Community Assistance Applications
Available Online
Applications are now available for Cathedral City’s Community
Assistance Program. To be eligible for assistance, the applicant must be a community-based,
non-profit social organization, or area service provider that offers a program
or service that benefits the residents and/or businesses of Cathedral City.
In addition, the organization must either be a non-profit entity organized under
the model Non-Profit Corporation Act and designated as an exempted organization
as defined by the Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c), or be a joint powers
authority that provides a service which would otherwise be provided by the City
of Cathedral City.
You can download a copy of the application and full instructions
for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 from the City’s website at
www.cathedralcity.gov in the “What’s
New” Section. To be eligible for consideration for assistance, the application
and all applicable supplementary information must be submitted no later than
5 PM, March10, 2008.
Last year funding was granted to the Cathedral City High
School Bands, Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City, Court Appointed Special Advocate
of Riverside County, Cathedral City Senior Center, Desert Cancer Foundation,
Desert Samaritans for the Elderly, Gilda’s Club, Golden Rainbow Center, Riverside
County for Aging, Shelter from the Storm, The Smile Factory, Stroke Recovery
Center and Working Wonders.
Link: http://www.cathedralcity.gov/Misc/Community%20Assistance%20Form%2008-09.pdf
Recreational Services Guide
Available
The Cathedral City Parks and Recreation Commission is an
outgrowth of the Cathedral City Parks and Recreation Master Plan and features
recreational opportunities for all ages, from organizations as diverse as the
Cathedral City Senior Center to the American Youth Soccer Organization, and
activities from miniature golf to martial arts. You can find the Recreational
Services Guide on the City’s website at
www.cathedralcity.gov.
Link: http://www.cathedralcity.gov/RecSvcsGuide.pdf
“Night at the Opera” this
Friday
The Cathedral City Public Arts Commission and the Palm Springs
Opera Guild join together to present a free “Night at the Opera” at 7 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 11, in the Cathedral City High School Auditorium.
The musical event will feature arias from Ariadne Auf Naxos,
Mefistoffle, Manon, Carmen, Les Contes D’Hoffmann, Faust, Giulio Cesare, Tosca
and others.
Four singers and a pianist will perform. Combined, they have
appeared at the Sydney Opera House, the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, and with
the Los Angles Opera, the Minnesota Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, and have studied
and performed throughout the world.
The performance marks the third in a series being presented
this season by the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission. Major sponsors for
the series are NAI Consulting, offering engineering services and project management
services for municipalities, and the Community Foundation, serving Riverside
and San Bernardino Counties.
Other sponsors are Harris & Associates, Granite Construction,
Choctaw Construction, Total Marketing Partners, James R. Peters Construction
Management & Inspection and MSA Consulting.
The next concert in the Live Arts series will be “Lezlie
Anders and Buddy Greco Meet the Cathedral City High School Jazz Band,” February
1, 2008 at 7 PM at the Mary Pickford Theatre. This will a be a real a rare chance
to see the legendary jazz musician perform with young and up and coming jazz
talent from Cathedral City.
