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Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians & Clint Black Raise AFunds for Toys for Tots
s reported in the Santa Ynez Valley News this past December, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and Country music star Clint Black’s performance in December at the Chumash Casino Resort helped raise $25,000 for the Central Coast Marine
Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots campaign.
Clint Black, famed Country music songwriter,
musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor emerged in the ’80s, after signing with RCA for his rst album,“Killing Time,” that became both a critical and commercial success. For the next two decades, Black has gone on to release more than a dozen studio albums and appear in major lm releases.
e funds raised went to the local Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots campaign that serves families in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. e campaign works in partnerships with local agencies including Unity Shoppe, People Helping People, The Salvation Army, Community Action Commission, Tribal TANF Program, and The Boys & Girls Club.
“We’re proud to support local organizations that make the holidays a little brighter for families that are facing tough times,” said Kenneth Kahn, Tribal Chairman of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.“ e Toys for Tots campaign has continued to play a signi cant role in this community, and we’re heartened to know that our annual bene t concert helps the campaign make a di erence.”
Gary Pace, a member of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Business Committee, along with his wife, Ruth, presented the check to 1st Sgt. Soledad Kennedy, Marine Corps League 1340 Toys for Tots Coordinator for Santa Barbara County, and Commandant George Moran.
“ e Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots program has a saying that‘every child deserves a toy
for Christmas,’ and with the monetary donation we receive from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, it has ensured that Santa Barbara County communities will have a toy for their child,” Kennedy said.“If not for the generosity and support of the Chumash Indians, many children would have to do without.”
e Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has donated more than $20 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.
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Donate More
AComputers to Central Coast Schools
s part of its Technology in Schools Program, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians delivered 48 Chromebooks and two mobile charging carts to the Guadalupe Union School District. e
computers were awarded during a board meeting at Mary Buren Elementary School in Guadalupe. e Technology in Schools Program is part of the $1.2 million the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
e Tribe recently donated 70 laptop computers to SYVCA and an English classroom at Cabrillo High School in Lompoc. Each school received 35 Chromebook computers and a mobile charging cart.
is year, Santa Barbara Community Academy, which is part of the Santa Barbara Uni ed School District, received $6,500 toward the purchase of the Lexia Core 5 Reading Program for use by its 200 kindergarten through second-grade students. In addition, the Tribe donated money to La Honda STEAM Academy in Lompoc, which received $7,500 for its innovative MakerSpace program.
eTribeisnowacceptingTechnologyinSchools Program grant requests for the 2018–19 school year. e process allows school administrators or faculty to apply for technology grant dollars to purchase hardware and/or upgrade infrastructure. e deadline to apply is May 31st.
For more information on how to apply for a Technology in Schools Program grant or to learn more about the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ programs of giving, visit SantaYnezChumash.org/Contributions.html.
donated to local nonpro t groups in 2017.
“In 2015, we earmarked the funds raised from our annual Chumash Charity Golf Classic to be
distributed to local schools in the form of technology upgrades,” said Kenneth Kahn, Tribal Chairman for the Santa Ynez
Band of Chumash Indians. “We
saw how the funds helped those schools, so we decided to create a program within our charitable foundation that focused on helping teachers and students meet their technology challenges in the classroom.”
Guadalupe Union School
District will put its 48 Chromebooks
to use in classrooms at Mary Buren Elementary School and McKenzie Junior High School.
“We were just in the planning stages of putting together our technology initiative when we learned
about the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ grant program,” said Ed Cora, Superintendent of Guadalupe Union School District.“We got the information, our public a airs o ce wrote a grant request and here we are today. ese Chromebooks are going to
help us a lot.”
e $13,869 gift to
Guadalupe Union School District brings the total value of Technology in
Schools Program donations to more than $47,000 in 2017.
Donations were spread across ve local educational institutions,
including Santa Barbara Community Academy, La Honda STEAM Academy in Lompoc, Cabrillo High School, and Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy (SYVCA).
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