Local residents are working in partnership with Habitat for Humanity to raise $50,000 to build a home for a low-income family in Simi Valley in memory of Tyler Broberg, a Simi Valley resident who died last August at the age of 16.
The following fundraising events are scheduled for the "1Life2Live" fund, which has already raised more than $18,000 for the Habitat project.
•Royal High School has placed donation buckets in classrooms to collect loose change through March 20.
•Golden Spoon frozen yogurt in Simi Valley will give a percentage of proceeds from a fundraiser at the store on Thursday, March 20.
•Big Pat's Rock & Roll Diner will also donate a percentage of its proceeds on Monday, April 7.
•A car wash, bake sale and rummage sale is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26 in the front parking lot at Royal High School, 1402 Royal Ave., Simi Valley.
Carwash tickets may be prepurchased for $5 by e-mailing Emilie Mateu at emilie@1life2live.org.
•"Tyler's Memorial Roller Coaster Hike" will be held Saturday, May 31 at the Wood Ranch trailhead on the corner of Wood Ranch Parkway and Long Canyon Road.
Registration information is available at www.1L2L.org. Early sign-up will include an event T-shirt.
For more information about Broberg or the fund, visit www.1L2L.org or e-mail volunteer@1Life2Live.org or info@1L2L.org.