Date: March 1, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO: Orange County Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (OC GRIP)
WHAT: Will recognize the accomplishment of a Walter Elementary School student whose design was selected from more than 120 entries to be reproduced on the official OC GRIP vehicle.
OC GRIP is a partnership of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, local law enforcement, and community partners working together to keep kids out of gangs. OC GRIP provides education and resources to families throughout Orange County, including exposure to positive role models and mentoring by members of the community, including employees of Ford Motor Company, who volunteer their time to mentor at-risk youth.
This year, more than 70 Ford Motor Company employees participated in the mentor program. The mentor groups meet with students several times during the school year. Students who participate in the program and meet a challenge to have no unexcused absences, criminal activity, violence or weapons on campus, or gang-related clothing, writing, or behavior, earned the opportunity to spend a day with their mentors at the Ford Motor Company Regional Headquarters in Irvine, where they experienced first-hand the opportunities available to them in the future.
This year, students in the program were challenged to create a custom design to be reproduced on the OC GRIP promotional vehicle. More than 120 students created designs with the guidance of their mentors. A design team from Ford selected the winning design, which was reproduced on the OC GRIP vehicle.
The fully customized vehicle will be on display and the Ford Motor Company employee team who volunteered as mentors at Walter Elementary will also be recognized for their service.
WHEN: Friday March 3, 2017, at 8:30 a.m.
WHERE: Esther L. Walter Elementary School, 10802 Rustic Lane, Anaheim, CA 92804