Toyota Environmental Protection Aid Program for China's Youth Hands Out Awards

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) appear today on its website http://www.toyota-media.com that the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (Chinese Communist Youth League - CCYL), the All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) and TMC handed out today the 2007* awards for the Toyota Environmental Protection Aid Program for China's Youth at a celebration captivated at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Brussels, Belgium -- A absolute of about 150 humans abounding the awards ceremony, including ACYF executives, Chinese government admiral and Toyota representatives.

TMC Senior Managing Director Akira Sasaki, who oversees Toyota's operations in China, said in his abode to the attendees: "The admirable projects of the awardees are accepted to accord abundantly to ecology aegis in China."

This year's awards were presented beneath the theme: "Everyone's world, everyone's responsibility". More than 270 proposals were submitted from above China, of which the panel, comprised of Chinese experts on ecology aegis and journalists specializing in ecology topics, called one angle to accept the Toyota Special Award, 10 proposals to accept appropriate abutment and 20 proposals to accept a appropriate commendation. Award winners accept grants for their ecology aegis activities and are accustomed the befalling to biking to Japan on a abstraction trip. TMC has provided 3.5 actor Chinese yuan (approximately 50 actor yen) for anniversary year, for the accomplished three years.

The Toyota Special Award went to a activity accepting agitated out at 100 archetypal schools and their surrounding communities appointed by the Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences. The activity involves the administering of educational activities for activity attention and emissions reductions and efforts to accession acquaintance of ecology problems.

The action of the Toyota Environmental Protection Aid Program for China's Youth, which was accordingly accustomed by the ACYF, the CCYL and TMC in July 2005, is to accost accounting proposals for ecology aegis activities from China's adolescence and to action abutment to the best proposals. Toyota has connected to conduct amusing addition activities throughout the world, absorption on the three areas of ecology protection, cartage assurance and animal assets development. For ecology aegis in China, in accession to the Toyota Environmental Protection Aid Program for China's Youth, Toyota is implementing afforestation programs to action desertification. Meanwhile, in the across of cartage safety, Toyota conducts traffic-safety educational contest for the accepted accessible in accord with the Chinese Ministry of Public Security. Further, in adjustment to advance animal assets development, Toyota has accustomed the Toyota Study Assistance Fund and a analysis centermost in accord with the School of Public Policy & Management at Tsinghua University. Toyota aims to be a acceptable accumulated aborigine and affairs to abide accidental to Chinese society.

*Unless acclaimed otherwise, the year mentioned is the budgetary year from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008.

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CASA of Cook County Launches a New Initiative Helping Older Youth Who are Preparing to Age Out of Foster Care

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Cook County presents "Filling the Gaps: Creating Stepping Stones to Success for Older Youth," a appointment ablution its new initiative, Creating Independent Transitions for Youth (CITY). The appointment is appointed for Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in Chicago. The featured apostle will be Dr. Amy Dworsky, Senior Researcher at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Filling the Gaps: Creating Stepping Stones to Success for Older Youth National Review of Policies and Program Supporting Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth.

Chicago, IL -- Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Cook County presents Filling the Gaps: Creating Stepping Stones to Success for Older Youth, a appointment ablution its new initiative, Creating Independent Transitions for Youth (CITY). The appointment is appointed for Tuesday, April 14, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the UIC Forum amid at 725 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608.

The featured apostle will be Dr. Amy Dworsky, Senior Researcher at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Dr. Dworsky will altercate "National Review of Policies and Program Supporting Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care" and "Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth."

Filling the Gaps: Creating Stepping Stones to Success for Older Youth is a chargeless event, acknowledgment to a acceptable admission from the Louis R. Lurie Foundation. Registration is accessible at http://www.casacookcounty.org

Because Every Child Deserves a Safe Permanent Home

About the CITY Initiative
There are about 3,000 abused and alone adolescence age 16 and earlier in the Child Protection Division of Cook County Juvenile Court.

CASA of Cook County developed CITY in acknowledgment to the alarming amount of abused and negelcted adolescence in Cook County who are advancing to age out of advance affliction after abiding homes and support. CITY recruits, trains and supervises advance Advocates to plan with advance adolescence age 16 and earlier to appraise their alone needs and determine-with the abetment of the cloister and all complex parties-the casework and accoutrement bare to reflect anniversary adolescent person's alone goals of independence. Volunteers adviser the youth's accepted active bearings for assurance and account and advice adolescence reconnect with continued ancestors associates in adjustment to advance abiding admiring relationships.

Youth account from accepting a CITY Advocate in assorted ways. Because anniversary advance is assigned to alone one case at a time, the adolescence accept the alone absorption they deserve and are able to body a dupe accord with their volunteer. Through approved and absolute advice amid the adolescence and Advocate, the youth's wants, needs and desires for their approaching are acutely announced to the court. Most importantly, adolescence activate to accept how to advocate for themselves and how to become successful, advantageous associates of their communities.

About CASA of Cook County
For about 25 years, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Cook County has been allowance abused and alone accouchement complex in the Juvenile Court and advance affliction arrangement of Cook County. CASA of Cook County provides caring advance advocates to accomplish a life-long aberration for children.

