VOLUNTEERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer 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, - More than 150 volunteers have pledged to help make a difference today, fencing an equestrian center for disabled kids, building a school garden, sprucing up the Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. and helping mentally disabled mentally disabled See Cognitively impaired. Saugus residents settle in new homes. Today, across the nation, is Make A Difference Day - a celebration of neighbors helping one another. In Santa Clarita, workers will meet at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall for a breakfast rally, then head to their work sites. Volunteers were recruited from local businesses and neighborhoods. Twenty volunteers will help assemble furniture and set up kitchens and linen closets in new homes at LARC LARC Langley Research Center LARC London Action Resource Centre LARC Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo LARC Long Acting Reversible Contraception LARC Learning and Academic Resource Center (University of California, Irvine) Ranch, a Bouquet Canyon home for developmentally disabled adults. Residents will move next month from dormitory-style housing to cottages. ``It's wonderful,'' said LARC staff member Kathleen Sturkey. ``They're helping us get ready for the residents to move in.'' A handful of volunteers is heading to the Single Mothers Outreach home to paint and put up shelves in a pantry while 24 volunteers will gather to paint four rooms at Newhall Elementary School elementary school: see school. for Theatre Arts for Children Inc. Another group will work outdoors at Newhall Elementary creating a school garden - weeding, landscaping, building a fence and adding planter boxes. At Carousel Ranch, a therapeutic horseback program for disabled children, 16 volunteers have signed up to remove a damaged fence and replace it. About 20 people will gather at 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. Boys & Girls Club to clean up, paint, wash windows and spruce up spruce up Verb [sprucing, spruced] to make neat and smart Verb 1. spruce up - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" the Newhall clubhouse. Two dozen will join the board and staff of the Santa Clarita Child & Family Center to clean up its old facility as the agency moves to new headquarters. The event is coordinated by the Santa Clarita Valley Resource Center, the city of Santa Clarita and the United Way to promote volunteerism. |
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