If you're walking around the Antelope Valley Fair, you may run into the most whimsical baby buggy you've ever seen.

And if you drop your extra change into it, you will help heal children in the Antelope Valley who have suffered abuse or who need a little extra support to stay with their families, instead of ending up in foster care, or who need some help with preparing to succeed in a kindergarten school-readiness program.

The Children's Center of the Antelope Valley will hold its "Coins for Kids" campaignat the fair fromAug. 22-Sept. 1.

The hope is that shoppers will toss their extra coins into the baby buggy, which will go a long way to support the many programs for children and their families at the center.

The Children's Center, well known in the Antelope Valley, is a nonprofit community agency whose mission is to protect the children of the Antelope Valley from abuse through prevention, treatment and education.

The center has a child abuse treatment program for children who have been traumatized by physical, emotional or sexual abuse.

Some of the treatment programs under their clinical services include art therapy, equine-assisted psychotherapy and school-based programs.

Partnering with the L.A. County Departments of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the Children's Center works to strengthen and preserve families where children are at risk of placement out of the home.

The center also provides a family-support program, through DCFS, as well as a school-readiness pre-school program, funded by First 5 LA.

This program assists kids, ages 3-5, prepare for school - so they don't start out "behind."

The Children's Center's "Coins for Kids" Baby Buggy will be at the following locations on the following dates and times.

-Aug. 22-Sept. 1 - Antelope Valley Fair, near Harley Davidson

-Aug. 28 - 3-9 p.m., livestock auction at the Antelope Valley Fair

The Children's Center has served Antelope Valley families and children for 20 years.