More than 1,200 low income children received clothing and supplies for the school year at the 8th Annual Back-to-School Distribution at Santa Anita Park race track.
The Foothill Unity Center had its 7th annual Back-to-School distribution of school supplies at Santa Anita Park race track. More than 1,200 low income children from surrounding areas were served.
School uniforms, shoes, socks, jackets, school supplies and treats were given out to about 1000 local children from low-income families in the Foothill Unity Center's Fifth Annual Back-to-School Distribution at Santa Anita Park race track.
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.
Foothill Unity Center held its annual Thanksgiving food basket distribution Monday at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. People are giving less this year due to the economic downturn.
A September grand opening is tentatively planned for Heritage Park Arcadia, a 54-unit development at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive. It provides housing for low income seniors and meets the special needs of elderly.
As a result of Mayor John Wuo's vote against a Habitat for Humanity low-income housing project in Arcadia, three prominent Arcadians--Gary Kovacic, Mickey Segal, and former Mayor Charles Gilb--have withdrawn their support for Wuo's re-election campaign.
A profile on Jill Harkema, director of community outreach for Methodist Hospital, who was given the Heart in Hand Humanitarian Award by the Foothill Unity Center.
Arcadia couple Gunde and Ernie Posey, celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, ask party guests to donate money to charity instead of gifts. Their guests donated $7000 to Foothill Unity Center in Monrovia. The Poseys will match the donation.
Pasadena's Lighthouse Christian Store on Lake Avenue closed its business earlier this month, due to tough competition from bookstores like Amazon and big box stores like Costco, Sam's Club and Target. Lighthouse still has locations in Long Beach and Orange, but their stores in Glendale and Arcadia both closed in recent years.
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.
The 38th annual Arcadia Invitational began yesterday with developmental field events and several types of relay races that high school athletes rarely get to compete in. Kiani Profit of Muir High School is shown in a picture.
The 9th annual "Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families" event was held at Arcadia County Park to honor our soldiers. Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich attended.