GIRL SCOUTS HELP FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - The gift boxes and decorations from the holidays are a memory, but a Palmdale Girl Scout Troop is trying to keep the spirit of giving going throughout the year with a campaign to establish a reserve for local food banks. Troop 639 has kicked off its food drive called Grains of Love to gather nonperishable food for Grace Resource Center in Lancaster and South 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 Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' in Palmdale. The goal is to build up a month's reserve of food for each organization instead of them getting by from month to month and having to turn people away when the supply runs out. ``We want to help them have a reserve built up so that they can help those in need and still have supplies to fall back on,'' said the troop's spokesman, Mark Taylor People known as Mark Taylor include:
The troop has also enlisted the help of three local supermarkets. Stater stat·er 1 n. A resident of a particular state or type of state. Often used in combination: Lone Star staters; farm staters; the struggle between slave staters and free staters. Noun 1. Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . markets at 2535 and 4644 E. Ave. S Ave. abbr. avenue Ave. avenue Ave. abbr (= avenue) → Av., Avda and the Albertson's market at 37218 47th St. E. in Palmdale have pledged to help the troop by donating all damaged grain and canned foods canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. as well as letting the troop solicit for contributions in front of each of the stores. On Feb. 5, girls from the troop will spend from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of each of the stores asking people to donate one or more things from their baskets or to buy an extra item while inside to donate. All the gathered supplies will be given to the food banks the following day. ``We've never had to solicit for food before,'' said troop leader Christine Moore. ``We are hoping for a great turnout but that will all depend on whether the people we talk to feel like giving. Hopefully, we will have a great response because each year we try to do just a little bit better so it will give us something to shoot for next year.'' The drive itself was mentioned as a possible troop project in the Girl Scout Leader's Guide Book but with a slightly different goal. The Grains of Love drive was only to collect grains for shelters but Moore thought a broader list would be more beneficial to the food banks and those they help. ``This is just our way of trying to make our community better and to teach these girls why giving back is so important,'' Moore said. |
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