Foundation Dedicates Nursery at Guide Dogs of the Desert
A generous gift from the Auen Foundation was key to opening the Sanford J. Reed (Sandy) Nursery at Guide Dogs of the Desert (GDD), a Coachella Valley-based, accredited Guide Dog [...]
Read With Me Program helping students, seeking volunteers
Distance learning is not getting in the way of a 16-year-old tutoring organization to keep doing what organizers know is needed to help valley students. Read With Me Volunteer Programs [...]
Grant supports DAP’s COVID-19 Triage Clinic
A $50,000 grant from the Auen Foundation is helping serve desert residents with a COVID-19 Triage Clinic recently opened at Desert AIDS Project (DAP) in Palm Springs. In mid-March, DAP [...]
Foundation’s gift creates kid-friendly waiting area
Loma Linda University Children’s Health – Indio hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of The Auen Foundation Children’s Play Area, made possible by the foundation’s grant of [...]
Seniors vital to Palm Springs International Film Festival
As celebrities, filmmakers, and the general public of filmgoers converge on the 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), it will be the role of about 800 volunteers to [...]
Auen Foundation grants will help students in financial “gap”
While college is an exciting time for many students, others have the stressful reality of financing their education to support their dreams. Two grants from the Auen Foundation aim to [...]
Auen Foundation sponsors two guide dog puppies in training
Representatives of the Auen Foundation recently met two puppies they are sponsoring for guide dog training at Guide Dogs of the Desert. Sherrie Auen, Program Director, and Catharine Reed, Senior [...]
Coachella Valley Horse Rescue receives relief for summer camp
Coachella Valley Horse Rescue was thrilled when two air conditioning units were donated to the nonprofit organization by Tarkett, based in Solon, Ohio. The AC units were installed in the [...]
Foundation continues support of AAP food voucher program
AAP - Food Samaritans (AAP) announced today that the Auen Foundation recently awarded a $25,000 grant to the organization to support its food voucher program for low-income Coachella Valley residents who suffer from HIV/AIDS and [...]
Auen Foundation grant assists CSUSB Palm Desert Campus students
The Auen Foundation awarded California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus with emergency and gap funding for students who qualify. The $50,000 grant was presented to CSUSB Palm Desert [...]