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NEIGHBORHOOD HERO
Communication Linkage Forum Presents Santa Ana’s 2019
COM-LINK FORUM BOARD 2018-2019
The “Neighborhood Hero Award” was established by the Santa Ana Communication Linkage Forum Board to honor those individuals who have shown commitment and enthusiasm in bettering the quality of life in their neighborhoods. We have chosen 15 Neighborhood Heroes and 2 Special Community Achievement Award
Winners because each has shown the leadership, commitment, generosity, and the selflessness needed to enhance their neighborhood and the greater Santa Ana community. We are proud to be honoring these individuals. Please join us in honoring and congratulating these outstanding community leaders!
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Eva Barrios -
Santa Anita
Neighborhood
Association
Eva Barrios has volunteered at
every community event sponsored
by Santa Anita since 2016. She
has greatly contributed to the
success of our neighborhood
association-providing leadership
in the planning, coordinating, and
conducting of our neighborhood
events. Eva is very energetic and
has a positive outlook which
comes in handy when planning our
large-scale events. We are grateful
and honored to have a hero like
Eva Barrios in the Santa Anita
neighborhood!
Maria & Angelica
Carrillo -
Morrison Park
Neighborhood
Association
Dale Helvig has taken a lead role in
many of our community initiatives,
including our annual progressive
dinner, our Park Santiago Webpage
and quarterly newsletter, and
working with a team to engage and
ensure all Park Santiago neighbors
are engaged and informed. As
Chairman of the North Santa Ana
Preservation Alliance, Dale
increasingly became involved in
City projects that would affect our
community. His exceptional efforts
to work with City Planners and
Councilmembers have truly made a
difference in our community and
have improved our quality of life.
For that and much more, Dale is
Park Santiago’s Neighborhood
Hero!
Dale Helvig -
Park Santiago
Neighborhood
Association
Angel Barnes –
Floral Park
Neighborhood
Association
Joanna Peterson -
Casa de Santiago
Neighborhood
Association
Having been involved for over 20
years, Joanna has led fundraising
efforts to purchase security cameras
for our neighborhood and oversees
the Neighborhood Watch Program.
This has helped make our
neighborhood safer. Her ongoing
leadership with the Welcome
Committee, Board Meetings, Joint
Neighborhood Movie Nights, and 4th
of July Celebration contributes to the
success of our neighborhood. Joanna
goes above and beyond to support
our neighborhood association in a
loving and heartfelt way!
Catalina Castellon, Nicolas Muñoz,
and Rosa Peñaflor -
Delhi Neighborhood Association
As early advocates for the construction of
the Delhi Center in our community,
Catalina, Nicolas, and Rosa have worked
tirelessly to improve the quality of life for
their neighborhood. Through their active
participation at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Delhi Church and with the Delhi Center
Community Building Initiative, they have
helped increase community involvement.
They have also improved the perception of
community safety working with the Santa
Ana Police Department and City agencies.
For this and much more, we are proud to
call them our Neighborhood Heroes!
A long time resident of Floral Park
(FPNA), Angel has generously
opened her historic home for our
annual FPNA Neighborhood Home
and Garden Tour. Actively engaged
in preserving, restoring, and
improving the neighborhood and
City, Angel has effectively
advocated for our Tree City’s urban
forest. Most recently, she raised
awareness, funding, and support for
the joint FPNA - Public Works
Agency reforestation project to
plant new median and parkway
trees in all of the neighborhood’s
suitable vacant tree sites. We are
fortunate and honored to have
Angel Barnes as Floral Park’s
Neighborhood Hero!
For many years, Maria Carrillo has
led the Newsletter and Flyer
Distribution initiative for the
neighborhood. With the help of her
daughter, Angelica, they have
organized a dynamic team to
distribute information and ensure the
entire neighborhood is informed of
important events and issues that
impact our community. These
include the upcoming first “Park
Cleanup and Garden Day in
Morrison Park.” We appreciate
Maria for keeping an eye out and
reporting unacceptable activity
taking place at the park. Angelica has
been instrumental at many
neighborhood events, where she
could always be found assisting in
different ways. We are very proud of
our Heroes - Maria and Angelica!
