For over 30 years, the Antelope Valley Pregnancy Counseling Center & Women’s Clinic has helped young women who find themselves in a crisis pregnancy. In a safe, confidential, loving and caring environment, alternatives to abortion re provided to mothers and fathers. In addition to free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, other practical services related to a woman’s pregnancy, childbearing and relationships are also provided free of charge. The center relies entirely on donations and fundraisers, like this golf tournament, to keep the doors open.

This tournament is a major event in the valley and generally provides a full field of golfers. We need sponsors and major contributors and have multiple programs available for sponsorship.

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Thunder On The Lot June 9th & 10th, 2012

Antelope Valley Harley-Davidson’s 18th Annual Thunder On The Lot returns to the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds June 9th & 10th, 2012

 
Entertainment & Attractions Schedule
SATURDAY, JUNE 9th

Featured Performance –Dokken, Main Stage, 8pm
Drifting Races – Blacktop Arena, 3pm – 6pm
Burn Out Contest – Blacktop Arena – 6:00pm
Mud Bogging Event – Grandstands – 3pm-4:30pm & 5pm to 6:30pm
Stuntfarm – Motorcycle Stunt Riders – Drift Arena
Motorcycle Show – Exhibit at Blacktop
Car Show’s – Custom, Classic, Low Riders, Imports, Natural Gas – Lilac Lawn, and Rex Parris Bldg.
Roller Derby Demo – Cancelled
Main Stage Live Music – All Day, Near Grandstands
Car Show Stage Live Music – All Day, Lilac Lawn
Green Energy & Natural Gas Vehicle Show – R. Rex Parris Building
The Deadly Dance – Strolling Sword Fights
Razor Skateboard Exhibition – 3pm, 5pm, & 9pm
Community Stage Performances – Community Stage
Carnival – Blacktop near Van Damm Building
Food Concessionaires & Full Bar Cantina
Over 100 Indoor & Outdoor Vendors
Charities Exhibit – Main Entrance

 
Entertainment & Attractions Schedule
SUNDAY, JUNE 10th

Featured Performances –
DSB – Journey Tribute Band, Main Stage, 2:30pm
Led Zepagian – Led Zeppelin Tribute Band, Main Stage, 4pm
Drifting Races – Blacktop Arena, 11am – 4pm
Mud Bogging Event – Grandstands – 11am – 12:30pm & 1:30pm – 3pm
Stuntfarm – Motorycle Stunt Riders – Drift Arena
Motorcycle Shows – Juried Show at Hog Barn, Exhibit at Poppy Lawn
Car Show’s – Custom, Classic, Low Riders, Imports, Natural Gas – Lilac Lawn, and Rex Parris Bldg.
Poker Run – Starts at Antelope Valley Harley-Davidson, Regis. 7:30am – 10am
Harley Davidson Bike and Major Prizes Giveaway – Main Stage, 5:00pm
Bike Awards, Bike Show Stage, 4:00pm
Car Show Awards, Car Show Stage, 3:30pm
Roller Derby – Cancelled
Main Stage Live Music – All Day, Near Grandstands
Car Show Stage Live Music, – All Day, Lilac Lawn
Green Energy & Natural Gas Vehicle Show – R. Rex Parris Building
AV Chess House – Chess Tournament, Van Damm Bldg.
The Deadly Dance – Strolling Sword Fights – 11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:30pm
Community Stage Performances – Community Stage
Carnival – Blacktop near Van Damm Building
Food Concessionaires & Full Bar Cantina
Over 100 Indoor & Outdoor Vendors
Charities Exhibit

For more information, please visit Thunder On The Lot.
 

Saturday, March 31st

The Hellenic Center
43404 30th St. West, Lancaster Ca. 93536
Doors open at 5:45
Dinner and Program at 6:30-9:00

Award Winning Singer, Songwriter:
Gretchen Harris
An opportunity to make a financial gift will be extended
Dinner is complimentary
RSVP by March 17th
RSVP to 266-BABY or Patty Kneisel 810-0716

Please call 661-947-0400 for ticket information.

In 1977, a decision was made to affiliate with the Right to Life League of Southern California, the largest and oldest pro-life organization in California. At that time, the “Life Line” (a 24-hour crisis hotline for pregnancy related issues), was established, staffed solely by volunteers. In March 1980, as a result of much hard work and planning, the Antelope Valley Pregnancy Counseling Center opened its doors in the city of Lancaster. The Life Line volunteers now had a place to refer women calling with a crisis pregnancy where they would receive a free pregnancy test, counseling, and material assistance. In March 2000, the Antelope Valley Pregnancy Center & Women’s Clinic opened its second counseling center located in Palmdale at the site of what was once an abortion clinic. In June 2004, the Palmdale Center converted into a licensed free medical clinic providing pregnancy testing, counseling, and ultrasounds.

