You can make a difference in Palmdale by donating to the Palmdale Community Foundation. The Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 established in 1997 by the Palmdale City Council to allow donations to be made for City programs. Since its inception, more than $650,000 has been donated by organizations, private citizens and City employees to help support City activities for all to enjoy.

If you'd like to a make a difference in Palmdale, please consider a donation to the Foundation. You can make a donation online, or make checks payable to: Palmdale Community Foundation. Indicate on the memo line which program you wish to support. Mail to Palmdale Community Foundation, 38300 Sierra Highway, Suite A, Palmdale, CA 93550.

R Lee Ermey Memorial Drive

The section of Avenue N between Agena Road and Sierra Highway in Palmdale has been re-named for acclaimed actor and Marine Corps veteran R. Lee Ermey during a ceremony on Nov. 10, 2018, the Marine Corps’ birthday.

Ermey lived just off Avenue N for the past 24 years, until his death in April 2018 at age 74, Efforts to rename the road after him began in May and have since been unanimously approved by the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster, Los Angeles County and the California Department of Transportation.

Plans call for street and highway signs reading “R. Lee Ermey Avenue (Avenue N),” plaques and even a “musical road” that will play the Marines’ Hymn via grooves in the road when driven upon.

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The purpose of this policy is to provide adequate and consistent procedures for acceptance and documentation of donations made to the Palmdale Community Foundation (Foundation). It is the Policy of the Foundation to encourage and support the pursuit of donations to provide supplemental financial support for community programs in the City of Palmdale. This Policy is intended to support the ability to increase revenue and partnerships and does not limit the Foundation’s ability to apply for grant funding.

Further, these policies and procedures promote the foundations’ compliance with established standards for accounting and charitable giving. The Foundation does not have adequate staffing to conduct fundraising events for individual funds, but must be involved when public fundraising occurs to ensure the above purposes can be carried out. When individuals or groups conduct fundraising activities and solicitations on behave of component funds at the Foundation, they must keep in mind that such fundraising is being done on behalf of the Foundation. These policies and procedures outline the requirements for any fundraising activity benefiting a component fund of the Foundation.

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