Recently in Pomona Chamber of Commerce Category

The spotlight will be on the Pomona Unified School District superintendent and incoming leaders of the Pomona Chamber of Commerce Thursday during the organization's 121st annual Awards & Installation of Officers.

Superintendent Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, will be presented with the Chamber's 31st Community Service Award in recognition of her work leadership in raising student achievement.

At the same event Victor Caceres, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Pomona Valley, will be sworn in as president of the Chamber along with other officers and members of the board of directors.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at The Avalon at Fairplex.

For ticket information e-mail the chamber at info@pomonachamber.org or call (909) 622-1256.

A group of Village Academy High School students who were participated in the creation of the video, "Is Anybody Listening?" will be the special guests at the fifth annual Taste of Pomona Monday evening.

A Taste of Pomona, organized by the Pomona Chamber of Commerce, will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Avalon, which is on the grounds of Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. For ticket information call the Pomona Chamber of Commerce at (909) 622-1256.

The students created the video describing the impact of the economic downturn on their families and their concerns that they may not be able to pursue a college education.

Their video was posted on YouTube where it has continued to drawing tens of thousands of views. A copy was sent to the White House.

The students and their video had already drawn media attention when President Obama referred to the teens and their concerns in his first major address on education last month.

A week later he met with the students while on a visit to the Edison International Vehicle Electronic Plant.

After the visit the students were featured on ABC-TV's "20/20" newsmagazine and on KCET's "SoCal Connected" public affairs program.