`HEARTSOUNDS' BENEFIT TO AID CENTER FOR KIDS.Byline: Joanne Crawford Education LANCASTER - The Children's Center of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley will hold its yearly ``Heartsounds'' fund-raising event Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. The theme for this year's show is ``At The Hop,'' featuring the 1950s- style singing group Sha Na Na Sha Na Na is a rock and roll revivalist/comedy group from New York City, who perform covers of doo wop hits from the 1950s, simultaneously reviving and sending up the music, as well as 1950s New York street culture, in their performances. , center director of resource development Ingrid Chapman said. Proceeds go to the center for its programs to combat and deal with child abuse, she said. Last year's show was centered on a Broadway theme and was hosted by actress and singer Carol Lawrence. A tradition of the annual show has been to auction off memorabilia donated by celebrities. Last year, as an added bonus, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San auctioned off a puppy from an animal shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. , Chapman said. More information on this year's event will be released in the coming weeks. On July 20, center officials were presented a check for almost $6,700 raised at its recent second annual golf tournament, Chapman said. The event was sponsored by Robertson's Palmdale Honda, Chapman said. ``The tournament sponsors wanted the money to go toward areas of greatest need,'' Chapman said. ``To keep up with the growing population, the center needs more room. They have leased more space in the office complex, which houses the child abuse treatment agency, but they have not had the funds to build out the space to meet their needs. The ceiling has to be dropped for air and heating, and therapy and office areas have to be defined and built. ``Once the center fully utilizes the space, the center can provide a healthy and safer work environment to staff and children,'' she said. Secondly, some of the money will be earmarked for a bilingual treatment program tailored to fit very young children with parents who speak Spanish only, Chapman said. The Children's Center is a private, nonprofit community-based agency. Services include home-based family preservation Family preservation was the movement to help keep children at home with their families rather than in foster homes or institutions. This movement was a reaction to the earlier policy of Family Breakup, which pulled children out of unfit homes. , outpatient psychotherapy psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. for sexually abused children, school-based child abuse prevention programs, and professional and community education programs, Chapman said. The agency gladly accepts donations and is always seeking business sponsorships. For more information about ``Heartsounds'' or other center details, contact Chapman at (661) 949-1206. |
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