San Manuel Custom Book

SAN MANUEL OUTREACH Manuel isn’t going anywhere,” said Jerry Paresa, executive director of intergovernmental affairs.“Unlike business owners who can pack up and move elsewhere, the tribe is here to stay. The tribe is committed to the community. The people of San Manuel have been here since time immemorial. “To the extent that the tribe wants to grow and diversify its economy it would like as much as possible to invest in the community. That means the community has to be safe, hence our support of law enforcement. And also the work force has to be trained and educated, so the tribe works in support of the schools and education. “Operation Phoenix focused not only on crime suppression but crime prevention and intervention. It was sort of a multiple approach to the issue of crime.” The program is working. In 2004 and 2005 the city ranked among the 20 most dangerous municipalities in the country. Empirical data gathered by the California State University at San Bernardino, has since shown a significant drop in crime and truancy. And an initial 20-block area targeted by the Operation Phoenix program has been expanded another 20 blocks. “Hardworking and caring citizens have come forward today to offer their input as we begin to take back our neighborhoods block by block and family by family,” Morris told the San Bernardino Sun. “Police officers, school officials, social service providers, the mayor’s office, and other local and state officials are joining forces with citizens to find solutions to the crime and crime-related problems that hold San Bernardino back.” Intervening early in the lives of children, providing them with programs and offering them outlets, gives them the tools they need and ensures a better future for the entire community, Hazlett said. “We are committed to working together to restore safety and a sense of pride in our neighborhood,” David Rhone, Pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, said of the opening of the new community center, which was made possible with resources from San Manuel. “Today is the day our church and neighborhood has been praying for.” Many of Loma Linda’s first patients were citizens of the nearby San Manuel Reservation, at the time a tiny hamlet of Serrano Indians. “At a time the tribe did not enjoy the fiscal standing they enjoy today, we were privileged to care for its citizens,” said Patti Pettis, director of philanthropy for what is now one of the nation’s foremost university medical centers. Much of Loma Linda’s most recent success – the continued growth of the children’s hospital and foundation and birth of the PossAbilities physical rehabilitation program – is due in large part to its partnership with the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians. “San Manuel has set a very high standard with their philanthropic leadership and support for us, and we’re truly grateful,” Pettis said.“It’s a wonderful story, to see how grateful they also are, now that they have the fiscal means to support us in the manner in which they do. And, of course, we continue to enjoy providing care for them.” The present 11-story Loma Linda University Medical Center opened in 1967 and, with the completion of the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital in 1993, the complex today includes Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus and Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center. Meanwhile, San Manuel in the last two decades has emerged as a vibrant community and strong government, providing leadership and support to surrounding governments and civic groups and organizations, including Loma Linda. “Loma Linda was there, when we needed them. And we are drawn together today in a mutual desire to provide for those who need medical care,” said Jamie Barron, who chairs the San Manuel Department of Health Services. “It’s the duty of a responsible and caring government to provide for the health care of its citizens. This can be achieved locally through a cooperative agreement between San Manuel and Loma Linda.” FOUNDATION SUPPORT DOUBLES Individual citizens of San Manuel had long been giving back to the university medical center. But the support grew with the opening of the tribal government bingo hall. The tribe began contributing to the children’s hospital and its foundation about 10 years ago, Pettis said. Two years ago San Manuel became the presenting sponsor for the annual Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Foundation Gala, which last year raised $523,000, twice what the event raised before San Manuel’s involvement. “San Manuel’s involvement has really helped elevate the kind of support we’re able to give the children,” Pettis said. The tribe’s contribution goes beyond financial support, she said. San Manuel’s leadership and ■ San Manuel and Loma Linda A century of friendship It’s a relationship that began more than a century ago, shortly after what is now Loma Linda University Medical Center was dedicated in April 1906 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a convalescent treatment facility to educate and train medical missionaries. 16

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San Manuel Custom Book Contents Editorial Chapter One: A Tribe with a World View Three Fires Make History with Sacramento Marriott San Manuel Village Nears Completion Giving is the Serrano Way Chapter Two: San Manuel Firefighters Prove Their Mettle A Day at the Office Chapter Three: San Manuel Outreach Cal State University at San Bernardino Operation Phoenix Loma Linda University Medical Center Chapter Four: Building a Tribal Government on San Manuel Behind the Scenes Frances 'Tu Tu' Morongo

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