The Carpinteria Unified School District Board of Trustees accepted six donations at its Tuesday night meeting, including two from the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon for the district’s music program.
The club’s donations included 35 sets of on-stage practice pads with stands, bags and sticks – valued at $1,625 dollars – to Carpinteria Middle School; and two Mexican guitars (a Guitarron and a Vihuela) each one with a padded gig bag – valued at $1,308 dollars – to Carpinteria High School (CHS). The club will also sponsor the high school’s music instructor for the after-school mariachi music program.
The board also accepted a donation of $5,000 to the CHS Future Farmers of America (FFA) program from the Suzette A. Chafey Living Trust; an anonymous donation of $350 to the CHS Aquatics Associated Student Body Club; a donation of $2,500 to the CHS football program from M/M Mechanical; and a donation of $2,000 to CHS from the Santa Barbara Co. Flower and Nursery Growers Association for greenhouse repairs.
