Good Deeds By Mark Langton
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100 Men Who Give a Damn Conejo Valley The premise of the 100 Men Who Give a Damn Conejo Valley (100menconejovalley.com) organization is simple: At least 100 men who are willing to contribute $100 each to a charitable cause assemble. Members of the group nominate three charitable organizations and ask a representative from each organization to give a five-minute talk about why their charity is worthy of receiving the money during a meeting of the 100 men. Each of the 100 men vote on their favorite, and the charity with the most votes receives $10,000. The group holds four events a year; the most recent took place in mid-August at the Grill on the Alley in Westlake Village. The charities nominated were Casa Pacifica (casapacifica.org), which offers assistance to adolescents and families who struggle with child abuse, neglect, homelessness, substance abuse, behavioral issues, or mental health issues; Access TLC (accesstlc.com), which provides home health care and hospice; and Teen Line (teenlineonline. org), a confidential teen-toteen hotline with community outreach services. Teen Line received the most votes.
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1. Shelley Chilton 2. Nathan Stockmier, Michelle Carlson, Adia Fadaei, Cindi Berns, Tadd Ekstrand 3. Mike Gonzalez, Kirk DeWitt, Mark McKinney 4. Chris Smith, Andy Rupp, Nathan Stockmeir, Phill Mueller 5. Gerritt Beatty, Andrea McClellan 6. Carrie Hughes 7. Billy Stabile, Brandon Mumme, Richard Stevens 8. Moe Boukair, Scott Foutz 9. Mike Pincus, Craig Roth Photographs courtesy of Tadd Ekstrand