Jericho Road Pasadena’s mission is to support other nonprofits. One of the ways JRP does this is to recruit, train and place board members. Cheryl Leutjen (cherylleutjen.com) attended the 2017 Leadership Connection class and joined the…
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Shop for the holidays and support your favorite causes at the same time
There are several easy ways to give back to nonprofits, including Jericho Road Pasadena, while you shop for the holidays! Amazon Smile donates 0.5% of qualified purchases to charity; please make Jericho Road Pasadena your…
Who’s On First?
With clients on first base, volunteers on second base and donors on third base, nonprofits have a lot of stakeholders to keep track off. Jericho Road Pasadena needed a more robust database this year and…
New Promotional Video for Boys & Girls Club Pasadena!
Thanks to Jericho Road extraordinary volunteers Nicole Maxwell and Heather Johnson, Boys & Girls Club Pasadena (www.bgcpasadena.org) has a new promotional video that provides an “inside” view of the Club to their supporters and the…
Meet the Funders!
All local nonprofits are invited to a lunch with the funder event on Thursday. Participating foundations include the Weingart Foundation, S. Mark Taper Foundation, the Pasadena Community Foundation and the Pasadena Child Health Foundation. Don’t miss…
Collaborating: What’s in it for me?
The next Pasadena Executive Roundtable meeting is Wed. Nov. 15, 8:30 – 10 am at the Pasadena Senior Center. Speaker Mary Donnelly-Crocker, Exec. Dir. of Young & Healthy, will talk about the agony and ecstasy…
Adelante! Onward and Upward!
‘Adelante’ means onward or upward in Spanish. To help Latino youth move onward and upward, Stella R. Murga founded what became Adelante Youth Alliance (AYA) in 2001 as a community-based nonprofit organization in Pasadena. She…
JRP Featured on the Power Of One
Jericho Road Pasadena was recently featured on the Power of One (https://youtu.be/tEl-Wsvf3DQ). Many thanks to Brian Biery for hosting this inspirational show highlighting people doing good work in our community!
Revolutionize Your Classroom
Being a teacher isn’t easy. Class are often too full and teachers are expected to teach everything from ABCs to ethics to job skills. As our society becomes more technology-centered, kids are also increasingly distracted.…
It’s a Funny Story: Nov. 12 Comedy Night Supports College Access Plan
Join College Access Plan for an evening of hilarious stand-up comedy hosted by Gary Cannon, and stay tuned for details on our sure-to-be-fabulous line up of talented comics! TICKETS: Regular Seating: $30 donation (one complimentary drink +…
Federal tax reform and California nonprofits
How many of us understand proposed tax reforms? CalNonprofits (calnonprofit.org) has been reviewing proposals to make sure that organizations understand what the impact could be. See CalNonprofits’ initial findings at http://calnonprofits.org/publications/article-archive/549-tax-reform-isn-t-just-about-the-charitable-deduction-how-it-affects-you-your-community-and-your-nonprofit. Many thanks to CalNonprofits for…
Jericho Road Pasadena Announces New Board Members
Jericho Road Pasadena, a nonprofit organization that matches the professional talents of volunteers with the needs of nonprofits in the San Gabriel Valley and Northeast Los Angeles, has added three new board of directors —…