COMPASSION AND A WARM SMILE LYDIA NASSOURA VOLUNTEERS TO HELP THE HOMELESS.On a recent morning, a bedraggled family -- a man, his wife and their small boy -- arrived at the Guadalupe Community Center in Canoga Park for their monthly allotment A portion, share, or division. The proportionate distribution of shares of stock in a corporation. The partition and distribution of land. ALLOTMENT. Distribution by lot; partition. Merl. Rep. h.t. of food. The canned beans, canned corn, pasta, macaroni macaroni: see pasta. and cheese will last them for a whole month. Lydia Nassoura, a volunteer coordinator, was there as she is three or four times a week, to listen, give a warm smile and compassion to the needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. . ``Our job is to give them a break,'' said Nassoura, one of 28 volunteers at the center, which provides food, clothes, preschool classes, and English-as-a-second-language classes for people down on their luck in the western San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . ``Life is tough ... and we don't have enough support. That's the scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar part over here. People don't have enough support.'' Complete story on Page 8 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Lydia Nassoura volunteers three to four days a week at the Guadalupe Community Center in Canoga Park. Jason Kandel/Valley News |
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