TACO CONTEST TO RAISE DOUGH.Byline: Daily News CASTAIC -- Campus After Dark will hold its 10th Annual Taco-A-Thon on Oct. 15 in Castaic in which teens compete to eat the most tacos and raise money for the organization. The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at the home of Jerry and Leah Randall, 30431 Star Canyon Road. Jean Niemi's salsa recipe will top the tacos in this popular marathon eating marathon eating contestants consume ridiculous quantities of food; craze comes and goes. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 77–78] See : Fads contest to raise money to send youth counselors to a leadership training conference. Funds are raised by pledging either per-taco donations or straight contributions. A raffle will be held and trophies will go to the top taco-eaters -- separated by stomach size, gender and age. Teens, their counselors and supporters have devoured more than 3,000 tacos over the past decade. Niemi, a veteran supporter and board trustee of the 28-year-old 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, organization, is the head cook. In addition to staff training, money raised will help pay for teens' trips and to boost an endowment fund Noun 1. endowment fund - the capital that provides income for an institution endowment patrimony - a church endowment chantry - an endowment for the singing of Masses providing perpetual support for the nonprofit, nondenominational non·de·nom·i·na·tion·al adj. Not restricted to or associated with a religious denomination. Adj. 1. nondenominational - not restricted to a particular religious denomination; "a nondenominational church" Christian outreach program. Established in 1978, Campus After Dark serves high school students throughout 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. . Volunteer leaders under a professional director supervise off-campus and after-school activities, including weekly socials, recreational outings and overnight excursions geared to teen interests. Trips include snowboarding and skiing at June Mountain, water skiing and group visits to entertainment centers. Other events are laser-tag game nights, paintball paintball Sports medicine A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph Warning: weekend, beach overnighters, broom ball and girls' and guys' nights out. Upcoming events are posted on the group's Web site at www.campusafterdark.org and on a hotline at (661) 373-4073. Donations to the organization can be sent by mail to Campus After Dark, Inc., P.O. Box 802533, Santa Clarita, CA 91380. |
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