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American Red Cross, Lifeline
American Red
Cross Lifeline gives you the confidence and freedom to live on
your own, because there is always someone standing by to help
whenever you need it. This Personal Emergency Response Service (PERS)
is provided by the American Red Cross in collaboration with
Lifeline Systems, Inc., and is available to you or your loved
ones 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year. Get peace of mind . . .
get Lifeline. To learn more,
click here.
AARP
AARP is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to
addressing the needs and interests of persons 50 and older.
Through information and education, advocacy and service, we seek
to enhance the quality of life for all by promoting
independence, dignity and purpose. To learn more,
click here.
Tax assistance and Mature
Driving Classes are held here at the Pasadena Senior Center.
(626) 795-4331
Armory
Center for the Arts
The Armory Center for the Arts is a
community arts center that offers innovative approaches to
creating, exploring, and presenting the visual arts to students
of all ages. In addition to providing an outlet for contemporary
art exhibitions and performances, the Armory offers studio art
classes and a variety of educational outreach programs to
schools and in the community.
To learn more, click here.
Assistance League of Pasadena
Assistance League is a national
nonprofit organization that puts caring and commitment into
action through community-based philanthropic projects. To learn
more about your local chapter,
click here.
Bet Tzedek
One of the nation’s premier legal services organizations since
1974. Bet Tzedek provides free assistance to more than 10,000
people of every racial and religious background in the Los
Angeles area. To learn more,
click here.
Braille Institute
Weekly classes are taught to those legally blind to become
independent, despite the loss of vision. These classes are free
of charge. To learn more,
click here.
Center for Aging Resources
Clinical Mental Health Outreach Program For Older Adults,
In-Home and Outpatient Mental Health Services,
Elder Abuse Services, Crime Victim Services, Alzheimer’s Day
Care, Medication Management, Education, Prevention, and
Treatment Services for Substance and Alcohol Abuse and a variety
of Support Groups for Seniors, their Families, and Caregivers.
To learn more, click here.
447 N El Molino Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: (626) 577-8480
Fax: (626) 577-8978
Center for Community and Family Services
The Center for Community and Family Services (CCFS) is a
private, non-profit social services agency providing child care,
housing, nutrition programs and job training. Headquartered in
Pasadena, CA, our service area includes the west San Gabriel
Valley, South Central Los Angeles and Madera County. To
learn more, click
here.
Hot Line (888) 421-4247.
Center for
Healthcare Rights
520 South Lafayette Park Pl #214
Los Angeles, CA 90057
(213) 383-4519
To learn more, click here.
The
Convalescent Aid Society
Improving
the quality of life through the free loan of medical equipment
for in-home use since 1923. We bring together a caring community
where you will meet those who need the equipment we offer and
the generous friends who donate both needed items and funds so
we can serve more families. We believe that recovering, or
convalescing, in the privacy of your own home offers respect and
dignity during a time of personal need. We want to be your
partner at this moment of your life. Please tell others about
our services, too. 3255 East Foothill Boulevard Pasadena, CA
91107 (626)793-1696. For more information
click here.
The Ecumenical Council of Pasadena Area Churches
P.O. Box
41125,
444 E. Washington Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91114-8125
(626)797-2402 Fax (626)797-7353
Email: ecpac@prodigy.net
Exec. Dir., Rev. Frank B. Clark
Major Activities:
Christian
Education; Community Worship; Community Concerns; Christian Unity;
Ethnic Ministries; Hunger; Peace; Food, Clothing Assistance for the
Poor; Emergency Shelter.
Focal Point
Consortium
Click here
to learn more.
Foothill Unity Center
Serving the communities of Altadena,
Arcadia, Bradbury, Duarte, Monrovia, Pasadena, Sierra Madre and South
Pasadena.
Our goal is to help people in crisis attain self-sufficiency by
providing food, clothing, crisis services and referrals for other
critical services to qualified individuals and families. To learn more,
click here.
