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Inland Valley Hope Partners is encouraging businesses, church groups and others to tap into their resources and help needy children get ready for school.

Families struggling financially are also finding it difficult to provide their children the supplies they will need for school.

Inland Valley Hope Partners is suggesting groups organize school supply collection drives with the materials donated to the Partners for distribution to needy families.

The organization needs donations of pens, No. 2 pencils, 3-ring binders, packages of loose-leaf paper and copy paper, boxes of colored pencils, spiral notebooks, planners, highlighters, index cards, folders with pockets, calculators and backpacks.

For additional information contact Fran Robertson at Inland Valley Hope Partners by e-mail at franr@hope-partners.com or phone her at 909-622-3806, ext. 231.

The Pomona Police Department is inviting Pomona's Neighborhood Watch groups to take part in its "National Night Out Celebration."

Activities are scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 3 in the Civic Center Plaza found next to City Hall, 505 S. Garey Ave.

Activities will include games for children, a drawing, demonstrations.

Part of the goal of National Night Out is to send a message from residents to criminals that says residents will not tolerate crime and will organize against it.

For information on the event contact the Pomona Police Department Crime Prevention Office at 909-620-2318.

Officers will provide free hot dogs and drinks.

Lovers of action and adventure films will want to
visit the Fox Theater on Sunday (June27) for a screening of the film "Raiders
of the Lost Ark."

The 1981 film, which stars Harrison Ford, was directed by Steven
Spielberg and produced by George Lucas. It is the first film in the
Indiana Jones franchise.

The Friends of the Pomona Fox have organized the screening
event, which will include a classic cartoon and a special
surprise, said John Clifford, president of the Friends group.

Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children ages 12 and under.

Guests will have a chance to the take their picture with a cut-out of
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones.

Guests will also be eligible to win door prizes.

Doors open at 1 p.m. The film starts at 2 p.m.

The Fox Theater is on the southwest corner of Garey Avenue and West
Third Street in downtown Pomona.

Its summer and that means the Pomona Concert Band
will be taking the stage of the G. Stanton Selby Bandshell at Ganesha
Park, 1575 N. White Ave.

The 63rd Annual Summer Concert Series kicks off at 8 p.m. July 1 at
the bandshell behind the park's community center.

The series will include nine Thursday evening concerts with the
finale on Aug. 26. All performances are free to the
public.

The opening concert will celebrate America's Birthday with "An
American Musical Journey," according to a statement from
the band.

Music of American composers will be featured throughout the concert.

Also participating in the concert will be the Carolers of the
Claremont Chorale in Alfred Reed's "Testament of An American."

The concert will be dedicated to the memory of Helen Selby,
wife of band founder, G. Stanton Selby, who died recently.

For more information on the band, visit www.pomonaconcertband.org or send an e-mail to
Director Linda Taylor at director@pomonaconcertband.org or band
president Allan Small at president@pomonaconcertband.org

POMONA - Members of the Rotary Club of Pomona, a number of senior citizens and city officials gathered outside Washington Park Community Center last week for the dedication of a pair of benches purchased by the Rotarians.

Each year, the service club takes part in projects involving youths and education, but this year the club wanted a project that would benefit seniors, said Roseanne Bader, the club's president-elect.

"We do so much for young people, but we wanted to do something for seniors," she said.

Youth-oriented projects include the club's Student of the Month program and scholarship programs.

In speaking with representatives of Pomona's Community Services Department last fall, Rotary Club members learned there was a need for a bench that seniors could use to wait for the Pomona Valley Get About buses that take them home after attending activities at the center, Bader said.

About 25 seniors who attend the senior-lunch program at Washington Park Community Center use Get About transportation, she said.

However, those seniors had no place to sit while they waited for the shuttle and would frequently use folding chairs until their ride arrived.

The club bought two eight-foot benches at a cost of about $2,000, said Bader, who spearheaded the project