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As a team, we believe that a true winning athletic program is one that gives their time, energy, and support to those in need in the local community.
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September 2010 - Members of the PVHS girls’ volleyball team kicked off their 2010 season by working together to support Toberman Neighborhood Center in San Pedro. The girls collected and delivered over 60 bags of food to stock the food pantry at Toberman, which is a non-profit organization that provides social services to low-income individuals and families in the Harbor Area.
 Unemployment has skyrocketed in the local area due to the weak economy, and as a consequence, Toberman Neighborhood Center has seen an increase in demand for food by as much as 30%. They are finding it harder and harder to meet the needs of the hungry in the local community due to lack of funding.
 By consolidating their efforts, the Frosh/Soph, JV and Varsity girls were able to meet this need head-on, giving the Toberman Neighborhood Center a jump-start to the upcoming holiday season. The collection effort brought the team closer, by offering their time, energy and support to those in need in the local community.
 Last year, the team sponsored a different, but just as rewarding volunteer effort, when roughly 30 girls from the program hosted a successful volleyball clinic for young girls at the Boys and Girls Club in San Pedro. The athletes dedicated their time and knowledge to help give the young girls in the San Pedro community a chance to learn a new experience with volleyball and to build self-confidence. The Boys and Girls Club has served at-risk children in the harbor communities for 70 years.
Volunteering has become a cornerstone of the PVHS girls’ volleyball program. The girls have grown as individuals and as a team, by embracing a giving spirit. |
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Sports
PV girls’ volleyball hosts youth clinic
Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:19 PM PDT
By Travis Perkins, Freelance Writer, Peninsula News
Members of the Palos Verdes varsity girls’ volleyball team wanted to donate their spare time this summer. And the Sea Kings did it by giving back to the community.
Rather than sit by the pool, the squad asked the Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Harbor if it could use the organization’s facilities to host a youth clinic for female players. The club gladly accepted the Sea Kings’ offer.
In June, the team offered its first volleyball clinic, which was held at the Boys and Girls Club in San Pedro with roughly 30 girls attending. The Palos Verdes High School volleyball team has been wonderful,” said Gary Herrera, athletic director of the Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Harbor. “They have dedicated their time and knowledge to help give the young girls in the San Pedro community a chance to learn a new experience with volleyball and to build self-confidence. Our members are learning responsibility, sportsmanship and integrity through sports.” |
One on one at Boys & Girls Club
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Initially, the Palos Verdes girls’ team only intended to hold one clinic; however, the success of the clinic inspired the team to hold additional ones for the remainder of the summer. The Sea Kings have now hosted clinics for six weeks and counting. It lasted an hour, and at the end of the clinic, each of the girls received gifts for their participation.
“It has been such a success,” said the Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Director of Events and Marketing Deanna Deering. “I would imagine that they would continue to keep doing it.”
Each clinic starts at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, and they continue to draw crowds of 30 girls. The sessions are only available to female club members at this time; however, the Palos Verdes varsity boys’ team is expected to hold clinics of its own for male club members in the near future.
“They are adding the boys in the fall,” Deering said.
The mission of the Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Harbor is to enable all young people, especially those who need it most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. For more than 70 years it has served at-risk children of the harbor communities. The Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Harbor remains the largest private child-development agency in the South Bay, serving 2,000 boys and girls daily. An annual membership costs $25.
For more information on the Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Harbor, visit www.bgclaharbor.org or call (310) 833-1322.
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Travis Perkins is a freelance writer. |
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