Alexis Wilkins — country music singer, songwriter, political commentator, and podcaster — will perform Jan. 31 the third annual Starry Starry Night Gala, a glittering evening of entertainment at Chaparral Country Club in Palm Desert, to support breast cancer research at UC San Diego Health’s Moores Cancer Center.
During her modest upbringing in the Southeast Los Angeles community of Bell Gardens, Lisa Middleton — the eldest of three born to an ironworker dad and stay-at-home mom — remembers one specific trip to the desert. “We took the tram when I was very young, in the ’60s,...
Food Now has been providing supplemental food assistance to families in the Desert Hot Springs area since 1959. This November, more than 800 men, women, and children have been lining up each week at the 66-year-old food pantry, an all-time-record that’s also up nearly...
Although 68 percent of today’s jobs require some college or training after high school, more than 80 percent of Coachella Valley students face significant barriers to accessing higher education. OneFuture Coachella Valley is changing that. The nonprofit works to close...
When Indio resident Shay Moraga was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016, her world shifted. And when she was declared cancer-free after treatment, she noticed that support went away just as the disease had. She knew something had to change. Co-founded in 2018 with...
At DAP Health, the belief that healthcare is a human right propels all — including the center’s recently energized Philanthropy Department, renamed from Resource Development by newly arrived chief philanthropy officer Chris Kiser. The department’s goal remains the...
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A community thrives when generous people and organizations who believe in its future share their time, vision, and resources. Throughout the Coachella Valley, an area rich in culture and possibility, the Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) works to strengthen...
When students have the right opportunities, they rise to the occasion. At Desert Hot Springs High School, Think Together partnered with its fashion design class to give teens the chance to present their creations at Fashion Week El Paseo, one of the largest fashion...
Generosity, volunteerism, and advocacy fuel an undeniable spirit of philanthropy in the Coachella Valley. That dedication to giving back takes center stage every fall at National Philanthropy Day in the Desert. On Nov. 7, at the 19th annual awards luncheon at Agua...
California State University, San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus (PDC) proudly celebrated the 2025–26 class of Rogers Scholars during its annual Rogers Scholarship reception on Sept. 30. A longstanding tradition, the event brings together recipients of the...
BIGHORN Golf Club can rightly claim it is the most philanthropic community in the Coachella Valley. Members and BIGHORN Golf Club Charities have gifted more than $400 million to local nonprofit organizations, cancer-related research, services and scholarships. The...
On Thursday, June 26, Amazon visited FIND Food Bank to help tackle summer hunger and celebrate the company’s continued partnership with the Desert’s Regional Food Bank. The fourth annual event was marked by a $25,000 donation from Amazon, the equivalent of 100,000...
Doctors, entertainers, political figures, and scores of donors converged on Chaparral Country Club in Palm Desert to hear tenor Christopher Macchio perform at the Starry Starry Night gala and support breast cancer research at UC San Diego Health’s Moores Cancer...
Even if you’re unfamiliar with the Palm Springs Woman’s Club, its pink clubhouse on South Cahuilla Road has likely caught your eye. Designed in 1939 by architect John Porter Clark — a trailblazer of Desert Modernism who collaborated with Albert Frey on the city’s...
With an impressive roster of film and TV projects under her belt — including Riverdale and Twin Peaks, where she worked alongside her late mentor, David Lynch — Mädchen Amick has been making waves both on and off the screen. Beyond her work as an actress and director,...
How Patrick Warburton Is Changing Lives for St. Jude
Most people know Patrick Warburton from his epic four-decade career in Hollywood: as the voice of Joe Swanson on Family Guy, Lemony Snicket in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Elaine’s macho, face-painting boyfriend, Puddy, on Seinfeld. But to the...
International classical-crossover vocalist Christopher Macchio will perform March 2 at the Starry Starry Night gala at Chaparral Country Club in Palm Desert to support breast cancer research at UC San Diego Health’s Moores Cancer Center, the region’s only National...
As a regional community resource, FIND Food Bank serves an area larger than the state of New Jersey. More than 20 million pounds of food, half of it fresh produce, moves through its Indio headquarters — and, soon, the 40,000-square-foot facility next door — each year,...
Since partnering with the Palm Springs Unified School District in fall 2020, the local branch of the nonprofit Think Together has worked to innovate and scale academic solutions that positively impact close to 3,000 students in the Coachella Valley. Programs align...
The Coachella Valley is rich in culture, diversity, and potential. Yet, like many communities, it faces challenges that require collective action and thoughtful investment. Enter the Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF), a catalyst for positive change. With a...