Funeral Consumers
Alliance of Los Angeles
The
non-profit, no pressure alternative since 1957.
Dedicated
to simplicity, dignity, and economy in funeral and memorial
arrangements. To learn more,
click
here, or call
(626)
683-3545.
HEAR Center
To help individuals
with hearing loss or speech and language impairments integrate
into the mainstream of the community by providing them with
the means for developing auditory and oral communication
skills. To learn more, click here.
301 East Del Mar Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 01101
(626) 796-2016
Hospice of Pasadena
Hospice volunteers make home visits, run errands and act as
advocates for the terminally ill and seriously ill patient and
family at no charge. Low-cost psychological counseling. To learn
more, click here.
100 W. California Blvd.
Pasadena, Ca. 91105
(626) 397-3600
Housing Rights Center
The Housing
Rights Center (HRC) was founded in 1968 addressing the
challenges of housing discrimination and continues to expand and
diversify its services and programs to meet the need and ever
changing issue of fair housing. HRC's mission is to actively
support and freedom of residence through education and advocacy
to the end that all persons have the opportunity to secure the
housing they desire and can afford, without regard to their
characteristics protected by law. HRC provides programs and
services free of charge, including landlord/tenant counseling,
advocacy and enforcement, predatory lending information and
referrals, and outreach and education. HRC also conducts the
Pasadena Housing Mediation Program and the Tenant Protection
Ordinance.
To learn more, visit
www.hrc-la.org or call (800)
477-5977
Intervale Senior Services
Since 1986, Intervale Senior Services Program has helped the
YWCA of San Gabriel Valley reach out and embrace the aging
members of the community with compassion and support. Our
affiliation with senior centers all over the San Gabriel Valley
and our ability to deliver meals to the homebound allows us to
serve nutritiously balanced meals to over 1,500 seniors every
day. We provide meals and a variety of other services to
qualifying seniors in English, Spanish, or Mandarin Chinese.
To learn more,
click here.
1647-49 West Garvey Avenue
West Covina, CA 91790
(626) 960-3773
Levitt Pavilion for the
Performing Arts
The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts grew out of the
vision of a handful of special people who wanted more than
anything to bring music into the lives of others-all ages,
backgrounds and musical tastes-folks who might not have the
opportunity to hear a concert series. To learn more,
click here.
(626) 683-3230
National Council on Aging
Founded in 1950, NCOA is the nation's first association of
organizations and professionals dedicated to promoting the
dignity, self-determination, well being, and contributions of
older persons. To learn more,
click here.
Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N Fair Oaks Ave,
Pasadena
(626) 791-5010
E-mail:
mark.dunlap@ncoa.org
Pacific Asia Museum
Pacific
Asia Museum is one of only four institutions in the United
States specializing in the arts and culture of Asia, and the
only museum in the country exclusively dedicated to art from
Asia and the Pacific Islands. The museum’s mission is to further
cultural awareness and understanding and to bridge cultural
boundaries through the arts.
Since 1971
the museum has served a broad and expanding audience of
students, families, adults, and scholars through its education
and outreach programs. Over the last 30 years, the museum has
built an impressive collection of over 14,000 works of Asian and
Pacific Island art, including significant holdings of Chinese
ceramics, Buddhist sculpture, Japanese paintings and drawings,
and Chinese jades. The museum’s historical landmark building,
built in 1924, uniquely emulates a Northern Chinese Imperial
style palace. To learn more,
click here.
46 N. Los
Robles Ave
Pasadena, CA
91101
(626) 449-2742
The Pasadena Symphony
Currently celebrating its 78th
season, The Pasadena Symphony has been lauded as one of
Southern California's cultural treasures. Diverse programming,
musical excellence, exceptional artistic leadership and deep
community support are among the hallmarks which have made it a
major success among its peers. For more information
click here
or call (626) 793-7172.
Phones for Life
Phones for Life endeavors to improve
the quality of life among seniors and others with special
needs by meeting their emergency medical access needs
through wireless technology. Phones for Life is a national
distribution center of wireless access to 9-1-1 and an
informational resource center for our members throughout the
country.
