By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica-based social service organizations Chrysalis and Upward Bound House will receive grants totaling $10,000 from the Bayside District Corporation’s Dolphin Change Program. The two $5,000 grants will be awarded at the Eighth Annual Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition Breakfast scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 a.m. at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. “With this week’s grants, $110,000 in grants will have been disbursed from the Dolphin Change Program since the program was established in 1993,” said Kathleen Rawson, Executive Director for the Bayside District.
The Dolphin Change Program offers Santa Monica residents and visitors a means to “give where it counts” and to serve as an alternative to direct giving to panhandlers and the homeless. At the core of the program are the dolphin banks designed by sculptor Peter Ehrlich. Two dolphin banks are located on the Third Street Promenade; one is on the Santa Monica Pier; and a fourth bank is at Main Street and Ashland.
This is the third year monies will be awarded on behalf of Marianne Dorn. The Marianne Dorn Trust made a significant contribution to the Dolphin Change Program and Bayside District Corporation in 1998. A memorial grant to be awarded annually in Dorn's name was created from this bequest.
Upward Bound House is this year’s Marianne Dorn recipient, with funds going towards salaries of two case managers at Family Place. Upward Bound works to help mitigate the affordable housing crisis on the Westside of Los Angeles County for two vulnerable populations — homeless families with young children and low-income seniors.
The Dolphin Change Program grant to Chrysalis will be used toward salaries for employment specialist staff members in Santa Monica. Chrysalis is a nationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to assisting economically disadvantaged and homeless persons become self-sufficient through employment.
The Bayside District Corporation is a non-profit entity created by the City of Santa Monica to manage the daily operations of Downtown Santa Monica and Third Street Promenade, a major Southern California outdoor shopping destination.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 27, 2003. Read the original PDF.