EARTH FAIR TO BENEFIT KIDS WITH CANCER.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA -- An Earth Fair on Sunday at Valencia's Paseo Club will raise money for a local nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. group created to benefit kids battling cancer. The carnival-type event will bring people together for a day of fun, food, music and games to benefit Mac's Project, a group created by Chuck and Teri Maier of Valencia. Mac's Project is named after the Maiers' middle daughter, Mackenzie, who battled cancer from October 2004 to January 2006 and is now cancer-free. The name is an acronym acronym: see abbreviation. A word typically made up of the first letters of two or more words; for example, BASIC stands for "Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. for Make Another Child Smile. Its twofold goal is to raise money for families with children battling cancer while encouraging people to recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. . "When Mackenzie was getting treatment, we met so many families that needed financial support and were trying to work and be with their child during treatment," said Teri Maier. "Chuck and I realized how fortunate we were and wanted to do something to help families in need." Many local schools and businesses have been provided with Mac's Project recycling bins, the proceeds of which raise money for cancer-stricken families while keeping the planet healthy through recycling. Sunday's event will also recognize youths who recycle for Mac's Project through their schools. There are seven schools in 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, that participate in the program. Lee Cadena will begin playing music at 11 a.m. Sunday to get the crowd started. Other musical guests include Santa Clarita's own Todd Johnson Todd Edward Johnson (born December 18, 1978 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American football safety for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. He was selected with the third pick of the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of the University of Florida. Trio featuring Kristin Korb, performing at 1 p.m., and Taylor Made, performing from 2 to 4 p.m. The Earth Fair is sponsored by SCV SCV Santa Clarita Valley (California) SCV Sons of Confederate Veterans SCV Santa Clara Vanguard SCV Singapore Cable Vision SCV Special Category Visa (Australia) SCV StarHub Cable Vision Home Sweet Home, Santa Clarita School of the Performing Arts and the Paseo Club. The Paseo Club is at 27654 Dickason Drive. For information, visit www.macsproject.com. |
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