Akila Gibbs will Receive Community Impact Award from Junior League of Pasadena

Akila Gibbs, executive director of the Pasadena Senior Center, will be presented with the 2016 Community Impact Award by the Junior League of Pasadena on April 30.

She will be honored for her continued service and contributions to the community and her dedication to the mission of the Junior League of Pasadena, which includes improving communities and promoting volunteerism.

“On behalf of the Pasadena Senior Center Board of Directors, I am pleased and proud that the Junior League of Pasadena will recognize Akila for her extraordinary efforts,” said board president Sandy Greenstein. “Akila has served the Pasadena community in exemplary ways for more than 15 years.”

In 1960 when the Pasadena Senior Center was founded, the Junior League of Pasadena provided financial, administrative and volunteer support to the independent nonprofit. The Junior League of Pasadena has continued to support the Pasadena Senior Center in a number of ways over the past 56 years.

Since 2000 Gibbs has devoted herself to issues associated with the older adult population and has served on several boards and associations that address social service issues, including the Villa Esperanza Services Council for Excellence, Pasadena Senior Commission, Pasadena Rotary and Pasadena Executive Roundtable, a consortium of executive directors of local nonprofit organizations.

“I am grateful to the Junior League of Pasadena for honoring me,” said Gibbs. “I am committed to continue leading the Pasadena Senior Center as we meet the growing needs of adults 50 and older in the years ahead.”

For more information about the Pasadena Senior Center visit www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org or call (626) 795-4331.

The Pasadena Senior Center is an independent, nonprofit agency that offers recreational, educational, wellness and social services to people ages 50 and older in a friendly environment. Services are also provided for frail, low-income and homebound seniors.