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# Cops raise thousands for St. Joseph Center
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/cops-raise-thousands-for-st-joseph-center/
- Published: 2003-08-11T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:43:02.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

It may be a tough job, but someone has to play golf and raise money for a local charity.

Every year the officers of Manos Arriba, a police charitable organization, play golf in Palm Springs in the “Manos Arriba Golf Classic,” and every year the proceeds of the event are donated to St. Joseph Center.

The tournament consists of golf, plaques, drawings and prizes. This year $8,000 was raised for the center’s many youth programs.

“All of us with Manos Arriba have important values and ideals,” said Salvador Jaramillo, founder of the event. “We can impact the world, if only one young child at a time. We want others to know how they, too, can join in and make all our lives more meaningful.”

St. Joseph Center provides emergency services, child care, counseling and employment training to more than 7,500 men, women and children each year on seven sites in Venice, Santa Monica and West LA. For more information, go to www.stjosephctr.org.

LA cops apparently appreciate St. Joseph’s too. Business and community leaders were on hand at the Felicia Mahood Senior Center in West LA earlier this month when LA Police Commission President David S. Cunningham III presented the center with a “Certificate of Appreciation” from the Los Angeles Police Department.

The certificate reads in part: “On behalf of the men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Board of Commissioners congratulates St. Joseph Center on its outstanding accomplishment and dedication to the public safety of this city.”

Los Angeles Councilmember Cindy Miscikowski nominated the center for the award.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 11, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081103.pdf?ref=smdp.com)