TO KIDS FROM KIDS CAMPS SET UP HOLIDAY GIFT DROP.Byline: Kerry Kerry, county (1991 pop. 121,894), 1,815 sq mi (4,701 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. The county town is Tralee. Kerry consists of a series of mountainous peninsulas that extend into the Atlantic. Cavanaugh Staff Writer AGOURA HILLS - They loaded up eight school buses full of playhouses and dolls, jeans and dress pants, basketballs and race cars - all outgrown by their owners and ready for new children whose parents couldn't afford such bounty bounty, payment made by a government bounty, amount paid by a government for the achievement of certain economic or other goals. It often takes the form of a premium paid for the increased production or export of certain goods. . Summer camp counselors from Camp Kinneret and Sunny Skies day camps in Agoura Hills volunteered to spend Saturday visiting the homes of their former campers to collect used, but good quality, toys and clothes. The goods will go to MEND, short for Meet Each Need with Dignity, a Pacoima-based charity serving low-income and homeless families in the northeast 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. . This was the second year the two private camps collected for the charity. Last year, MEND gave out the toys and clothing donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. by the campers in a week and a half, Acosta said. ``If parents can't afford a new toy, at least they can give a used toy to their child,'' said Lupe Acosta, director of clothing and volunteers at MEND. For the camp counselors, many of whom were home for Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. break from college, the day was a chance for some community service while revisiting friends, co-workers and former campers. ``It's more than just getting together; we're actually doing something good,'' said Matt Derin, 19. Camp Kinneret Director Harold Gordon sent letters to the parents of last summer's campers asking them to donate toys, books, educational CD-ROMs, car seats and clothing that their children had outgrown. So many parents responded that, to carry all the goods, Gordon figured he would need eight school buses, which were donated for the day by Atlantic Express Atlantic Express may refer to:
``This is also for our campers,'' said Sunny Skies Day Camp Director Jeff Salzman. ``This is for the children to recognize and to make a difference for kids who don't have the toys and things that they have.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Lindsey Adelstein, 22, lugs a sack of toys from a home in Oak Park to the awaiting bus. (2) Lauren Croft CROFT, obsolete. A little close adjoining to a dwelling-house, and enclosed for pasture or arable, or any particular use. Jacob's Law Dict. , 19, left, Melanie Garber, 20, and Lindsey Adelstein load the back of a bus with toys and clothing. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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