Giving Back


KCBS’ Whitney Drolen To Emcee Hathaway-Sycamores’ Fundraiser

KCBS news and traffic reporter Whitney Drolen promises to keep the evening’s festivities lively as she emcees Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services’ 19th Hole After-Party on May 18 at Angeles National Golf Club in Sunland. The After-Party, which will be held from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., will cap off Hathaway-Sycamores’ annual “Shot-at-a-Million” Golf Classic ...

Art Exhibit Will Celebrate Pasadena’s Historical Landmarks

The Blinn House Foundation and the Women’s City Club of Pasadena have announced a scheduled art exhibit entitled “Pasadena – Its Aura” which will celebrate Pasadena’s historical landmarks. The exhibition will feature the unique and beautifully rendered pen and ink drawings of noted artist and architect Russell Hobbs and will run from April 1 – ...

La Cañada Presbyterian Church Parent ED Delivers Burp Cloths for 2,500 Babies to Glendale Adventist

The LCPC Parent Education Program has recently partnered with Glendale Adventist Medical Center to gift their logoed burp cloths to every baby born at the hospital– totaling 2,500 babies per year. On April 19, Parent Education Director, Anne Bierling, and Parent Ed representative Lynne Graves, donated the first shipment of burp cloths to the Glendale ...

Hector Elizondo, Adam Schiff and Kidushims to Be Honored By Union Station

On Saturday, May 12, radio host John Rabe (Off-Ramp, KPCC) will MC A Place to Call Home, an annual gala celebrating and supporting the work of nonprofit Union Station Homeless Services. The event will be held at the California Club in Los Angeles to honor the dedication of actor Hector Elizondo, Margo and Ralph Kidushim, ...

This Year AIDS Service Center Celebrates a Big Week Out

Recording artist, actor, entertainer and Honorary Chair, Sam Harris will host the 15th annual Big WEEK Out on Saturday May 5th, 2012 beginning at  5:30 p.m. at the historic and iconic Robinson House, a 17,000 sq ft Greene & Greene set on four acres in Pasadena overlooking the Colorado Street Bridge. The event, benefiting AIDS Service Center ...

Strengthening Franciscan Values Through Christian Service Immersion

Although Skid Row is only a short thirty minute car ride from St. Francis High School’s La Canada Flintridge campus, the suffering and desperation that permeates the nation’s largest stable population of homeless persons often seems a world away. However, the harsh reality of such a disparity came to life for thirteen St. Francis students ...

Non-Profits Could Raise More Money If They Told Better Stories, Says Local Expert

Why do non-profit organizations fail to reach their fundraising goals? “Non-profits, including schools, churches and associations, fail to connect emotionally with their donors. They present dry bullet points of facts and figures, which don’t motivate people. They need to tell stories which intrigue and excite people so they want to support their cause,” says Dan ...

PUSD Superintendent and School Board Members Visit the Rosemary School

In an effort to learn more about The Rosemary School, Rosemary Children’s Services’ non-public and private school for young women grades 7 – 12, Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Jon Gundry, School Board President Renatta Cooper and School Board Member Tom Selinske visited The Rosemary School and met with members of the Education Committee. The ...

Hooray for Hollywood Event Recruiting Star-Struck Fans

The “celebrities” have all RSVP’d, the limousines have been reserved, and the red carpet is ready to be rolled out for this year’s Hooray for Hollywood event celebrating the “stars” of Pasadena’s Adaptive Recreation Program.Now all they need to make it a real Hollywood celebrity spectacle are volunteer fans to come and cheer, wave and ...

Police Don Aprons, Wait Tables to Support Special Olympics

Commander Chris Russ, Lieutenant Phlunté Riddle and Deputy Chief Darryl Qualls. [Photo: James Macpherson] Over a dozen Pasadena police officers and command staff plus Police Department employees, Explorers and their family members joined Neighborhood watch families, young Special Olympics athletes and members of the eating public at Hamburger Hamlet on South Lake Avenue Thursday evening ...

United Pasadena Food Bank Opens at Villa Parke

United Pasadena Food Bank provided more than 10,000 meals for the hungry and the homeless in Pasadena in its’ first year of service at Jackie Robinson Center. The UPFB’s demand has been so high the organization is expanding its outreach to Villa Parke in Pasadena beginning April 5, 2012 where they will serve hot meals ...

Police to Trade Gunbelts for Dinner Trays to Raise Special Olympics Money

Pasadena Police employees will wait on tables as this year’s Tip-A-Cop program aims to raise funds for the Special Olympics. As part of the 2012 Annual Special Olympics “Tip-A-Cop” fund-raising program, Pasadena Police Department employees are to serve as celebrity waiters at the Hamburger Hamlet at 214 S. Lake Ave., on Thursday, March 29, 2012. ...

Get Involved Pasadena! Click, Connect, Collaborate Now!

Collective Voices Foundation and Leadership Pasadena Class of 2012 invites the entire community to rethink and re-imagine the possibilities for Pasadena. On April 17, 2012 from 5pm to 7pm, they will present the launch of Collaborate Now in the Rose Bowl’s recently renovated locker room. The Launch event will introduce the Collaborate Now online platform ...

Child Care Information Service (CCIS) Merges with Child Care and Human Services Agency Options

Child Care Information Service (CCIS) has announced its merger with Options, A Child Care and Human Services Agency effective March 1.  The merger follows an almost year-long process of analysis and involvement from the CCIS community, after realizing that ongoing budget cuts and changing demographics led to seeking a new business model for CCIS. Last ...