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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
NOVEMBER 2019
TSanta Ynez Band Makes $100,000 Matching Grant to Theater
he Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians announced a $100,000 sure the venue remains a source of quality entertainment in the Santa Ynez matching grant to support the Solvang Festival Theater campaign to Valley,” he said.
fund its renovation project, Imagine! Building The Future. The $4.7 “The small community of Solvang came together 45 years ago to build a 700-
million capital campaign is to improve infrastructure, increase accessibility and upgrade the technical capacity at the 700-seat venue.
“The Solvang Festival Theater provides a one-of-a-kind outdoor experience for Central Coast theatergoers, and its performances have been enriching lives in our community for nearly 50 years,” said Kenneth Kahn, Tribal Chairman of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. “As the organization looks to the community to help fund needed renovations, our tribe is proud to support the Solvang Theaterfest board’s efforts and make
TShree Barona Education Grants Awarded to SoCal Schools
Saint Kieran Catholic School will use the Barona grant money to purchase twelve high quality tablets and a tablet charging cart to be shared by the kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. California State Assemblyman Randy Voepel sponsored the grant and joined Tribal Chairman Edwin “Thorpe” Romero to present the $5,000 check to Principal Patricia Provo, faculty and students.
Students at San Diego’s Webster Elementary School received a $5,000 Barona Education Grant to improve their school garden. California State
Assembly Woman Lorena Gonzalez and Chairman Romero presented the $5,000 Barona Education
Grant check to Webster Elementary School Principal Carmi Strom. Located in one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods of San Diego, as a Title 1 school, 100% of Webster Elementary School’s students are enrolled in the free lunch program. The new school garden will serve as an effective way to teach students and their families about proper nutrition and will be incorporated into lessons related to health, science, math, reading, and more. They will use the grant money to purchase a garden shed, a raised garden bed, garden soil, a wheelbarrow, trash cans, a garden hose, and a variety of garden tools
And the Temecula Valley’s Erle Stanley Gardner Middle School received a $5,000 Barona
students through their “ROAR” philosophy (Respect, Ownership, Achievement, Rigor). It plans to use the Barona grant money to purchase approximately 300 books to upgrade and restock the library.
The Barona Education Grant program is the first of its kind in California created and administered by a Tribal Government. Since its launch in 2006, Barona has awarded over $3.6 million to California schools statewide. The program has equipped 729 schools with hundreds of computers, thousands of books, iPads, computer software programs and various other technologies and school supplies.
Sycuan Band Charity Golf Tournament Benefits $100,000 for
TLocal Charities
he Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation held its 29th Annual Charity Golf Tournament at Singing Hills Golf Resort on September 26th when over 330 players participated in the day-long tournament to benefit four local charities.
PERT pairs licensed mental health clinicians with uniformed law enforcement officers and deputies.
In partnership with the City of San Diego, the SDFJC will be the first center of its kind in the United States, providing help and hope to women, men and children who are victims of family violence and sex trafficking. Every day victims find safety, protection from their abuser, legal help, counseling, food, clothing, spiritual support, medical assistance, and other free services from the Center’s professionals and volunteers.
UCSD School of Medicine ANAMS is a student organization that strives to increase the number of Native American students in medicine and allied health professions of Dentistry, Veterinary, Optometry, Podiatry, Pharmacy and Public Health.
“The organizations we chose for this year’s tournament are making a tremendous impact on the local community and support a variety of causes including suicide prevention, assistance for Native
American health professionals, ending human trafficking and honoring the Native American military,” said Cody J. Martinez, Chairman, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. “We are proud to have hosted this tournament for the past 29 years and are very grateful to all of the generous sponsors that have helped make it all possible.”
The Sycuan Tribal Council presented $25,000 each to the Smithsonian’s National Native American Veterans Memorial (NNAVM) at the National Museum of the American Indian, Psychiatric
Emergency Response Team (PERT), City of San Diego’s San Diego Family Justice Center (SDFJC) and UCSD School of Medicine Association of Native American Medical Students (ANAMS) for the total donation of $100,000.
Situated on the National Mall that draws nearly 24 million visitors annually, the NNAVM will honor American Indian, AlaskaNative, and Native Hawaiian veterans and symbolize the country’s respect for Native Americans’ service and patriotism.
PERT provides emergency assessment and referral for individuals with mental illness who come to the attention of law enforcement through phone calls from community members or in-field law enforcement request for emergency assistance.
seat theater. Their goal was to enrich lives in the valley and to make the valley a destination for visitors,” said Ann Foxworthy Lewellen, Vice President of the Solvang Theaterfest Board of Directors and chair of the capital campaign.“Solvang Theaterfest, now in need of a renewed community investment, greatly appreciates the generous support of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians,” she said.
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has donated more than $25 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.
aint Kieran Catholic School in El Cajon, Webster Elementary School in San Diego, and Erle Education Grant to upgrade the school library. Stanley Gardner Middle School in Temecula each recently received a $5,000 Barona Education Located in the Temecula Valley area of Riverside Grant from the Barona Band of Mission Indians. County, the school is committed to inspiring
November 2019 Tribes in the News