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Enhance the quality of life for developmentally disabled individuals by creating more habitable, and supportive living environments.
Bringing fresh food and nutrition education to children and families to build lifelong healthy habits and create equitable, thriving communities.
Ensure hospice and bereavement programs for patients and families facing a life-limiting illness: Programs include hospice funding and Kids Camp.
To educate and involve the community, through recovering, preserving and displaying local and world wide natural history objects.
To foster the sport of pack burro racing; to train, care for, and adopt burros; and to educate the public in the same.
We support the California City Animal Shelter and our local pet community.
To reduce criminal behavior by the application of evidence-based and trauma-informed services.
Increase access to education and the arts for students identifying with traditionally underserved communities
To sponsor special events for charitable purposes for the psychological and mental health care of families, especially those that are undeserved.