ABC7 and Columbia Pictures' ``Stuart Little'' Team Up for a Countywide Holiday Celebration for Thousands of Foster Children.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1999-- ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. 7, Southland firefighters and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services announced that they have teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures to make the holiday brighter for thousands of Los Angeles County foster children with the "Spark of Love" Toy Drive. This Wednesday, Dec. 15, and Friday, Dec. 17, ABC7 and Sony Pictures Entertainment will present a special advanced screening of Columbia Pictures' "Stuart Little" for nearly 4,000 foster children. The children also will be treated to lunch and receive toys and other holiday goodies from the ABC7 "Spark of Love" Toy Drive. The special screening of "Stuart Little" on Wednesday, Dec. 15, begins at 8:45 a.m. and takes place at the AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. Promenade 16 Theaters in Woodland Hills. ABC7 Eyewitness News morning anchors David Ono and Ellen Leyva will welcome the special guests for this wonderful day. The second special screening of "Stuart Little" on Friday, Dec. 17, begins at 8:45 a.m. and takes place at the AMC Norwalk 20 Theaters in Norwalk. ABC7 Eyewitness News Sunday morning anchors Ric Romero and Denise Dador will host the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. on Friday. From Rob Minkoff, co-director of "The Lion King," comes the comedy adventure "Stuart Little," the story of a mouse that is raised by the Littles, a human family. As Stuart embarks on adventures with a variety of characters, including his nemesis, Snowbell snow·bell n. Any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. japonicus and S. obassia of eastern Asia, having bell-shaped white flowers. Also called storax. Noun 1. the cat, Stuart learns the true meaning of family, loyalty and friendship. The film stars Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki, with the character of Stuart voiced by Michael J. Fox. Jennifer Tilly, Bruno Kirby, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn and David Alan Grier David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1955) is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color. Biography Early life also lend their vocal talents to the film. For the seventh year in a row, ABC7 has joined forces with Southland firefighters in sponsoring the "Spark of Love" Toy Drive. The "Spark of Love" Toy Drive collects new, unwrapped toys or sports equipment for the less fortunate children in the five-county Southern California area. What makes the ABC7 "Spark of Love" Toy Drive unique from other toy drives is that all the toys stay in the communities they are collected in. By utilizing more than 450 fire stations from the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura, as well as the city of Los Angeles
In addition to fire stations, viewers can again drop off their toys or sports equipment at any of more than 280 Sav-on drug stores in the Southland. This is the fourth year that Sav-on has helped sponsor the ABC7 "Spark of Love" Toy Drive, and for the second year in a row, they are joined by Subway Restaurants. With Subway's more than 500 participating restaurants, viewers have nearly 1,300 outlets in the five-county area where they can bring a new, unwrapped toy or sports equipment. Last year, the ABC7 "Spark of Love" Toy Drive collected more than 300,000 toys, and over the past six years, the drive has collected nearly 1 million toys for less fortunate children in all of the Southland's communities. ABC7 appreciates the support of all of its "Spark of Love" Toy Drive sponsors: AMC Norwalk 20 Theaters AMC Promenade 16 Theaters, Woodland Hills Angel Harvest City of Norwalk Disneyland JB Research Inc. KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children TalkRadio KFRG-FM KLOS-FM Los Angeles City Fire Department Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Metrolink Mighty Ducks Radio Disney Sav-on Drugs Subway Restaurants World Literacy Crusade World Literacy Crusade (WLC) is a non-profit group fighting illiteracy formed in 1992 by the Rev. Alfreddie Johnson.[1] The group utilizes "study technologies" and "drug rehabilitation technologies" developed by L. International |
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