Agua Caliente donate $5K to Cathedral City Boys and Girls Club
Agua Caliente donate $5K to Cathedral City Boys & Girls Club
The before and after school programs of the Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City, serving some 1,500 kids annually, has received a $5,000 donation from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
The donation was part of the Tribe’s ongoing philanthropic outreach to community and civic organizations which are selected for their good works.
More than 400 children a day, ages 6 through 18, rely on the center between 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The facility provides transportation to and from schools, “so when the parents drop the kids off in the morning, they don’t have to worry about their kids,” said Executive Director Scott Robinson.
The club specializes in teaching leadership and business skills, like partnering with retailer Old Navy to coach teens how to stock shelves, run a cash register, and learn customer service skills.
“Then we assist the kids on how to write a resume,” Robinson added. “So when they graduate, often they’re armed with a lot of skills.”
Tribal Chairman Richard M. Milanovich said the program’s core goals help build more confident and competent youth.
“We were especially impressed with the club’s knack for helping teens step up into adulthood and enter the workforce,” he said.
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About the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally-recognized Indian Tribe located in Palm Springs, with 32,000 acres of reservation lands that spread across Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, and into the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains. The Tribe’s developments include two Palm Springs golf courses, the Spa Resort Casino and Hotel in downtown Palm Springs, and the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, which includes the 2,000 seat concert venue, The Show . It also operates the Indian Canyons preserve, an environmental paradise open to the public.