Foothill Unity Center Board President Gary Kovacic and Foothill Unity Center CEO Tashera Taylor at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Carl Foote Legacy Award winner David Steinmeier and Johann Steinmeier at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Heart in Hand Humanitarian Award winners Indira and Rao Yalamanchili at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Foothill Unity Center 1st Vice President Greg Vanni and Glenda Vanni at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Reni Rose, Lysette Freeman, Tiffany Gardner, Foothill Unity Center Board Member Linda Vidov, Bill Witte at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Foothill Unity Center Board Member Pete Siberell and Marianne Siberell at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Ayanna Wahl, Vivi Wahl, Leila Wahl at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Karen Fan and Karen Yu at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Katie White, Tyler Zikuski, Stevey Pokrajac, Dustin Nicolarsen at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Evelyn Lockerbie and Selene Lockerbie at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Foothill Unity Center CEO Tashera Taylor speaks at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Foothill Unity Center Board President Gary Kovacic speaks at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Chris Seymour and Arcadia Council Member Aprill Verlato at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Kathleen Chueng and Maira Bueno at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Judy Green, Bob Green, Barb Kovacic, Thomas Gibilisco at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
Debra Synott, Margaret Williams, Sabel Houser at Foothill Unity Center’s Golden Plate Awards on September 22 at Santa Anita Race Track. [Photographs by Paul Takizawa/Pasadena Now]
On September 22nd Foothill Unity Center celebrated its 23rd annual Golden Plate Awards ceremony. This year’s theme was ‘Help us Make the Future a little Brighter’. The event was held at the lovely and majestic Santa Anita Race Track located in the city of Arcadia.
Nearly 220 guests enjoyed the Paddock gardens as the Center raised money in support of their food, health and social services programs. The goal of the event was to raise $200,000 dollars, and as of today, the event has raised $192,000 with donations still being made online and mailed in.
The event was a huge success for a food pantry that began in a small church closet in 1980. Foothill Unity Center, a multi-service agency, serves as the region’s primary provider of integrated services that help individuals and families move out of poverty to reach economic stability. Our program model helps to advance equity in the San Gabriel Valley community. We are providing access and opportunities, removing barriers for the low-income and working poor, providing a safety net to the disadvantaged to prevent homelessness, and supporting the underserved homeless population by addressing their full spectrum of needs for the whole family.
