GIVING THE GIFT OF TIME SATURDAY'S A DAY JUST FOR AREA KIDS.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL -- The city's first Day For Kids will be held Saturday at Newhall Park, a free carnival sponsored by the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. . There will be more than 50 games and crafts booths at the event, which runs from noon to 4 p.m. The park is at 24932 Newhall Ave. Raffles are planned with prizes including a laptop computer, X-Boxes, Game Boys, bicycles with helmets and DVD players. Blockbuster has donated 2,000 $5 gift cards and HomeTown Buffet HomeTown Buffet is a buffet-style, sit-down restaurant chain headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota with locations throughout the United States. Its wide selection of food include pizza, hot dogs, hot wings, sliced ham among many others. has donated 2,000 free meal passes for giveaways. Mountasia Family Fun Center contributed $1,000 worth of family four-packs to encourage family play days. Many other countries have official days to celebrate their children, but America doesn't, said Jim Ventress, the club's chief professional officer. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America organization, along with the support of other leading youth-serving organizations, is working to change that by establishing the third Saturday in September each year as Boys & Girls Clubs Day for Kids. Created as a day to foster relationships between adults and children, the mission is to establish a day to celebrate and honor American children through the gift of meaningful time. Research shows that when adults spend such time with kids, it helps them develop a positive self-image and a sense of belonging, usefulness and purpose. ``The event is a collaborative effort with the city of 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, , 20 local community sponsors, and 50 local youth services organizations,'' Ventress said. ``While there will be a lot to do and a lot of free gifts and prizes, the day is truly meant to encourage families to spend time with their kids without spending money on them, giving them the gift of time. ``There is a Mother's Day, a Father's Day, and even Groundhog Day Groundhog Day (February 2) In the U.S., the day that the groundhog predicts whether spring will be coming soon. If, on emerging from his hole, he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter; if not, spring is imminent. ,'' said Janet Zaldua, an arts and events coordinator for the city. ``Day For Kids will promote relationship-building activities that create positive and memorable experiences for children.'' Fifty community groups have come together to host carnival booths. The old and new will be offered -- a Ferris wheel Ferris wheel, amusement park ride. It consists of a power-operated wheel that is about 50 ft (15 m) in diameter. It has two rims that are parallel to and equidistant from the shaft about which the wheel rotates. , trackless train
A trackless train is a series of connected road vehicles, usually shaped like a railway train. , hockey shootouts, water slides, an old-fashioned goldfish ping pong (1) A half-duplex communications method in which data are transmitted in one direction and acknowledgment is returned at the same speed in the other. The line is alternately switched from transmit to receive in each direction. Contrast with asymmetric modem. toss, rock wall climbing, karaoke and a laser tag maze. In addition to the carnival portion of the event, Ventress is encouraging parents to stop by the Boys & Girls Club and take the Day For Kids pledge: ``We pledge to spend meaningful time together to talk, to listen, to learn, to play, to share a moment, create a memory and make a kid's day.'' For information, call Ventress at (661) 254-2582 or Zaldua at (661) 286-4079. |
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