Lois Lee is the founder of Children of the Night, a non-profit organization that works to support youth who were involved in prostitution, based in Van Nuys, California. The organization was depicted in a movie by the same name. She received the President's Volunteer Action Award from President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
On November 18, 2010, Lee presented Playboy founder, Hugh M. Hefner, with Children of the Night's first "Founder's Hero of the Hearts Award" for his support of her organization.
References
- Neubauer, Chuck. "Sex trafficking in the U.S. called 'epidemic'". Washington Times. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- Abram, Susan. "Proposition 35: Pimps, other sex traffickers would face harsher sentences". San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- "Biography". Children of the Night. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- "2010 Founder's Hero of the Heart Award" (PDF). Children of the Night. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
Further reading
- Johnson, John (August 11, 1991). "War of the Charities : 2 Organizations That Help Young Runaways Trade Charges of Threats, Slander and Violence in Lawsuits". Los Angeles Times.
- Hillard, Gloria (August 5, 2003). Nonprofit Group Seeks to Rescue Child Prostitutes (Radio broadcast). Los Angeles: NPR Morning Edition. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- O'Sullivan, Mike (October 27, 2009). "Los Angeles Charity Rescues Teen Prostitutes in US". Voice of America News.
- Hughes, Wesley G (May 1, 2010). "Lois Lee: Bettering lives". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Ontario, California.
External links
- "Contributor Bio: Dr. Lois Lee". The Huffington Post (Blog).