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Agua Caliente & Spa Resorts Donate Meals to Angel View
ngel View residents were treated to a Caliente Casino Resort Spa and Spa Resort An initiative of the Agua Caliente Casino special Thanksgiving dinner in 2018 CasinodeliveredThanksgivingdinner. Resorts,“AguaCares”providesanopportunity through the donation of 20 “Turkey- “It is an honor to have had the opportunity to for team members at Spa Resort Casino and
Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa to support those in need in the Coachella Valley. The delivery to Angel View’s 19 residential facilities on Thanksgiving Day marked the first time the resorts have provided complete ready-to-eat meals in the community.
VPechanga Resort Casino Helps Inland SoCal Communities
to-Go” meals from Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage and Spa Resort Casino in downtown Palm Springs.
For the past 65 years, Angel View has helped children and adults with disabilities reach their maximum potential. It was to each of Angel
Views 19 residential care homes that Agua
servetheresidentsofAngelViewonThanksgiving,”
Agua Caliente Casino Resort Vice President and Assistant General Manager Bob Maloney said. “Giving back to the community is of prime importance to us, and we do so throughout the year with our ‘Agua Cares’ program, but this time of year makes it extra special.”
olunteers from Pechanga Resort Casino they’ve been struggling and making ends meet and non-profit assistance organizations. Each year, packed up 500 turkeys and more than we’re helping them all year long, but if they can’t Pechanga donates more than 20,000 partially 1,000 rolls of toilet paper the week before have a traditional Thanksgiving meal, it makes it unused rolls of toilet paper, helping to further
Thanksgiving for the Murrieta Pantry, the Menifee Valley Community Cupboard, and the Pechanga School to be delivered to some of the region’s families, seniors, veterans and individuals.
“For most of the people we serve, this is the only way they’re going to be able to get a turkey for Thanksgiving, and it makes all the difference in the world,” said Dawn Smith, Program Director of the Menifee Valley Community Cupboard.
“This time of the year when all the rest of the year
that much more difficult to struggle by.” Annually, Pechanga donates 500 turkeys to area food pantries and organizations in need for Thanksgiving, and another 500 during the December holidays. This is the first year the pantries received toilet paper from Pechanga’s 1,090 hotel rooms and suites. The resort collects and saves rolls with not enough toilet tissue on them to be placed in hotel rooms. These collections are regularly donated to regional
stretch the budgets of the area’s underserved. The Menifee Valley Community Cupboard serves 300 families and individuals for Thanksgiving, and hundreds more throughout the year. The Murrieta Pantry serves more than 500 families each week, and the Pechanga School annually brings turkeys for Thanksgiving dinners to a less fortunate tribe. This year, the turkeys they picked up from Pechanga Resort Casino went to
the Santa Rose Tribe near Anza, California.
Let’s Play a Game of 20 Questions
1. Do you lose time from work due to gambling?
2. Is gambling making your home life unhappy?
3. Is gambling affecting your reputation?
4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?
5. Do you ever gamble to get money in order to pay debts or to otherwise solve financial difficulties?
6. Does gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?
7. After losing, do you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses?
8. After a win, do you have a strong urge to return and win more?
9. Do you often gamble until your last dollar is gone?
10. Do you ever borrow to finance your gambling?
11. Have you ever sold any real or personal property to finance gambling?
12. Are you reluctant to use “gambling money” for normal expenditures?
13. Does gambling make you careless of the welfare of your family?
14. Do you ever gamble longer than you planned?
15. Do you ever gamble to escape worry or trouble?
16. Have you ever considered committing an illegal act to finance gambling?
17. Does gambling cause you difficulty in sleeping?
18. Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble?
19. Do you have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling?
20. Have you ever considered an act of self-destruction as a result of your gambling?
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON PROBLEM
GAMBLING
A statewide, non-profit organization helping people affected by
problem gambling
41743 Enterprise Circle N., Ste. 202 Temecula, CA 92590 Phone: (714) 765-5804
Fax: (951) 266-0072
www.calpg.org help@calpg.org
If you answered “yes” to seven or more of these questions, gambling
If you answered “yes” to one or more of these questions, gambling
may not be just a game for you anymore. Please call the California
may not be just a game for you. Please call 1-800-GAMBLER, text
Council on Problem Gambling at 1-800-GAMBLER for help. “SUPPORT” to 53342, or chat at www.800gambler.chat for help.
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