BRIEFLY : GLENDALE RESIDENTS CAN ADOPT CITY AREAS.GLENDALE - Glendale residents and community groups can help spruce up spruce up Verb [sprucing, spruced] to make neat and smart Verb 1. spruce up - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" a public area of the city that needs ``a little extra attention'' by adopting it as part of the Neighborhood Pride Project, city officials said. The city program encourages community groups and individuals to take responsibility for an area by cleaning it at least four times a year. They can adopt walls, parkways, streets, parks or any other publicly owned Publicly owned can refer to:
The city recognizes those who take part in the program by posting the name of the group or individual on a sign at the adopted area. For information, call (818) 548-2125. - Daily News Breast cancer support group held GLENDALE - The Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. offers a free breast cancer support group every Wednesday. The support group, led by a clinical nurse specialist clinical nurse specialist n. A nurse who has advanced knowledge and competence in a particular area of nursing practice, such as in cardiology, oncology, or psychiatry. , will provide medical information and a forum for sharing feelings and experiences. The group meets from noon to 1 p.m in the Diabetic Conference Room, second floor at 1509 Wilson Terrace in Glendale. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch. Drinks will be provided. For more information, call Referral Services at (818) 409-8100. - Daily News Starbucks donates to reading program The Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
abbr. Young Women's Christian Association YWCA n abbr (= Young Women's Christian Association) → Asociación f de Jóvenes Cristianas YWCA Domestic Violence Program received a grant from Starbucks for monthly storytelling sessions for children at the coffeehouse in Glendale. The storytelling event is held the second Thursday of the month at the Starbucks at 130 S. Brand Ave., Glendale. The next session will be April 8. Tell Me a Story is a literacy program that places Glendale Community College students as tutors in elementary schools where they use drama and storytelling techniques to bring literacy to life. At Starbucks, the students and women from the YWCA program tell stories, recite poetry, sing songs, create props and perform theater games Theater Games were first divised by Viola Spolin to facilitate the teaching of improvisational Theater. with children. Starbucks provides the children with free hot chocolate. The Starbucks grant money goes toward a stipend for the student tutors and to purchase supplies for the YWCA to support literacy activities with their clients. For information, call (818) 240-1000 Ext. 5384. - Daily News |
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