Advocates are appointed by a adjudicator and assigned to one case at a time, confined as an absolute articulation for abused and alone accouchement in court. Volunteers advocate for safe, abiding homes for these accouchement to breach the aeon of bribery and neglect. CASA volunteers advice ensure that accouchement accept adapted casework and analysis by apart ecology a child's situation, anecdotic association resources, and accommodating in the cloister process.

For added information, appointment http://www.casacookcounty.org

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20th Annual 'Salute to Youth' Dinner & Benefit Auction Featuring Retired NASA Astronaut, Story Musgrave To Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland BGCO Youth of the Year 2009 Erica Murray to be Honored

Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland will host its 20th Annual "Salute to Youth" Dinner & Benefit Auction, presented by The Whalen Family Foundation and Athens Administraters, on Saturday, May 2, 2009, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the breathtaking Greek Orthodox Cathedral, amid at 4700 Lincoln Avenue in Oakland. The accident will affection retired NASA Astronaut, Story Musgrave, as able-bodied as the anniversary of the Club's 2009 Youth of the Year, Erica Murray. All gain will account the adolescent humans served by Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland.

-- Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland will host its 20th Annual "Salute to Youth" Dinner & Benefit Auction, presented by The Whalen Family Foundation and Athens Administraters, on Saturday, May 2, 2009, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the breathtaking Greek Orthodox Cathedral, amid at 4700 Lincoln Avenue in Oakland. The accident will affection retired NASA Astronaut, Story Musgrave, as able-bodied as the anniversary of the Club's 2009 Youth of the Year, Erica Murray. All gain will account the adolescent humans served by Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland.

The anniversary will cover abide and bashful arrangement items featuring a amount of different items and affected cuisine. The accident is aswell accurate by top-level sponsors including The Men's Wearhouse, Bank of the West, Ted Buttner, Buty & Curliano LLP, The Clorox Company, Bank of America, Performance Contracting Group Inc, Ed & Ann Bartlett, Buttner Properties Inc., Sid Ewing, Veronica Fauntleroy, Gill's Electric Co, Larry & Ellen Keeshan, Merrill Lynch and Orinda Rotary. Sponsorships alignment from $1,500 to $15,000 are still accessible and alone tickets are $150 each.

The featured apostle of the accident is Story Musgrave, one of NASA's a lot of accomplished astronauts. Story Musgrave is one of NASA's a lot of accomplished astronauts. With a 30 year career spanning the Apollo era of the 1960s appropriate through to the Space Shuttle affairs of the 1990s, he is the alone astronaut to accept aureate on all 5 Space Shuttles.

Story retired from NASA in 1997. Today he shares his abounding different adventures through performances above the USA and internationally. His recreational interests cover flying, photography, scuba diving, parachuting, agronomical and running.

The Youth of the Year program, which is administered by Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and has been nationally sponsored by the Reader's Digest Foundation back 1947, recognizes outstanding contributions to a member's family, school, association and Boys & Girls Club, as able-bodied as claimed challenges and obstacles overcome. Each abatement Boys & Girls Clubs of America's National Youths of the Year are installed by the U.S. President during a celebration in the Oval Office.

2009's Youth of the Year is Erica Murray -- a 13-year affiliate of Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland's Ossian E. Carr Branch who becoming Youth of the Year continuing for her Clubhouse, again went on to win the all-embracing 2009 Youth of the Year account for BGCO, and was called one of 3 Northern California finalists who vied for the celebrated California State Youth of the Year appellation in Sacramento on March 11, 2009.

With roots in the Elmhurst District of East Oakland, Erica is a chief at Hayward's Tennyson High School. She is aswell a affiliate of BGCO's Junior Staff and considers the Staff and her adolescent Club associates "my additional family". Her alley to acceptable the 2009 BGCO Youth of the Year included outstanding contributions to her family, school, community, and her Boys & Girls Club with according application for her bookish arete and the claimed challenges and obstacles she has overcome. According to Ms. Diana Vazquez, Erica's Counselor "Erica has done abundant and is on the principal's account cycle (GPA 4.0)."

For Erica, "family is the a lot of important affair in life. One of the above things that I can accord to my ancestors is accessory a university, afraid with my goal, and commutual all four years. I ambition to appearance my ancestors that I accept value, that I plan to brainwash myself, and that I would do whatever it takes to accomplish my dream in education." Erica, a June, 2009 top academy graduate, has been acclimatized to California State University - East Bay. With added academy options pending, she affairs to accomplish her final academy alternative by aboriginal spring.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland's mission is to advance our community's adolescence into absolute contributors to society. Now in its 70th year, the Club continues to accommodate safe places to apprentice and grow, opportunities for advancing relationships with caring developed professionals, life-enhancing programs, and added appearance development adventures anniversary year for over 2,500 boys and girls, ages 6 to 17. The alignment supplements the endeavors of our families and our schools, and affairs to serve a minimum of 5,000 Oakland adolescence in the abreast future. Please appointment our website to apprentice added about our mission and programs www.bgcoakland.org.

For those absorbed in advocacy or admission information, amuse acquaintance Vicki Cosgrove at 510-444-8211 x 13.

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