Peninsula National Charity League Celebrates Seniors Of 2019

PALOS VERDES, CA – The Peninsula Chapter of National Charity League celebrated the group's Class of 2019 graduating seniors at its annual Medallion event held last month in Beverly Hills. Working with the philanthropic, mother-daughter organization for the past six years, the 21 young women dedicated more than 12,000 hours to community service.

“It takes a village to raise a child, and the Peninsula Chapter of National Charity League is a close-knit group of dedicated mothers working together to raise compassionate leaders, who are equally comfortable at cultural events and volunteering at philanthropies,” said Lydia Ho, president of the NCL Peninsula Chapter.

Throughout their teen years, the girls served the area through several projects including working with special-needs and underprivileged children, providing clothes, meals, child care and mental-health and hospital support to those in need, according to the organization.

Their efforts also included assisting occupational therapists, special-needs teachers, at summer- school programs and playing bingo with the elderly. The girls staffed walks for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, provided gifts to the military through Operation Homefront, knitted hats for premature babies and helped find homes for animals.

Environmental and arts service saw the young volunteers restoring habitat through Palos Verdes Land Conservancy and Heal the Bay, ushering at the Palos Verdes Performing Arts theater, volunteering at Palos Verdes Art Center and serving as docents at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.

The organization's mothers and daughters also worked at the chapter’s Ticktocker Thrift Shop in San Pedro, which over the past six years raised more than $1 million for charities and college scholarships.

The 61-year-old Peninsula Chapter is made up of mothers and their daughters in grades 7 to 12. For more information on the group, visit www.nclpeninsula.org.

PHOTO IDS:

• NCL Class of 2019 at the fountain: Top row left to right: Madeline Bohannon; Caroline Turnbull; Caroline Decker; Kathleen Payne; Jenna Giordano; Catherine Cunha; Siobhan Burke. Second row left to right: Sophia Mosich; Marianna Graziadio; Emily Larking; Hadley Richards; Carly Feller; Makena Smith; Sophia Sanders. Bottom row left to right: Eden Houske; Natalia Gonzales; Séraphine Sun; Ella Martoccia; Isabel Forman; Claire Jenness; Dana Otera-Fukushima.
• Class of 2019 Staircase: Top row left to right: Isabel Forman; Kathleen Payne; Siobhan Burke; Sophia Mosich. Second row left to right: Marianna Graziadio; Sophia Sanders; Catherine Cunha; Caroline Turnbull; Jenna Giordano. Third row left to right: Hadley Richards; Carly Feller; Makena Smith; Emily Larking. Fourth row left to right: Dana Otera-Fukushima; Madeline Bohannon; Claire Jenness. Bottom row left to right: Ella Martoccia; Natalia Gonzales; Caroline Decker; Séraphine Sun.

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