Lois Lee Explained

Lois Lee is the founder of Children of the Night, a non-profit organization that works to support youth who were involved in prostitution,^[1] based in Van Nuys, California.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Further reading

• News: 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 . June 26, 2015 . Los Angeles . NPR Morning Edition.
• News: O'Sullivan . Mike . October 27, 2009 . Los Angeles Charity Rescues Teen Prostitutes in US . Voice of America News.
• News: Hughes . Wesley G . May 1, 2010 . Lois Lee: Bettering lives . Ontario, California . Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

External links

• Web site: Contributor Bio: Dr. Lois Lee . The Huffington Post . Blog.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Neubauer . Chuck . Sex trafficking in the U.S. called 'epidemic' . Washington Times . 4 February 2014.
2. Web site: Abram . Susan . Proposition 35: Pimps, other sex traffickers would face harsher sentences . San Bernardino Sun . 4 February 2014.
3. Web site: Biography . Children of the Night . 4 February 2014.
4. Web site: 2010 Founder's Hero of the Heart Award . Children of the Night . 2015-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141014162304/http://www.childrenofthenight.org/pdf/Hugh_Hefner_Founders_Hero_of_the_Heart_Award.pdf . 2014-10-14 . dead .