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]

References

  1. ^ Neubauer, Chuck. "Sex trafficking in the U.S. called 'epidemic'". Washington Times. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. ^ Abram, Susan. "Proposition 35: Pimps, other sex traffickers would face harsher sentences". San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Biography". Children of the Night. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  4. ^ "2010 Founder's Hero of the Heart Award" (PDF). Children of the Night. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-05-19.

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