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Sep 03, 2009 - International Bird Rescue Research Center Invites Public to Meet Rescued Pelican Lucy & Watch Her Release at Blue Planet Film Festival
 
Dax Foundation to Sponsor Lunch & Release Event in Santa Monica to Celebrate Lucy’s Return to Her Natural Home in the Bay

LOS ANGELES – September 3, 2009 (BusinessWire) – The International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC), a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating aquatic birds and other wildlife, and the Dax Foundation, a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world, announced today they will be hosting a luncheon and releasing back to the wild, a rescued California Brown Pelican named Lucy, along with 5 gulls, at the Blue Planet Film Festival at 12:30 P.M. September 4, 2009. More...
   



Jun 23, 2009 - Dax Foundation to Sponsor Internationally Acclaimed Production of Pericles Redux Based on Shakespeare's Play in Los Angeles
 
Three-time Emmy Award Winning Actress Jennifer Landon to Star in Limited Run to Benefit Local Performing Arts Companies

LOS ANGELES – June 23, 2009 (BusinessWire EON) – The Dax Foundation – a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - announced today that it will be sponsoring nine performances of Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble’s celebrated Pericles-Redux at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles to benefit recipients of the Foundation’s Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT). More...
   



May 19, 2009 - Dax Foundation Launches New Performing Arts Charitable Trust to Benefit Exceptional Arts & Theater Companies
 
“PACT” Grants to Provide Financial, Business & Operational Assistance to Help Talented Arts Groups Grow & Thrive.

LOS ANGELES – May 19, 2009 (BusinessWire EON) – The Dax Foundation – a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - announced today that it is significantly increasing its support for the arts by establishing its new Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT) and has awarded its first grants to four outstanding Los Angeles-based theater groups: Shakespeare Santa Monica, Veterans Center for the Performing Arts, Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble and Independent Shakespeare Company. More...
   



Jun 17, 2008 - Dax Foundation Urges Lawmakers to Reject Bill
 
Dax Foundation urges lawmakers to reject bill that would eliminate all local and municipal regulation of medical, veterinary, and a wide array of other businesses and professionals & give control to the state... More...
   



Dec 05, 2007 - Dax Foundation Awards Grant to Urban, Inner City Los Angeles School
 
Grant to Fund Purchase of Multimedia Technology and Classroom Learning Aids to Help Teachers Enhance Learning Experience for Students.

LOS ANGELES - December 5, 2007 - The Dax Foundation, a private, non-profit, philanthropic foundation based in Los Angeles, announced today that it has awarded an educational grant to Lugo Elementary, a K-6 school in the Lynwood Unified School District in Lynwood, California. The grant will fund the purchase of multimedia technology and classroom learning aids to help teachers improve learning and academic achievement for Lugo students... More...
   



Oct 16, 2007 - The Dax Foundation to Sell an Icon Of American Film
 
Sotheby's To Sell An Icon of American Film - Orson Welles Academy Award For Citizen Kane.

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES - October 16, 2007 - On December 11, 2007, Sotheby's New York will offer for sale an icon of American film and one of the most important pieces of movie memorabilia ever to come to auction -- Orson Welles’ own 1941 Academy Award for Best Screenplay for the renowned masterpiece, Citizen Kane. Widely considered the greatest film of all time, Welles’ cinematic masterpiece was voted the number one film in history by the American Film Institute in 2007 and by the British Film Institute in 2002. More...