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'Like' Patch on Facebook, Help Your Favorite Charity

Patch editor Natalie Ragus will volunteer 20 hours at a local charity of her readers' choice for every 200 Facebook "likes."

Want to help your community?

It's easy.

Patch editor Natalie Ragus has pledged to donate 20 hours of her time to any local charity her readers choose for every 200 "likes" Arcadia Patch receives on Facebook.

Here's how it works:

  • To date, Arcadia Patch has 399 Facebook "likes."
  • Invite your Facebook friends to "like" Patch, share this story on your Facebook page, and help spread the word!
  • Once Arcadia Patch hits 599 "likes," Natalie will ask for your suggestions on what nonprofit she should volunteer at. The organization does not have to be based in Arcadia, but it does have to help Arcadia residents.
  • Natalie will post a poll with your suggestions and a few of her own. You vote.
  • The winner gets 20 hours of Natalie's time. She'll post a photo of herself (on Facebook, natch) hard at work.
  • The cycle will repeat itself for every 200 Facebook "likes" Arcadia Patch receives.

Have you "liked" Arcadia Patch on Facebook? Click here to do so. While you're at it, feel free to follow us on Twitter, too.

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Dan Abendschein (Editor) June 11, 2013 at 04:34 pm
Hi Susan, The graphic shows that in only one year from 2002-2011 were more Hispanics arrested thanRead More Blacks (2011) - if you hover your mouse over each point you can see the raw number of arrests for each group each year. That's despite there being a substantially larger Hispanic population in L.A. County. The data comes from the Dept. of Justice and was reported by the ACLU - and I believe the point of the report is that there is racial profiling going on, not to suggest that black people are using more pot. In fact, the study suggests that there is not significantly more prevalent pot use among any one racial group. The figure 2.6 times as likely refers to blacks vs. whites, as in mentioned in the first sentence of the article, and comes from the ACLU study. Our intention was definitely not sensationalism but rather to direct readers to this national ACLU study that included L.A. County data. Let me know if I can answer any other questions.