COLLECTING AID; A.V. MOUNTS EFFORTS TO HELP VICTIMS OF HURRICANE MITCH.Byline: Daily News Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley organizations and individuals are pitching in to help Central American Central America A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. victims of Hurricane Mitch. Water, food, medicine and clothing are being collected from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today in the apartment parking lot at 221 E. Ave. Q-10, Palmdale, and the shopping center at 170th Street East and Avenue O in Lake Los Angeles. The donated items will be turned over to Casa Nicaragua, a Los Angeles-based community group, said organizer Irene Medrano. Students at Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. will be taking donations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday of canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. , bottled water, shoes, clothing and medicine. People can drop off their donations at the school's student parking lot, which is located on the north side of campus near the football field on Division Street south of Avenue I. The event is being sponsored by the Associated Student Body. Organizers said that children's clothing is especially needed. Rosamond's Civil Air Patrol  The U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was created on 1 December, 1941 by Administrative Order 9, with Maj. Gen. John F. Pancho Barnes Cadet Squadron 49 is taking donations of clothing, shoes and blankets in sizes infant through adult. Items can be dropped off at 2200 Monje St. in Rosamond or at the South Antelope Valley Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' office at 37925 Sierra Highway, Suite H, in Palmdale. ``We figure on doing it for a couple weeks, whatever it takes,'' said CAP Capt. Robert Sentner. ``If we get a whole bunch we'll send it out, then keep on doing it.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Civil Air Patrol Capt. Robert Sentner sorts through items for victims of Hurricane Mitch. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News |
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