CommunityLakewood Celebrates

Several times a year, the City of Lakewood hosts “Lakewood Celebrates,” a ceremony and reception that honors community volunteers, recognizes the notable accomplishments of residents, and introduces new members of local legislative offices and city employees.

At the Lakewood Celebrates in May, honorees spanning all ages were thanked by the Lakewood City Council for their volunteerism, including:

●Groups from the recent Volunteer Day

●Lakewood Older Adult Volunteer of the Year Laurie Wilkerson

●Lakewood Youth Sports coaches reaching service milestone years

●The Rotary Club of Lakewood

●Erich Freudenthaler (Past President of Lakewood Little League)

●Lakewood

Teen Action Committee

●Odyssey STEM Academy Tree Huggers

Individuals reaching the highest ranks within the Scouts BSA, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire organizations were recognized, as were this year’s winners of the Friends of Lakewood Libraries scholarship, the Pan American Association scholarship program and its poetry & poster contest.

All city commissioners and members of the Measure L Citizens Oversight Committee were formally introduced and thanked, and representatives of the Lakewood/Long Beach Soroptimists presented Lakewood Run proceed checks to various charities.

To see the full list of winners, visit www.lakewoodcity.org/LakewoodCelebratesHonorees. A video of the full program can be viewed at www. lakewoodcity.org/LakewoodCelebratesVideo. Lakewood Celebrates is held every three months on average.

If you would like to attend a future one, please contact the Community Relations office of the City of Lakewood at 562-866-9771 ext. 3123 or CommunityRelations@lakewoodcity.org