Points Of Light
Compiled by Meenakshi Viswanathan
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Tustin, Santa Ana and Anaheim were given $358,680 by the Weingart Foundation in Los Angeles. The funds are earmarked for the expansion of the Boys & Girls Club’s Right Trak program, which was developed by the Tustin club and provides educational and support services.
Long Beach-based Archstone Foundation granted $50,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County to be used for the Caregiver Support Program that provides assistance to caregivers of individuals with the disease.
Kaiser Permanente Orange County donated $45,000 to local nonprofits. A $25,000 donation was made to the Pediatric Adolescent Diabetes Research Education Foundation in Orange, which seeks to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes in children. Kaiser gave a $10,000 Good Neighbor Grant to the Anaheim Community Foundation and the Anaheim Community Services Department. The funds will be used to run a youth sports program at the Riverdale Park in Anaheim. The Irvine Barclay Theatre received $10,000 from Kaiser. The funds will be used for its ArtsReach youth program.
The PacifiCare Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Cypress-based PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., contributed $30,000 to three community-based organizations in Orange. Mariposa Women’s Center received $10,000 to support its Bereavement Education and Support program. A donation of $10,000 was made to Children’s Hospital Foundation of Orange County to support clinical personnel costs of a mobile asthma van, which provides screening, diagnosis and treatment at school sites. Chapman University School of Law was the recipient of a $10,000 grant to expand its Elder Clinical program, which provides needy seniors with legal services and gives future lawyers hands-on experience.
Soroptimist International Huntington Beach, part of the Philadelphia-based volunteer group geared to women in business, management and the professions, donated $23,500 to several community programs in the past year. Some of the local beneficiaries included Huntington Beach Library Literacy Center and Huntington Beach Community Club. Soroptimist members also sent boxes with school items and other gifts to 20 children each in Tanzania and South Africa.
Meeting Professionals International, Orange County chapter, made a $4,000 donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County, which grants the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions.
The Child Guidance Center was awarded $3,000 from SBC Communications Inc. employees through the United Way of Orange County. The funds will be used to help provide outpatient mental health services to children and their families.
The Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel donated $2,500 to the Mission Preservation Foundation. The grant will be used to preserve Mission San Juan Capistrano’s historic buildings and artifacts, with a portion going toward polishing the silver candelabras in the historic Serra Chapel.
Newport Beach attorney West Seegmiller paid $1,525 for the first official tee time at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in an auction on eBay’s Web site. The money went to HomeAid Orange County, a nonprofit that builds and renovates shelters for the homeless. Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club opened July 1.
Orange County’s Credit Union in Santa Ana awarded five $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors at Santa Ana’s Century High School as part of the Stay in School program, which is a partnership between the credit union and the school. Scholarship winners were Isaias Castro, Geronima Garcia, Julie Houth, Alejandra Magana and Stephanie Murrietta.
Centex Homes bought a Pierce Fire Pumper fire truck that will be used by the city of Fullerton at its new Fire Station No. 6, which opened last week.
