Chapman Raises $67.8M
Chapman University raised $67.8 million in the 2005-06 fiscal year, the largest for the university. The money raised went toward the completion of the Marion Knott Studios and construction of the Erin J. Lastinger Athletics Complex. The Marion Knott Studios, named after Knott’s Berry Farm heiress Marion Knott, houses the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The building features state-of-the-art soundstages, a 500-seat theater and digital, TV and film facilities. The athletics complex includes a parking structure and an entryway plaza set to open in the fall. The second phase, an aquatics center, stadium and a training and education center, is set to be done in 2008.
The American Cancer Society, Orange County, raised more than $112,000 at the fifth annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Newport Beach. The money will go toward the group’s education, research, patient services and advocacy programs. Relay for Life is an overnight fund-raiser in which 1,000 cancer survivors, caregivers, children, students, families and others ran, walked and remembered those affected by cancer.
The Child Guidance Center Inc. in Santa Ana received $100,000 in funding per year for the next three years from Orange County United Way. The funding is more than double from the previous year. It will help with Child Guidance Center’s child abuse and prevention, and parent/child interaction therapy. Of the 168 applicants for the three-year funding, Child Guidance Center was one of only 85 programs to have been selected by United Way for funding.
Orange County United Way’s Keeping Kids on Track initiative received a $50,000 grant from The David & Lucille Packard Foundation to support and expand the Together as a Community Partnership in La Habra. Together as a Community, started in 2003, addresses youth violence and alcohol and drug offenses in La Habra.
The Irvine Police Association raised $22,000 at its annual Concert on the Green event. The funds will help the association support local youth groups. The association also received a $5,000 donation from Quick Loan Funding Inc. in Irvine to help put on the event.
Children’s Hospital of Orange County received $21,000 in proceeds from the 15th annual Anime Charity Auction, held by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation at Anime Expo,a four-day convention for enthusiasts of anime, manga and Japanese pop culture,held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The money was raised through an auction of items donated by artists’ personal collections.
The Gary Center of La Habra was one of 20 groups that received a $10,000 20-20 Vision Grant from the Irvine Health Foundation, recognizing the center’s programs and services. The center, which serves 80% of Latinos in the community, started as a drop-in drug treatment program in 1971. It has expanded into providing broader services, including a dental clinic and a 12-week English as a second language program.
Laguna College of Art and Design received a $10,000 grant from Edison International. The grant will fund summer scholarship programs for the school’s students and teachers. The college will use the money for two programs: Summer Portfolio Development for Talented Teens and Professional Development for High School Art Educators. This year is the second that the college has received funding from Rosemead-based Edison, which serves north and central OC.
Laurel House, a co-ed residential home in Tustin for troubled teens, received a $10,000 20-20 Vision Grant from the Irvine Health Foundation for its commitment to youth and their families. The home serves as a cooling off place for teens, and offers programs that encourage family reconciliation.
Info Link Orange County in Costa Mesa raised $9,500 at its dinner, dance and silent auction for its round the clock Call 2-1-1 information and referral call center that serves OC.
McCarthy Building Cos., whose Southern California division is based in Newport Beach, sponsored its fifth adopt-a-class program at the Ocean Institute at Dana Point Harbor as part of the company’s Heart Hats program. About 35 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders from 10 schools were given a free field trip to the institute.
Garden Grove’s Crystal Cathedral Ministries partnered with Fuller Center for Housing to help with the homebuilding project, Building on Higher Ground, for hurricane victims in Shreveport, La. Three work teams were sent for two months to help with the project. Crystal Cathedral has more than 10,000 members. The Fuller Center was created by the founders of Habitat for Humanity, Millard and Linda Fuller.
