; the award-winning Cyber Café for Seniors; and social services contracts with property management companies to assist their elderly tenants to live independently. |
Other Finalists
Click name for more details and to watch the pitch videos
Academy of Business Leadership
Chrysalis
Intelligent Mobility International (IMI)
Iridescent
Kitchen Food Ventures Incubator (KFVI)
Project Possibility
Spirit Series |
