Inglewood News AND LENNOX CITIZEN The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - December 18, 2014 Santa Is Flying to Town Santa Claus, played by Mark Adams of Los Angeles World Airports, took a break from his work at the North Pole today to visit preschool and kindergarten students from Gardena and Hawthorne’s Zela Davis and Wiseburn’s Cabrillo elementary schools. Santa arrived and read “The Night Before Christmas” to the students at the Westchester Senior Center. Even though there is lots to do at the North Pole, Santa posed with the students before departing. Photo courtesy of LAX. Salvation Army to Host, Organize Miracle on Manchester Christmas Event By Cristian Vasquez their Inglewood office located at 324 E. Queen hardship and need of assistance. Food baskets and toys will be distributed by St. in Inglewood. “We have a responsibility to our donors who the Salvation Army on Friday Dec. 19 from In addition to these holiday efforts to assist are giving money. They want to see that we 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as part of the Miracle people and families in difficult situations, the are helping people that are in need,” Golden on Manchester Season of Giving, which runs Golden and everyone at the Salvation Army said. “We don’t retain that information and it from Nov. 1 to Christmas. Inglewood Citadel Corps works year round is only used during our monthly emergency “For Christmas we are set to serve 1,000 to operate programs such as their daily lunch food pantry program. People have to prove children through the Toy and Joy Center program which serves 75 people Monday hardship and that is how it is at many agencies.” which includes roughly 600 families and we through Friday. There is also the Emergency From the Inglewood office, the Inglewood are excited about that.” Salvation Army Corps Food Pantry Program which will resume on Jan. Citadel works with several communities Ministry Leader Lt. Christopher Golden said. 5, 2015 and which helps people who qualify including the home city, Culver City, Lennox, “We served a lot of families last year and this every 30 days. There are also programs for Westchester, Gardena, El Segundo, and parts year they will come in and be able to shop kids such as the Tuesday Night Music where of Los Angeles. for two toys for their child, get a food box children are trained in a musical instrument “We do a lot from this office and serve a lot and a Christmas blessing.” of different people,” Golden said. “We try to The Christmas outreach event will take “For Christmas we are set to serve have a presence in all of those communities place at the Inglewood location at 324 E. 1,000 children through the even though our office is located here in Queen St. in Inglewood. Each client has Toy and Joy Center which includes Inglewood. Sometimes people are reluctant previously registered and has been allotted a roughly 600 families and we are to provide that [proof of income/hardship] time throughout the day to go in and obtain excited about that.” information but in order to receive many of their items. While the Salvation Army prefers our services we have to understand that people that everyone receiving a food basket and toys during the school year. For working families, are really in need.” register, they do their best with any extra items the Salvation Army also provides their Spring It is too late to register to benefit from to help people who were unable to register. Break Day Care at a low cost [$60 a week], this year’s Miracle on Manchester Season of “We don’t traditionally help walk-ups but which includes two field trips, breakfast and Giving but persons interested can still donate it is not to say we won’t help,” Golden said. lunch. They also offer a seven-week summer by calling Golden or or Brenda Ogilvie at “I hate to tell people no: it is never a good day camp program [$65], which includes (310) 677-3375. Persons interested can also feeling but sometimes things are beyond our breakfast and lunch as well as two field trips. email Golden at Christopher.golden@usw. control but we do everything that we can.” This and more is available alongside the church salvationarmy.org. For Thanksgiving the Salvation Army helped services and Bible study component, which “Money is always needed and people get and served 847 clients in a two-day period. The is at the core values of the Salvation Army. to see, and we invite people to see, where first day they were able provide 375 turkeys “Our motto is to do the most good and I feel their dollars go,” Golden said. “We are able and food boxes for individuals with the help that we are doing it all the time,” Golden said. to show our community and donors what we of the Los Angeles Lakers. The following While many of the people being helped are doing. Money is always helpful to sustain day was the community feeding where the are known by name since they are part of what we do year round. We visit seniors all Salvation Army set up tables, table clothes, the Inglewood location’s yearly programs, all the time, especially the shut in so that they napkins, and served a turkey dinner out of person seeking assistance are required to prove know they aren’t forgotten.” • Inside This Issue Classifieds............................3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................2 Finance..................................4 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 6-7 Looking Up...........................2 Pets........................................8 Politically Speaking............6 Seniors..................................7 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Partly Cloudy 62˚/52˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 63˚/51˚ Sunday Mostly Sunny 68˚/53˚
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