On Oct. 20, the Santa Maria Valley ASES (After School Education & Safety) program will hold Lights On Afterschool open houses from 4 to 6 p.m. at each of the 19 ASES sites in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District and the program at Los Adobes de Maria.
The events will highlight three of the significant contributions that after school programs make to the Santa Maria Valley, including keeping children safe and healthy, inspiring them to learn, and relieving working parents of worries about their children’s activities during the after school hours.
For more information, contact Patty Schwarzkopf at 361-8218.
This article appears in Oct 13-20, 2011.