For the eighth consecutive year, the Armenian Youth Federation is mobilizing the youth throughout California for a massive one-day effort to beautify the streets of Little Armenia in Hollywood.

On May 7, the 8th Annual Little Armenia Beatification Project will take place beginning in the courtyard of the Rose and Alex Pilibos High School. Hundreds of volunteers are expected to take part in this year’s Project.

The event, organized by the AYF’s Hollywood “Musa Dagh” Chapter, is put together in conjunction with Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti’s office, as well as the office of California State Senator Kevin de Leon, to help revitalize the streets of this densely populated district of East Los Angeles.

Over the past 8 years, according to the Los Angeles Sanitation Department estimates, the Project has been resulted in the collection of more than 25,000 pounds of trash. side from cleaning up Little Armenia, the project also seeks to unify Armenian youth from local and surrounding neighborhoods around common goals and a shared community, Asbarez reports.