CAR DEALER DRIVE TO HELP FIGHT HUNGER.Byline: - Holly Edwards The 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. Rescue Mission and local auto dealerships are joining forces in a Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. Food Drive to feed homeless and hungry families throughout the Valley. From Thursday through Sunday, 13 auto dealerships will serve as repositories While acknowledging services such as [ROAR: [1]] and [OpenDOAR: [2]] it is perhaps necessary to provide a list of individual repositories described in more detail within wikipedia here. for canned and packaged food that will be distributed to churches and feeding centers throughout the year. ``We are solely supported by individual donations and business, so food drives like this are our lifeblood life·blood n. 1. Blood regarded as essential for life. 2. An indispensable or vital part: Capable workers are the lifeblood of the business. ,'' said DeEtte Roberg, in-kind manager at the Rescue Mission. ``If everyone in the Valley was part of this and gave just one can, we'd have 1.5 million cans of food.'' There are more than 10,000 homeless people in the Valley, and the Rescue Mission expects to feed more than 50,000 people this year, Roberg said. ``The food going out everyday to feed the hungry comes from food drives like this,'' she said. ``Everyone has a part to play in feeding the hungry.'' For further information, call the Rescue Mission at (818) 785-4476. IF YOU GO Canned or packaged food can be donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. to the following auto dealers Thursday through Sunday: --Auto Stiegler Mercedes Benz Mercedes Benz expensive automobile and status symbol. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 368] See : Luxury , 16721 Ventura Blvd., Encino --Center BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. , 5201 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks --Center Chrysler-Plymoth-Jeep, 5230 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks --David Ellis Chrysler-Plymouth, 21422 Roscoe Blvd., Canoga Park --Glendale Nissan, Glendale, 727 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale --Hamer Toyota, 11041 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills --Mayberry Lincoln Mercury, 4437 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood --Reseda Dodge, 6625 Reseda Blvd., Reseda --Toyota of North Hollywood, 4606 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood --Vista Ford, 21501 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills --Vista Isuzu, 21501 Ventura Blvd. --Vista Lexus, 21611 Ventura Blvd. --Vista Lincoln Mercury, 21701 Ventura Blvd. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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