BLANKETS FROM BARRISTERS : GIFTS BENEFIT NEEDY.Byline: Stacy Finz Daily News Staff Writer San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. lawyers gave away 2,000 blankets Sunday to organizations that help the homeless. ``We wanted to do something nonlaw related for the community,'' said Brad Capener, one of the organizers of the second annual event. The San Fernando Valley Bar Association's Lawyer Referral and Information Services See Information Systems. raised the $10,000 used to buy the blankets from membership and private donations, Capener said. The blankets were given to Bridges, Children of the Night, Haven Hills, Hillview Mental Health, Independent Living Center, LA Family Housing, Loaves & Fishes, Mend, San Fernando Valley Mental Health Center and the Women's Care Cottage. Julius Jones, an administrative assistant for Hillview, loaded 275 blankets into the back of his pickup truck from the parking lot of the University of La Verne The University of La Verne is a private university in La Verne, California (about 35 miles east of Los Angeles) with a main campus, seven satellite campuses throughout central and southern California, a law school, and two military regional campuses at Point Mugu Naval Air Station Law School. He said they will come in handy Verb 1. come in handy - be useful for a certain purpose be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" this time of year in their 50-unit housing complex, where homeless people with disabilities can stay. ``It helps tremendously,'' he said. ``A lot of these people don't have the basic necessities. And it takes the burden off of us to have to supply them.'' Robert Weissman, former president of the local bar association, said that in addition to helping a good cause, it's good public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most for lawyers. ``We're trying to show that lawyers do good things,'' he said. ``We would like this to be the model for other local bar associations and perhaps even a nationwide event.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Volunteers from the San Fernando Valley Bar Association load boxes of blankets onto a truck. (2) Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
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