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- Hollywood Park.
"Since opening its doors in 1938, Hollywood Park in Inglewood has remained
one of the preeminent thoroughbred racetracks in the United States.
Organized by Hollywood's movie-making elite during the 1930s, Hollywood
Park is a stronghold in the West Coast Thoroughbred Racing Circuit. The
racetrack encompasses 140 acres and features a 1-1/8-mile main track, a
one-mile turf course and a 1/2-mile training track."
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History of the City of Inglewood, CA from the City of Inglewood.
"Inglewood's rich history begins with the Centinela Adobe, situated on
Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela, which was built in 1834 by Ygnacio Machado,
son of one of the soldiers protecting the first settlers of Los Angeles on
their way from Mexico. After several additions and owners, two land
grants-Rancho Aguaje de Centinela and Rancho Sausal Ranando were bought by
Sir Robert Burnett of Scotland, leased by and later sold to Daniel Freeman
from Canada.
Influenced by Charles Nordhoff's "California for Health, Pleasure and
Residence: A Book for Travelers and Settlers," Freeman settled in
Centinela Ranch, where he felt the cool sea breeze would benefit his
wife's poor health. There he built a vast empire through dry farming,
shipping millions of bushels of barley from his wharf at Playa del Rey..."
- VolunteerMatch.org.
"Where volunteering begins...VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit
world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The
organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of
nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement.
Our popular service welcomes millions of visitors a year and has become
the preferred internet recruiting tool for more than 30,000 nonprofit
organizations. Read more in our latest annual report."
Comment: If you want to volunteer, go to
http://www.volunteermatch.org
and click on Search, key in your ZIP Code, and you will instantly see the
organizations in your area needing volunteers. This is a brilliant
concept that makes great use of the Internet.
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