SANTA CLARITA FOOD PANTRY 'FILLED TO THE RAFTERS'.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer NEWHALL - The shelves of 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. Food Pantry were groaning Tuesday with neighborhood ``mail'' collected over the last few days, and pantry officials are calling the 11th annual Letter Carriers Food Drive a success. ``We go to the post office tomorrow for the last batch,'' said Belinda Crawford, the pantry's executive director. ``So far, it looks like they picked up 18 tons of food. We are filled to the rafters.'' Carriers were still picking up donations Monday and Tuesday to catch those who may have forgotten or were out of town on Saturday when the main drive was conducted. Collection totals were slightly less than last year's effort, which garnered 40,500 pounds compared to this year's 36,000. ``Even though we have a lot of food today, this will only get us through July,'' Crawford said. But her outlook is anything but grim, with new projects on the horizon to increase the pantry's contributions to the community. Prompted by a Daily News article, local Boy Scout Brandon Rock Brandon Rock (born 8 July 1972 in Las Vegas) is an American middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 meters. He finished fifth at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg. His personal best 800 m time was 1:44. has made building shelves for a lending library lend·ing library n. A library from which books may be borrowed or rented for a minimal fee. Also called circulating library. Noun 1. and baby food his Eagle Scout Ea·gle Scout n. One who has achieved the highest rank in the Boy Scouts. Noun 1. Eagle Scout - a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges Boy Scout - a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts project. The pantry served 2,055 clients in the month of April and is adding a new service starting Monday. 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, has been selected as one of the test distribution centers for 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. Regional Food Bank Commodity Supplemental Food Program, which will serve six different facets of the population: Infants from birth to 3 months old, infants 4 months to 1 year; children between 1-6; pregnant or breastfeeding mothers, postpartum or non-breastfeeding mothers and seniors over the age of 60. Clients already in the Women with Infant Children program are excluded from participating. Supplemental packages will be distributed once a month in addition to regular bags of food given out twice monthly. |
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