The organization brings increased quality of life for
seniors and their community by providing access to 9-1-1
which provides them with a sense of security and increases
their productivity in the community. Free cell phones are
distributed at the Pasadena Senior Center the 4th Friday of
the month from 9 to 11 a.m. For more information,
click here, or call
(818) 236-2704.
Senior Care Network
One telephone
call connects seniors, their families and healthcare
professionals to a comprehensive range of services that older
individuals need in order to continue living in their own homes
and neighborhoods. It's an easy way to provide peace of mind for
all concerned. To learn more,
click here or call (626) 397-3110 or (800) 664-4664.
Rebuilding Together Pasadena
Rebuilding Together is
the nation's largest volunteer organization preserving and
revitalizing low-income homes and communities. Recipients we serve
include the elderly, the disabled, the very low-income and,
low-income homes with children. Over the last twelve years,
Rebuilding Together Pasadena, formerly Christmas in April, has
helped refurbish and rehabilitate more than one hundred and six
homes in Pasadena and Altadena with an estimated value of 1.5
million dollars in repairs. Download a copy of
the Homeowner Application and apply as soon as possible.
Our efforts allow homeowners to stay in their homes in warmth and
safety, so we are recruiting skilled volunteers willing to share their
expertise. From carpenters to plumbers, electricians to floor experts,
Rebuilding Together Pasadena needs you. Our volunteers learn
construction skills at projects, such as painting, wallpaper removal,
and landscaping. Download a
Volunteer Waiver Form and sign up to help with our next work day. We
especially need volunteers with construction skills but can use ALL
skill levels so contact us today!
The Wellness Community-Foothills
The
Wellness Community (TWC) is a national non-profit organization
dedicated to providing free emotional support, education and hope for
people with cancer and their loved ones. Through participation in
professionally led support groups, educational workshops and mind/body
programs utilizing the Patient Active Concept, people affected by cancer
can learn vital skills to regain control, reduce feelings of isolation
and restore hope-regardless of the stage of disease.
The Wellness Community-Foothills (TWC-F) is one of 22 chapters of TWC
and is based in Pasadena, California with programs and services offered
at several locations throughout the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys
and in downtown Los Angeles.
We provide a full range of support programs for people with cancer and
their loved ones in a comfortable home-like setting, completely free of
charge. We offer drop-in and on-going support groups, networking groups
for people with specific types of cancer, educational workshops,
exercise activities, stress management sessions, lectures by experts in
the field of oncology, and social gatherings - all with laughter, joy
and hope. For more information call (626) 796-1083 or
click
here.
Villa Esperanza Services
Villa
Esperanza Services is a nonprofit corporation devoted to the
care, education, health and social services of developmentally
disabled children, and adults and seniors with disabilities.
Villa Esperanza's
Adult Day Health Care Center in Pasadena is a
community-based day program, which provides medical, therapeutic
and social services to adults, 18 and older, and the frail
elderly who are living with a physical, mental or developmental
challenges. Nutritionally balanced noon meals and snacks,
recreational activities designed to stimulate, educate and
entertain and transportation to and from the program are only a
portion of the comprehensive services available for qualifying
adults.
Care Management Outreach Collaboration is a professional
service designed to help at-risk adults with developmental
disabilities and the frail elderly maintain their independence
and prevent institutionalization in nursing homes. Care
Management also assists the family members of the
developmentally disabled. This service is offered at no cost to
those throughout the San Gabriel Valley and sections of the San
Fernando and Conejo Valleys. To learn more,
click here.
2116 East Villa Street
Pasadena,
CA 91107
Phone (626) 449-2919
FAX (626) 449-2850
Visionaires
Visionaires meets from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on the first and third
Thursday of the month in the Community Room. Virginia Swanson
facilitates this self-help support group for the visually
challenged. For more information, call (626) 795-4331.
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