By Daily Press staff
Taco Bell diners in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas will be doing more than getting their fill of chalupas today. Three hundred and fifty area Taco Bell restaurants will donate 10 percent of the day’s sales toward refurbishing teen centers at more than 70 Boys and Girls Clubs, including the one in Santa Monica.
Boys and Girls Clubs offer separate, teen-only facilities and provide programs that emphasize character and leadership development, community service opportunities and job skills for members ages 13-18. Boys and Girls Clubs of America comprises a national network of more than 3,900 neighborhood-based facilities annually serving some 4.6 million young people, primarily from disadvantaged circumstances. Teen members will decide how the Taco Bell funds will be used to revamp their teen centers.
The fundraiser is being held in honor of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Boys and Girls Club of America, which will be hosting its national “Day for Kids” event on Sept. 16 at the Santa Monica Pier.
Participating Taco Bell restaurants stretch from Ventura to Orange Counties. The fundraiser will take place at restaurants from opening until midnight.
More information on Boys and Girls Clubs of America is available at www.bgca.org. Senior seminars at the YMCA
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 14, 2006. Read the original PDF.