BOYS & GIRLS CLUB HONORS COUPLE FOR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.Byline: Eric Wahlgren Daily News Staff Writer The Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. of 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. announced Wednesday that a Valley Village couple had been chosen for the Pacoima-based youth organization's Golden Hands awards for volunteer service. Jeffrey Glassman and Cecilia Aguilera Glassman will be honored at a special awards dinner in September for their work with the organization, which served more than 6,000 members and nonmembers in 1996. During the organization's annual meeting at the Warner Center Marriott, President LeRoy Chase Jr. said the Glassmans' volunteer work had helped strengthen the club's youth programs. ``They have been very supportive,'' Chase said. Cecilia Aguilera Glassman, an assistant to Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , and her husband, an attorney, said they were surprised by the recognition. ``It really is an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. ,'' she said at the dinner attended by more than 100 club members, officials and supporters. ``It's wonderful that they thought that Jeff and I deserved it.'' Founded in 1966, the club now operates out of a 25,000-square-foot facility in Pacoima. With an annual budget of about $1.4 million, the club offers a variety of programs for youths and their families, including sports, tutoring, counseling and computer training. 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. City Councilman Richard Alarcon praised the club's programs for youth during the opening ceremony, saying that ``(club officials) never threw up their hands and gave up on our kids.'' During the ceremony, club officials and others observed a moment of silence for Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke (25 October, 1912 – 6 April, 1997) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur who became one of the most widely-known executives in North American professional sports. , who they called a great supporter of the Boys & Girls Club. The owner of the Los Angeles Daily News The Daily News of Los Angeles, also known as the Los Angeles Daily News, is the second largest circulating daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is published by the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which owns eight other Southern California newspapers died April 6. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year Angel Mendoza gets kudos from LeRoy Chase Jr. at Wednesday's awards. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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