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Lakewood Volunteer Day 2009 in pictures
 | Early on the morning of Saturday, April 25, more than 420 volunteers fanned out across the city as part of Lakewood’s annual Volunteer Day effort. The volunteers came from 28 community groups and businesses and worked on more than 27 sites helping neighbors and neighborhoods. Most of the projects aided elderly and disabled residents with work around their yard and home. The volunteer workers filled nine semi-truck sized dumpsters and nine smaller ones as they cleared the overgrown front and backyards. Full story |
Both Todd and Rynerson entered Lakewood’s story as volunteers, with a volunteer’s vision that something for their community needed to be done, and they were prepared to do it.
 Todd was a tireless advocate of municipal contracting, helping to form the California Contract Cities Association and advising other communities that sought to incorporate under Todd’s “contract city” plan. Rynerson was a League of Women Voters volunteer, one of the founders of Project Shepherd (Lakewood’s assistance program for families and seniors in need), and an alternate member of the Coastal Commission and the Metropolitan Transportation District regional advisory board.
They are Lakewood legends. Now that they are gone, who is taking their place in Lakewood’s ongoing story?
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 This is the first in a series of profiles and reports on the state of volunteerism in Lakewood leading up to the city’s 55th anniversary of incorporation in April 2009. |
 Project Shepherd needs donations and volunteers to make a difference this holiday season. To make the season brighter for those in need, Lakewood residents have generously given to Project Shepherd every year since 1973, when the Project Shepherd assistance program began.
Donations of food and toys, participation in the Project Shepherd Teddy Bear Tree program, and opportunities for volunteers are coordinated at the Burns Community Center. Call 562-925-7512 for more information.
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|  Do you want to become more involved in your community or protect yourself, family and property? If so, Neighborhood Watch is the program for you.
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|  The Lakewood Meals On Wheels program (MOW) has been making life easier for elderly residents and shut-ins of all ages since 1975. Today, MOW volunteers range in age from teens to seniors and help with everything from making sandwiches and packaging meals to driving and delivering meals to dozens of Lakewood clients. For more about volunteering or for more information about the Meals On Wheels program, call 562-925-8747, or use the Lakewood Online Volunteer Interest form.
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|  For years, Lakewood residents have heeded the call to help others. They show their concern for the community and neighbors by volunteering. There are many different opportunities to volunteer by reaching out and giving back to the community. This includes special opportunities for youth and seniors to get involved. Some volunteer opportunities are year round and some are seasonal.
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|  Volunteer coaching is a tradition dating back to the Lakewood of 1957. Volunteers were instrumental in making early Lakewood's parks programs a reality.
These volunteers are still the backbone of the Lakewood Youth Sports (LYS) program. For youth sports players, participation is a chance to experience fun competition and learn new skills in a supportive, safe environment.
This is the second in a series of profiles of Lakewood volunteers.
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|  Lakewood has many opportunities for teen volunteers with city park and human service programs, or in community and civic groups. Activities are a way to gain job experience or to help fulfill community service hours needed for school credit.
Neighborhood parks use volunteers to assist recreation leaders with duties such as crafts, sports field preparation, office work, and Special Olympics programs. The award winning "Teens in Lakewood Care" program needs teens to help provide free home maintenance to Lakewood residents who are physically unable to do the work themselves. Among other activites, they participate in the hundreds-strong Volunteer Day events each year.
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Click for volunteer applications at city personnel page
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|  The Lakewood community’s giving tradition is renewed every spring as hundreds of volunteers fan out across the city to participate in Lakewood Volunteer Day projects. Numerous community groups mobilize to help Lakewood residents in need. They’re a diverse collection of community groups, kids, and adults who roll up their sleeves and pitch in at work sites throughout the city.
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|  Lakewood's service groups regularly commit their energies to a broad range of service projects. Read on to learn more about the Lakewood Jaycees, Lakewood Lions Club, Rotary Club of Lakewood and Soroptimist International of Lakewood/Long Beach.
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|  Civic and long-standing non-profit organizations serve the City of Lakewood and offer a variety of volunteer opportunities for adults and youth.
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