GIVE Adopts JFK Middle College High School in Norco

The official partnership will encourage the exchange of ideas
between the nonprofit and the students, in an effort to promote
sustainability.
NORCO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
The Green Institute for Village Empowerment has adopted its first
school campus, John F. Kennedy Middle College High School, in an
attempt to help spread the message of sustainability to today's youth.

The adoption was formalized at a special assembly Thursday
involving several Corona-Norco Unified School District officials, more
than 600 students and GIVE founder, Ali Sahabi. This is the first
school adoption for both GIVE and the JFK campus.

"This is a wonderful adoption and very applicable to JFK," said
Corona-Norco School Board President Cathy Sciortino. "It reflects the
philosophies of John F. Kennedy, to 'Dream of things that never were,'
and I believe that GIVE embodies that idea."

Under the terms of the adoption, GIVE will educate JFK students
about sustainability, and the students will spread the message through
presentations they will make to elementary schools, said JFK Principal
Don Ward.

"This adoption is meant to be a people-people thing," Ward said.
"It's all about the positive exchange of ideas and collaboration."

GIVE is a nonprofit organization established in 2006 to promote
the concept of sustainability, a term used to define balance in the
way people live, how their choices impact the environment and others
in their community. Sahabi explained the concept at the assembly.

"We all make decisions every day that affect our future," Sahabi
told the students. "As we make these decisions, we need to be aware of
how our actions impact the people around us, and our environment."

Many students in the audience Thursday wore T-shirts they received
as volunteers at GIVE's Green Valley Earth Festival held in April at
Dos Lagos in Corona. Several stood up and applauded when Sahabi
finished speaking.

More than 300 JFK students have signed up as members of GIVE, and
the campus is the first high school to establish a student chapter of
GIVE, Ward said.

In addition to its educational outreach, GIVE is also the sponsor
of the Green Valley Initiative, (GVI), an economic development plan to
promote green technologies, renewable energy, alternative
transportation and sustainable lifestyles in the Inland Empire. Visit
www.greenvalleynow.org

GIVE
Ali Sahabi, founding chairman
951-667-6200
or
JFK Middle College High School
Don Ward, principal
951-738-2200

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