FAMILIES RAISING MONEY FOR QUAKE RELIEF IN EL SALVADOR.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer PALMDALE - Six Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley families are at work to raise money to help Salvadorans injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in January's devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. earthquake. One couple was already raising money for a St. Mary's Catholic Church priest, the Rev. William Escalante, who returned to his native El Salvador El Salvador (ĕl sälväthōr`), officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,705,000), 8,260 sq mi (21,393 sq km), Central America. last year, and they redoubled re·dou·ble v. re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling, re·dou·bles v.tr. 1. To double. 2. To repeat. 3. Games To double the doubling bid of (an opponent) in bridge. v. their fund raising after the Jan. 13 earthquake. ``With the earthquake it's just total devastation. We're continuing to do as much as we can to help him for as long as we can,'' said Palmdale resident and St. Mary's parishioner Dave King. ``We know what we send to him will go directly to help the people right there.'' The group will host a garage sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday at 4925 Halen St., off 47th Street East in Palmdale. A spaghetti dinner is scheduled for 5 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Palmdale Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus, American Roman Catholic society for men, founded (1882) at New Haven, Conn. (where its headquarters are still located), by Father Michael J. McGivney. hall, 39110 10th St. E. Tickets are $6 per person and include spaghetti, salad and garlic bread. A dance will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight March 31 at the Palmdale Moose Moose, river, Canada Moose, river, c.50 mi (80 km) long, formed in central Ont., Canada, by the Mattagami and Missinaibi rivers. It flows NE to its confluence with the Abitibi River and into SW James Bay near Moosonee. Lodge, 3101 E. Ave. Q, Palmdale. Tickets to the dance are $10 per person. Because shipping would be too expensive, the families are not collecting blankets, clothing, food or other items to send to quake victims. ``We're just doing the fund-raisers and sending him the money because we don't have the means to ship things over there because it is very expensive,'' King said. ``We're also working with a couple of orphanages but right now mainly we're focusing on Father Escalante in Salvador because of the earthquake.'' King said he and his wife decided to help Escalante when he left for his home country in November because they knew he would need money to help the poor in El Salvador. They became friends when Mary began teaching him English after his arrival in Palmdale, King said. Before the earthquake hit, the Kings sent him $1,884 raised from a garage sale and through donations by friends and family. Escalante serves at a mission in the town of Tacuba Ahuachapan. ``He's just a wonderful, wonderful, kind, generous human being. As a priest he's just a wonderful man. Everybody here just loves him a lot,'' Dave King said. For more information on how to help, call Ernesto Joaquin at (661) 273-3649. |
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