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Foundation of Grand Terrace Reflects on a Decade of Accomplishment

By Breeanna Jent, Staff Writer
October 3, 2013 at 08:32am. Views: 114

The Foundation of Grand Terrace officially celebrated a decade of service to the Blue Mountain community. The celebration also included the presentation of the Grand Terrace Lions Club’s Tony Petta Spirit of the Community Award to Petta’s widow, Ann. The organization invited community members to the Azure Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Fellowship Hall on Saturday, Sept. 28, to reflect on the last 10 years and envision the next decade of service and the Foundation’s role in the community, shared the Foundation’s Vice President of Development, Ryan Stephens. The Foundation “cast a vision for the next 10 years, for the future of service in the community and for the Foundation’s future in Grand Terrace,” Stephens said. “The Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in the city of Grand Terrace. We do this through city beautification, youth services, events committees [who plan] the Grand Terrace Days and the Halloween Festival, the Veterans Committee and the Dog Park Committee,” said Stephens. Saturday’s celebration was the opportunity for the Foundation to showcase their accomplishments within the city and raise funds to continue their work in the community. Congressman Gary Miller (R-Rancho Cucamonga), Assemblymember Cheryl Brown (D-San Bernardino), Assemblymember Mike Morrell (R-Redlands) and San Bernardino County Supervisor James Ramos also participated in the anniversary and recognized several honorees, and Baskets Ahh La Cart donated a gift basket for the occasion. The Foundation of Grand Terrace was established in 2003 by a group of community leaders who desired to strengthen the community and in the last decade has accomplished a long list of projects for the betterment and benefit of Grand Terrace and its residents. The Foundation has preserved land on Blue Mountain, raised funds for the Fire Department paramedic, has hosted the annual Grand Terrace Community Days and Halloween Festival events, sponsored city-wide beautification and cleanup days, has donated trees to the city, supported local clubs and organizations, has sponsored reading programs, has secured land for the city’s future dog park, and has assisted veterans in creating a veteran’s memorial wall in Pico Park, to name a few. Foundation President and Grand Terrace City Council Member Darcy McNaboe shared that as the Foundation’s ability to support various community projects and organizations, the Foundation of Grand Terrace’s “impact and significance to the well-being of Grand Terrace also increases.”

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