San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
Irwindale
Phone: (626) 856-3400
Website: www.valleyconnect.com
Email: ckurtz@valleyconnect.com
To preserve and enhance the quality of life and the ecomonic vitality of the San Gabriel Valley.
American Academy of Pediatrics, CA (AAP-CA)
Pasadena
Phone: (626) 796-1632
Website: www.aap-ca.org
Email: office@aap-ca.org
The AAP-CA is a statewide organization of over 5,000 board-certified pediatrians dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of infants, children and youth living in California and supporting the practices of our pediatrican members.
American Legion
Pasadena
Phone: (626)792-2158
American Red Cross-San Gabriel Pomona Valley
Pasadena
Phone: (626)799-0841
Website: www.sgpvarc.org
Since the early 1900s, the American Red Cross San Gabriel Pomona Valley has been providing relief to victims of disasters and helping people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. It serves 1.8 million people in 44 communities from La Canada Flintridge to Pomona and Duarte to Rowland Heights, covering 320 square miles. Headquartered in Pasadena, the Chapter provides shelter, food, health and mental health services to disaster victims locally and nationally and teaches lifesaving skills through first aid, CPR/AED and babysitter, aquatics and water safety training.
Community Bible Community Development Corp.
Pasadena
Phone: (626)796-0683
Community Health Alliance Pasadena
Pasadena
Phone: (626)398-6300
Website: www.chapcare.org
CHAP is a nonprofit medical and dental health center providing high quality and affordable health care services
Convalescent Aid Society
Pasadena
Phone: (626)793-1696
Website: www.CAS1.org
Email: info@CAS1.org
Convalescent Aid Society is a nonprofit organization that provides the FREE loan of medical equipment for in-home use to residents of the San Gabriel Valley. Currently serving almost 11,000 clients, CAS loans wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds, and all kinds of convalescent equipment for the home. CAS also accepts the donation of new and used equipment.
D'Veal Family and Youth Services
Pasadena
Phone: (626)296-8900
Email: dveal3@aol.com
El Centro de Accion Social
Pasadena
Phone: (626)792-3148
Exchange Club of Pasadena c/o Affinity Associates
Pasadena
Phone: (626)396-9927
Fire Family Foundation
Los Angeles
Phone: 888-5-FFF-Give (4483
Website: www.firefamilyfoundation.org
Email: dkuchler@firefamilyfoundation.org
The Fire Family Foundation (FFF) was established in the fall of 2007, to assist firefighters and their families in time of need. The FFF is a non-profit (c) (3) charitable organization. All contributions are tax deductible. Our purpose and mission is to:
Provide financial assistance to firefighters, their families and to those charities that support the fire community.
Promote educational support to firefighters.
Provide financial assistance to underfunded fire departments.
We truly believe that by coming together as a “Fire Family” we can assist our firefighters and their families throughout the state of California.
Five Acres-The Boys' & Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County
Altadena
Phone: (626)798-6793
Website: www.5acres.org
Email: rketch@5acres.org
Five Acres, The Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County, is a child and family services agency that strengthens families and prevents child abuse through treatment and education in community-based and residential programs. Originally founded as an orphanage in 1888, today Five Acres offers an array of services including residential care and education, mental health services in homes and schools, foster care and adoptions, and domestic violence prevention.
Hathaway-Sycamores Child & Family Services
Pasadena
Phone: (626)395-7100
Website: www.hathaway-sycamores.org
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services is a leader in responding to the needs of the community and in providing innovative services and programs for over 9,000 children and their families. Today more than 675 staff members provide support to children and their families in a variety of locations throughout Los Angeles County.
Hillsides
Pasadena
Phone: (323)254-2274
Website: www.hillsides.org
Hillsides has always created safe places for children; strengthened families, provided special education; and advocated for children’s rights. From its inception in 1913 as an Episcopal Orphanage, The Church Home for Children, until its present-day status as a private, nonprofit foster care and treatment center, Hillsides has never wavered from its commitment to creating a safe place for children. Although it began as an orphanage, Hillsides now works to end the cycle of child abuse that destroys children and tears families apart. Loving care, therapeutic healing, special education, family crisis intervention and children's rights advocacy are at the heart of the agency's mission. These priorities At Hillsides, children suffering from abuse and mental illness can still find a "safe place" to call home. Today, the children’s charity located in Pasadena serves families in crisis throughout Los Angeles County.
