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Up-To-Date Information on www.tcwf.org TCWF’s website, www.tcwf.org, offers new features that include easier navigation, a site search and the latest information on our current priority areas: Diversity in the Health Professions, Environmental Health, Healthy Aging, Mental Health, Teenage Pregnancy Prevention, Violence Prevention, Women’s Health and Work and Health, as well as information about our Special Projects Fund. TCWF Grantees Attend Conferences
2000 Annual Report Available TCWF’s 2000 Annual Report features a cover story on the accomplishments of the Health Improvement Initiative grantees of the Population Health Improvement priority area. The report has been posted on www.tcwf.org in the publications section. Youth Share Experiences in National Magazine The winter 2001 issue of the Community Youth Development Journal features an article about the youth-led “wellness villages” of TCWF’s Children and Youth Community Health Initiative. The article focuses on the thoughts and experiences of youth involved in all phases of the grantmaking program, including those serving on the Initiative Advisory Committee. The article can be accessed by visiting the archives section of www.cydjournal.org. Violence Prevention Public Information Campaign The Choices for Youth Campaign is a new phase of the violence prevention public information campaign funded by a grant from TCWF to i.e. communications. To learn more about the campaign, visit www.preventviolence.org. Kudos Stewart Kwoh, board member, was honored as one of California Community Foundation’s “85 Unsung Heroes of the Nonprofit Community” in its 2000 annual report. In May 2001, Gary L. Yates, president and CEO, was elected treasurer of the Council on Foundations’ board of directors. In this capacity he will chair the audit and investment committee. Joan Hurley, director of grants administration, was profiled by Grants Managers Network, an affinity group of the Council on Foundations, in its winter 2001 newsletter. In March 2001, Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo, director of communications, was selected by California State University, Northridge, to receive an honorary membership in Kappa Tau Alpha, the national honor society in journalism and mass communications. In April 2001, Alicia Procello, program director, was appointed a commissioner to the Los Angeles County Health Facilities Authority Commission. Staff Updates TCWF recognizes the following staff for five years of service with the Foundation: Ruth Brousseau, program director, Mental Health priority area Cynthia Farley, assistant administrator Peggy Ericson Graham, executive assistant Frances E. Jemmott, program director, Women’s Health priority area Tawnya N. Lewis, program director, Violence Prevention priority area Bruce Minnich, information systems manager Melody Slotchin, receptionist |
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| INSIDE: Grantees Address Health Disparities Teens on track for medical careers Consumer education for rural elders Local advocacy for women’s health
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