Trust Receives Donation

By  Art Campos -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST

The United Auburn Indian Community has donated $50,000 to Placer Land Trust, a nonprofit agency that is raising money to buy and preserve 630 acres of wildland within the North Fork American scenic corridor.

The tribe, which owns and operates Thunder Valley Casino, presented the check Saturday in a ceremony at Beermann's restaurant in Lincoln.

The UAIC established the Community Giving Program as a philanthropic branch of  its tribal government. It provides up to $1 million annually to nonprofit groups that support education, health, arts, the environment, community development and social services.