By Daily Press staff
The PacifiCare Foundation has contributed $23,750 to three community-based organizations in Santa Monica.
Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC) received a $10,000 grant to provide mentally ill homeless women in West Los Angeles and Santa Monica with the support needed to transition to permanent housing. A $10,000 donation was awarded to Heart Touch Project to expand its services to the frail elderly. Heart Touch Project provides free massages to end-stage, non-ambulatory AIDS patients, trains volunteer massage therapists and coordinates care services. Connections for Children received a $3,750 grant to purchase books and educational material.
“We are pleased to support such worthwhile organizations and look forward to working together to help meet the critical needs of the community,” said Bill Wood, president of the PacifiCare Foundation. “As a company, we believe ‘caring is good, doing something is better’ and the foundation is another way PacifiCare is taking action to help improve the communities it serves.”
The PacifiCare Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to charitable and educational causes that enhance the health, wellness and welfare of individuals, families and the public at large. The foundation, which has donated tens of millions of dollars over the past 10 years, is funded through donations made by PacifiCare Health Systems, PacifiCare subsidiary operations, and its 9,100-plus employees. Life in the fast lane
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 5, 2005. Read the original PDF.