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Entertainment Note of the Week

Notice in Los Angeles City Beat:

Green Dot Public Schools.

“Green Dot Ball.” Andy Stern, Eli Broad, and Oscar de la Hoya receive honors at the education reform foundation’s banquet; Wolfgang Puck caters. Griffith Observatory, 2800 E Observation Rd, Griffith Park. Info: (310) 899-9191 or Greendot.org. Mon at 7. $225.

From the Announcement on the Green Dot site:

Green Dot will honor our Champions of Great Public Schools. We would not be where we are today without them:

* Eli Broad: business and civic leader and philanthropist who has contributed over $14 million to Green Dot.

* Andy Stern: president of Service Employees International Union, who has supported the growth of Green Dot and the Los Angeles Parents Union, an organization of concerned parents pushing for the transformation of LA’s failing schools. He is fighting for better educational opportunities for children of SEIU members and the neighborhoods they live in.

* Oscar De La Hoya: boxer, businessman, philanthropist who has donated his name, land, funds, and time to build a Green Dot school in his home neighborhood of Boyle Heights.

* The Teachers of Green Dot: committed and hardworking professionals who prepare our students for college, leadership, and life.

Green Dot lists its supporters. Note that Bill Gates is involved, but apparently hasn't yet shelled out enough money to be honored.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

The Broad Foundation

The Wasserman Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

NewSchools Venture Fund

The Walton Family Foundation

Oscar De La Hoya Foundation

Weingart Foundation

Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation

Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation

Urban South Central Education Fund & Merrill Lynch


— Fundraising Highlights
Los Angeles City Beat
2007-10-21
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6376&IssueNum=229

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