Community Activity

Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett is the general counsel for The Lorraine Jackson Foundation. The Foundation's primary mission is to provide scholarships for secondary education for children who have lost a parent to breast cancer. The Foundation, through Pearls of Hope TM, raises money by donations, an annual Golf Classic and the annual Pearls of Hope Awards and Scholarship Gala.

The Foundation also honors individuals and companies that have led the fight against cancer. Current scholarship recipients are attending UCLA, Tufts University and Georgetown University. Past Award recipients include Becky Miller, M.D., Arthur Johnson, M.D., Genentech and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.

For more information about Pearls of Hope, go to www.pearlsofhope.com

Lorraine Jackson has received several awards, one pictured here from the City of Los Angeles. The following is a partial list of some of the other accommodations Lorraine Jackson has received: 1998 CAALA Presidential Award from Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 2000 CAALA Presidential Award from Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 2001 CAALA Presidential Award from Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 2002 Women of Achievement Award from the Century City Chamber of Commerce Commendation from Governor Gray Davis Commendation from Mayor James Hahn Commendation from Jack Weiss, Councilmember 5th District Certificate of Recognition from Paul Koretz, California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition from Henry Waxman, Member of Congress Certificate of Appreciation from Senator Barbara Boxer Letter of Recognition from Senator Diane Feinstein The following awards have been received by The Lorraine Jackson Foundation 2005 Pearls of Hope Awards and Scholarship Gala Commendation from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger 2005 Women's Business Council of the Century City Chamber of Commerce Commendation from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilmember Jack Weiss

John Denove is a founding member of Trial Lawyers' Charities.Trial Lawyers' Charities is a non-profil organization founded, funded and maintained by attorneys in Los Angeles. The primary focus is on education, children and the homeless. To learn more about Trial Lawyers' Charities, go to www.latlc.org.

Mary Bennett and John Denove support Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship. Ride On teaches horseback riding to children and adults with physical and mental disabilities. Ride On offers hippotherapy which emphasizes therapy and always involves a licensed physical, speech or occupational therapist. Ride On has given over 55,000 safe, effective and individualized lessons and therapy treatments. To learn more about Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship, go to www.rideon.org.

Wilkie Cheong has served on the Advisory Board and Building Committee of the Los Angeles Branch of the American Heart Association and has volunteered his legal services to the Association. The American Heart Association's mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. For more information about the AHA go to www.americanheart.org

Mr.Cheong currently volunteers his services as a legal advisor to the Multiple Sclerosis Society-Southern California Chapter. The mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is to end the devastating effects of MS. For more information about multiple sclerosis go to www.nationalmssociety.org

To learn more about how you can make sure the voices of consumers and taxpayers are heard in Sacramento and Washington, go to www.consumerwatchdog.org

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