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Actually, it's not a lake at all. This is Swift Creek Reservoir. My parents happen to live right next to it, so I made the most of my weekend visit to their house by getting up early on Sunday morning for a little photography. The area surrounding the reservoir is very heavily developed (there's a house out of the frame to the left, and I was actually standing in someone's backyard when I took this), but there are still bits of it that look mostly untouched.
This is very dear to my heart. I received my gift catalog today and thought I would share. No matter what holiday you celebrate this winter we can all make a difference...
please take a look and perhaps you will be moved also.
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Note for picture.. 2 Chickens can lay thousands of eggs,to feed many children with protein and vitamins, extra eggs can be sold to provide medicine and clothes........
2 chickens - $25.00
"these chickens have completely changed my life"
Abdulrahman, a father of 7 in Darful
Impressions from Nicaragua...
soon #ejercitodesalvacion #nicaragua will implement a #social #trauma #therapy #project for children and adolescents supported by #thesalvationarmy #internationaldevelopment #SAID #switzerland. Can't wait to see our #vulnerable #community to get #empowered and become more #resilient
Another shot of Swift Creek Reservoir. I took some shots of this spot earlier in the morning when there was more mist, but on my way home I noticed the rising sun was hitting the trees and decided it made a much better photo.
As I noted before, the area around the lake is very heavily developed. The 4 boats in the photo each belong to people living in houses just behind the trees.
150 Music Choice Employees Volunteer with NJCDC to repair and improve the Elysian Fields Community Garden on 6.10.16
East Los Angeles, California
Listed 03/27/2017
Reference Number: 100000782
The Pan American National Bank is the oldest Latino-owned bank in California. Established in 1964, the bank is emblematic of the economic growth of the Mexican American community in East Los Angeles after World War II. The building’s most distinctive feature is its five-panel multicolored mosaic tile mural, installed in the upper portion of each of the concrete arches. Each panel illustrates a different scene, drawing on a vocabulary of Pre-Columbian motifs. The five-panel mural, entitled “Our Past, Our Present, and Our Future,” is one of the earliest examples of the art form in East Los Angeles and influenced the rise of the Chicano mural movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Pan American National Bank was established as a response to the absence of community-based financial institutions for the rapidly growing Mexican and Mexican American population. Its primary purpose was to serve the under-represented and under-served consumers and small businesses of East Los Angeles. The founders believed that access to culturally sensitive financial services was the basis for increasing the community’s political power, economic independence, and overall standard of living. When Pan American National Bank opened its doors, it aimed to reverse exclusionary banking practices, including redlining, and traditional methods of assigning credit ratings, which effectively barred most Mexican Americans from receiving home and small business loans. It was the first bank in California to provide full bilingual services in English and Spanish, and it emphasized financial literacy for its customers. As the bank grew, it became a critical commercial anchor within East Los Angeles and bolstered the economic power of its Mexican American patrons.
In addition to the bank’s success as a vital commercial space for the Latino community, the co- founder Romana Acosta Bañuelos was a significant Mexican American entrepreneur who later became the first Latina Treasurer of the United States. Since the bank’s origins, Bañuelos was the only woman to serve on the original twelve member board of directors. Mrs. Bañuelos’ entrepreneurial skills expanded beyond the bank system as she was also the founder and chief executive of Ramona’s Mexican Food Products, Inc. Her company was established in 1949 and grew from a modest tortilla factory into the largest Mexican food wholesale firm in the country by the 1970s. Throughout her career she traveled across California as an advocate for greater gender and racial equity in the financial industry after her service as Treasurer.
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