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NEWS: WereFedUp video wins top award!!

On Friday June 12, 2009, Youth Leaders from South Los Angeles were rewarded with the top prize on a video that was created for the WereFedUp.com online social network. The video "Restaurant Menu labeling", was sumbmitted to the MO-Project's video contest. After receiving the largest number of votes in the Short Story category - the Youth Activism Against Obesity (YAAO) Youth Leader group (who run the WereFedUp.com site) was rewarded with a brand new Nintendo Wii and special recognition at the Childhood Obesity Conference held in downtown Los Angeles. Three YAAO Youth Leaders (Jessica Orellana, Gustavo Mendoza, Juan Valdivia) from South Los Angeles - sporting their new yellow shirts - were presented with the award. View this video here.

Another video was also submitted to the MO-Project in the short story category. This video - "The Danergous Walk from School" created by three HEAC/YAAO Youth Leaders (Iliana Sanchez, Sergio Corona, Alejandra Corona) from Baldwin Park - took home an "Honorable Mention". View this video here.

These videos highlight just some of the work that our initial 40 Youth Leaders (20 from Baldwin Park and 20 from South Los Angeles) have been working on since October of last year. We encourage everyone on this site to post videos, pictures, blogs, and anything else related to preventing obesity. Let's continue to make this site grow and be a model for other sites as well!