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Show THE PARK RECORD www.parkrecord.com WEDTHURSFRI, NOVEMBER 12-14, 2003 A-7 location EDUCATION EDITOR: Jennifer R. Merback 649-9014 ext.118 O educationparkrecord.com Briefs Boys and Girls Clubs search for home 'Ed Food for Fines Summit County Library locations in Kamas, Coalville and Park City will waive $1 of fines for each can or package pack-age of non-perishable food item brought into the library during Children's Book Week, Nov. 17-22. All donations will go to Community Action sites in Coalville and Kamas to be dispersed dis-persed throughout Summit County. Community Action,, is a nonprofit organization offering emergency food and utility assistance for low-income individuals and families in need. For more information, contact the main branch at 615-3900. Club Interact scavenger hunt On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Park .City High School Club .Interact members will be collecting winter clothing and canned food to donate to a local shelter. shel-ter. The "scavenger hunt" will take place in Park City around 5 p.m. For more information , please call Jess Ried at 649-3000. PCEF movie night The Park City Education Foundation is proud to present the Utah premiere of "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," Thursday, Nov. 13, sponsored by Warner Bros, and Cinemark Theatres. The movie event with be held at Holiday Village Cinemark, located at 1776 Park Ave. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and show time is 5:30 p.m. Ticket price is $15 and includes a light dinner (complete with popcorn and drink, of course), pre-show entertainment, contests, con-tests, prizes and more. The film, rated PG, features Bugs Bunny and all the Looney Tunes characters as well as Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman and Steve Martin. Tickets can also be purchased, pur-chased, at the PCEF office, 2700 Kearns Blvd. or at the Holiday Village Cinemark.' . ' ' In Park City middle schools, the clubs hope to find their own place By JENNIFER R. MERBACK Of the Record staff Mingling with city officials and community com-munity members. Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake staff hoped to discover dis-cover their place in the Park City area at a clubs-hosted cocktail party at Park Meadows Country Club last week. "The whole point of the event was to get collaboration from the city's decision makers on how they best see our fit in the area," Kris Severson, Director of Marketing and Special Events for Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake. The reason for finding their place is that the clubs are looking for a home of their own in Park City. In place at Ecker Hill and Treasure Mountain middle schools for a year and a half, the clubs "offer diverse programs created to educate, edu-cate, entertain and inspire children," according to clubs literature. Students who participate in the clubs receive homework help, in addition to participating partici-pating in arts and crafts activities, sports and games, computer education, lield trips and service projects. "We help over 100 kids in the area by providing youth development, leadership leader-ship and life skills," said Executive Director Jim Jensen. Assistant Director of Operations Laurel Wilkinson is amazed with the level of participation in the "Power Hour" after-school club at both middle schools. "We've done better than we anticipated. anticipat-ed. The number of kids just keeps growing grow-ing and growing," said Wilkinson. - The clubs have 28-30 students enrolled at Treasure Mountain and 26-28 at Ecker Hill. Wilkinson adds that the teachers make it easy for clubs staff by providing homework information. "The schools feel that the clubs are part of the education system and make sure that space is available for us," said Wilkinson. Severson also notes that the school counselors work to identify kids that would benefit from the clubs. "We work hand-in-hand with the schools and have full-circle communication communica-tion with the teachers and counselors," said Severson. - . t i With the success of the clubs in the Hit 1 U (4 f .... k 4. f Q I O SCOTT SINEPARK RECORD From left: Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake Executive Director Jim Jensen, board member David DiCesaris and Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds mingle at clubs-hosted cocktail party at Park Meadows Country Club. school, Severson says that community leaders see the benefit and are receptive own. "I see We've done better than we anticipated. The number of kids just keeps growing and growing, " - Laurel Wilkinson Asst. Director of Operations to helping them find a home oi their us in our building, temporary or permanent, by June," said Severson. Board member and President and Chief Financial Officer of Applied Financial, Inc. David DiCesaris sponsored spon-sored the cocktail party and was impressed with the response from community leaders. "The people I talked with were receptive to our intent," said DiCesaris. Dave Edmunds attended the party' and agrees with how the clubs are progressing in Park City. "There's no question the clubs benefit our community," said Edmunds. Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake has been serving children ages 6-18 for 35 years with eight club locations in Salt Lake City and surrounding areas. The clubs provide a safe place for kids to go after school and "nurture a sense of belonging and usefulness through one-on-one relationships with caring adult professionals," profes-sionals," according to program literature. 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