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March 2025

About Senior Solutions
03/28/2025

Building a Bridge With Journey House, A Home Base for Former Foster Youth
03/28/2025

Come for the Knitting, Stay for the Conversation... and the Cookies
03/28/2025

Creating Safe and Smart Spaces with Home Technology
03/28/2025

Finding Joy in My Role on The Pasadena Village Board
03/28/2025

I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!
03/28/2025

Managing Anxiety
03/28/2025

Message from Our President: Keeping Pasadena Village Strong Together
03/28/2025

My Favorite Easter Gift
03/28/2025

The Hidden History of Black Women in WWII
03/28/2025

Urinary Tract Infection – Watch Out!
03/28/2025

Volunteer Coordinator and Blade-Runner
03/28/2025

Continuing Commitment to Combating Racism
03/26/2025

Status - March 20, 2025
03/20/2025

Goodbye and Keep Cold by Robert Frost
03/13/2025

What The Living Do by Marie Howe
03/13/2025

Racism is Not Genetic
03/11/2025

Bill Gould, The First
03/07/2025

THIS IS A CHAPTER, NOT MY WHOLE STORY
03/07/2025

Dramatic Flair: Villagers Share their Digital Art
03/03/2025

Empowering Senior LGBTQ+ Caregivers
03/03/2025

A Life Never Anticipated
03/02/2025

Eaton Fire Changes Life
03/02/2025

February 2025

Commemorating Black History Month 2025
02/28/2025

Transportation at the Pasadena Village
02/28/2025

A Look at Proposition 19
02/27/2025

Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Pasadena Village Board and Its Role
02/27/2025

Beyond and Within the Village: The Power of One
02/27/2025

Celebrating Black Voices
02/27/2025

Creatively Supporting Our Village Community
02/27/2025

Decluttering: More Than The Name Implies
02/27/2025

Hidden Gems of Forest Lawn Museum
02/27/2025

LA River Walk
02/27/2025

Message from the President
02/27/2025

Phoenix Rising
02/27/2025

1619 Conversations with West African Art
02/25/2025

The Party Line
02/24/2025

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
02/17/2025

Dreams by Langston Hughes
02/17/2025

Haiku - Four by Fritzie
02/17/2025

Haikus - Nine by Virginia
02/17/2025

Wind and Fire
02/17/2025

Partnerships Amplify Relief Efforts
02/07/2025

Another Community Giving Back
02/05/2025

Diary of Disaster Response
02/05/2025

Eaton Fire: A Community United in Loss and Recovery
02/05/2025

Healing Powers of Creative Energy
02/05/2025

Living the Mission
02/05/2025

Message from the President: Honoring Black History Month
02/05/2025

Surviving and Thriving: Elder Health Considerations After the Fires
02/05/2025

Treasure Hunting in The Ashes
02/05/2025

Villager's Stories
02/05/2025

A Beginning of Healing
02/03/2025

Hectic Evacuation From Eaton Canyon Fire
02/02/2025

Hurricanes and Fires are Different Monsters
02/02/2025

January 2025

Eaton Fire Information

By Richard Myers
Posted: 01/23/2025
Tags: status, responses, needs, la fires


A Message from the President of the Board of Directors:


This message from the President is being established to provide a convenient reference point to obtain the latest information we have available about the response of the Village to the recent conflagration. It is intended to be a one-stop reference point to make it easy for our constituents to get access to the latest news we have, what we are doing about it and what resources are available for those in need. 


In the wake of the Eaton Canyon fire, our community has swung into action and has contacted all of our 230 current members. 20 individuals have lost their homes; a total of 17 homes have been destroyed. We believe 91 of our Villagers were evacuated from their homes. Some have been able to return but we do not currently have a good count of who is back in their homes or who has been able to visit their home, and who has not. 


The Annenberg Foundation has awarded Pasadena Village a grant of $25,000 and from the California Community Foundation a grant of $100,000! Both were issued in recognition of our organization’s relief efforts. Our Grants Officer at the Annenberg Foundation said: "Your organization’s efforts to support older adults through check-ins, resource coordination, and mutual aid are truly commendable." 


More than $30,000 has been contributed to a Relief Fund to assist Villagers who have suffered direct losses. Access to the Relief Fund has been made available through a link on our website so that anyone coming to our website through the home page will have an opportunity to contribute. 


Village volunteers continue to distribute supplies to residents of our community as well as to their fellow Villagers.  


The Eaton Canyon fire is a tragedy that will affect the lives of people around the world for years to come. We have a unique opportunity to document what this means to the people directly involved. Several Villagers have submitted writings that describe their experience and have proven therapeutic for those who are living the experience.  

*The information above is current for the date that it was posted. In the future, current information will be recorded in separate blog posts and can be accessed through the links and tags below. 


Additional Information

Status

All posts with "status" information will be shown using this tag.

Responses Information about Pasadena Village's response to this catastrophe will be shown under this tag.
Needs Individuals who need assistance, as well as those available to help, can use this to find what they need, and to discover ways to contribute.
LA Fires Sharing experiences of the catastrophe can be important means in dealing with personal tragedy. This tag will collect reports provided by Villagers who contribute their own personal stories of what this event has meant to them. 

 

#status #responses #needs #LA Fires

 

 

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