A fundraiser has been launched to help support Larry ‘Legend’ Fiscus, a man well-known on Hart High School’s sports fields, who remains hospitalized after suffering a stroke last Saturday. Fiscus, the beloved Hart High School equipment manager and scoreboard operator has been confined to his hospital bed for almost six days in the face of a serious procedure that has ...
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Santa Clarita GoFundMe Launched For Student Fighting Lymphoma
A GoFundMe has been launched by Santa Clarita residents to help a local student in her battle against Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The fundraiser was posted yesterday by Alex Miura, a friend of 20-year-old Tayler Erzrumly who has been diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Erzrumly is currently in school for a degree in biology and is the second oldest sibling of ...
Read More »Santa Clarita LDS Church Hosts Fundraiser For Ukrainian Refugee Destinations
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Santa Clarita held a bake sale and car wash fundraiser Saturday to support Ukrainian refugees seeking asylum in Berlin and Poland. The church, located on Bouquet Canyon Road near Saugus High School, sold goods and provided services with volunteers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. People were welcomed to get a ...
Read More »Canyon Country Family Asks For Support For Son With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
The family of Carmen Jeanette Mendoza Navarro has reached out to the Santa Clarita Valley for help paying for transportation for her son, affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Beginning last month, a fundraiser was started to support the family of Jeannette Navarro and her 14-year-old son Jesus, disabled and confined to a wheelchair due to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Navarro has ...
Read More »Be The Light: Santa Clarita Volunteers Race To Benefit Youth In Recovery
As the sun set over Santa Clarita Saturday night, hundreds of local volunteers joined together for the annual Be The Light 5K in support of youth recovery from addiction. Each year, Santa Clarita runners and walkers come together, flashlights in hand, to offer a beacon of light for youth in recovery “showing them that we are here for them and ...
Read More »‘A Pure Soul’: Santa Clarita Family Seeks Help After Sudden Death Of Teenage Son
The family of a 17-year-old Santa Clarita boy who suddenly passed away Monday is seeking help to pay for a funeral that they hoped they would never have to arrange. Landon Lucas is described by everyone who knew him as “a pure soul” who was always kind and loving to his friends and family. “He was such a pure soul, ...
Read More »GoFundMe Set Up For 18-Year-Old Hart Grad In Need Of Skull Surgery
A GoFundMe has been set up to support medical bills for an 18-year-old soccer player and Hart High School alum who was recently diagnosed with a structural skull defect that could cause permanent damage to her brain and spinal cord. 18-year-old Ruby Burroughs has been diagnosed with a type of skull defect called a Chiari malformation, and her friends have ...
Read More »Family Of Dying Santa Clarita Teen Pleads With Community For Donations To Fund Life-Saving Treatment
The family of a Santa Clarita teen with Batten disease, a fatal degenerative genetic disorder, is pleading with the community for help after suddenly learning that scheduled life-saving research had been halted, and is now being faced with an urgent need for additional fundraising support. Affectionately known as “Sebi,” Sebastian Velona was born in 2003, and was a perfectly happy, ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Nonprofits Without Major Fundraising Events In Face Of ‘Safer At Home’ Order
The Santa Clarita Valley is home to dozens of major nonprofits; however, in the face of social distancing requirements and the “Safer at Home” order, many have been forced to cancel or reschedule major fundraising events. Near the beginning of April, the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley announced the cancellation of their 49th Annual Benefit Auction, Galactic ...
Read More »Tina Hwang – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fundraiser – February 2, 2018
Host: Aaron De La Torre Topic: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fundraiser Guest: Tina Hwang ***TO MAKE YOUR DONATION TO TINA’S FUNDRAISING EFFORT, CLICK HERE!*** Listen in as Aaron is joined in-studio by Tina Hwang, a Junior at West Ranch, who is spearheading one of 14 teams in a 7-week local fundraising competition to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The Los Angeles ...
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