SANTA MONICA’S FOURTH ANNUAL VOLLEY-WEEN FUNDRAISER RAISES $3,880 FOR SANTA MONICA NONPROFITS
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (November 14, 2025) – Santa MoniCARES, Tourism Supporting Our Community raised $1,940 at the fourth annual Volley-Ween fundraiser event on October 29 for local Santa Monica nonprofits. With Santa MoniCARES matching the donation, a total of $3,880 will be donated to support those facing food insecurity this winter season.
“We are grateful to stand with the passionate and community-oriented organizations, businesses and residents of Santa Monica each Volley-Ween and all year round to support nonprofits serving our city,” said Misti Kerns, President/CEO of Santa Monica Travel & Tourism. “We look forward to this event annually as a valuable opportunity to gather as a community and contribute to important causes that make Santa Monica a wonderful place to live and visit.”
Members of the community and local organizations convened at Perry’s Café and Beach Rentals to take part in a spirited beach volleyball tournament supporting Santa Monica nonprofits. Congratulations to the Santa Monica Police Department who took home the win at this year’s tournament, with fellow teams including USC & Annenberg Community Beach House taking home the Spirit Award and The Pierside Hotel winning Best Group Costume.
“This is such a great event—we’ve been doing this for three years and I suggest everyone come out and participate. We have a lot of fun, so come on out next year!” shared Nathan Nguyen with the Santa Monica Police Department tournament-winning team.
Santa Monica Travel & Tourism and Santa MoniCARES extend sincere appreciation to the residents and hospitality community who showed their support at this year’s event, special guest and professional beach volleyball legend Sinjin Smith representing the celebrated sport and this year’s event sponsors including Regent Santa Monica Beach, ETC Hotels, HBX Group, Perry’s Café & Beach Rentals, Downtown Santa Monica, Annenberg Community Beach House, Jeff Jarow and Actum for making Volley-Ween possible.
Santa MoniCARESは、サンタモニカの観光業界のホスピタリティと寛大さを利用し、地元の非営利団体に支援を提供することを使命とする、サンタモニカ・トラベル＆ツーリズムの代表者と観光コミュニティ・パートナーの連合体です。Volley-Weenで集められた資金はすべて、地域の非営利団体に寄付されます。.
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サンタモニカ・トラベル＆ツーリズム（SMTT）は、旅行先としてのサンタモニカのプロモーションを通して、観光客の消費、観光収入、地元の雇用機会を増やすことを目的とした非営利団体です。詳細は下記をご覧ください。 サンタモニカドットコム, email info@santamonica.com, or follow SMTT on Instagram (サンタモニカを見る), X (サンタモニカまたはフェイスブック@VisitSantaMonica).
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