CAUSE FOR WALKING EVENT HELPS LESS FORTUNATE.Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Staff Writer THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - On a day punctuated by heavy rain, freezing winds and afternoon clearing, octogenarians Rose Balding and her husband, Bud, turned out Sunday to walk six miles to raise more than $1,000 for the needy. The spry An application framework from Adobe for building rich Internet applications using HTML. Spry takes the tedium out of writing AJAX code and also includes routines for creating animation effects and building widgets. For more information, visit http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry. Baldings from Thousand Oaks, accompanied by two of their five grandchildren, were among the scores of people of all ages who turned out to participate in the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Communities Reaching Out to People, or CROP, walk which raises money for local charities and oversees people in need. Bundled up in a trench coat, sweat shirt, turtleneck sweater and slacks, this was Rose Balding's eighth year participating in the walk. Besides walking in the annual event, Rose Balding, 86, collected pledge money from friends and colleagues from her church, Emmanuel Presbyterian, as well as Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
``I ask people for money, and a lot of them come to me and give me money because they know I will be walking,'' she said. ``And I really love doing it because I know it's going for a good cause, to feed the hungry.'' The 22nd annual Conejo Valley CROP Walk was one of four similar walks in Ventura County on Sunday in Port Hueneme Port Hueneme (wī'nē`mē), city (1990 pop. 20,319), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1870, inc. 1948. It has an artificial deep-sea harbor and is the site of a huge naval construction-battalion (Seabee) center. and Santa Paula organized by Project Understanding, a Christian-based interfaith organization. CROP is an arm of the Church World Service, which helps the needy in more than 80 countries worldwide. Local beneficiaries include Lutheran Social Services and Catholic Charities of Ventura County. Sherrill Hyink, co-coordinator of the Conejo Valley walk, said the money raised this year had not yet been tallied but that last year's event raised about $34,000 for local charities. ``I think it's a very worthwhile walk because it helps people not only worldwide, but 25 percent of the money raised in the Conejo Valley stays here and goes to help organizations like Manna, the food bank, and Meals on Wheels n. 1. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. programs,'' said Hyink, a Thousand Oaks resident. ``I like to do it because it's one effort that hits a lot of things I'm interested in,'' she said. The walk, which began and ended at California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. , followed a 6.2-mile route along local streets past St. Paschal's Baylon Catholic Church and First Christian Church First Christian Church can refer to:
Registration for the walk began about noon as participants clad in parkas to people with dogs wearing plastic rain covers, turned up at CLU (language) CLU - (CLUster) An object-oriented programming language developed at MIT by Liskov et al in 1974-1975. CLU is an object-oriented language of the Pascal family designed to support data abstraction, similar to Alphard. , filling out forms and turning in pledges they'd collected. For every $150 raised, walkers received a T-shirt with CROP's logo depicting a man walking through a field carrying a hoe hoe, usually a flat blade, variously shaped, set in a long wooden handle and used primarily for weeding and for loosening the soil. It was the first distinctly agricultural implement. The earliest hoes were forked sticks. and women carrying and preparing food. Along the walk route, Boy Scouts were among those who provided sweets and water at various points to sustain the walkers, some of whom ambled along in groups. Early starters endured heavy rain, while the afternoon clearing aided walkers who started later. The morning weather conditions didn't bother Newbury Park resident Vicki Eggers Eggers may refer to:
``I like the rain,'' Robin said with a grin. Eggers said the $110 raised by the family from members of their church, Ascension Lutheran in Thousand Oaks, and other friends was for a good cause. ``I'm making a statement about hunger, both locally and worldwide, to show the world cares,'' Eggers said. ``It's a start. Every little bit helps,'' she said. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) At right, walkers bring their dogs out for a stroll during the annual Conejo Valley Communities Reaching Out to People six-mile event Sunday. Below, Scott Stenovich, 15, from Thousand Oaks points the way to the registration area at California Lutheran University. Lilly Barrett/Special to the Daily News (3 -- color) The Santos family was among the scores of participants who bundled up Sunday to raise funds for area organizations during the 22nd annual CROP walk. (4) People of all ages braved the rain Sunday during the 22nd annual CROP walk. Lilly Barrett/Special to the Daily News |
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