COMMUNITY NEWS SCHOOLS GIVE TO HURRICANE VICTIMS.

An outpouring of support and generosity swept through the San Fernando Valley and surrounding areas in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. A campuswide fund-raising drive by the students and faculty at California State University, Northridge, netted $84,484, which was presented in a ceremony last week to the American Red Cross.

The Red Cross also was the beneficiary of $12,035 raised at Agbu Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park. The campus' student council, including President Lorig Naccachian and Cabinet members Natalie Nahabet, Jessica Mansour and Mhair Zeitounian presented the check to the charity's San Fernando Valley headquarters.

Jonathon Prince, 25, of Studio City left last week on a five-month, cross-country run to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. For more information, see www.Run4Relief.com.

The Woodcraft Rangers after-school program honored Larry Clark of Los Angeles during a Saturday night gala. The not-for-profit group provides programs at schools in the San Fernando Valley and also operates Stanley Ranch Camp in Castaic.

Laurali Fey was named Woman of the Year by the American Business Women's Association, Los Angeles Area Counsel, which is composed of the group's Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties. Fey was commended for holding all the board offices and most of the chairmanships in the group's Valley Glen Chapter.

Dr. Khalil Tabsh, director of maternal-fetal medicine at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, last week received a California Immigrant Achievement Award from the American Immigration Law Foundation. A native of Lebanon, he also is the vice chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Juniors and teens from the Agoura Hills Dance and Performing Arts Center captured top honors during the four-day Hollywood Vibe National Finals, which drew competitors from all over California and five other states.

Six students from West Valley Leadership Academy got shorter haircuts so they could make donations to Locks of Love, the national organization that provides human-hair wigs to children who lose their hair to illness. The participants were Danielle Carrillo, Delina Carrillo, Ashley Jaramillo, Lauren Mercado, Janet Segouia and Myly Sharko.

Fredi Macias, a 19-year-old student at Los Angeles Valley College, is set to receive his Eagle Scout Award. For his community service project, the Troop 201 member collected 106 pairs of used prescription eyeglasses to recondition for low-income residents. Macias, of North Hills, is the son of Gloria Caldera and Rafael Macias.