Operation School Bell (OSB) and School Supplies for Success (SSS) served over 2,000 students during 2023-24.
Very Important Performers Program continued to give 27 middle school students a sense of accomplishment through our awards program.
Bear Hugs distributed 3750 cuddly bears to children experiencing trauma through our partner organization and first responders. This program also delivered coloring books, sticker sets, crayons and play doh®.
Care and Comfort distributed 1450 hygiene kits,1180 clothing kits, and 670 pieces of clothing, through our various affiliated entities to help restore dignity and reduce the hurt often experienced by survivors of assault, unhoused and those in crisis.
Educational Advancement. provides educational support to youth in the Pasadena area, with a special emphasis on post-secondary education for youth aging out of the foster care system. In 2023-2024 AL Pasadena supported the following programs:
STARS (Scholars Transitioning And Realizing Success) This new philanthropy targets youth aging out of the Foster Care System. AL Pasadena donated funds to the Pasadena City College Foundation (PCF) to be used to provide scholarships to current or former Foster Youth who have either completed a year at Pasadena City College and require assistance in completing the second year or a graduating PCC student transferring to a four-year university.
Hillsides, Youth Moving On: ALP provided $20,000 of educational equipment to this program assisting youth 16 to 25 without traditional family support structures. Equipment included laptops, printers and other support to enable students to pursue a course of study.
VIP PLUS provided stipends to 13 students to attend enrichment activities throughout the course of the school year.
SNAP! (Serving Neighbors Around Pasadena):
Friends In Deed: Members supported Toy Drive
Friends In Deed: The Women’s Room: Meals were provided 4 times this fiscal year.
Friends In Deed: The Women’s Room: Assembled and donated 350 packets on non-perishable food to be distributed to unhoused women for the days when The Women’s Room is closed
Door of Hope: Donation of 100 backpacks for their summer event
Pasadena Senior Center: Monetary donation to support the purchase of food for the Senior Food Drive.
PUSD Child Welfare and Attendance Program: Provided gift cards in support of attendance incentives and provided direct support to two families facing food insecurity. Items provided to the family included gift cards for Target, Vallarta and ARCO. The families were identified by the Student Welfare staff.
FUNDRAISING
We raised over $71,000 through our Annual Appeal.
In 2023-2024, we gratefully accepted funding from the Albertson Company Foundation, The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation, the Pasadena Host Lions Club Memorial Trust, the Green Foundation and the Jameson Foundation.
Treasure Fair generated $243,000 in net revenue. This was our most successful year and allowed AL Pasadena to expand its programs and create a new philanthropic program.
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Program support was also provided to the following non-profit or governmental agencies
Altadena Sheriff’s Station
Door of Hope
Families Forward
Families in Transition
Hillsides: Youth Moving On
Huntington Health
LAC/USC Violence Intervention Program
LAC/USC Violence Intervention Program – El Monte Satellite
Monrovia Police Department
Pasadena/Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders (PACTL)
