Norwood SchoolHealth & Peace Family Festival

Norwood Health & Peace Family Festival is a unique opportunity to provide health care and safety and available community resource information through interactive workshops while also providing a wide range of services.Numerous local service providers will be in attendance including USC School of Dentistry, St. John's Well Child Center, LA Child Guidance Clinic, Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments, and Peace Games, the school's violence prevention program. Fun, games and food for the entire famil

Norwood Health & Peace Family Festival

Responding to the continued need and concern for adequate and accessible health care and it's link to student achievement, the Norwood Healthy Start Program has planned a Health and Peace Family Festival. Numerous local health service providers will be in attendance, including USC School of Dentistry, St. John's Well Child Center, Esperanza Community Housing Corporation and many more. Services provided will range from dental screenings, immunizations, health insurance enrollment, and lead screenings. The day's events also feature a number of exciting children's activities highlighting Norwood Street School's Peacemaker Projects. Norwood Healthy Start is a school-based program that leverages resources of a collaborative of over 35 community organizations in an innovative service delivery model aimed at reducing barriers to learning. The program has a six-year successful track record serving the needs of Norwood students, families and community members and has developed a long lasting partnership with the entire school community.

WHAT: Norwood Health & Peace Family Festival is a unique opportunity to provide health care and safety and available community resource information through interactive workshops while also providing a wide range of services. Numerous local service providers will be in attendance including USC School of Dentistry, St. John's Well Child Center, LA Child Guidance Clinic, Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments, and Peace Games, the school's violence prevention program. Fun, games and food for the entire family. Music provided by KLVE 107.5 and Hot 92 JAMZ. At 12:30 a student-designed mural will be unveiled. The mural project is the culminating project of a unique collaborative of community partners that have worked together for the past year to improve the safety of the community surrounding Norwood. Collaborative partners include Norwood Healthy Start, Peace Games, KidWatch, City Attorney's Office, and LAPD. The mural was designed by second grade students and created by high school students from the Crenshaw Arts Production Klub and wall space was donated by Cater Craft (local business).

WHO:   Open to the public (1200 to 1500 attendance based on last year's attendance)

WHEN:   Saturday June 14th, 2003 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM

WHERE:   Norwood Street Elementary School
      2020 Oak Street (Oak Street near the intersection of the 10 and 110 Freeways)
      Los Angeles, CA 90007   
      213.748.3733

CONTACT PERSON:   
   Naya Bloom, Healthy Start Director    
            213.744-1639
   Marco Flores, ELL Coordinator
            213.748.3733

SPONSORED BY:
   Norwood Healthy Start             
   Councilman Ed P. Reyes, CD1   
   Peace Games               
   KidWatch
   California Assemblyman Fabian Nunez         USC Civic & Community Relations    
   Councilman Bernard Parks, CD8   
   Adams-Normandie Neighborhood Association
   West Adams Heritage Association