Woman's Club to hold annual fashion show

The La Crescenta Woman’s Club is holding its annual fashion show luncheon on Saturday, April 18, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at its clubhouse, 4004 La Crescenta Ave., La Crescenta. This year the event will carry a “Derby” theme and will feature a hat contest for all guests.

Les Tupper Awards to be presented

Five individuals and one group will receive the 2015 Les Tupper Community Awards, it was announced this week by the sponsoring organization, the La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council.

Hathaway-Sycamores chapter to host fundraiser

The Los Altos Auxiliary of Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services will be hosting its annual wine-tasting fundraiser on Sunday, April 19 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The “Wines of the Pacific Northwest” event will be held at the La Cañada Thursday Club, 4440 Woodleigh Lane. Co-...

Spring Home Tour to open its doors May 1

The La Cañada Spring Home Tour will be held Friday, May 1 and committee members are busy planning for the event. For the first time this year, the popular tour will benefit all grades, 7 through 12, at La Cañada High School; it previously was a fundraiser for the 7/8 program only....

Kiwanis Club seeks award nominees

Following a decades-long tradition, the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada is preparing to give its annual La Cañadan of the Year award to someone who has gone above and beyond to serve the local community. Chairing the selection committee is Tyler Wright, president and chief executive of...

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation prepares for 2015 Golf Classic

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation, together with Keck Medical Center of USC, will hold its annual Golf Classic on Monday, May 18, at Oakmont Country Club. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation and Keck Medical Center of USC.

Sculptor among artists featured

The Glendale Art Assn. will meet Thursday, March 12 at 6:45 p.m. in the community service room at CitiBank, 2350 Honolulu Ave., Montrose.

Women's group to host fashion show

“March into Fashion” luncheon and fashion show will be presented by the Pasadena Women's Connection on Wednesday, March 18, at the Women's City Club, 160 North Oakland Ave, Pasadena. The event begins at 11:30 a.m.

Hospital group to host baby talk

The Women’s Council of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation will host a special dinner discussion, “Baby Basics: Understanding the Evolution,” presented by pediatrician Happy Khanna, M.D., from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 13 at the hospital, 1812 Verdugo Blvd.

Award nominations are coming due

Edmund Blinn House supporters to meet

On Sunday, March 8, the Blinn House Foundation, the Pasadena-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the historic Edmund Blinn House, will host a special reception at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in Pasadena for financial supporters and prospective sponsors of the foundation&...

Las Candelas readies for annual benefit

Las Candelas, which is celebrating 62 years of continuous service to emotionally challenged children in the community, is planning its biennial benefit luncheon and fashion show. The event, themed “Surrounded by Love,” will take place Monday, March 2 at the Burbank Marriott Airport...

Sons of Norway to hold silent auction benefiting GCC scholarship program

The Sons of Norway Edvard Grieg Lodge will be hosting its silent auction benefiting the scholarship program at Glendale Community College at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 in the social hall at Lutheran Church in the Foothills, 1700 Foothill Blvd.

Rotary Club offers a 'Helping Hand' to local teachers

Several years ago the Crescenta Cañada Rotary Club learned that many area teachers were using their own money to acquire books, supplies and other educational materials needed in their classrooms but for which no public funds were available. Since then the club has made small grants each year...

Guild installs new executive board

The Flintridge Guild of Children's Hospital Los Angeles held their annual year end meeting and installation luncheon on Feb. 11 at Annandale Country Club. Outgoing President Lisa Simone thanked her board members individually as she turned over the gavel to incoming President Juliet Cullen.

Charity guild has a new board

The La Cañada Guild of the Orthopaedic Institute for Children has a new board to continue raising funds toward a new Ambulatory Surgery Center at the institute. Leading the board is President Joan Cleven. Serving with her are Ginney Pruitt, Danette Erickson, Patti Rademacher and Joanne...

Kiwanis Club names eight Terrific Kids

Eight La Cañada Elementary School students, deemed Terrific Kids, were honored by the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada during its regular noon meeting on Jan. 14 in Van de Kamp Hall at Descanso Gardens. Tom Slaughter, chairman of the Terrific Kids program for the club, introduced them and...

Along the Scouting Trail: Five Boy Scout members earn Eagle awards

Five local Boy Scouts, all members of Troop 398, will be feted at a Court of Honor on Sunday, Feb. 8 as they receive their Eagle Scout awards. The event will be held at the Church of Latter-day Saints Chapel, 1830 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada. Those being honored are Jacob Abbott, Chad Anderson,...

Tournament of Roses seeks members

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses will host a reception for those interested in joining the association’s volunteer membership at 6 p.m. on Jan. 28 at Tournament House, 391 S. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena.

Volunteers feted at awards ceremony

The 30-member Youth Volunteers Organization, based in La Cañada Flintridge and founded in 2013, held its annual installation and awards ceremony earlier this month. The dinner event was held at GY Business Club in Los Angeles.

SGV group plans upcoming events

Newcomers and Friends of San Gabriel Valley invites local residents to join in its upcoming February events. A meet-and-greet coffee and general meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Feb. 4 in Arcadia. A luncheon, followed by a speaker on women’s heart health, will be held on...

Expert to give talk on wild camellias

The Pacific Camellia Society kicks off a new season of meetings at Descanso Gardens with Richard Schulhof, a former executive director of Descanso, as the featured speaker. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5. The public is invited; admission is free.

Democratic club to host anthropologist

The Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club begins 2015 with a talk by anthropologist Claudia Strauss on “American Politics Beyond the Liberal-Conservative Divide.” The meeting will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25, at the La Cañada home of Celina Lew and Ed Castro.

Along the Scouting Trail: Boy Scout organizes crew, builds campsite for Eagle Scout project

Dylan Hankins, a junior at St. Francis High School who is a member of Boy Scout Troop 131 in Pasadena, was recently thanked by Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services for constructing a campsite on the agency’s El Nido campus in Altadena.

Along the Scouting Trail: Girl Scouts donate gifts, raise funds for hospitalized children

Local Girl Scouts April Miller, Allison Mueller, Emily Jordan and Ashlyn Oh, members of Troop 901, donated gift cards, handmade craft kits, and individually drawn birthday signs to the children in the Pediatric Department of the Los Angeles County General Hospital for their Silver Award Project.