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JAMES
ELDERS ~ICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION
P.O.BOX 7039
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA 92qll
(71q) .887.9906
JAMES ELDER.B. S.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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ANNIE RAMOS (C0!t10N COUNCIL S.B.CA )
DIRECTOR OF S.B. PARK & RECREATION DEPI.
5..7 SIERRA AVE.
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92..10
DEAR ANNIE RAMOS: ( COMMON COUNCIL OF S.B.CA )
GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
AS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY; AND /lAVING BEEN AWARDED THE BRONZE
STAR MEDAL, !WO PURPLE HEARTS, ARMY ACCllMODATION MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL,
COMBAT MEDIC BADGE, EXPERT RIFLE..MAN, VIETNAM SERVICE CROSS, VIETNAM SERVICE
M.mAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE ~DAL AND AN HONOllABLE DISCllARGE IN THE SERVICE/ DEFENSE
OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY ( AMERICA ). AND /lAVING GRADUATED FROlI SAN BERNARDINO H tGH..
S:HOOL WHERE I WAS AN ALL-STArE BASKETBALL PLAYER IN 1963, PLUS SAN BERIIARDINO
VALLEY COLLEGE IN 1965 AND FINALLY /lAVING GRADUATED FROlI CALIFORNIA STarE UNIV.
ERSITY IN 1990 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION. AND
HAVING A VESTED INTEREST IN SAN BERNARDINO AND AMERICA.
I WAS DISMAYED, ALARMED, APPAtLED 111 IHE wAKE OF THE SET OF EVENTS THAT
HAVE TRANSPIRED IN LOS ANGELES (RIOTS) AND SIMI VALLEY ( THE RODNEY KING
TRIAL ) TilAT HAVE SHOOK THE VERY CORE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
GEORGE BUSH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF A!!ERICA HAS CALLED FOR
WEED & SEED HELP FROM THE PRIVATE CITIZENS or OUR COUNTRY BY DECIARING A .
PERIOD OF PRAYER, RECONCILIATION, HEALING AND REBUILDING OF LOS ANGELES,
SAN BERNARDINO A.'ID THE NATION AT IARGE. STATING THAT, n GOVERNMENT CANNOT
HEAL ALL THE ILLS OF OUR GREAT SOCIETY ALONE. n
JAMES ELDERS ALL-AMERICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION IS A 501 (C) 3 NON.paOFIT ORGAN.
IZATION T/lAT SERVES YOUTH 7.17 YEAI\S IS STEPPING FORWARD TO HELP IN THE
HEALING PROCESS, BY INCREASING Oua. EFFORTS TO !WART THE RECRUITMENT OF OUR
YOUTH INTO GANGS AND, KEEPING TIlIiM AWAY FROM THE ILLIC IT DRUG CULTURE. A
M"JOR PROPONENT OF UNREST IN L:A. WAS THAT YOUNG POLK COMPLAINED OF HOPELESS.
NESS, JJBLESSNESS, IIZGLECT, ALIENATION. MID SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISENFRAN.
CHISEMENT. WITH THIS THOUGHT IN MIND THIS IS OUR PROPOSAL TO YOU ANNIE RAMOS
AND THE COMMON COUNCIL or THE ALL-AMERICAN CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF:
Wi; PROPOSE THAT OFFICE SPACE BE M>.DE AVAILABLE 'TO JJlMES ELDERS ALL-AMERICAN
YOUTH FOUNDATION WITHIN THE BUILDINGS OF EACH COMMUNITY CENTER IN OPERATION
PRESENTLY IN SAN BERNARDINO WHICH WOULD THEN BE M>.NNED BY 11.15 FULL AND
PART .TIME EMPLOYEES PLUS VOLUNTEERS OF JAMES ELDERS ALL-AMERICAN YOUTH
FOUNDATION (YESTERDAY MEMBERS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO HtGHWAY PATROL, S!lERIFf,
CLERGY, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AND WEST.SIDE ACTION GROUP COMMITTED TO VoLUlITEER.
ING THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO J. E. ALL-AMERICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION ). THIS PLAN
WILL GENERATE AT LEAST 150 NEW JOBS FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AT NO EXPENSE TO THE
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO SINCE WE WILL MEET OUR 0iIIl PAYROLL. THESE ADDED EMPLOY.
EES COULD IMPLEMENT OUR PROGRAMS DURING THE REGUIAR BUSINESS HOURS OF THE CEN.
TERS WITHOUT INTERFERRING WITH ANY PROGRAM OFFERED BY S.B.PK. AND. REC. DEPT.
TaIS IDEA CoULO ADD MUCH NEEDED JOBS TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY; GIVE INCREASED NUMBERS
OF OUR YOUTH AND ADULTS ADDED HOPE PWS CATCH SOME OF THOSE WHO MAY BE FALLING
THROUGH THE PROVERBIAL CRACKS OF DESPAIR. THE LONG HOT SUMMER IS RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER. TEAM-WORK IS PARAMOUNT IN AMERICA NOW. IT IS TIME FOR ALL GOOD
~IENI WOMEN TO COME TO THE AID OF OUR COUNTRY:
WE ENVISION SATELLITES OF THIS VENTURE, BilLSTERED BY SUCCESS IN S.B., BEING
PiACED IN EVERY M.\JOR CITY IN AMERICA ADDING SOME 5,500 NEW JOBS TO THE ECONOMY.
WE WILL REACH OUR YOUTH THROUGH SPORTS, RECREATION, THE ARTS, FIELD TRIPS AND
WITH THE HELP OF CONCERNED SUCCESSFUL ROLE-MODELS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERAT;~f" . CC: HONORABLE MAYOR HOLCOMB, COMMON COUNCIL S.B.
~~.-> ~ PRESIDENT BUSH, SUN TELEGRAM, PRECINCT REPORTER
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J>.MES ELDERI CEO.PRESIDENT JAMES ELDERS ALL-AMERICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION 1
501 (C) 3 NON.PROFIT ORGANIZATION... DONATIONS ARE TAX.DEDUCTIBLE .:fJ= ~