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Heather Harbin, Hometownstation.com | Sunday, Jul 19, 2015

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The Boys & Girls Club of the Santa Clarita Valley, in partnership with the Santa Clarita Swap Meet, is collecting school supplies for children in need.

The club is seeking donations of pens, pencils, erasers, colored pencils, markers, spiral notebooks, folders, binders and new or gently used backpacks.

The school supplies will be distributed to children in need at the club’s Newhall headquarters.

“We are very happy to be working with the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clarita and serving our community,” said Monica Lesh, Artistic Coordinator for the Santa Clarita Swap Meet. “The shoppers at the Santa Clarita Swap Meet and the Santa Clarita community in general have always been very generous with their donations and we look forward to providing some much needed school supplies to our local students.”

Donations can be dropped of at the Boys & Girls Club of the Newhall office from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Aug. 16. The address is 24909 Newhall Ave.

About the Boys & Girls Club of the SCV

The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley is one of over 4,000 Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide.

Since 1968, the vision of The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley has been to provide every child with the essential tools needed for a successful and bright future.

Every day, The Club strives to improve each child’s life by instilling self-esteem, courage, and positive values through all of our educational programs.

Youth come to The Club to receive tutoring, homework assistance, computer training, sports, social recreation, education, mentoring, arts & crafts and so much more.

Members of The Club gain confidence by developing a sense of usefulness, competence and belonging.

The Boys & Girls Club Mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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4 Comments

Renae M James says:

Sunday, Jul 19, 2015 at

Claudia Lopez-Gallagher – possibly a Zen Club project ?

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Claudia Lopez-Gallagher says:

Monday, Jul 20, 2015 at

We’ll do it for our August Zen Club! Yes!

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Claudia Lopez-Gallagher says:

Monday, Jul 20, 2015 at

We’ll do it for our August Zen Club! Yes!

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Kurt Braun says:

Saturday, Jul 25, 2015 at

Great job Boys & Girls Club! Anybody reading this in the Philadelphia area looking to help others in need, SAFE Coin Supplies is collecting supplies for Wayne Hall, the Women & Children’s Shelter of Sunday Breakfast Mission at their distribution center in Hatboro – see more info here: http://www.safepub.com/sections/coin-collecting-supplies

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