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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/2/2007 - STAFF REPORTS - 00 Tolerance Education Center Exploring the Roots of Hatred My name is Earl Greif and I have been very much involved with educating the public about current and historical racial hatred and bigotry, and the indescribable atrocities that took place in Europe during the Nazi Holocaust. I have first-hand experience with those atrocities as I am a Holocaust survivor and most of my family were killed by Nazis. Eleven million innocent men, women and children were murdered, including six million Jews, and five million others , those were Jehovah Witnesses, Gypsies,physically handicapped, and homosexuals. One and a half million children were sent to the gas chamber. Racial hatred and bigotry still exists, even here in the United States, and it is very important to educate the public, especially our high school and middle school students. We are in the process of building a Tolerance Education Center on a parcel of land that I recently purchased . We intend to bring in students from Riverside County by the busloads. We plan to pay for all bus transportation to each school every week so that they will incur no expense to visit our center. The library will be filled with many volumes related to that period of time, with reference materials, computers,printers and copy machines. The video room will have approximately eighty stadium-style seats. The center will also include museum-quality artifacts from the period on display. We believe that this will afford an excellent opportunity for research and perspective on the Holocaust. Students and adults alike will gain a learning experience about the dangers of racial hatred and bigotry,which develops like a cancer, with all of the terrors repeated. It is so important to educate the public, and to stress the positive in one another--not just with theory, but with actual reality showing how this can endanger us all. The construction will cost approximately$1,600,000, of which we have raised$920,000. The Riverside County Supervisors have granted$20,000.00 to the Tolerance Education Center, and hope that this Counsel will do the same. We would very much appreciate a contribution to the Holocaust Education Center to help finish this important project. Earl Greif Tolerance Education Center 8 Deerfield Cr Rancho Mirage, Ca. 92270 760-770-9936 earlgreif0aol.com Tax exempt status 501 ©(3) ##20-4903202 S/ _ WWW.toleranceeducationcenter.org/ �J��yG/n C•A6�i rt�e y ' INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY P. O. BOX 3508 CINCINNATI, OH 45201 _ Fmployer Identification Number: Date: OCT 3 7. 2�6E 20-4903202 DLN: 17053164012036 HOLOCAUST E➢UCATION CENTER IN THE Contact Person: DESERT INC COHN SENNEWEIN ID;,' 31307 8 ➢EERFIELD CT Contact Telephone Number: RANCHO MIReLGE, CA 92270 (877) 829-5500 Accounting Period Ending: December 31 Public Charity Status: 170 (b) (1) (A) (vi) Farm 590 Required: Yee Effective Date of Exemption: May 10, 2006 Contribution Deductibility: Yes Advance Ruling Ending Date: December 31, 2010 Dear Applicant: We are pleased to inform you that upon review of your application for tax exempt status we have determined that you are exempt from Federal income tax under section 50l (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to you are deductible under section 170 of the Code. 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Please see enclosed Information for Exempt organizations Under section 501(c) (3) for some helpful information about your responsibilities as an exempt organi z at-iota- Letter 1045 (DO/CG) -2- HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER IN THE We have sent a copy Of tills lecuz w 1,,A ,-r.esenuative as indicated in your power of attorney. sincerely, c� CV Lois G. Lerner Director, 'Exempt Organizations Rulings and Agreements Enclosures: Information for Organizations Exempt Under Section 501 (c) (3) Statute Extension Letter 1045 (DO/CG) vn n COMMITTEES CALIFORNIA' COMMERCE,SCIENCE " AN17 TF>,4NSPOtcTn7lO ' ENVIRONMENT 'Unit'United 16ta _�� Zenatc AND REICN RCWOR115 ed o'er✓ L �y�W FOfiEIGN gL'LnTIONS HART SENATE OF-ICE BUILDING SUITE 112 WASHINGTON,DC 20510-0505 (202)224-3553 senator®6oxer 4enote.gov hl(p://boxer sennle.goa Earl Greif The Jewish Federation 40 Princeton.Drive Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 Dear Mr. Greif: I read a story in the San Bernardzno County Sun on your moving lecture at Yucaipa Junior High School and wanted to send you my deepest appreciation for sharing your experiences during the Holocaust. For many HolocausL survivors, memories of the terrible loss and destruction that occurred are too painful for them to discuss. I commend you for your courage and strength to share your expericnces about the Holocaust. By bringing your story to life, you have given your listeners a deeper understanding of this tragic part of our history. Thank you for speaking so earnestly fron7 your heart. I encourage you to continue telling your story, Best wishes to you. Sincerely, /I Barbara Boxer United States Senator BB;jer d 1700 MONTGOMERY STREET 0 312 N.SPRING STREET p 501 1 STREET ❑1130'0 STREET ❑600 5 STREET Q 201 NORTH E STREET SUITE 240 SUITE 174E SUITE 7-600 SUITE 2450 SUI1 E 2240 SUITE 210 . SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94111 LOS ANGELES•CA 90012 SACRAMENTO,CA 95814 FRESNO CA 93721 SAN DIEGO,CA 52101 SAN BERNARDINO,CA 92401- (415)40$-0100 (213)894-5000 19161 448-2787 (559)497-5109 (619)239-3884 1909I888-5525 PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2007 Section B v COMMUIMY EDITOR MO III Ca Iodine PHGH&778-4625 FAx 778-4654 • E-nul�.localnews®thedesensun,coln • FOR HOME eEIJYCRY ASSISTAHCE PHONE 322.5555 COACHELLA VALLEY Torrance ce fi� seeks .fig 0 Board gives grant to tolerance.center By MICHELLF NfirCAFLL will feature books and videos on high schools throughour the THE DESERT jun arrociries from the pass and pre- county to the center for free "to The Riverside County Board of sent teach them rolerance instead of Supervisors on Thursday gave a "Hawed is sell going on m River- harred,"Greif said. 320,000 gran io the Tolerance side County and hopefully this will Greif said with the grant, Education Center: Exploring die help to deter hawed and bigotry," $920,000 has been raised for the Roots ofHarxed, said Greif, a Holocaust survivor center,buta680,000isstillnecdcd Supervisor Roy Wilsonpresetit- who is a4so the co-founder•of die for the center,which will be locat- ed the check to Earl Greif, the Holocaust Memorial at Palm ed on Bob Hope Drive at Ginger center's founder. Desert Civic Center Park. Rogers Road in Rancho Mirage. The giant will help support the The grant will also be used to Construction on the center could operation of the facility, which bus students from middle and begin sometime this year. lc� j dp rve f)c) no n� A IQS I - tar— t,��r nf�Nec. n2ppto-'3 apa�n � � �r2 -'-o -e(� i A nr