Date:    Saturday, October 27, 2012 

Kick-off Rally - 8 a.m. Hyatt Regency Valencia

Projects begin – 9 a.m.

Location:   Activities take place at multiple non-profit agencies and schools throughout the Santa Clarita Valley.

Details: Make a Difference Day is Santa Clarita’s largest day of volunteerism and part of a nationwide day of volunteer service.  Volunteer as an individual or with family, friends or co-workers.  You’ll tackle one-day, hands-on improvement projects – painting, weeding, brush clearance, building repair and more.  Last year, over 1,800 volunteers took part in projects benefitting thirty SCV schools and charitable organizations.  This October, join your neighbors in making a positive difference in our hometown!

Contact:   To volunteer or register a project for consideration, please contact makeadifferenceday@handsonscv.org

Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers

Saturday, October 27 from 11am-3pm

Location: Bridgeport Park, Valencia 

Details: The Rubber Ducky Festival will be held Saturday, October 27, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bridgeport Park, Valencia. In addition to duck races throughout the day, the festival includes exhibitors, cool prizes, games, activities, food, entertainment, free admission and ample parking. Last year’s Rubber Ducky Regatta raised $30,000 that went directly to patient care at the non-profit organization’s three health centers. The centers are located in Newhall, Canyon Country, and Val Verde provides approximately 11,000 visits annually, with charges based on resident’s ability to pay. For more information, and to adopt your ducks, please visit http://www.sdfhc.org/.

Kenneally Acupuncture
Resolving Inner Conflict

October 27 from 12-2pm

Location:  Kenneally Acupuncture, 27225 Camp Plenty, Suite 6 (Camp Plenty at Soledad Canyon)

Details:  with Jayne Rutledge, C.Ht.  Cost:  $30

Free Saturday Parent Tour and Preview
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital

Saturday, October 27

Location:  meet in hospital lobby, 23845 McBean Parkway, Valencia

Details:  This free, one-hour presentation and tour of Henry Mayo's Women's Unit is a unique opportunity for expectant parents and those planning a family soon to familiarize themselves with our hospital. A nurse from our Women's Unit will take parents step-by-step through the birthing experience at our hospital, from pre-admission to discharge, answering any questions that come up, as best as she can, along the way. This presentation is followed by a firsthand tour of the unit, which includes, subject to availability, a labor and delivery room, a postpartum room, and a C-section operating room. This overview should give expectant parents a chance to experience the friendliness of our staff and their willingness to help them have the happy, secure, and relaxed birth experience that they desire. The free tour is offered on the fourth Saturday of every month from 1 to 2 p.m. Meet in the hospital lobby at 12:45 p.m., 23845 McBean Parkway, Valencia. Call (661)253-8607.  

Kenneally Acupuncture
Basic Shamanism

October 27 from 2:30-4:30pm

Location:  Kenneally Acupuncture, 27225 Camp Plenty, Suite 6 (Camp Plenty at Soledad Canyon)

Details:  Basic Shamanism with Penny Randall, C.Ht.  Cost:  $30

Saturday, October 27 from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Cost: Free

Location: Santa Clarita Valley Family YMCA, 26147 McBean Parkway, Santa Clarita, California 91355

Details:   

Enjoy the spirit of Halloween in a safe and fun environment with our trunk & treat.
The event is usually scheduled on the week prior to Halloween and features free games, prizes, treats, costume contests, a chili cook off and a spooky haunted house. Celebrate the excitement of Halloween in your own back yard.

Event Contact: 661-253-3593 sharleneduzick@ymcala.org

Kindle Ranch Presents “Too Cute To Spook” Halloween Concert and Festival

Saturday, October 27 from 5:00 - 9:00 PM

Cost: $25.00

Location: TBD

Details:   

For information please contact? Trina Harrison at 877-800-2267 or 818-391-0060

“Halloween Under the Big Top”
Real Life Church

Saturday, October 27 from 5-8pm

Location:  Real Life Church, 23841 Newhall Ranch Road (between Grandview & McBean)

Details:  It’s that time again—time for the community Halloween event at promises fun for all ages, with an aerial and acrobat show, a Hollywood bear and tiger, a performance by Dance Studio 84, games, and, of course, trick-or-treating indoors and out.  But it’s not just about free cotton candy, popcorn, and peanuts. Admission is free. All proceeds from the evening’s dunk tank, drink sales and 10% of food sales from food vendors, Chick-fil-A, Lampost Pizza, Kona Ice and Corn Heaven will go to Carousel Ranch, a local non-profit organization offering equestrian therapy for disabled children. Ralph’s and Sprouts are donating water bottles for drink sales and Pretty Little Pictures will be photographing the entire event for free.   The Habit will also be selling food at the event. 

Visit: reallifechurch.org.

Contact Maddy Dowler at 661-775-2041 or maddy@reallifechurch.org

Ricky Slocum Memorial Fund
Annual Poker Tournament

Saturday, October 27 at 6:30pm
Location:  Valencia Country Club

Details:  Please join us for the Ricky Slocum Memorial Fund Annual Poker Tournament. Tickets are on sale at rickyslocummemorialfund.org or by calling (661)607-8288. Tickets can be purchased by credit card on the website or by calling (661)607-8288. Help us support military and their families here in the Santa Clarita Valley.

The Acting Company’s Of Mice and Men returns to the Valley Performing Arts Center in October

Saturday, October 27 at 8 p.m.

Location:  Valley Performing Arts Center at CSUN’s Plaza del Sol Performance Hall

Details:  The Acting Company returns to California State University Northridge’s Plaza del Sol Performance Hall with a production of one of the most widely read great American stories, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men. In celebration of The Acting Company’s 40th Anniversary, this touring repertory of Of Mice and Men will be directed by Ian Belknap.  The Acting Company’s prestige as one of the most celebrated theatre companies in the nation has been lauded by The New York Times, which states that “The Acting Company endures as the major touring classical theatre in the United States.”

Tickets are available through www.ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org, Ticketmaster, or by calling the box office at (818) 677-3000. For more information visit the website

www.ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org.