DAY OF CARING; VOLUNTEERS TURN OUT TO SPRUCE UP A.V. FOR UNITED WAY.More than 500 people put in a day of good works and good times for local charities, rolling on paint, digging gardens and hanging murals. The volunteers, from local aerospace companies and other businesses and organizations, went to work as part of the United Way's ninth annual Day of Caring. ``It helps us show our donors where their money goes and how important it is that we take time out to help others,'' said Norm Hickling, a volunteer from Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. and chairman of the 1999-2000 United Way fund-raising campaign Noun 1. fund-raising campaign - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported in the Antelope Valley. The biggest cleanup project was at Desert Haven Enterprise, where scores of volunteers repainted a 14,000-square-foot workshop with 24-foot ceilings. Volunteers also restriped and landscaped the parking lot at the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. office in Palmdale and painted the Salvation Army office in Lancaster. Gathering at the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. before setting out on their projects, the volunteers also helped at offices of the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, , Assistance League of Antelope Valley, Antelope Valley Boys & Girls Club and Antelope Valley Senior Center. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Volunteers, from left, Ryan Tucker, 11, his father, Ron, and mother, Maureen, help clean at Desert Haven Enterprise during United Way's Day of Caring. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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