9th Annual Poker Tournament – SCV Youth Project

SCV Youth Project and Curt Kravitz with Bay Equity Home Loans held the 9th Annual Hold ‘Em Not Hassle ‘Em fundraising event at TPC Valencia on Saturday, November 14. More than 150 players took over TPC Valencia for a night of Texas Hold ‘Em style poker, a fantastic raffle, casino night, great food, cigars, wine and good friends. Winners had a chance to win gift certificates, electronics, bicycles, extravagant gift baskets, wine, VIP tickets to Jimmy Kimmel LIVE and so much more!
The SCV Youth Project is celebrating more than 15 years of successfully providing free services to teens in the Santa Clarita Valley.  Since their doors opened in 2000, SCV Youth Project has assisted more than 33,000 local families, including 29,000 youth and 5,500 adults. In 2013/2014, with services on six high schools and four junior high campuses, the SCV Youth Project provided more than 8,000 hours of service to more than 1,000 young adults in the Santa Clarita Valley with serious life challenges, including depression, suicide, grief/loss, peer pressure and drug/alcohol abuse, said Executive Director Kim Goldman.
The non-profit offers free, bilingual, one-to-one or group counseling, and provides outreach and education at junior high and high school campuses in the Santa Clarita Valley.

photos by Nancy Lulejian Starczyk