Building holiday cheer

Brummett, 12, above center, decorates a gingerbread house with the help of Simi Valley residents and volunteers Rhiannon Dukel, 11, and Nooreen Ebrahim 10, left, and employee Michael Benson, right, on Thursday evening. The Simi Valley Unified School District's special education advisory committee and the Rotary Club of Simi Sunset held holiday parties for 56 children with special needs at 10 different group homes throughout Simi. At right, Lola Dukel offers Cody Tallman a holiday lei while he listens to a toy at the holiday party. Photos by WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers