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NEWBURY PARK — Thirty members from the Miller YMCA Youth & Government delegation made over 300 lunches that were then delivered to East Rancho Dominguez Community Center in Compton to help feed the homeless.
This is the fifth year that the YMCA delegation, comprised of Newbury Park high school students, have volunteered to make lunches.
The Miller YMCA Youth & Government delegates are in 9 through 12 grade at Newbury Park High School and other local high schools. They are part of a statewide program of 90 delegations that learn about how government works while they prepare, introduce and debate bills in Sacramento at an annual conference in February.
The students made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and placed them in bags that also included applies, applesauce, chips and chocolate candy.
For more information about the Miller YMCA Youth & Government program and Model United Nations (for sixth through eighth graders), contact Veronica Rodarte at Milleryouthgov@gmail.com