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July 2012 Tribes in the News
BOarona Tribe Awards Education Grant to Benefit Special Education Students
n June 1st, the Barona Band of Mission Indians, through interactive applications, and pause-rewind-replay Indian Tribe. Since 2006, Barona has awarded more than California’s Education Tribe, awarded Paradise learning, and will visually reinforce alphabet, number $1.6 million to over 336 schools statewide. e goal of the Hills Elementary School in San Diego with a and color recognition for students that require repetitive, program is to create strong educational opportunities for
$5,000 education grant during a school ceremony attended by sta and students. Principal Marisol Marin accepted the award on behalf of the school from Chairman Edwin
“ orpe” Romero of the Barona Band of Mission Indians. School administrators will use the funds they received from the Barona Education Grant Program to purchase four 32gb Apple iPads and iCommunicate applications, in order to better serve students enrolled in their special education program. ese iPads will o er students instant feedback
individualized education plans (iep).
“We are pleased to award this $5,000 grant to Paradise Hills
Elementary School as a means of furthering their Special Education Program,” said Chairman Romero. “We hope this grant will help broaden the educational tools available to teachers and that these technologies will play a critical role in customizing learning plans according to each student’s needs.”
e Barona Education Grant Program is the rst of its kind in California to be created and administered by an
the children of California, building upon the success of the Barona Indian Charter School, one of the top-ranked California elementary schools in test score achievement.
Schools throughout California can apply once a year for a $5,000 educational grant from Barona to purchase much-needed supplies and materials that promote academic improvement. Applications can be downloaded at http://barona-nsn.gov/education.
Inaugural Drive Against Hunger Charity Golf Tournament Aids
Coachella Valley Charities
hecks were distributed in late May to three Well in the Desert, and FIND Food Bank. e funds will Coachella Valley charities committed to feeding be used to supplement their food distribution programs. the hungry. e funding came from the inaugural Martha’s Village & Kitchen serves 225,000 meals a year,
e community-wide fund-raising event was spear- headed by a group of volunteers from Sun City Shadow Hills who asked the Cabazon Band to help make the event a reality. Plans are under way for next year’s golf tournament fund-raiser, where volunteers hope to double what they raised this year, for local charities.
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians’ Drive Against Hunger Charity Golf Tournament played in April.
e Tribe donated Eagle Falls Golf Course for the event, which brought in $20,000 for the charities. All money raised was given to Martha’s Village & Kitchen,
including three meals a day to residents and one meal to the public. Well in the Desert serves nearly 45,000 meals, many to seniors and children. FIND Food Bank distributes food through partnering agencies to 80,000 individuals monthly.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
JULY 2012