Groups get Disney awards

Eight Anaheim group received a lot of total of $ 45.000 in the annual Disneyland Community Service Awards. The money is part of the $400,000 given to 4,5 organizations countywide The highest award, $50,000, went to Human Options, Inc. in Newport Beach and Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County in Orange. Awards are given out in 12 categories. In all but the top three, an Anaheim-based organization must be one of the recipients. The Kids for Parks Program received $10,000, the largest single prize awarded to an Anaheim group, in the environment and conservation category. According to its entry form. Kids for Parks intends to use its money to buy a utility van to take flowers, paint and other supplies to parks and schools. Kids for Parks helps .students clean up their local parks. With the new van, the program plans to spread to sites in east and west Anaheim. The other seven Anaheim organizations received $5,000 each. Mammals the Canyon is I the topic of B the Saturday program at the Oak Canyon Nature Center. The 10 a.m. free programs are informative and educational for families and individuals and are available on a drop-in basis. Groups, however, must make reservations.