TEENS HELP OUT AT ANIMAL RESCUE WORK DEVELOPS LIFE SKILLS.Byline: Daily News LITTLEROCK - Fourteen members of 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 Project Teen Reach worked with rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and hoes on a recent Saturday, beautifying property at Cat/Canine, Assistance, Referral and Education. This was the second visit that members of Project Teen Reach has made to the pet sanctuary, where they planted flowers and trees Flowers and Trees was a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 30, 1932. , pulled weeds 1. weeds - Refers to development projects or algorithms that have no possible relevance or practical application. Comes from "off in the weeds". Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for microcode is serious weeds." 2. and cleaned up the area. ``In their first two visits to our animal sanctuary An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives. Unlike animal shelters, sanctuaries do not seek to place animals with individuals or groups, instead maintaining each animal until his or her natural death. , the Project Teen Reachers have provided invaluable volunteer help,'' said Ritchie Geisel, president of CARE. ``We're looking forward to welcoming them back regularly.'' The nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , no-kill and cage-free rescue was founded in 1992 in Sherman Oaks, and established the Antelope Valley sanctuary in 1997. The rescue provides a clean, healthful health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. health  ful·ness n. and loving environment for about 170 cats and two dozen dogs who have been abused, neglected or abandoned. The pets will stay with CARE until they live out their life spans or until they are adopted. About 60 teens are involved in Project Teen Reach which came to the Antelope Valley in September 1997. ``The program helps kids develop life skills necessary to make good decisions,'' said Susan Zaks, Project Teen Reach coordinator. ``It teaches them social responsibility and ways to lead positive and productive lives. The kids are doing a good job.'' For more information on the teen program, call Zaks at (661) 945-2527 or visit CARE's Web site at www.care4pets.org. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Members of Project Teen Reach do some landscape work at the CARE Pet Sanctuary. |
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