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Westlake Village Nonprofit Stuffs Bags for Foster Kids

This is a regular feature on philanthropic activities by Valley-area business people and companies. In honor of National Foster Care Month, Westlake Village-based nonprofit MyStuffBags Foundation partnered with the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) for its Fourth Annual Do Good Stuff-a-thon. The event, held May 11, brought together California legislators and volunteers from the toy industry to assemble duffel bags distributed nationwide to more than 35 agencies that support neglected and abused children. The bags were filled with blankets, toys and clothing and will reach some 5,000 foster children. Toy companies, including Cloud B, Funrise Toy Corp., JAKKS Pacific Inc. and LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., donated their time and toys to the event. State Senator Tony Strickland and State Assembly member Fiona Na attended to work the assembly line. Jean Butler, executive director of TIF, said “We are grateful to our toy contributors for providing the ‘tools of play’ to help these children cope, as well as to our volunteers who pulled together to make this event such a success!” Wells Fargo Gives to Boys & Girls Wells Fargo Bank donated $20,000 this month in support of The Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley’s Project Learn program. Through after-school tutoring, mentoring and educational activities, the program helps more than 550 children develop skills and knowledge to help them achieve academic excellence. The program has been in existence since 1995. “Wells Fargo has graciously donated to the Boys & Girls Club for the past four years,” said Club Chairman of the Board Gary Thomas. “We are very grateful to the members of the Wells Fargo organization for their continuing generosity and spirit of benevolence.” Moorpark College Offers Aid The Moorpark College Foundation has awarded $120,000 in scholarships this school year to 168 students. The scholarships were awarded at the nonprofit foundation’s annual scholarship reception April 30 at the campus Performing Arts Center. About 150 students, family members, college faculty and supporters attended the event. “The students should be quite proud of their accomplishments this year, and the Moorpark College Foundation is very gratified to once again present a remarkable number of scholarships to help local students pursue their dream of education,” Elad Goren, chair of the board of directors for the foundation said in a statement. The scholarships, ranging from $250 to $2,000, were presented by Goren along with Moorpark College President Pam Eddinger and Foundation Vice Chair Jodi Santino. The foundation said 80 donors were involved or contributed to the scholarship program. Valley Resident Plans Food Drive Valley resident Greg Martayan has planned one of the largest canned-food drives in Valley history in support of the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission in North Hollywood. An outreach of the Rescue Mission Alliance, the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission provides clothing and temporary transitional housing for the homeless. Martayan partnered with local schools and community organizations to establish the Help Feed Los Angeles Coalition, which will collect canned food donations over the next few months to reach its goal of 10,000 cans. The donated food will be delivered to the Rescue Mission on July 15.

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