L.A. Diabetes Chapter Gets Grant
American Diabetes Assn., Los Angeles Chapter, was awarded a $25,000 grant Dec. 1 by the Joseph Drown Foundation to benefit research to cure diabetes. This is the second year the foundation has supported ADA.
* AIDS Ministry at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center was the beneficiary of $7,000 raised at the Oct. 21 benefit performance of readings by Jean Stapleton, state Sen. Diane Watson (D-Los Angeles) and others. Proceeds will support an AIDS residence center in the San Pedro area and education about the disease for people with AIDS. The event, sponsored by the Commission on AIDS Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, was held at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Los Angeles.
* Airport Marina Counseling Service held its sixth annual Jet to Jetty 5K/10K Race, 5K Family Fitness Walk and Prize Drawing Nov. 17 at Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey. The event raised more than $20,000 for operating expenses at the private, nonprofit mental health clinic. Board members Leon and Judy Angel were co-chairs.
* Jewish Help Groups, involving 17 projects ranging from a Jewish Community Center’s cultural discovery room for children, an eight-week high school program in Israel, a family violence prevention program and a Jewish community capital improvement project, will share a grant of $866,881.
* United Way of Greater Los Angeles announced that it has received $2,179,450 in corporate contributions at the Nov. 29 reception honoring San Fernando Valley business leaders. Proceeds will be used for health and human care services at 62 agencies in the Burbank, Glendale, San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valley areas.
* Adult Day Care Center of South Orange County received a $38,000 grant from the FHP Foundation Oct. 1. The grant will be used to support a respite care registry to link care-givers of frail elderly people to available services. The foundation was established to support education, research and charitable community activities related to health care.
* The Leukemia Society of America received a $10,000 donation Oct. 7 from the Gail Cohen Leukemia Fund. The fund was started by 12 women who attended high school with Gail Cohen in the mid-1950s. After Cohen died of leukemia Jan. 9, 1988, her friends formed the group to raise money for leukemia research.
