ADVISORY/Farmers, Families and Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House Celebrate Food Check-out Day.City & Assignment Desks ADVISORY... for Wednesday Wednesday: see week. (Feb. 7) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHO: 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 farmers, Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House (LARMH) and several families will celebrate Food Check-Out Check-Out is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on January 28, 1982, it is played for a four-digit prize, usually valued between $2,000 and $10,000, and uses grocery items. Day with a food donation donation n. gift. If made to a qualified non-profit charitable, religious, educational or public service organization, it may be deductible as a contribution in calculating income tax. DONATION, contracts. to fill the pantry at the House. WHAT: Food Check-Out Day is the day the average American will have earned enough personal disposable income to pay for their family's entire 2001 food supply (38 days). Members of the Los Angeles County Farm Bureau will celebrate by donating food to help families of children served by the LARMH. WHEN: Wednesday, February 7, 2001 at 11:00 a.m. WHERE: Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House 4560 Fountain Avenue (two blocks east of Vermont Avenue) Los Angeles, CA 90029 805/402-3924 or 916/730-8306 on site cell phones WHY: California's farmers and ranchers are the most productive in the world and Food Check-Out Day celebrates the affordability of food. Since food is bountiful and affordable, members of the Los Angeles County Farm Bureau want to share that bounty with families served by the LARMH. MORE: The Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House is a "home-away-from home" for families of children undergoing treatment for cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. The house is open to families whose children are hospitalized and outpatients who are away from home. It provides low-cost, and often free, accommodations for up to 32 families each night. |
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