GOOD SAMARITANS EARLY HOLIDAY DINNER SERVED FOR THE NEEDY.Byline: Angie Valencia-Martinez and Eric Leach Staff Writers SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Generous-spirited volunteers and social service agency workers will be serving up hearty holiday meals and companionship this Thanksgiving week. Holiday food drives, festive meals for seniors and the needy, and food baskets  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. for families are among the offerings by community members, including Cub Scouts, high school students and a local real estate company. ``We have a big army of workers who see that the turkeys are all cooked,'' said Kathy Medley, who expects to serve about 350 people Wednesday at the Simi Valley Senior Center. ``They slice them up, do the gravy, corn, stuffing. It's a traditional meal - turkey and all the trimmings.'' Volunteers from the Rotary Club of Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative Sunrise will serve the meal from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. The homeless and needy families are welcome. On Thursday, Cub Scout Pack 3689 and the Apostles APOSTLES. In the British courts of admiralty, when a party appeals from a decision made against him, he prays apostles from the judge, which are brief letters of dismission, stating the case, and declaring that the record will be transmitted. 2 Brown's Civ. and Adm. Law, 438; Dig. 49. 6. Kitchen ministry will host a meal from noon to 2 p.m. at St. Peter Claver This article is about the Jesuit Saint. For the Filipino municipality, see Claver, Surigao del Norte. Saint Peter Claver (in Spanish: Pedro Claver Catholic Church, 2380 Stow Stow (stō), city (1990 pop. 27,702), Summit co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Akron; settled 1802, inc. as a city 1960. Chiefly residential, it has some light industry. St., for senior citizens, church parishioners and those from the Samaritan Center for the homeless. ``They've done things like this before, but this is the biggest meal we've done. The boys are thrilled,'' said Tammy Whitters, committee chairwoman for the pack. ``They love doing it and really learn a lot.'' Care and Share, a local food pantry, expects to deliver 500 turkeys donated by Throop Real Estate to families across Simi Valley on Monday. The families are regular participants in the program and have already signed up for the distribution, said director Veronica Rubio, who said the group serves about 6,000 families per year. This is the 30th year Care and Share has provided Thanksgiving meals and every year, she said, the number of needy families grows larger. Apollo Continuation High students plan to hold a luncheon Wednesday for students and community members who have supported the school in the past year. This year, the school collected 20 donated turkeys to feed an estimated 350 to 400 people. ``For some of our kids, it's the only Thanksgiving they get,'' said Eddie Zager, a substance-abuse counselor on campus who oversees the meal. ``A lot of our kids, they don't always get it at home. We wanted it to be something for them - something special.'' The students also donate food to the Samaritan Center, Simi Valley's drop-in center for the homeless. ``This is also a way that I bond with a lot of students who help me out,'' Zager said. ``Being a substance-abuse counselor is about building relationships and just trying to do nice things for the kids.'' Virginia Nelson, the new director of the Samaritan Center, said the volunteers find the experience of helping out on the holidays very rewarding. ``Helping people at these meals has always been very heartfelt,'' Nelson said. ``It always makes Thanksgiving more rewarding, when you know that you are helping others.'' Nelson said she started volunteering at the Samaritan Center 10 years ago after a friend asked her if she wanted to help feed the homeless at Thanksgiving. ``I thought I was going to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and when I found out I was going to feed the homeless here Simi Valley, it really threw me.'' Holiday food drives have a new twist this year with an online Virtual Food Drive undertaken by FoodShare Inc. The nonprofit, volunteer agency provides food to churches, the Samaritan Center, the Simi Valley Senior Center and other agencies throughout Ventura County. The Virtual Food Drive, which can be reached at www.foodshare.com, uses a new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. program to gather donations more efficiently, saving money so more food can be provided to the needy. ``The virtual food drive went up on our Web site this month, and we are just beginning to get results. It's a way to get food out quickly,'' said Susie Burmeister, food drive coordinator for FoodShare. ``It tells (donors) what we need at the time, what the wholesale price is, and it allows them to click on the item and put it in their shopping cart.'' The donor then pays for the selections online. FoodShare volunteers also continue collecting food in traditional, low- tech ways, including going into the agricultural fields of Ventura County to pick fruits and vegetables themselves. The agency obtains surplus food from grocery stores and from barrels set up this week at Vons grocery stores throughout the county. Some of the agencies served by FoodShare's food bank include senior centers in Simi Valley and Moorpark, Moorpark Catholic Charities and Catholic churches such as Saint Rose Saint Rose may refer to: Women known as Saint Rose:
Saint Francis, city (1990 pop. 9,245), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a residential suburb of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan; inc. 1951. There is meat processing and the manufacture of plastic and metal products. of Assisi Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization in Simi Valley, Veterans of Foreign Wars groups, Ventura County Foster Parents and the 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. . Burmeister said FoodShare depends on about 700 volunteers, serves about 45,000 people a month and distributes up to 10 million pounds of food worth between $15 million and $16 million a year. ``We're getting bigger, unfortunately,'' she said. ``The cost of living has become so outrageous here, medical expenses and housing. The first thing to go is food.'' Eric Leach, (805) 583-7602 eric.leach(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Students from Royal High School serve up Thanksgiving dinner The centerpiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States is a large meal, starring a large roasted turkey. All of the dishes in the traditional American version of Thanksgiving Dinner are made from foods native to North America, according to tradition the Pilgrims received these for the needy at the Samaritan Center Thursday. (2 -- color) Various flavors of pie, including pumpkin pumpkin, common name for the genus Cucurbita of the family Cucurbitaceae (gourd family), a group that includes the pumpkins and squashes—the names may be used interchangeably and without botanical distinction. C. , line the table for the Thanksgiving dinner Thursday. (3) Hungry visitors enjoy turkey and trimmings as served up by Leadership students from Royal High. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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