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23rd Annual Morongo Charity Golf Tournament Supports Two nland Empire Charities
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olfers took to the fairways at the 23rd Annual Morongo Charity Golf Tournament to raise $100,000 to support local schoolchildren and provide compassionate care to grieving families.
Held on Monday, June 10th, at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon, the tournament raised $50,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass to provide hundreds of local schoolchildren with new Nike shoes and backpacks stuffed with school supplies for the upcoming 2019–20 school year. And it also raised $50,000 for The Unforgettables Foundation, which offers care and support to Inland Empire families following the death of a child, as well as financial assistance to help pay for a dignified and respectful burial.
“The Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass and The Unforgettables both do so much to aid families in need across our region,” said Morongo's Tribal Vice Chairman James Siva. “Morongo is dedicated to helping these vital community organizations fulfill their mission, and we are grateful to the
APechanga Resort Casino Donates $315,000 to Local High Schools
The funds were distributed between nine public high schools in the Temecula, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore school districts. Each school received $35,000 to fund and improve various educational programs and facility improvements.
Lakeside High School, and Temescal Canyon High School.
Pechanga’s donations to schools totals $5.3 million since 1998. For more information about Pechanga Resort Casino or its Community Giving
program, visit Pechanga.com.
players and sponsors who helped make our annual charity golf tournament a success again this year.”
Since its launch in 1997, the Morongo Charity Golf Tournament has raised nearly $1.5 million to support dozens of local nonprofits that serve children, schools, veterans, and hospitals across the region.
Tim Evans, co-founder of The Unforgettables, thanked the Tribe for its longstanding support of the foundation's work. “Thanks to the generosity of Morongo, families who are suffering are able to take some comfort in knowing that their neighbors and their community care for them, and want to help ease their burden when their child has died,” Evans said.
The Morongo Charity Golf Tournament is one of several annual community events conducted by the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, which donates more than $1 million annually to local and national nonprofit organizations and charities.
s part of its Community Giving Program, Pechanga Resort Casino The schools include Great Oak High School, Temecula Valley High presented representatives from nine area schools with $315,000 School, Chaparral High School, Murrieta Mesa High School, Murrieta
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during a special ceremony on May 16 . Valley High School, Vista Murrieta High School, Elsinore High School,
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?
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