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The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena is supporting Day One’s Cherishing Children Holiday Toy Drive, a community effort entering its 16th year of providing gifts to local families. Day One, a Pasadena organization, launched the annual celebration in 2008... More »
The California Community Foundation awarded $6 million in grants to 14 nonprofit organizations who will provide direct assistance for survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires, it was announced Tuesday. Nearly a year after the fires, many survivors — particul... More »
The corridors beneath the Pasadena Convention Center were buzzing on Monday morning, filled with the metallic percussion of carving knives and the low hum of walk-in refrigerators. Deep in the center’s basement kitchen, about a dozen volunteers lined up at a l... More »
Union Station Homeless Services (USHS) says it is still in need of community support ahead of its annual Thanksgiving meal service set for Tuesday anf Wednesday, Nov. 25-26, asking for pies and monetary donations to ensure hundreds of unhoused and low?income r... More »
Union Station Homeless Services reported serving 800 households with Thanksgiving meal boxes during the first day of its Dinner in the Park program, according to a statement from the organization. The total marks an increase of 300 households compared to last ... More »
In a packed Mediterranean Ballroom at Brookside Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon, the Pasadena Community Foundation’s (PCF) 26th annual “Local Heroes” celebration unfolded as both a tribute and a reckoning. What is usually a broad salute to philanthropy and civi... More »
A sweeping volunteer effort to help restore the Eaton Fire burn scar is underway in Altadena. Community groups, Scouts and local organizations have begun distributing and sowing 100 million California poppy seeds across damaged neighborhoods at no cost to resi... More »
On East Pine Street in West Altadena, Tiprin Mandalay Follett stands on a cleared lot that she has known for most of her life. It once held 14 affordable rentals, arranged within a charming bungalow court. After managing this property for decades, her family t... More »
Friends In Deed has launched its annual “Christmas for the Kids” holiday gift drive at Vroman’s Bookstore, inviting Pasadena residents to donate gifts for children whose families rely on the nonprofit’s services. The program, now in its 11th year, is hosted in... More »
Union Station Homeless Services will distribute Thanksgiving meal boxes Wednesday at its Adult Center in Pasadena, providing families in need with all the ingredients to prepare a holiday dinner at home. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 412 S. Raymond A... More »
A coalition of local organizations and community partners will host “The State of Black Dena,” a community gathering focused on Black life in Pasadena and Altadena, on Friday, Nov. 21, from 6 to 10 p.m. at 540 W. Woodbury Road in Altadena. The event will conve... More »
Union Station Homeless Services is confronting its most significant Thanksgiving turkey shortage in five decades, raising the possibility that some Pasadena residents in need could be turned away from the nonprofit’s annual holiday program, according to an off... More »
