Doing a good deed for lots of kids
     GATHERING THE GOODS- From left, Patrick Feely, toy industry foundation board member; Ritchie Geisel, president and CEO of Bienvenidos; and president and CEO of My Stuff Bags Foundation Janeen Holmes load a van with more than 2,000 duffels in Westlake Village. My Stuff Bags Foundation donates bags to children in crisis shelters and foster care homes. My Stuff plans to distribute 2,000 bags to needy children in 20 cities throughout the nation this week.
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With community service CLU basketball helps others
      For winter break, California Lutheran University women's basketball coach Roy Dow has set up a schedule of games, practices and community service. The team participated in the Posada Royale Tournament CLU hosted on Dec. 28 and 29.
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Encouraging a child's creativity in the arts
      Everyone has the ability to be creative in some capacity. By fostering a child's creative muscles, he or she might develop more than just a hobby.
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Extraordinary grace and elegance
     JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers BALANCE AND DEXTERITY—Talent Lab dancers, below, and aerial artists Sydney Kramer, 14, of Westlake Village, left; Serena Burns, 13, of Santa Rosa Valley, center; and Ericka Wurth, 16, of Newbury Park perform "First Snow" during the recent holiday dance fantasy "Frost" at the Scherr Forum Theater in the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
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Adult school has literacy program
      Conejo Valley Adult School Literacy Program will offer a free literacy tutor workshop from 9 to 1 p.m. Sat., Jan. 24 at the Conejo Valley Adult School, 1025 Old Farm Road, Room 5, Thousand Oaks. The workshop will prepare volunteers to tutor adults in basic literacy skills. Volunteers do not need to have a teaching background.
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