PCCH

In 1957 Palos Verdes resident Betty Learned received a call from Mary Duque, the Associates & Affiliates Director at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), challenging Betty to consider raising $1,000 to help build a recovery unit at the hospital. Betty summoned her friend Betty Davidson to help her respond to this challenge, the two gathered ten more vibrant Peninsula women to answer the call - and PCCH was born... PCCH is a non-profit organization that raises money for Children's Hospital Los Angeles... After raising 4 times the amount requested in the first year, horse lover, Betty Davidson, along with fellow member Orel Dryden, decided to next undertake a horse show fundraiser for CHLA at the Portuguese Bend Riding Club. These clever ladies had the grand idea to enlist their husbands and kids to help, and the all-volunteer 1st Annual Portuguese Bend National Horse Show (PBNHS) was created.

Also known as: Peninsula Committee Childrens Hospital

Primary location: Palos Verdes Estates United States