CHURCH GROUP TAKES ON GRAFFITI; ANNUAL FUND-RAISER HELPS TROUBLED YOUTHS.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer Nearly a dozen youngsters will hoist paint brushes today to make a difference in their community during the second annual Graffiti Blitz, sponsored by Faith Tabernacle Tabernacle (tăb`ərnăk'əl), in the Bible, the portable holy place of the Hebrews during their desert wanderings. It was a tent, like the portable tent-shrines used by ancient Semites, set up in each camp; eventually it housed the Ark United Pentecostal Church. ``It just popped in my head one day it's a neat way of doing some kind of civic pride effort as well as raising funds for a worthwhile cause,'' said the Rev. Derek G. Stucki. Ten children, ages 11-17, solicited sponsors whose donations will go toward the church's annual fund-raiser, Sheaves sheaves 1 n. Plural of sheaf. sheaves Noun the plural of sheaf sheaves sheaf for Christ, which supports a home for troubled youths, missionary work Noun 1. missionary work - the organized work of a religious missionary mission work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" da'wah, dawah - missionary work for Islam , an orphanage ORPHANAGE, Eng. law. By the custom of London, when a freeman of that city dies, his estate is divided into three parts, as follows: one third part to the widow; another, to the children advanced by him in his lifetime, which is called the orphanage; and the other third part may be by him and other programs. Stucki, teen-agers and adult church members will return to last year's spot, a Ventura County flood control channel Flood control channels are a series of large, concrete, and empty (except when a flood is actually present) open-air channels that extend a ways below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if and when a flood occurs, the flood will run into the channels, and proceed to be , located between the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. and Hillcrest Drive near Ventu Park Road, scarred with gang-related tags. The city of 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. has donated 20 gallons of medium gray paint for the group's efforts, and Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box has donated paint roller sleeves. ``There's a lot of graffiti,'' Stucki said. ``Last year, the city was able to give us 10 gallons of paint, and we didn't even make a dent because there was so much there.'' Stucki estimated that section of the county's network of channels stretches a mile, from Ventu Park Road to the Rancho Conejo Boulevard off-ramp, with much of it fronted by an apartment complex. ``Last year about this time there was fresh paint from tags so it's an ongoing area because of the location, its relative anonymity, and you can't really see what folks are in there doing,'' he said. The church approached the city and the state Department of Transportation last year with the idea of cleaning up graffiti, but the agencies couldn't identify an area, Stucki said. ``We went out and found our own. ``I suppose you change your thinking and think like one of those folks (who tags),'' he said of finding the place. Actually ``one of the kids in our youth group tipped us off that that was probably a good spot, so we ended up there.'' The teen-agers have solicited sponsors and so far raised $650 toward their goal of $2,000, said Brandon Waits, a church member who works with the congregation's youths. Last year's Graffiti Blitz raised more than $1,000. ``The funds are going around the world to help those less fortunate than us,'' Stucki said. ``And our young people are learning what it means to serve and give, and that is the grandest of all.'' |
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