Abuse-Treatment Center Receives a $350,000 Boost

Vista Del Mar Associates, a support group for the West Los Angeles residential treatment center for abused and troubled children, raised $350,000 at its Nov. 28 gala. The benefit included dinner at the Century Plaza followed by a performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” at the Shubert Theatre. Suzanne Sidy and Carol Mann were co-chairwomen. Gayle Rodgers is Associates president.

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Mount St. Mary’s College raised $70,000 at its Dec. 3 benefit performance of “Sunset Boulevard.” Dinner followed at Harper’s Restaurant. Proceeds will benefit students and programs at the college.

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California Community Foundation announced a $244,600 donation to be divided among three organizations: San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council, Pico Union Improvement Assn. and the Living Literature/Colors United programs for youth.

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Comic Relief’s benefit for Homeless Health Care Los Angeles raised $25,000 on Jan. 9 at Palm Restaurant in Santa Monica. Celebrity servers included John Caponera, Leila Kenzle, Michael Tucci and Peri Gilpin. Also playing waiter was Bob Zmuda, president and founder of Comic Relief.

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Long Beach Museum of Art received a $150,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation to support an educational and community outreach initiative, “Perspectives.” An additional grant of $50,000 was given to the museum by the Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation to support educational and exhibition programs and capital improvements.

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Pacific Asia Museum announced receipt of a $15,000 grant from the Metropolitan Life Foundation’s Multicultural Initiatives Program to help underwrite the museum’s upcoming exhibition, “A Gathering Place: Artmaking by Asian-Pacific Women in Traditional and Contemporary Directions.” The exhibition, on view February through August, 1995, will feature works of contemporary female artists from Asian and Pacific Island communities in Southern California.

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Huntington Memorial Hospital’s Senior Care Network has received a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging to develop and test an in-home medications-management program. The funding will enable the hospital to test ways to decrease medication-related problems among the elderly. Monika White is director of Senior Care Network.