PRESS RELEASE
March 22, 2005

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today approved Chairwoman Pam Slater-Price's request to provide financial support to various non-profit community organizations that provide services and manage programs throughout the county. These programs include efforts to restore the Rose Creek Watershed and control erosion and run-off problems at Ellen Browning Scripps Park in La Jolla. The funds are allocated from the county's Community Projects grant program.

"My district has a variety of civic, social, and environmental needs that can never be completely met by government agencies," said Slater-Price. "These grants allow non-profit organizations to take care of those needs at the community-level."

Among the organizations that will receive funds are:

• Boys and Girls Club of Escondido: $50,000 for a new outdoor basketball court at their Baker Branch.
• Encinitas - La Costa Rotary: $10,000 for their "Kids in the Community" program.
• Spirit of the Fourth: $11,000 for Fourth of July parades and related events in the Rancho Bernardo area.
• La Jolla Town Council: $10,000 for the Ellen Browning Scripps Park Project, which will culminate in a report containing recommendations to improve long-term park runoff and erosion efforts.
• Rancho Penasquitos Town Council: $5,000 for their annual "Fiesta de los Penasquitos" event.
• Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce: $3,000 for their annual "Fiesta del Sol" event.
• Veteran's Memorial Association: $1,000 to the for costs associated with putting on Veterans programs in the Rancho Bernardo area during holiday events and parades, as well as help purchase flags, plaques, and other necessary materials.
• San Diego EarthWorks: $15,000 for the Rose Creek Watershed Project. This grant will help create and implement a collaborative civic, business, and environmental strategic plan to address current issues now stressing the lower Rose Creek area. It will also help continue the development of private and public proposals to advance the Watershed Opportunities Assessment beyond the current Phase One planning stage.
• North County Serenity House: $5,000 to help offset costs associated with putting on their annual fundraising event. Serenity House opened in 1966 as the area's first nonprofit social-model recovery home for female alcoholics. Today it provides housing for approximately 200 women and children, including a 100-bed residential facility, three recovery homes, four transitional living homes and two child development centers.
• Mental Health Systems, Inc.: $10,000 for their "Walk for Recovery 2005," which will assist and bring awareness to many alcohol and drug service programs throughout San Diego County.
• San Diego Blood Bank: $10,000 to assist with the purchase of a new van.
• Malashock Dance: $10,000 to assist with production and distribution costs associated with "Love and Murder."

Supervisor Slater-Price represents the Third Supervisorial District.