The Auen Foun­da­tion has award­ed a $20,000 grant to AIDS Assis­tance Pro­gram (AAP) in sup­port of the organization’s food vouch­er pro­gram. The Auen Foun­da­tion began its sup­port of AAP in 1999, and the orga­ni­za­tion was one of the first in the Coachel­la Val­ley that the Foun­da­tion ever funded.

“Our main pri­or­i­ty is to pro­vide nutri­tion­al sup­port to our clients, and we couldn’t do it with­out our ongo­ing part­ner­ship with the Auen Foun­da­tion,” says Mark Anton, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of AAP. “Dona­tions begin to slow as we move into the sum­mer months, so this gen­er­ous dona­tion has come at just the right time.”

Estab­lished in 1992, The Auen Foun­da­tion is ded­i­cat­ed to enhanc­ing the over­all qual­i­ty of life of the aging pop­u­la­tion and rais­ing aware­ness of the pre­cious-end-of-life stage. The Foun­da­tion sup­ports char­i­ta­ble pro­grams and ser­vices aimed at meet­ing the social needs of mature adults and their families.

“Through AIDS Assis­tance Pro­gram, we know that we are improv­ing the qual­i­ty of peo­ple’s lives,” says Catharine Reed, Senior Pro­gram Offi­cer for the Auen Foun­da­tion. “We have watched the food vouch­er pro­gram grow with the sup­port of its many part­ners, and we are proud to be one of them.”

Since its found­ing in 1991, AIDS Assis­tance Pro­gram of Palm Springs remains ded­i­cat­ed to pro­vid­ing nutri­tion­al sup­port to improve the qual­i­ty of the lives of peo­ple liv­ing with HIV/AIDS. Ini­ti­at­ed by a small group of con­cerned cit­i­zens led by the late Glo­ria Greene and Jean­nette Rock­e­feller, AAP pro­vides food to mem­bers of the com­mu­ni­ty with low incomes. For more infor­ma­tion, please call 760/325‑8481 or vis­it aidsassistance.org.

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