AVPCC receives over 2,500 clients a year and receives over 3,000 lifeline calls a year.

Please call 661-947-0400 for ticket information.

For over 25 years, the Antelope Valley Pregnancy Counseling Center & Women’s Clinic has helped young women who find themselves in a crisis pregnancy. Last year, our two locations served over 2600 women seeking assistance. Our centers rely on donations and fundraisers, like this golf tournament, to keep the doors open to these young women. Our volunteer medical doctor and registered nurse, who give weekly of their time and talent to assist in providing ultrasounds to girls and women who might otherwise abort, are able to help impact the lives of many and help reveal life within.

This tournament is a major event in the valley and generally provides a full field of golfers. We need sponsors and major contributors and have multiple programs available for sponsorship.

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS:

$90 per Player or $350 for Foursome (Pre-Registration) — Includes: Golf cart; green fees; bucket of range balls; hole-in-one contest, full breakfast and a deluxe lunch

$75 Tee Sponsor — Includes: Signage on a tee.

$100 Tee and Green Sponsor — Includes: Signage on a tee and a green.

$350 Tournament Sponsor — Includes: Two golfers in the tournament; signage on a tee and recognition at the awards lunch.

$600 Major Tee Sponsor — Includes: One foursome for the tournament; signage on a tee and green; recognition at the awards lunch.

$5000 Major Tournament Sponsor — Includes: Four foursomes; signage on a tee and green; recognition at the awards dinner.

Raffle Sponsor — Donation of cash and/or raffle items. Donors will be recognized at the awards lunch.

Tee Bag Items — Tee bag items for 125 golfers. Donors will be recognized at the awards lunch.

Raffle Tickets — Pay for the printing or agree to sell individual tickets.

Please call Mike Miscione at 661-878-3700 for ticket information.

A dinner attended by more than 300 people raised some $27,000 for the Antelope Valley Pregnancy Counseling Center, which as founded nearly 30 years ago to offer women an alternative to abortion.

The center provides pregnant women and new mothers with support such as food, diapers, clothing and equipment, and also operates a medical clinic, in a storefront office that once was an abortion clinic. The center and clinic together cost about $130,000 a year to run.

“We want to be able to impact society more with the message of life,” said Executive Director Ellen Qawasmeh, who had started as one of the pregnancy center’s volunteers.

“All of our services are free, so we depend on the community to support us.”

Dignitaries at the $60-a-plate “Gift of Life” dinner, the center’s 18th annual, included state Senator George Runner, R-Lancaster; Lancaster Vice Mayor Ron Smith; California State Prison-Los Angeles County chaplain Abdul-Wahab Omeira; and the Air Force Flight Test Center’s commander, Major General David Eichhorn.

Norm Hickling, a center board member and field deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, was master of ceremonies.

The Nov. 13 dinner in the John P. Eliopulos Hellenic Center included auctions of art work, a rocking horse, and gift baskets donated by local businesses, plus a handmade quilt bearing 150 stars — one for each baby whose mother had changed her mind last year about having an abortion.

Palmdale guitarist Andrew Shore played classical and jazz music.

During the dinner, the Rev. Tom Baker of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lancaster, the Rev. Leo Dechant of Father Serra Catholic Church in Quartz Hill, the Rev. Chris Fagan of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Palmdale and Bishop Henry Hearns of Living Stone Cathedral of Worship in Littlerock circulated among the tables, collecting donations from diners.

Volunteers Therese and Joe Coriaty, who for years have organized women’s tea events, golf tournaments and other fundraisers for the center, were honored with the center’s Angel of Life award.

Another volunteer, ultrasound technician Samina Iqbal, told how she had been urged to have an abortion when she was pregnant with her fifth child, which she was told was endangering her life.

After a rough pregnancy during which she had to stay on bed rest, her daughter was born at 1.5 pounds.

Her daughter is now a healthy 6-year-old, she said.

“She is really a gift of God for me,” Iqbal said.

The Palmdale clinic, at 2270 East Palmdale Blvd., Suite K, is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, though center leaders would like it open more.

Its ultrasound device was a gift from actress Patricia Heaton, star of “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

“That ultrasound has probably saved over a thousand lives in the last five years,” Qawasmeh said.

Since 1980, the center has operated an office in the 44700 block of Date Avenue in Lancaster. The Lancaster office is temporarily closed as it moves into new quarters across the street.

The relocated office is expected to be open before the end of the year, Qawasmeh said.