GRANT TO HELP YOUTH CLUB'S SPORTS PROJECTS.Byline: Daily News 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, - The Santa Clarita 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. is one step closer to its goal in raising money for its new headquarters - a more than $62,000 grant from a foundation that gives young people the opportunity to learn volleyball from Olympians and professional beach volleyball For the ball used in this sport, see . Beach volleyball is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Two teams, positioned on either side of a net which divides a rectangular court, hit a volleyball, usually using the hands or arms. players. The Amateur Athletic Foundation of 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. awarded the money to help the club build a gym and buy sports equipment at the new site at Sierra Vista Junior High that will provide a place for up to 1,000 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. club members to gather after school and on weekends. ``We are very happy to receive this and it's going to do a lot of nice things for the kids in Canyon Country,'' said Jim Ventress, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club. ``Any dollars we get at this point is very important.'' The $6.2 million project was praised as an example of public-private partnership as the city of Santa Clarita and the William S. Hart High School District The William S. Hart Union High School District serves the City of Santa Clarita, California. The total number of enrolled students is over 20,000. The superintendent of Hart School District is Jaime L. Castellanos. The District is named after William S. joined the club in funding its club headquarters. All three will share the 27,000-square-foot facility, with its gym, classrooms, teen center and meeting rooms. Sierra Vista students will have classes there, while the city will have access to the gym and meeting rooms for its programs. The $62,391 grant will help the club lay the gym floor, purchase glass backboards for the basketball nets and the cranks to lift the baskets, Ventress said. The money will also help buy pingpong tables and volleyball equipment; both are Olympic sports. So far, the club has raised $5.4 million of its goal. The AAF AAF abbr. Army Air Forces board, which was endowed with Southern California's share of the surplus from the 1984 Olympic Games, approved the funding. ``Since inception in 1985, the AAF has reinvested more than $125 million to serve youth through sport in Southern California,'' Chairman John C. Argue said. ``Hundreds of thousands of youngsters have already benefited from the legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games, and through these grants and AAF programs, many more will join them.'' |
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