BEAUTY WITHIN ~ TEEN ESTEEM ™

While Earth Day is officially on Wednesday, April 22nd, many of our communities are taking the coming month to celebrate and raise awareness for Earth Day. I encourage you to volunteer for a local environmental organization, hike one of the trails in the Santa Monica Mountains, start a recycling program at your school or workplace, and attend one of these community Earth Day Events. City of Calabasas Earth Day Celebration/Green Expo Saturday, April 11 from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Las Virgenes Creek on Agoura Rd. For more information: http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/earth-day.html City of Santa Clarita Earth Arbor Day Saturday, April 11 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central Park, 27150 Bouquet Canyon Rd. For more information: http://greensantaclarita.com/ Earth Day Open House at Chatsworth Nature Preserve Sunday, April 12 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Chatsworth Nature Preserve, enter the park through the chain-link fence gate on Valley Circle Blvd., just s...

Giving teens the opportunity to excel is just one more way that you can support the next generation and build tomorrow’s leaders today. Nominate Now! for the Coca-Cola Pay It Forward Academy, plus a $5,000 scholarship. Every teen has a gift. The true measure of a teen’s talent can’t always be captured on a paper test – that’s why Parents have to keep their eyes and ears open to help their teen find that talent to not only excel at, but also love and enjoy. Because after all, work isn’t work if you’re doing what you love. One of the biggest challenges college-bound seniors face is figuring out how to pay for school. Applying for scholarships should be one of the first steps in their search. However, scholarship myths continue to flourish and need to be dispelled. Don’t count yourself out just because you are not the valedictorian, class president, or star athlete. There are scholarships available for many interests, backgrounds, and abilities. The bottom line is – AP...