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Arcadia Assistance League's Bargain Box thrift store re-opens after a major $35,000 revamp including new display fixtures, carpeting, and an interior and exterior paint job. The opening celebration, starting at 3pm tomorrow, marks the 40th anniversary of Operation School Bell, a program that provides clothing to needy children. The Assistance League has 100 members and bought the store at 64 E. Live Oak Avenue in 1982.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 16, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 16, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Assistance League of Arcadia
Organizations
Thrift stores
Volunteers
Item ID
31580AN
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Arcadia dentist Shirley Chen, 50, volunteered to help evacuees of Hurricane Katrina in Houston with dental treatment. Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, but many have been displaced to Houston.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29726
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Dentists
Chen, Shirley
Disaster relief
Tzu Chi Foundation
Hurricane Katrina
Volunteers
Item ID
29911AN
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Arcadia Police Department has expanded the duties of volunteers to write parking tickets for handicap-space and street-sweeping violations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28985
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2004
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Volunteers in Patrol
Witt, Don
Palacios, Lillian
Item ID
29173AN
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Arcadia Police Department seeks volunteers to be trained in patrol procedures. Qualifications are detailed in the article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30953
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2008
Pages
p. News 4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2008
Pages
p. News 4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - history
Volunteers
Item ID
31148AN
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Arcadia resident Ralph Bicker, a retiree for 25 years, keeps busy with volunteer work. He volunteers as the secretary/treasurer of the Pasadena Federal Credit Union's board of directors. He has been named Volunteer of the Year by the National Association of Federal Credit Unions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32422
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2011
Pages
p. A17
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2011
Pages
p. A17
Subjects
Bicker, Ralph
People
Senior Citizens
Volunteers and volunteerism
Item ID
32621AN
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As their own volunteer project, local boys from Arcadia acquire shelving and install it at Bienvenidos Children's Center in Altadena. Sam Pievac Co. in Santa Fe Springs donated the shelves.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29307
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2004
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Volunteers
Volunteerism
Vanni, Adam
Fornaciari, Matt
Bienvenidos Children's Center
Item ID
29491AN
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A call for docents at the Arboretum includes a history of the city of Arcadia and the Los Angeles County Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31605
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2009
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p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2009
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Arcadia - history
Los Angeles County Arboretum - history
Volunteers
Item ID
31802AN
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Fifty-seven high school students throughout the San Gabriel Valley participated in Congressman David Dreier's annual Youth Volunteer Award program. Winners will be presented and honored today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28496
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2004
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Dreier, David - Representative - Republican - Glendora
Youth Volunteer Award Program --2004
Item ID
28690AN
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Foothill Unity Center had its annual Back to School Distribution event at Santa Anita Park. The project provides new school supplies and clothing for children from kindergarten through 12th grade, to low-income families in Altadena, Arcadia, Bradbury, Duarte, Monrovia, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, and South Pasadena. Dionna Robledo, shown in photo, gives haircut to boy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31173
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Foothill Unity Center
Robledo, Dionna
Valadez, Terry
Volunteers - volunteerism
Item ID
31368AN
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Highland Oaks Elementary School principal Ilene Anderson embarks on a trip to the Gulf Coast to help people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29723
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Anderson, Ilene
Hurricane Katrina
Volunteers
Item ID
29908AN
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Pasadena Rotary Club members, including Don Hopf of Arcadia, take a day to paint a building for the Pasadena Humane Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28358
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3 w / photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3 w / photo
Subjects
Volunteers - Volunteerism - Pasadena Rotary Club - "Done in a Day Projects"
Pasadena Humane Society
Hopf, Don
Item ID
28555AN
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Photos and caption show Alexandra Norwood, 11, of Monrovia, and others, volunteering for Operation Christmas Child, a project at Arcadia Presbyterian Church, to help children in Third World countries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30279
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2006
Pages
p. News 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2006
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Arcadia Presbyterian Church
Operation Christmas Child
Norwood, Alexandra
Volunteers - volunteerism
Item ID
30466AN
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Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is advertising for volunteers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31239
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Volunteers
Item ID
31434AN
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Stephanie Liu of La Canada High School was winner of Representative David Dreier's Youth Volunteer Award Program. A ceremony was held at the Arcadia Community Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29554
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Dreier, David
Youth Volunteer Award Program - 2005
Liu, Stephanie
Item ID
29738AN
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Twenty-three high school students from throughout the San Gabriel Valley were honored for their volunteer community service. The 2003 Youth Volunteer Award program was held at the Arcadia Community Center. Those recognized from Arcadia are Kelly Cole, Hannah Han, Jennifer Hsieh, and Heather Sayers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25639
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2003
Pages
p. D3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2003
Pages
p. D3
Subjects
Youth Volunteer Award
Cole, Kelly
Hsieh, Jennifer
Sayers, Heather
Item ID
25839AN
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Volunteers at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Arcadia donated blood and DNA samples in a bone marrow drive for twins Keane and Ethan Denke, who may have an often fatal blood disease known as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30647
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Bone marrow donors
Denke, Ethan
Denke, Keane
Volunteers
Item ID
30834AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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