LC Kiwanis to Honor Project Child Save of La Crescenta

The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada and the City of La Cañada Flintridge on Wednesday will honor Project Child Save, a La Crescenta organization that has saved the lives of more than 400 children—children who have been kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery & child pornography.

If City Council passes its resolution Monday, Mayor Laura Olhasso will proclaim Wednesday to be Project Child Save Day in La Cañada. 

According to a Kiwanis press release, the non-profit organization's founder Ty Ritter says he and his team are now looking at countries, which are involved in “sexual tourism.”  These are places where American citizens vacation to have sex with children—an activity that was recently made a felony in the United States.

Project Child Save is developing undercover strategies to expose & charge US citizens who engage in this practice, the press release states.  And they hope to raise enough public awareness to pressure the countries involved into shutting it down.  

Led by Kiwanis Club of La Cañada President Jim Philips, the service organization will honor Ritter's team at a noon-time luncheon on Wednesday at Descanso Gardens.  The public is invited and urged to attend. Tickets will be available at the door, for $15 per person.

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