Thank you to everyone who supported our Gala Fundraiser! It was a success!
Thank you to everyone who supported our Gala Fundraiser! It was a success!
Through our fundraising efforts with our annual gala fashion show and monthly luncheons, we are very proud to extend our financial support toward educational programs and charitable organizations throughout Rancho Mirage and the Coachella Valley. We have been donating to local children’s charities since our founding in 1963.
2022 - $67,000 total was donated to these recipients:
Children’s Discovery Museum - They are in a complete “restructure” and are making the museum attractive to a wider range of kids. Our donation will be matched 100% by the City of Rancho Mirage.
Coachella Valley History Museum - They provide educational classes and tours for all valley students. Junior Historians is an after-school program for children in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades, at local low performing schools. They need money for equipment, etc.
Father’s Heart Ranch - A group home for abused and neglected boys, ages 6 - 12. They care for children by providing a safe and stable home environment for them so that they can heal from the abuse they have endured. It is located in Desert Hot Springs. Their goal is to provide skills that each boy can take with them through life.
Olive Crest is dedicated to preventing child abuse, to treatment and education of at-risk children, and preserving the family...One Life at a Time. Olive Crest is active in most high schools in the desert.
Pegasus Therapeutic Center provides equine-assisted therapy to all special needs children ages 4+. They currently serve over 250 youngsters. They need more equipment, saddles, etc.
Rancho Mirage Elementary School - Our donation will go toward materials for the after-school leadership academy which cultivates leadership skills through community service and experiences.
Rancho Mirage High School - Our donation will go toward 6 scholarships for outstanding senior students who will be attending college. Each student submits a 6-page application and was interviewed by our philanthropy
committee. All are from low-income families.
Variety of the Desert - They serve children up to age 18 who are disadvantaged or have a physical disability including but not limited to cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy and Down syndrome. They get no financial assistance from the national organization – a common misconception!
2020 - $58,000 total was donated to these recipients:
Cathedral City Boys and Girls Club - Reading Program, this program offers year-round reading intervention with the assistance of retired teachers and educators. Many kids are not reading up to grade level. Some not even past the 3rd grade.
Debbie Chisholm Memorial Foundation - A “make-a-wish-come-true" for children in our Coachella Valley that are suffering and may not recover from catastrophic health conditions.
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy - serves children of all ages and with a range of physical, emotional, behavioral and cognitive challenges. Current programming focuses on youth, with a goal to develop more programming to serve Wounded Warriors as well.
Rancho Mirage Elementary School - A continuation from last year's donation for after school Arts/Spanish/Music/Painting and Drawing Programs.
Additionally, our members donated much needed personal items and toiletries to Safe House of the Desert at our December meeting.
During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, RMWC donated pizzas to the front line workers at
Eisenhower Health and the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
2019 - $58,000 total was donated to these recipients:
2018 Recipients:
Past Recipients:
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