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Barona Band of Mission Indians Donates $1 Million to San Diego County Hospital
Recognizing the services that Sharp Grossmont Hospital provides to residents of San Diego’s East County, the Barona Band of Mission Indians presented the community hospital with a $1 million contribution
in memory of the Tribe’s beloved Vice Chairman Donald “Tiny” LaChappa to support its expanding Cardiac and Endovascular Services. Tribal o cials made the announcement at the hospital’s 50th Anniversary Gala event on Saturday, October 1.
“ e Barona Band of Mission Indians is proud to help Sharp Grossmont Hospital in its mission to provide quality medical care in our community,” said Rhonda
Welch Scalco, chairwoman of the Barona Band of Mission Indians. “Our Tribe shares Sharp’s spirit of community. is donation, which was brought forward by the members of the Barona Band and then unanimously voted for, will support programs and services that enhance the health and well being of all San Diegans.”
“ is gift from the Barona people will enable us to replace and upgrade monitors so critically needed for our Cardiac Catheterization so our patients can receive the bene ts of the latest diagnostic equipment,” said Michele Tarbet, Sharp Grossmont Hospital CEO. “Funding for this technology will advance our battle against all cardiovascular disease.”
San Manuel Band Of Mission Indians Donates $700,000 For Hurricane
TKatrina And Hurricane Rita Relief Efforts
he San Manuel Band of Mission Indians donated and sisters as they rebuild their communities and nearly $700,000 to help in the relief e orts for those government infrastructures. In fact, we encourage a ected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane other tribal nations who can a ord to assist in the
Also, in response to the United States Fire Administration’s request to mobilize re ghters, the San Manuel Fire Department deployed two re ghters
on September 2, to aid where needed.
Recognizing the immediate need for clean drinking
water, the Tribe contributed an in-kind donation of 1,488 cases of Big Bear Premium water from the San Manuel Bottled Water Group, the Tribe’s bottled water plant. e Big Bear Premium Water went to aid victims and rst responders along with the 500 members of the California Air National Guard sent to aid in the recovery e orts.
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Rita, as well as service and in-kind donations from tribal citizens and employees. Cash donations from the Tribe were distributed to fellow Native American governments in the Southeast and Texas and to the Governor’s Relief Fund in early October.
“With so many people impacted by this disaster, we wanted to use whatever resources we had at our disposal to help,” said Chairman Deron Marquez of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. “It was especially important for us to help our tribal brothers
relief e orts to get involved as additional resources are sorely needed.
As part of the donation, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians dispersed funds to several Native American tribes who su ered signi cant damage to their reservations as a result of the devastating hurricanes. ey included the Chitimacha Indian Tribe in Louisiana, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and
the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
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Southern California Tribes in the News