CENTER KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE A DAY CAN MAKE.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Resource Center, featured in today's USA Weekend USA WEEKEND Magazine is a national publication distributed through more than 600 newspapers in the United States. It reaches 49 million [1] readers in 23 million households [2] every weekend. magazine, hosted its second Make A Difference Day on October 26, 2002, involving 14 nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. agencies. Part of a national campaign, co-sponsored by United Way and the city of Santa Clarita, projects included painting fences at Hart Park, rehabilitating murals at Newhall Elementary School elementary school: see school. , collecting food and eyeglasses eyeglasses or spectacles, instrument or device for aiding and correcting defective sight. Eyeglasses usually consist of a pair of lenses mounted in a frame to hold them in position before the eyes. , planting gardens, and cleaning shelters and playground equipment. ``More than 200 local residents and businesses participated,'' said Marlene Garside, program assistant at the center. ``Business groups, religious organizations, school clubs, families and individuals all joined together to make a difference in the Santa Clarita Valley.'' Many local charities benefited from the volunteers' work. The Domestic Violence Center's thrift store was cleaned and repainted; the front of the historic Newhall Elementary Auditorium was landscaped with shrubs and plants, the home of a single mother with two children with disabilities was repaired and refurbished inside and out, and a horse stall structure at Carousel Ranch was disassembled in preparation for a move. Officials with the center estimate that more than 1,000 local residents will benefit from the improvements affected by the volunteers' work. Make A Difference Day has been called the largest community service effort in the nation and was created by USA Weekend magazine and the Points of Light Foundation. Plans for this year's event, which is scheduled Oct. 25, 2003, are already under way. To learn more about the event, to volunteer or to become a sponsor, call the Santa Clarita Valley Resource Center at 250-3720. |
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