DRESS BENEFIT SET UP FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer Husbands will have a hard time complaining about a shopping spree at this sale. With more than 800 items priced under $38 and 10 percent of the proceeds going to the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. , local organizers are hoping no one will say no. The sale, called the Dress Party, will be hosted by the city in preparation for bringing a Special Olympics event to Santa Clarita in 1999, said Lisa Baumgartner with the city's Parks and Recreation Division. The sale will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Hilton Garden Inn Hilton Garden Inn is the name of a chain of hotels operated by Hilton Hotels Corporation. Hilton Garden Inns are considered to be upscale, mid-priced hotels that are designed for both business and leisure travelers. The hotel brand is similar to that of the Courtyard by Marriott brand. . The dresses range in size from a 3 to a 24, and are designs that can be found at Macy's and Nordstrom. The items may be tried on, but be prepared for a community changing room changing room n (BRIT) → vestuario changing room change n (Brit) (in shop) → salon m d'essayage: (Sport) → . Still, remember it's for a good cause. Money raised will help fund training sites in Santa Clarita and pay for a competition, Baumgartner said. ``There used to be a Special Olympics track and field training site up here for a while,'' Baumgartner said. ``I thought it would be nice to get this started because there are a lot of athletes up here and they have to drive all over for training sites.'' Basketball training, for example, is held in Burbank, Baumgartner said. Santa Clarita already has local people who can help, including a couple of Special Olympics coaches in Canyon Country, she said. Baumgartner said she became interested in the Special Olympics because she was a therapeutic recreation major in college. When city officials mentioned that they wanted to bring Special Olympic events to Santa Clarita, Baumgartner said she offered to help. Already, the city has hosted two fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. events, called Cops (Common Open Policy Service) An IETF standard for exchanging policy information in a network. COPS allows routers and switches to reserve bandwidth based on organization policy, which stipulates the priority for individual users and groups. and Lobsters. During those events in February and March, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. deputies and California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers filled in as waiters at Red Lobster, Baumgartner said. Their tips went to Special Olympics, raising a total of $3,300. ``We'll probably have a Special Olympics event next year,'' Baumgartner said. ``Just something local.'' The Dress Party, hosted by the city, will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Valencia Hilton Garden Inn, 27710 N. The Old Road. For more information, call (805) 255-4910. The Dress Party, hosted by Santa Clarita, will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Valencia Hilton Garden Inn, 27710 The Old Road. For more information, call (805) 255-4910. |
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