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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
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Torrance Home Instead Senior (3825 Del Amo Blv., Ste. 104, Torrance)
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Torrance Home Instead Senior Care is sponsoring the 6th Annual "Be a Santa to a Senior" program that collects and distributes gifts to needy seniors. Volunteers, boxes and donations, especially of grocery and pharmacy cards are urgently needed.
Area retailers, businesses and agencies that serve older adults have partnered with Torrance Home Instead Senior Care to make sure that needy seniors receive gifts and companionship through the "Be a Santa to a Senior" program.
The Be a Santa to a Senior community service program (Nov. 1 through Dec. 22) ensures seniors get the items they need and want. Before the holiday season, participating local non-profit organizations identify needy and isolated seniors in the community and provide those names to Torrance Home Instead Senior Care.
Christmas trees, which will go up in seven locations in the South Bay on Nov. 2 and in the Del Amo Mall on Nov. 27, will feature ornaments with the first names only of the seniors and their respective gift requests.
Holiday shoppers can pick up an ornament, buy items on the list and return them unwrapped to the store, along with the ornament attached. Torrance Home Instead Senior Care then enlists the volunteer help of its staff, senior-care business associates, non-profit workers and others to collect, wrap and distribute the gifts.
A citywide gift-wrapping day, when hundreds of presents will be wrapped, will be held on December 17, 3:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army of Torrance Adult Day Care Center (4223 Emerald St.).
Currently needs: Boxes, preferably those with a lid, (copier paper boxes are ideal) to transport wrapped gifts. Donations of grocery and pharmacy gift cards and wrapping paper. Volunteers to monitor the tree at the Del Amo Mall (Nov. 27 through Dec. 13) and volunteers needed for the wrapping party (Dec. 17).
Please contact Farrah Benedict or Teresa McNeil at 310-542-0563 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mon-Fri.
Ongoing supporters of the Be a Santa to a Senior program: Salvation Army Sage House, San Pedro and Adult Day Care Center, South Bay Senior Services, Beach Cities Health District and Palos Verdes Health Care Center.
Businesses that have donated to this year's program include Jamison Services Inc., Office Depot (Harbor Gateway), Kelly Paper and Xpedex Paper, Minuteman Press and Goodwill Shredding.
Businesses are encouraged to contact Torrance Home Instead Senior Care (310-542-0563) about adopting groups of seniors. For tree locations in your area, or for more information about the program, log on to www.beasantatoasenior.com.
To learn more log on to http://www.homeinstead.com/286
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Charles H. Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw Blvd.
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The only Certified Farmers' Market in Torrance offers top quality produce from over 60 California farms. The market is held at Wilson Park, adjacent to the Sports Center. Listen to live music, and stay for breakfast or lunch.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
8:45 AM - Noon
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Madrona Marsh Preserve
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Interested in learning about the native and non-native plants on the Preserve? Learn directly through weeding non-natives and planting natives.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Bartlett Senior Citizens Center - 1318 Cravens Avenue
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Bring your ukulele and join the fun!
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
10:00 AM - Noon
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3201 Plaza del Amo, Torrance, CA 90503
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Interested in learning about native plants? Join Dr. Connie Vadheim, as she teaches you all about native plants in the wild and in your own garden.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
10:00 AM
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Southeast Library, 23115 Arlington Ave.
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Learn techniques for using string art when making greeting and note cards for all occasions. Instructor Doris Scott will teach participants how to create geometric patterns on cards using simple materials. All materials will be supplied, with funding provided by the Friends of the Torrance Library. This program is free, but space is limited. To register please call the Southeast Library at 310-530-5044.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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Ken Miller Recreation Center Auditorium [Torrance Cultural Arts Center] 3330 Civic Center Drive
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This year the theme of the show is “peace symbols” and a commemorative bobbin painted with a dove will be offered. There will be a free mini workshop at 1 PM in addition to vendors offering lace books and supplies, beads, a display of antique lace exhibits, lace demonstrations, a consignment table, and opportunity drawings.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
10:30 AM
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El Retiro Library, 126 Vista Del Parque
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Create a basket with live plants for gift giving, home decorating, or your holiday table. All materials are supplied, but registration is required. Please call the El Retiro Library at 310-375-0922 to register.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
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Claim Jumper restaurant, corners of Crenshaw and Lomita Blvds
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The South Bay Scooter Club meets the first Saturday of every month for a chance to ride around the South Bay on our scooters with fellow scooter enthusiasts. Though vintage Italian scooters are preferred, all types of scooters are always welcome. Meet at Claim Jumper restaurant in Torrance at 12:30pm. Ride leaves around 1pm-ish. Different routes and end spots are chosen every month. Come out and ride!!
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
1:00 PM
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Katy Geissert Civic Center Library, Community Meeting Room, 3301 Torrance Blvd.
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The Southland’s first panel discussion on the long misunderstood World War II Tule Lake Segregation Center will be presented on Saturday, Nov. 7, 1pm to 4pm, at the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library, 3301 Torrance Bl., Torrance 90503. Come explore why close to 6,000 Americans of Japanese descent, mostly from Tule Lake, renounced their American citizenship during the war. The November event will be co-sponsored by the Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California and the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Nature Center, 3201 Plaza del Amo, Torrance, CA 90503
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Ennjoy this informal beginners class on the uses of compund and stereo microscopes. While learning their use, you will be looking at everyday objects and microscopic life forms found in Madrona Marsh. The use of a research stereoscope will be demonstarted.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
2:00 PM
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James Armstrong Theatre [Torrance Cultural Arts Center] 3330 Civic Center Drive
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Based on a 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl who comes to New York to marry for money instead of love – a thoroughly modern idea in 1922 when women were just entering the workforce. Comedy ensues when Millie rents a room in a hotel owned by the leader of a white slavery ring in China.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
7:30 PM
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James Armstrong Theatre [Torrance Cultural Arts Center] 3330 Civic Center Drive
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Based on a 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl who comes to New York to marry for money instead of love – a thoroughly modern idea in 1922 when women were just entering the workforce. Comedy ensues when Millie rents a room in a hotel owned by the leader of a white slavery ring in China.
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