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January 2015 Tribes in the News
BIarona Tribe Awards $30,000 in Education Grants to SoCal Schools
n December, the Barona Band of Mission Indians counseling, exposure to the arts and experimental awarded a total of $30,000 in Education Grants learning.
to Soledad Enrichment Action Charter Schools And in early December, students and educators at Our
throughout Southern California, and to Our Lady’s School in San Diego.
In mid December, the sta and students of ve Soledad Enrichment Action (SEA) Charter Schools accepted a $25,000 education grant from Barona Tribal Chairman, Cli ord LaChappa, at the Hyde Park campus in Los Angeles.
Barona has given a total of $260,000 in education grant funds to Soledad Enrichment Action Inc. Charter School locations since 2006. Soledad Enrichment
Action Inc. was founded in 1972 by mothers in East Los Angeles who had lost their sons to gang violence. It has since grown to become the leading provider of services to high-risk and gang-a ected communities within
Southern California, o ering educational resources,
Lady’s School in San Diego received a $5,000 education grant. e nearly 100-year-old Sherman Heights elementary school will use the grant money to purchase 14 computers, four monitors, three textbooks and 100 accelerated math products to assist with their mathematics program. Senator Ben Heso sponsored the grant for Our Lady’s School, which stands as the oldest Catholic elementary school in San Diego County serving students in preschool through eighth grade.
Since 2006, the Barona Band of Mission Indians has awarded over $2.3 million to 474 schools statewide to help bridge school budget gaps and share resources through its Barona Education Grant Program. Each grant awarded by the Barona Education Grant Program is $5,000. Applications canbedownloadedathttp://barona-nsn.gov/education.
Barona Band of Mission Indians Tribal Chairman, Clifford LaChappa (pictured right), presented a $25,000 Braona Education Grant check to Margaret Godinez, Superintendant for SEA, at the Hyde Park campus in Los Angeles.
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians’ Employees Provide Holiday
Gifts to Shelter from the IStorm
Agua Caliente employees: Angela Hernandez, Chief Operating Of cer C.J. Graham and Delilah Gonzalez with Shelter Executive Director Angelina Coe and V. Douglas Jodoin, M.D.
n mid-December, Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa and Spa Resort Casino Chief Operating O cer, C.J. Graham and team members delivered holiday
spirit to the women and children supported by the non- pro t organization, Shelter from the Storm, of Palm Desert. As part of a coordinated e ort, team members from Tribal Administration and Spa Resort Casino and Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa came together in the holiday spirit to donate an assortment of gifts requested by the women and children supported by Shelter from the Storm, a non-pro t organization dedicated to comprehensive support for victims of domestic violence in the Coachella Valley.
e Tribe and their casino properties have made donations in the past, however, 2014 was the rst year of an all-inclusive holiday gift-giving initiative involving team members from Tribal Administration, Spa Resort Casino and Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa. The Angel Tree program collected unwrapped gifts from team members to support 88 women and children who are a ected by domestic violence.
Agua Caliente Tribal Chairman, Je Grubbe noted, “I am extremely proud of the generosity that our team members continue to demonstrate. We received wish lists from 88 recipients but have collected over 350 gifts.”
Chumash Casino Resort’s Toys For Tots Benefit Concert Raises $25,000
humash Casino Resort’s 11th annual Toys “ e Toys For Tots campaign means a lot to families For Tots bene t concert raised $25,000 for the throughout the community who need a little help during Central Coast Marine Corps Reserves Toys For the holidays,” said Vincent Armenta, Tribal Chairman
Tots campaign, which serves children in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Rock legend Melissa Etheridge was the featured entertainer for the annual show.
Before Etheridge hit the stage, Belinda Miranda, a Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians tribal descendant and Director of Bingo at the casino, presented a $25,000 check on behalf of the Chumash Casino Resort to Capt. Shawn Connor, 1st Sgt. Soledad Kennedy, and Sgt. Dan Cadena of the Central Coast Marine Corps Reserves.
for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. “We’re proud that our annual bene t concert continues to raise valuable funds for this great cause.”
e Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has donated more than $18 million to hundreds of groups, organizations and schools in the community and across the nation as part of the Tribe’s long-standing tradition of giving. To nd out more about the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation and its giving programs, visit santaynezchumash.org.
Belinda Miranda, a Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians tribal descendant presents a $25,000 check on behalf of the Chumash Casino Resort to Capt. Shawn Connor, 1st Sgt. Soledad Kennedy and Sgt. Dan Cadena of the Central Coast Marine Corps Reserves.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
JANUARY 2015