IUOE Local Number 12
Pasadena
Phone: (626)792-8900
La Canada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce
La Canada
Phone: (818)790-4289
Leadership Pasadena
Pasadena
Phone: (626)577-2296
Website: www.leadershippasadena.org
Email: info@leadershippasadena.org
Invest in Your Community and Our Future
For ten years Leadership Pasadena has continued to build leaders with a focus on Passion, Purpose and Vision for Pasadena. The LP program has fused leadership, and personal development with program management theory and practice to create over 200 graduates of the program. As part of their training, students in Leadership Pasadena have executed over 25 community projects that have enhanced the quality of life in Pasadena. You need only to look around Pasadena to see the role and positive impact of graduates and the importance and relevance of Leadership Pasadena!
League of Women Voters of Pasadena
Pasadena
Phone: (626)798-0965
Website: www.lwvpasadenaarea.org
Email: office@lwvpasadenaarea.org
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government. The League carries out two separate and distinct roles. Voter Service: the League presents unbiased nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues. Advocacy: after study, the League uses its positions to advocate for or against particular policies in the public interest.
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Burbank
Phone: (818)391-5961
Website: www.mda.org
Email: ngharbidian@mdausa.org
The local chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) serves the San Fernando and the Antelope Valley and is dedicated to eradicating 43 neuromuscular diseases. We provide local support for the over 6,000 families in Southern California battling one of our diseases. We have many fundraising events throughout the year that help fund clinics, support groups, summer camps, medical equipment, communication devices and research.
North Lake Village Business Association
Pasadena
Phone: (626)345-1413
Website: www.nlvba.org
Email: villages@nlvba.org
The North Lake Village Business Association (NLVBA) was created to promote economic prosperity, growth and neighborhood vitality in the North Lake Area of Pasadena. Spearheaded by the Enterprise Zone of the City of Pasadena in early 2005, the organization is slowly being recognized as a new commercial center for different kinds of activities. One of NLVBA's visions is to attract individuals and businesses that will promote Art in all of its variedly exciting forms.
NLVBA is seeking potential members from the businesses around Lake Avenue and Washington Blvd. NLVBA holds morning meetings on the first Tuesday of the month. Local area issues are discussed with city officials at the meetings and NLVBA lobby for positive changes for the businesses in the area. Members vary from small one-person shops to multi-million dollar businesses.
NLVBA plans and supports business forums, mixers, special events, picnics and other social networking events. NLVBA members are multi-racial, politically diverse, and multi-talented.
For more info, please visit our website at www.NorthLakeVillage.biz.
Office Professionals Group
Pasadena
Phone: (626) 840-5821
Website: www.IAAP-Pasadena.org
Email: PasPrez2010@gmail.com
Pasadena Chapter of IAAP® (founded in 1948)...
Visit us to network with friendly professionals, listen to great speakers, and learn how this associational can enhance your career. We meet at Brookside Golf Club for dinner, networking, and opportunities for professional development. Contact us for further information.
Our mission is to enhance the success of career-minded administrative professionals by providing opportunities for growth through education, community building, and leadership development. A benefit to business and recruiters is that we are also a great talent pool of experienced professionals.
Old Pasadena Management District
Pasadena
Phone: (626)356-9725
Website: www.oldpasadena.org
Email: info@oldpasadena.org
The Old Pasadena Management District (OPMD) is a non-profit business organization that creatively plans, manages and develops Old Pasadena as a unique, authentic and vibrant downtown experience.
Outward Bound Adventures
Pasadena
Phone: (626)564-0844
Website: www.obainc.org
Pasadena Humane Society
Pasadena
Phone: (626)792-7151
Website: www.phsspca.org
Pasadena Jaycees
Pasadena
Phone: (626)792-5146
Pasadena Police Officers Assn.
Pasadena
Phone: (626)795-8406
"The Pasadena Police Officers' Association is the recognized bargaining unit for the Police Officers and Corporals within the Pasadena Police Department. We negotiate their working contract, provide legal defense funds/legal representation, offer supplemental insurance plans, and hold family social events. We also sponsor a Scholarship Awards Program that assists community seniors and police officers' children in reaching their educational goals."
