GROUPS SPREAD COMFORT, JOY.Byline: Daily News Hundreds of people in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. got into the holiday giving spirit early Saturday, providing toys for needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. children and blankets for the homeless at a number of special events. The Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association for the third year came to the neighborhood Noah's Bagels to collect toys for distribution by the 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. County Department of Children and Family Services. ``We're extremely happy with the turnout and the number of gifts we've received this year,'' said David Rankell, a member of the homeowners group and one of the toy drive's organizers. ``We've done extremely well collecting toys for all age groups. We're absolutely thrilled.'' Ephraim Hailu, manager of Noah's Bagels, said his company was providing free coffee and bagels for people who donated what ultimately amounted to a truck full of toys. ``We've having a great response,'' he said. In Woodland Hills, Health Net, one of California's largest health maintenance organizations, sponsored the Sixth Annual Celebration of Children at the Woodland Hills Hilton Hotel. Gifts donated by Health Net's 3,500 employees were distributed to children at four locations throughout the state. ``We had 1,650 children statewide at the four locations, including about 450 in Woodland Hills,'' said Tom Smith, director of meetings and community events for Health Net. ``All of the events had gifts, meals, face painting, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , game booths, and lots of entertainment.'' Also Saturday, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association held its annual Blanket the Homeless distribution at the Los Angeles Family Housing Corp. in North Hollywood. The group said more than 2,700 blankets and parkas were being distributed to various homeless and battered bat·ter 1 v. bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters v.tr. 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. 2. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse. 3. women's shelters A Women's Shelter is a place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent situations, such as rape, and domestic violence. Having the ability to leave a situation of violence is valuable for women who are under attack because such situations frequently involve an , including Children of the Night, the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Community Health Center and the Haven Hills Battered Women's Shelter. ``There are a lot of very kind people out here,'' said Moses Mussallam, a security guard at the Family Housing Corp. Fred Gaines, the Bar Association's president, said the program was started in 1995 to try to make sure a blanket was provided to every person who needed one in the community. ``The blankets were purchased with funds raised through several different fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. projects during the year as well as donations by the general public,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Volunteer David Rankell helps gather toys for the county's needy kids Saturday in Sherman Oaks. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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