Turning to volunteers to save county money
Ten-year-old Nicolas Gaona is the youngest of more than 42,000 volunteers who help the nation's largest county government serve the public - but the Northridge youth has one of the biggest hearts among Los Angeles County's cadre of helpers. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.
While helping prepare centerpieces for a March of Dimes event, Nicolas developed an idea to get more young people involved by selling tickets to movie premieres at ElCapitan Theatre, where children would be part of the audience and proceeds would aid babies born prematurely at area hospitals.