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May 20, 2008
Contact: Christle Balvin
(626) 792-6463
CELEBRATING OUR LOCAL HEROES
On June 6th at a festive breakfast gathering at the University Club of Pasadena (175 North Oakland Avenue), some 45 non-profit organizations in the San Gabriel Valley will join with civic leaders in celebrating their recognition as Local Heroes. To honor these agencies for their exceptional work in the community, the Pasadena Community Foundation has selected them to receive grants ranging from several thousand dollars to a maximum of $50,000 (Major Grant category). These 45 agencies were selected from approximately 83 applicants to receive a portion of the $840,000 that the Foundation is awarding this year. Of that amount, a $150,000 Youth Initiative Grant will go to the Pasadena Unified School District to support a teacher training program that is an integral part of the new John Muir Reinvention Plan.
The 55-year-old Pasadena Community Foundation not only honors its non-profit awardees with grants but makes every effort to acknowledge and share information about their work with the more than 100 community leaders who attend this annual invitational event. This is why the Mayor of Pasadena refers to the Pasadena Community Foundation as the “philanthropic foundation of our community.” Without its generous gifts, the roof at the Boys & Girls Club might continue to leak or high school students at various learning centers would be without computers that are now teaching them new skills. “One gift at a time, the yearly grants of the Foundation help fulfill the mission of Foundation which is to improve the lives of people in greater Pasadena” says Jennifer DeVoll, the Executive Director.
Assisting with the sponsorship of this breakfast celebration this year are:
1. Clifford Swan Associates
2. Gonzalez Goodale Architects
3. Pasadena Department of Water & Power
4. Lucas Horsfall, Murphy & Pindroh
5. Western Asset
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