Claudia Peschiutta
GLENDALE -- More money does a body good.
A $149,250 donation made to the Glendale Community Foundation by The
California Endowment means more funding for five health-related programs
in the area.
The grant from the endowment will benefit the Verdugo Mental Health
Center, Glendale Healthy Kids, Glendale Youth Coalition, VNA Care, a
visiting nurse association and local programs of the L.A. County Health
Department.
The endowment, a health-care foundation based in Woodland Hills, seeks
to expand access to affordable quality health-care for underserved
people.
"The California Endowment has been working with all the community
foundations in the state for some time to build a strategy of improving
the health status for all Californians," said E. Lewis Reid, president
and chief executive officer of the endowment, in a statement. "Since the
Glendale Community Foundation has been making grants in this local area
for more than 43 years, it made sense for us to utilize their local
expertise and knowledge."
The Glendale Community Foundation is a charitable endowment that
benefits programs throughout the Glendale area and La Canada Flintridge.
