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TSanta Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Donates $225,000 to Ice in Paradise
he highly anticipated Ice in Paradise skating arena, slated to open in Goleta later this year, received a multi-year, $225,000 grant commitment from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
e Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association, the nonpro t organization and driving force behind the Ice in Paradise project, is engaged in a fundraising campaign that includes naming-rights opportunities at the facility. With its $225,000 donation, the Tribe’s name will appear on the arena’s main rink scoreboard.
“We thought this would be a great opportunity to support a facility that will expose members of the community to new activities and programs,” said Tribal Chairman Vincent Armenta.“ is is a project that has been talked about for a long time, and we’re proud to be a part of it.”
e Ice in Paradise ice skating arena will feature two rinks, a 200 ft. by 85 ft. National Hockey League-sized rink and a smaller 100 ft. by
60 ft. studio rink providing programs for ice skaters, learn to skate, general skating, gure skaters, ice hockey for boys, girls and adults as well as adaptive ice sports for mobility impaired athletes.
Groundbreaking on the skating arena was held on November 20, 2014, and the facility is expected to be open to the public September 2015.
“ is donation will help us to provide permanent public ice recreation serving youth, adults, students and families in our community and we thank the Chumash for their ‘amuyich’ (generosity),” said GSBISA Board President Kathy Mintzer.
GSBISA was formed by community volunteers with the mission of developing a permanent public ice skating arena at Girsh Park in Goleta. e group just launched its Buy-a-Brick program, which allows members of the community to become donors and have their
TSan Manuel Band of Mission Indians Gifts Local TV Network with $6 Million
From left, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ Business Committee members Kenneth Kahn, Gary Pace, Vice Chair Richard Gomez, David Dominguez and Chairman Vincent Armenta along with GSBISA Board President Kathy Mintzer and Board Secretary Steve Heinze.
names etched into bricks that will be on display for all to see in an outdoor Donor Park. For more information on how to donate, go to iceinparadise.org.
e Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has donated more than $19 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.
he only tv network of its kind in the country, FNX/First Nations music videos by Native American and indigenous artists; “On e Experience TV, which is devoted to Native Americans and Scene,” pro ling Native Americans; and short stories averaging three indigenous peoples in the Inland area, will expand to reach a to ve minutes on public a airs, news and events that show between
potential worldwide market after receiving a $6 million gift from its founding partner, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. Housed at Public Broadcasting Service station kcvr on the San Bernardino Valley College campus in San Bernardino, fnx was created in 2011 with the help of a $6 million donation from the San Manuel Band. is is the Tribe’s second endowment to fnx/First Nations Experience tv network.
fnx went on the air on September 25, 2011, and expanded into a network with the addition of a liates which currently total 11 pbs stations from the West Coast and Alaska to Illinois. fnx produces
“fnx now,” a current news and events series; “Native Shorts,” a half-hour show with short lms from a Sundance indigenous lm partnership; “ e aux (Aboriginal Unity Experience),” featuring
other programming. fnx also carries content from other stations and independent producers and distributors from Canada and other countries. e San Manuel Band’s donation will allow fnx to increase its content, sta and access so a global audience can view programming online.
In Southern California, fnx can be seen on kvcr digital Channel 24.2, on Direct tv Channel 24-2, and on Verizon FiOS Channel 471. In addition to the major metropolitan regions of Chicago and Los Angeles, fnx is currently carried by stations in
Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah.
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