Tarzana Neighborhood Council helps fund several local events, projects

Many people look around their community and don't realize how much neighborhood councils do.

The Tarzana Neighborhood Council's Web site recently outlined several of the donations it has made to improve the local community.

Donations include:

$500 to the Valley-wide Student Art Show held at the Madrid Theatre

$500 to the annual Salute to Recreation celebration

$2,500 to the Valley Cultural Center's summer concert/film series held in Warner Center Park

$1,600 for a counselor at Nestle Elementary School

$2,977 for a customized computer for the Los Angeles Fire Department

$2,243 for benches at the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, located in Tarzana

$1,800 for "A Thirsty City," an educational environmental program by Theatre of Will, to be presented in all elementary schools in Tarzana

$2,579 for a sound system at the Tarzana Recreation Center

For more information, visit www.tarzananc.org.