PARKING LOT CAMPING CONTINUES FOR NEEDY.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE -- Mitchell Chase and his sons will spend the weekend before Thanksgiving as he has for the past eight years -- camped out in a borrowed motor home in the Albertsons parking lot. Chase and his family have made it their tradition to spend the third weekend in November collecting food and household necessities for the Antelope Valley's most disadvantaged residents. ``It's all about giving back to those who need a helping hand,'' said Chase, who will be accompanied by sons Micah, 17, Joshua, 16, and Abraham, 15. The Thanksgiving on the Mayflower Mayflower, ship Mayflower, ship that in 1620 brought the Pilgrims from England to New England. She set out from Southampton in company with the Speedwell, food drive -- named because it started out eight years ago using a Mayflower moving van to hold the donations -- will provide help to four 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 charities. They are Grace Resource Center, a Lancaster organization that provides meals, emergency groceries and other help to the 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. ; Palmdale's South 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' food bank; the Valley Oasis Domestic Violence Shelter; and the Lancaster Community Shelter, which provides beds, food and other help to the homeless. The collection will begin at 8a.m. Nov.17 in the Albertsons parking lot on the southwest corner of Palmdale Boulevard and 10th Street West. Donations can be dropped off until 8a.m. Nov.20, when the goods will be trucked away to the four charities. Past collections have averaged about 25,000 pounds of food, Chase said. This will be the second year a refrigerated re·frig·er·ate tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance). 2. To preserve (food) by chilling. truck will be standing by, ready for either perishable per·ish·a·ble adj. Subject to decay, spoilage, or destruction. n. Something, especially foodstuff, subject to decay or spoilage. Often used in the plural. or nonperishable items. That lets the group accept turkeys, which people often drop off when purchased in supermarket promotions. A longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective Antelope Valley radio and cable television personality, Chase recently became the community and government relations manager for the local Child Care Resource Center. Eldest ELDEST. He or she who has the greatest age. 2. The laws of primogeniture are not in force in the United States; the eldest child of a family cannot, therefore, claim any right in consequence of being the eldest. son Micah will take charge of the collections while Chase makes regular live broadcasts on local Clear Channel radio stations 610AM, 103.1FM and 105.5FM, and on the local Time/Warner cable television station. Albertsons will help with a special deal of $18 worth of food for $9.99, Chase said. Chase's Thanksgiving effort started in November 1998, when he spent five days living in his van in the Albertsons parking lot and made live radio broadcasts as he tried to fill a 50-foot truck with food. In 1999, he continued his efforts, joined by sons Micah and Joshua, then 11 and 10. Abraham joined them the next year. |
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