Stoney's Kids
helping the community's children...
August 29th, 2005...
"STONEY’S KIDS GIVES $40,000 IN SUPPORT FOR EAST COUNTY
CHILDRENS' ORGANIZATIONS"
$22,500
Donated By Stoney's Kids To provide needed
Help for struggling
readers...
The Cajon Valley Union School District (CVUSD)
received a check for $22,500 to purchase a state-of-the-art
reading intervention program called READ 180. Developed in clinical
and classroom settings in association
with Vanderbilt University and marketed by Scholastic, Inc.,
the program
is designed to help struggling readers. It is currently in
use in more than 5,000 classrooms nationwide.
$4,000 DONATED
BY sTONEY'S KIDS TO FIGHT TRUANCY AND ABSENTEEISM IN LOCAL
SCHOOLS
The Cajon Valley Union School District recently received
nearly $4,000 in banners and flyers sponsored by Stoney’s
Kids as part of the joint campaign
to help fight truancy and absenteeism in local schools.
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STONEY’S KIDS GIVES $40,000 TO
EAST COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
El Cajon, California – August 29, 2005 – The guests of honor did the gifting
at the recent birthday-party-turned-fundraiser for Stoney’s Kids. B.W. “Stoney”
Stone, founder of Stoney’s Kids, and Wendell Cutting, chief of staff to Rep.
Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, celebrated their combined 139-year birthday party
by handing out checks totaling more than $40,000 to several East County organizations
for children.
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$5,000
Donated
By Stoney's Kids
August 29th, 2005
To El Cajon’s Recreation Department (for scholarships for needy families)
$3,000 Donated By Stoney's Kids
To El Cajon Valley High School (for shoes for its athletics program)
$2,750 Donated
By Stoney's Kids
to Hillsdale Middle School’s Band Program Founded in 1991
by B.W. “Stoney” Stone, Stoney’s Kids is a non-profit organization
dedicated to helping the children of East County.
Formerly
known as the East County Youth Development Advisory Council,
Stoney’s Kids is an all-volunteer organization supported
by donations and fundraising activities. Nearly 100%
of money raised directly helps East County youth. For
several years,
Stoney’s Kids has provided shoes for the El Cajon Valley
High School Athletic Programs.
In addition to special
tasks as needed, long-term projects funded by the organization
include the East County Toy and Food Drive, East County
Justice
Program, and scholarships for needy families for the
El Cajon Parks and Recreation Department.
For more information about
Stoney’s Kids contact:
Les Hart, President
lhart@wm.com
(619) 596-5102.
Or Eric Lund
djericlund@cox.net
(619) 445-0180
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El Cajon’s Recreation Department
(for scholarships for needy families) $5,000
