FLAPJACK FUND-RAISER TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE.

Byline: Daily News

A pancake breakfast will be served Sunday morning at College of the Canyons in conjunction with the weekly farmers market to raise money for scholarships.

Funds raised at the ``Flip for Scholarships'' will be held for teens involved in a COC program to help high school students from low-income families learn about college life.

Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot adjacent to the farmers market. Tickets are $3 for adults, $2 for children under 10. Advance tickets are available at the COC Foundation Office on campus.

Tammy Castor, coordinator for the breakfast, said she hopes to raise $500 for the ``Early Start at COC: At-Risk Youth'' program. Early Start pairs members of the Keystone Club of the Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Clubs with COC students involved in HITE - High Intensity Transfer Enrichment.

Many Keystone members come from low-income families that might not have the money to send their children to college, organizers said.

The Early Start program introduces club members, ages 14 to 17, to campus life using HITE mentors who are from the teens' own neighborhoods. The younger students are introduced to careers waiting for them when they finish high school and to college.

Information about the program or the breakfast is available by calling the foundation office at 259-7800, Ext. 433.