Green Youth Movement Collaborates with West Hollywood Food Coalition to Feed LA Homeless

Contact:                                                                                               

Rochelle Maize

Media Representative

Green Youth Movement

Ph. 310 888-3367

Rochelle@GreenYouthmovement.org

LOCAL LA TEENS TAKE CHARGE TO GREEN OUR COMMUNITY
AND PROMOTE RECYCLING!

 Green Youth Movement Collaborates with

 West Hollywood Food Coalition to feed LA homeless

Nonprofit Greens Los Angeles’s
City Streets To Raise Environmental Awareness

Los Angeles, CA – January 7, 2011 – This Sunday, January 9^th, Los Angeles-based nonprofit, Green Youth Movement (GYM), will promote a different kind of recycling….RE-USING FOOD!  In collaboration with West Hollywood Food Coalition, several members of GYM have arranged to spend the evening working directly with The Food Coalition to help feed the homeless.  

As done in years past, the young members have found this a rewarding experience to be directly involved along with members of the Coalition to provide a hot, nourishing meal to the less fortunate in our community.

The Food Coalition RECYCLES food from all available sources in Los Angeles (hotels, restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, produce markets, caterers, film studios, etc), to provide the homeless with a continuing supply of the highest quality fresh food.  Our youth are committed to the three “R’s” (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), and find this an important element in giving back to the community.  The members have decided this is event to be an ongoing tradition. To take this event one green step further, the GYM members will be distributing warm clothing that they have RECYCLED form their own clothing drive.     

Chloe Mills, GYM’s President, has been instrumental in taking GYM to the next level. GYM was founded by LA’s Ally Maize who at 15, had a dream to implement environmental awareness programs in our school system “ I have personally witnessed the power of our youth with greener lifestyle choices.  We need to focus on personal responsibility,” says Maize.   We are now proud to announce the launch of our “Ambassador Program” in 2011.  GYM is reaching out to local schools to promote involvement and invite a representative from each school to become an active GYM member, contributing ideas to GYM on growth and concerns and also relaying a message of Environmental Conscientiousness to the student body encouraging and educating our youth on their ability to make a change. 

Both Ally Maize and Chloe Mills will be attending the event.

About The Green Youth Movement:

The Green Youth Movement (GYM) is comprised of students who are concerned about the environment.  As a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization, founded by Ally Maize at the young age of 15, GYM aims to educate kids and teens about environmental awareness, green living and sustainability.  Collectively, this age group can make a big difference in reducing environmental impacts for a brighter, greener future.  For more information and/or to get involved, please visit www.greenyouthmovement.org.

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*All press inquiries and follow up stories, please contact Rochelle Maize at Rochelle@GreenYouthMovement.org  or 310 888-3367