Ewa Weed and Seed Recognized With A National Award

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McGruff joins Police Officer Fumikazu Muraoka and Ewa Weed and Seed’s Gale Braceros to create a united front and community awareness about crime prevention. Photo from Eileen Lynn.

Ewa Weed and Seed has been selected to receive a national crime prevention award at a luncheon Thursday in Atlanta, Ga.

The ceremony will take place as part of the National Conference on Preventing Crime.

The Ewa program has been named the Crime Prevention Program of the Year for the under 250,000 population, one of McGruff ‘s 2007 National Crime Prevention Awards of Excellence.

Gale Braceros, Ewa Weed and Seed site coordinator, is in Atlanta to accept the award from the National Crime Prevention Council from Washington, D.C.

Ewa Weed and Seed has flourished under the support of the YMCA of Honolulu since 1997. The YMCA provides staff leadership and infrastructure support for the Ewa program.

“For 10 years YMCA of Honolulu has been the backbone of Weed and Seed - all Honolulu sites,” said Eileen Lynn, a member of Ewa Weed and Seed and a number of other organizations that support the Ewa Beach community.

“Without the YMCA of Honolulu’s support, we would not have been able to make this kind of outstanding progress.”

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