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Media Contact: Margo Kesler
Tel: 602-264-2655
Email: Margo Media
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SCOTTSDALE LEAGUE FOR THE ARTS
TOUCHES THE LIVES OF MANY VALLEY CHARITIES

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (November 12, 2004) The Scottsdale League for the Arts awarded more than $195,000 through the League's 2004 grants program to 31 Valley non-profit organizations. Since 1992 the League has contributed more than $1.4 million to support art and art education in the Valley.

In only its third year, the League's grant program received more than 45 applications for consideration. The program was designed to award funds on a competitive basis to any bona fide Arizona non-profit agency providing direct services or activities related to the arts and art education.

The 2004 grant recipients are:

• Alhambra Elementary School District
• Arts in Education Council
• Ballet Arizona
• Ballet and Friends
• Center Dance Ensemble
• Challenge Charter School
• Concerned Citizens for Community Health
• Cox Charities
• Desert Bells International
• Desert Foothills Musicfest
• Desert Foothills Theater
• East Valley Academy Charter School
• East Valley Children's Theatre
• Free Arts of Arizona
• Girls Ranch, Inc.
• Jazz in Arizona
• Mission Montessori Academy
• Movement Source Dance Company
• Phoenix Children's Hospital
• Phoenix Boys Choir Association
• Phoenix Children's Hospital
• Phoenix Symphony
• Scottsdale Community Players at Stagebrush Theatre
• Scottsdale Cultural Council
• Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped
• Southwest Human Development
• String Sounds
• Terra Nova Academy
• Valley Youth Theatre
• West Valley Art Museum

Scottsdale League for the Arts (SLA) is a non-profit (501(c)3) charitable organization that raises funds for arts and art education programs throughout Arizona.

Since 1992 the League has contributed more than $1.4 million to numerous organizations benefiting children including The Phoenix Symphony, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arts in Education Council, Desert Bells International, and Phoenix Boys Choir.

For additional information about the League or on becoming a member or volunteer, please contact SLA at (480) 945-7193 or visit the web site at www.ScottsdaleCulinaryFestival.org.

For more information please contact Margo Media at (602) 264-2655.

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