Tournament of Roses Association President Dr. Robert Miller was honored by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and scores of local business leaders at the 2021 Tournament of Roses President’s Breakfast Tuesday at the Pasadena Hilton. This year’s Rose Queen and Ro... More »
After businesses sought to woo customers on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, nonprofits are hoping Giving Tuesday will help bolster their charitable endeavors throughout Pasadena and the world. Started in 2012 to encourage generosity, Gi... More »
Making Housing and Community Happen, a Pasadena-based nonprofit that has been committed to housing justice, will host “A Change is Going to Come,” a celebration that will focus on successful efforts to address the housing crisis in Pasadena and beyond. The eve... More »
The Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery needs more space according to Arroyo Seco Foundation Executive Director Tim Brick. The nursery started seven years ago as part of the Arroyo Seco Canyon Project, a habitat enhancement and water conservation endeavor aimed at... More »
The Foothill Unity Center will distribute holiday food boxes from 9 a.m to noon on Monday at its Pasadena site, 191 N. Oak Ave, Pasadena. This week nearly 3,000 families will be served with holiday food boxes as more than 400 volunteers have come together to p... More »
On the heels of receiving a $5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund—the largest private grant in the nonprofit’s nearly 50-year history—volunteers at the Raymond Avenue headquarters of Union Station Homeless Services were busy on Wednesday morning,... More »
Pasadena-based Union Station Homeless Services has been selected to receive a $5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund—the largest private grant in the nonprofit’s nearly 50-year history. “Union Station is deeply grateful for this transformational g... More »
The Pasadena Community Foundation (PCF) said it is joining the nationwide celebration for Community Foundation Week taking place through Thursday that recognizes the increasingly important role community foundations play in strengthening localities and helping... More »
In a statement late last week, Friends in Deed Executive Director Rabbi Joshua Levin Grater confirmed that Friends In Deed has shifted from its Bad Weather Shelter for a second year in a row due to COVID-19 and ongoing social distancing protocols. Instead, the... More »
What would Thanksgiving be without a turkey? To make Union Station Homeless Services ‘Dinner in the Park’ possible for thousands of unhoused and in-need people, the nonprofit put out a call for 234 frozen 10-lb turkeys and 70 turkey breasts. These turkeys wil... More »
The Salvation Army Pasadena Tabernacle resumed its yearly “Homeless Connect Day” on Tuesday providing medical, vision, legal and other personal services to the City’s unhoused residents and low-income families in a “one-stop shop.” This event has been taking p... More »
In a tradition running for more than three decades, the Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce, or Jaycees, and Friends In Deed are preparing to brighten the holidays of nearly 300 families in need by providing complete Thanksgiving meal boxes. “Operation Gobbler... More »
