{"id":6134,"date":"2011-12-17T15:46:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T23:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=6134"},"modified":"2011-12-20T18:12:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T02:12:35","slug":"palmdale-shoe-store-opens-with-star-power-donation-to-local-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/12\/17\/palmdale-shoe-store-opens-with-star-power-donation-to-local-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale shoe store opens with star power, donation to local school"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Blind Side actor, Quinton Aaron, signed autographs for fans Saturday as part of the grand opening for the Palmdale location of WSS Shoes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 Quinton Aaron, who starred alongside Sandra Bullock in the Academy-Award nominated movie, The Blind Side, came to town Saturday to celebrate the grand opening for the Palmdale location of WSS Shoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to come out today and visit your town and support WSS who\u2019s hooked me up with some shoes in the past,\u201d Aaron told the 200-plus crowd. \u201cThat\u2019s not an easy task, I wear a size 22.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aaron joined Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford, members of the Palmdale Chamber of Commerce and the Palmdale Community Queens in cutting the ribbon to signify the official opening of the Southern California retailer\u2019s Palmdale location, at 1703 East Palmdale Boulevard.<\/p>\n

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WSS Shoes and actor, Quinton Aaron, presented a check to Principal Ruth James for school supplies for Cactus Intermediate School.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to be a great player in our city, and we need to support them and be a part of a very positive thrust here in the center of Palmdale,\u201d said Mayor Ledford.<\/p>\n

WSS Shoes also joined Aaron in presenting a $5,000 school supply check to Cactus Intermediate School.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know how the economy has gone down so we just want to be a helping hand from WSS to the community and to its schools,\u201d said William Guzman, Director of Special events for WSS Shoes. \u201cI bumped into the principal here at our location and that\u2019s how we got started.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actual donations – crayon boxes, pencil sets, kids\u2019 scissors, hand sanitizers, tissue paper, and athletic sack bags \u2013 will arrive at Cactus Intermediate School on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really needed this,\u201d Principal Ruth James said. \u201cA lot of our kids will now have backpacks and school supplies, so we thank you very much for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Palmdale resident, Angelica Madera, attended the opening to get an autograph from Quinton Aaron.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday\u2019s grand opening also included music, free games, face painting, live broadcasts with local radio personalities, and several giveaways.<\/p>\n

Aaron signed autographs and took pictures with several fans.<\/p>\n

Aaron, 27, got his first lead role as Michael Oher in the 2009 film, The Blind Side, a movie about a homeless, African-American teenager taken in by a well-to-do white family. The movie also stars Sandra Bullock, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy. The Blind Side also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE \u2013 Quinton Aaron, who starred alongside Sandra Bullock in the Academy-Award nominated movie, The Blind Side, came to town Saturday to celebrate the grand opening for the Palmdale location of WSS Shoes. \u201cI just wanted to come out today and visit your town and support WSS who\u2019s hooked me up with some shoes in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}