2 0 1 9 N E IG H BO R H O O D H ER O AWAR D S
COMMUNICATION LINKAGE (COM-LINK) FORUM
Established in 1989, Com-Link provides opportunities for information exchange and presentations on policy issues that are of general interest or concern to the city’s neighborhoods. Com-Link meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of each month. The general public is welcome and encouraged to attend Com-Link meetings. For more information, refer to
http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/pba/neighborhood-initiatives/Com-Link.asp
Karla is always willing to help
her neighbors both at
neighborhood meetings and at-
large in the community. She is
an enthusiastic problem solver
and cheerful volunteer. Karla
booked and secured a lively
band that got neighbors off their
seats and out of their houses to
dance in the street! She and her
family participated by providing
several activities for children,
including face-painting and
games. Karla’s active concern
for neighbors and interest in her
neighborhood make her
Heninger Park’s 2019
Neighborhood Hero!
Over 20 years ago, Luisa
Ruiz established her first
Reading Corner Program
in her neighborhood,
where she read to children
and friends after school.
This all occurred outside
her residence and quickly drew consistent
participation of 50 children. Soon after,
the management of the Villa del Sol
apartments offered her a free vacant room
where she could formally set up a
permanent reading center to operate at
4:00 p.m. daily. As an educational model,
the Reading Corner Program has
expanded to other neighborhoods in Santa
Ana. The Board of Com-Link is proud to
give this Community Achievement
Award to Luisa Ruiz for her initiative and
outstanding efforts supporting literacy for
children in the greater Santa Ana
community!
Alex Vallejo -
Sandpointe
Neighborhood
Association
Karla Juarez -
Heninger Park
Neighborhood
Association
Luis Monter, Sr. -
Santa Ana
Memorial Park
Neighborhood
Association
Having joined the Sandpointe
Neighborhood Association in
2015, Alex Vallejo
demonstrated his leadership
commitment to the Board as
Vice-Chairman and as
Neighborhood Watch Captain.
Over the past two years, Alex
has been working with the
Chairman on an amicable
agreement with real estate
developers, in preparation for
luxury apartments to be built
next to our neighborhood. For
all his dedication to our
neighborhood, we honor
Alex Vallejo as Sandpointe’s
Neighborhood Hero!
For over seven years, Luis
Monter, Sr. has taken initiative to
help his neighborhood, Santa Ana
Memorial Park, by volunteering
to outreach and supervise
neighborhood dumpster bins for
the annual cleanup days. Luis has
gone above and beyond to
educate neighbors regarding
parking enforcement on street
sweeping days and offers his
assistance to neighbors to help
with any tasks or light work that
is needed at home. We are so
fortunate to have a trusting and
reliable neighbor like Luis
Monter, Sr. to bring about
positive success in the Santa Ana
Memorial Park neighborhood!
Karen Mittendorf –
West Floral Park
Neighborhood
Association
In 2015, David Diaz
started the RunStrong
program at MacArthur
Fundamental Intermediate
School and has expanded
to other schools, including
Greenville Fundamental,
McFadden Intermediate,
and others in Santa Ana. In partnership with
the non-profit organization, the Kevin
Armstrong MD Sports Foundation, David
has been able to incorporate his “Coach”
training skills in team bonding, leadership
and character development, and community
involvement with student runners! We look
forward to continued successes in the future
from David Diaz for the positive impact he
is making on Santa Ana’s youth and their
families! The Board of Com-Link is proud
to give this Community Achievement Award
to David Diaz for his outstanding efforts
coaching middle- and high-school students
in the greater Santa Ana community!
Having lived in the Washington
Square neighborhood for many
years, we greatly value Don
Harvey and Carlos Araujo for
their initiative and winning atti-
tude! They are always ready,
willing, and able to lend a hand
to assure successful neighbor-
hood events. These include the
neighborhood dessert booth for
the Concert in the Park, upgrad-
ing decorations for our Oktober-
fest tent, printing newsletters,
flyers, and serving as responsi-
ble Treasurers for our associa-
tion! We are so grateful and
proud to call Don and Carlos
our Neighborhood Heroes!
Santa Ana Com-Link Community Achievement Awards
Don Harvey and Carlos Araujo -
Washington Square
Neighborhood Association
Karen has improved the quality of life in West
Floral Park in two tremendous ways. As chair of
our Annual Open Garden Day, she brings count-
less visitors to our neighborhood each May.
Her efforts create a beautiful memory of our
residents and others in Santa Ana and increase
our home values and pride in the neighborhood.
Karen organizes and leads our family adoption
each holiday season, where she gathers dona-
tions by neighbors to be distributed through the
Orange Court Courts program. Truly inspiring,
we appreciate Karen for contributing to the
success of our neighborhood!