| KCCD Celebrates Marriage Week 2008 with 10,000 Signs Campaign |
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From Top to Bottom: Jin Kim, Executive Director, KCCD; Hyepin Im, President & CEO, KCCD; Ken Morris, Founder, Relationship Skills Unlimited; Rev. John Park, President, Council of Korean Churches of Southern California; Young Kim, President, Pancom and GGM. Los Angeles- February 12, 2008. KCCD hosted a press conference announcing their 10,000 signs campaign to celebrate National Marriage Week 2008 during the week of February 10-16, 2008. KCCD and their partners are placing and distributing Marriage Education signs in English and Korean all throughout Koreatown and the greater Los Angeles and Orange County area to promote awareness of marriage education as key to healthy, successful, and exciting marriages.
KCCD President Hyepin Im said, "We are excited about participating in the statewide 10,000 Signs Campaign in partnership with CHMC to celebrate Marriage Week 2008 with other coalitions. We want to raise awareness that investing in one's marriage through ME or Marriage Education can bring many benefits! There are numerous studies that show that couples with ME training experience a significantly higher level of marital and sexual satisfaction than couples without ME. We hope that all communities will take advantage of ME that is being offered by our agency and other agencies throughout California."
Jin Kim, KCCD Executive Director stated, "We're grateful to all our partners who have joined in on this effort from the Council of Korean Churches of Southern Californa, GGM, to businesses like Pancom Advertising Firm and Big Rock Partners. We were especially excited to have Big Rock Partners allow us to plaster their condo building project, Summit on Sixth, with our signs. Their strategic location being on a major street in Koreatown has allowed us to reach many people."
Bennett Kim, Managing Principal of Big Rock Partners stated, "We are pleased to support KCCD in its efforts to work with the community. KCCD has demonstrated a history of delivering quality services and information, and we are proud to participate in any way we can."
"We are excited to collaborate with KCCD in Marriage Week 2008 and to promote marriage education in our community. The families in our churches definitely need such resources and our Council can be a strong partner in promoting such resources," stated Rev John Park, Executive Director, Council of Korean Churches of Southern California Community Development Initiative Center.
"We're happy to join KCCD on this important effort. So many people have told us that ME has saved their marriages," said Ken and Irma Morris, founders of Relationship Skills Unlimited, a member of KCCD's Healthy Marriage Initiative Network.
"Our community is familiar with going to school to be a better parent or better driver but we are not familiar with going to school to be a better spouse. This is a great opportunity for us to partner with KCCD in creating this awareness," stated Young Kim, President, Pancom and GGM, another KCCD Healthy Marriage Intiative Network member.
Community members and organizations can also participate in this campaign by picking up signs at KCCD's office to distribute at churches, organizations, and homes during Marriage Week 2008.
A partial list of other partner organizations in the 10,000 signs campaign include Haengjun Church, One People's Church, Irvine Baptist Church, and Glory Church of Jesus Christ.
For additional information and for upcoming classes on ME (Marriage Education), please visit our website at www.kccd3300.org or call 213-985-1500. |
Wall of 10,000 Signs Marriage Education Campaign Signs on "Summit on Sixth" in Koreatown
From Left to Right: Ken Morris, Founder, Relationship Skills Unlimited; Jin Kim, Executive Director, KCCD; Rev. John Park, President, Council of Korean Churches of Southern California; Hyepin Im, President & CEO, KCCD; Young Kim, President, Pancom and GGM.
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