Pilgrim Tower East
Pasadena
Phone: (626)793-0653
Website: www.rhf.org
Rosemary Children's Services
Pasadena
Phone: (626)844-3033
Website: www.rosemarychildren.org
Email: jradisc@rosemarychildren.org
Since 1920, Rosemary Children’s Services, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has been committed to helping troubled and at-risk children in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties. Our mission is to provide compassionate and therapeutic support to help children, adolescents and families heal from their pasts and move toward productive and fulfilling futures. Our services include: Residential Program, Mental Health Services, Non-public School, Foster Care and Adoption Services, and Transitional Housing.
Union Station Homeless Services
Pasadena
Phone: (626)240-4550
Website: www.unionstationhs.org
Email: info@unionstationhs.org
Union Station Homeless Services seeks to enable its clients to transform their lives. As the largest provider of emergency and transitional shelter in the San Gabriel Valley, Union Station reaches out to assist people in making the changes they need to make to become productive and self supporting. Food, shelter, medical services, employment services and counseling are provided at no charge at our two facilities.
Villa Esperanza Services
Pasadena
Phone: (626)449-2919
Website: www.villaesperanzaservices.org
Email: kwhite@villaesperanzaservices.org
Villa Esperanza Services is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the care and education of children, adults and seniors with disabilities. Founded in 1961 by a group of mothers who believed their developmentally disabled children deserved quality care and education, the program was named Villa Esperanza (“House of Hope”) in 1966.
Today, Villa serves children, adults and seniors each year ranging in age from 5-96 years old and include individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s, dementia, Down syndrome, speech or communication difficulties and many other developmental disabilities.
Villa serves individuals in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties by offering:
o A comprehensive school for children and youth to age 22, serving 24 school districts;
o A Speech and Language Center serving children, adults and seniors at Villa and in the surrounding communities;
o An integrated, community-based employment and work placement program;
o A center and community-based day program for adults;
o Eight adult residences in Pasadena and one in Thousand Oaks;
o An integrated Adult Day Program serving adults and seniors;
o An integrated Care Management Program serving adults and seniors in 41 cities;
o Independent Living Services program and a 6-unit independent living apartment in Pasadena
Western Justice Center
Pasadena
Phone: (626) 584-7494
Website: www.westernjustice.org
Email: janny@westernjustice.org
The mission of the Western Justice Center is to increase the opportunity for peaceful conflict resolution and displace the power of violence in our society. We design, implement, evaluate and promote innovative methods of conflict prevention and resolution for children, communities and courts.
Women's City Club of Pasadena
Pasadena
Phone: (626) 796-0560
Website: www.womenscityclub.com
Email: francine@womenscityclub.com
The Women's City Club of Pasadena caters to a wide variety of members and is extremely proud of its cultural and professional diversity. The WCC offers the ideal place to balance professional and family life with a social circle of friends and activities. Opportunities abound to share individual creative talents that often get left out of our busy lifestyles. Especially valued by its working professionals as a place to meet clients privately or in a luncheon setting, the WCC is ideally suited for off-site meetings and conferences and is the ideal setting for weddings and other personal events.
YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley
Pasadena
Phone: (626) 296-8433
Website: www.ywca-pasadena.org
Email: tfarr@ywca-pasadena.org
The YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley is dedicated to empowering women and girls and eliminating racism. Established in 1905 as an advocate for young women beginning to enter the workforce, the YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley has since been a pioneering voice in its fight for racial, economic, and gender equality. From its pre-1920 racial integration plan to the early 1970s founding of the nation’s first Big Sister program and the area’s first rape hotline, the YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley has long been on the cutting edge of responding to the needs of women and continuing the mission of the YWCA USA established over 150 years ago.
The YWCA Pasadena – Foothill Valley serves 850 residents annually in the California communities of Pasadena, Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, LaCanada-Flintridge, Monrovia, San Marino, Sierra Madre and South Pasadena. We place special emphasis on working with low-income communities, women, youth, and minorities through our programs and activities. Our program offerings include:
summer empowerment camp
“just for girls” after school groups
financial literacy
parent education classes
grandparents as parents support groups
SHIELD women’s self defense
mat pilates
racial justice committee
week without violence
women for racial justice breakfast
women of excellence leadership speaker series
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