Several sites are accepting

tems for the Santa Comes to Agoura and Beyond food drive.

You can make donations in Calabasas in the main lobby of Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, 4232 Las Virgenes Road; in Agoura Hills at the Doit Center, 28750 Roadside Drive, or at First Federal Bank, 5701 Kanan Road; in Oak Park at Beanscene, 610 Lindero Canyon Road; or in Westlake Village at First Federal Bank, 3835 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., or at Pacific Rim Home Deco, 31139 Via Colinas, Ste. 203 or at Westlake Independent Acura anHonda, 31290 La Baya Drive.Ste. 1. Donors should remember thain addition to food items, personacare and household products aralso needed, such as toothpasteshampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toilet tissue, laundry and dish washing detergent and other items.

Items can be donated at the culmination of the event, in the Do-it Center in Agoura Hills until 10 a.m. Sat., Dec. 6. Here's a look at the tentativschedule, according to LeisSchwartz of the Westlake VillagJunior Women's Club: •9 a.m. welcoming announcement •9:15 a.m. food and sundrsorting begins

•9:30 a.m. Santa arrives •9:45 a.m. Girl Scout cologuard presents the flag; Kaitlin Maxwell, White Oak Elementary School sixth-grader, sings national anthem

•10 a.m. Brookside Elementary School choirs perform

•10:30 a.m. Agoura High School cheerleaders perform

•10:45 a.m. food bagging/distribution begins

Photographs with Santa are available for a reasonable donation to the food drive.

You can also help by sending a check (payable to Agoura Optimist Club/Santa) to George Annino, 6602 Maple Grove Ave., Oak Park, CA 91377 or by buying a turkey (see advertisement elsewhere in this edition).