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CHIME Charter Elementary School Holding “Walk-N-Roll-A-Thon” Friday Jan 29

A concerned parent and reader of the blog wrote in to let me know that CHIME Charter Elementary School in Woodland Hills needs our help to save their music program.

She writes:

CHIME Charter Elementary School Walk-N-Roll-A-Thon to save Music Fri, Jan 29th. The proceeds go 100% toward supporting our beloved music program. The kids each need to collect sponsors, either at a set donation or a per lap rate. Checks can be made to Chime Charter Elementary and must be in by race day. You can also call in a pledge to 818 346 5100 and select option 3, to pay by credit card. We appreciate your support. Thank you!’

From their press release:

On Friday, Jan. 29, more than 320 kindergarten through fifth grade students are going to run, walk and roll their wheelchairs around the school track in an effort to save their music teacher’s job. They are asking their friends and family members to support their efforts by pledging a flat amount or an amount per lap.

“The amazing thing about this event is the community support and care for music instruction. The commitment of these families and their children to ensuring that we have a music program is literally demonstrated with the rubber hitting the road,” said Julie Fabrocini, the elementary school’s principal and executive director of the institute’s schools program.

The Walk-N-Roll-A-Thon is scheduled to take place from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. at the school located at 19722 Collier St. in Woodland Hills. The kindergartners will begin their quest at 1:15 p.m., followed by the first through fifth graders at 2 p.m.

Braving rain and mud last year, the elementary school students ran, walked and rolled their wheelchairs around the school track and raised more than $48,000 in pledges and donations. They were able to save their music program through June 2010.

But the state budget’s situation in many ways has gotten worse, and the music program’s future in the 2010-2011 school year, and beyond, is threatened again.

“The state’s budget crisis has impacted our ability to pay for high-quality classroom teachers,” Fabrocini said. “As always when we have to weigh the state’s requirements against children’s needs, the arts end up on the chopping block. What is most difficult about this is that we have no choice in the matter. Without these kids and their parents, we would continue to have no choices.”

Here’s a video where you can learn more about CHIME Charter Elementary School:

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Rotary Club Of Woodland Hills Sponsoring Ferne Saltzman Photo Art Show Jan 30th

TheAcorn.com writes:

The Rotary Club of Woodland Hills will sponsor a photo art show and sale featuring the works of artist Ferne Saltzman from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., Jan. 30 at Clyde Porter’s Playhouse, 7242 Owensmouth Ave., Canoga Park.

The show will feature Saltzman’s works in a variety of sizes, both framed and unframed. Refreshments will be served. The show is open to the public with no admission charge.

All proceeds from the sale of the art will benefit Rotary International’s PolioPlus campaign to immunize children around the world from polio.

Saltzman studied at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. She was the official photographer of the Kodak Albuquerque International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta for 11 years. Her work is featured in several California galleries and regularly at fine art shows in Southern California and Arizona.

For more information, call Lois Koch at (818) 857-7566 or e-mail lois@ourbungalow.com.

Thanks to Ferne for providing me with the above image and permission to use it.  Hopefully some of my readers can drop by on Saturday January 30th, and I hope to check it out myself.

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