Lake Avenue Church To Deliver Left-Over Rose Parade Flowers to Rest Homes
| Dec. 22, 2011
Thousands of nursing home residents will enjoy a small memento from the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade, thanks to a unique program started at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena more than a decade ago. Every year, hundreds of church volunteers load unused blooms from the parade floats, cut them and arrange them into bouquets, and deliver them to rest homes around the San Gabriel Valley. "A lot of people we visit say, 'You're the only person who has come to see me over the holidays,'" said Keith Jesson, coordinator of the effort. "We touch a tremendous need in the lives of these people just by...
Valerie Coachman-Moore New Executive Director of LACF
| Oct. 13, 2011
Valerie Coachman-Moore, owner of Pasadena organizational-development consulting firm, Coachman Moore & Associates, has been appointed executive director of Pasadena's Lake Avenue Community Foundation. Coachman-Moore is taking over her new position with a mandate to implement the foundation's new three-year strategic plan -- to expand its work with children, youth and their families throughout the San Gabriel Valley, focusing on educational and social support for underserved populations. She will especially focus on increasing funding and enhancing partnerships. Valerie Coachman-Moore...
Free Argentina Benefit Concert Kicks Off Pasadena Choirs' Journey
| Jul. 14, 2011
Argentina-Bound Choirs to Perform at Lake Avenue Church Lake Avenue Church's Sanctuary and Handbell Choirs will hold a concert at 8 p.m., Friday, July 22, at the church's Chapel featuring music to be performed on the choirs' One Faith One Hope concert tour to Argentina. The evening's entertainment will include spirituals, gospel songs, and other music of early America, together with classical and Spanish-language pieces. Soloist Darnell Abraham will perform several numbers, and the Handbell Choir will play an Argentine tango. The concert is free, but an offering will be taken that will be...
Living Well Pregnancy Clinic Collecting Baby Supplies
| Apr. 15, 2011
Living Well Pregnancy Center is holding its annual "Bundles of Baby Blessings" drive from April 30 through May 15 to collect baby supplies for Pasadena-area women facing unexpected pregnancies. Needs range from diapers and formula to strollers, toys, clothing, baby lotions, shampoos, powders, and gift cards for stores where baby items can be purchased. Even handmade baby blankets and hats are welcome. For information about what supplies are needed, contact the Living Well Pregnancy Center at 445 North Lake Ave., in Pasadena, by calling (626) 440-9400, or by writing Abbie Crist at...
LACF names new Executive Director
| Aug. 04, 2010
The Lake Avenue Community Foundation (LACF) Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Bruce Menser as its new Executive Director. Bruce has served the past 27 years with World Vision International (1981-2009). Bruce lived and worked in Africa and the Middle East, leading emergency relief and community development programs in Zaire, Mozambique, Sudan, Somalia, and Lebanon. Bruce grew up in the First Presbyterian Church in downtown San Diego. Children and youth ministries had a profound impact on his faith from his early years. He went forward and accepted Christ at a... ACTS Thrift Store Opens in Pasadena July 17
| Jul. 19, 2010
PASADENA, Calif. -- To help fund ministry to Pasadena’s growing population of at-risk youth, disadvantaged families and the homeless, All Out Caring, Inc., a faith-based non-profit, will open its new All-Out Caring Thrift Store (ACTS) with a ribbon cutting at 9:30 a.m. July 17. Funds generated through the operations of the store will support the caring programs developed by Lake Avenue Community Foundation. ACTS (www.actsthrift.org), located at 1382 Locust St. (Hill and the 210 Freeway) in Pasadena, urgently needs donations, which its volunteer team is accepting at the store. The... 
