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SMCF Praised for Grants to Local Groups and Causes

SMCF President Rob Stockley accepts Mayor's thanks for group's civic involvement.

Former Mayor and City Council Member Rob Stockley accepted a certificate of recognition from Mayor John Buchanan and the Sierra Madre City Council at Tuesday's meeting for their recent and ongoing fundraising and local grant programs.

Mayor Buchanan presented and certificate and said a few words in which he praised the groups efforts on behalf of the entire council, saying, “I think every one of us have seen already many recent efforts by the Sierra Madre Community Foundation to make our community better

Representing their 12-member board of directors, Stockley then spoke on some of the recent achievements of the SMCF.

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“Over the years the Sierra Madre Community Foundation had served as a conduit for raising duns for specific projects,” Stockley said, “notably the renovation of the Sierra Madre School auditorium and athletic field, the celebration of the city's centennial and All America City award and the restoration of the Memorial Park canon.”

Other project in which the SMCF have lent a helping financial hand include the planting of Goldberg Park, offsetting costs associated with the 2008 Santa Anita Fire, and the purchase of additional equipment for the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team.

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Currently, the SMCF is helping to raise funds for the upcoming Fourth of July Parade throiugh one of their “Special Project Funds,” in which they act as a donation collector and fund manager for local groups such as the parade committee.

With that event and its costs in mind, Stockley closed by asking all residents interested in helping fund the parade to send their donations to the SMCF (P.O. Box 716, Sierra Madre, 91025) and marking the donation as intended specifically for the parade fund.

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