Outdoor space in cities is always needed, but with the ‘safer at home’ policy in place, we especially need an outdoor oasis. JRP has worked with the lovely Arlington Garden since 2012, helping with strategic…
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10th Anniversary Flashback Friday: Arlington Garden
Arlington Garden has grown by leaps and bounds since we posted this in April 2014. We are especially happy that our volunteer was able to document their organizational goals, as the planning document helped Arlington…
Care for Your COVID-19 Anxiety
How Can You Help During the Health Crisis?
Jericho Road Pasadena is great at matching volunteers with community needs. Although we usually connect skilled volunteers with a nonprofit’s operational needs, we are now putting our match-making skills to good use by supporting seniors,…
Pasadena Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast hosted by Jericho Road Pasadena
We take very seriously the health and safety of the community, and are closely monitoring the coronavirus threat. While there is much uncertainty, we continue to work directly with Mayor Tornek and the Pasadena Convention…
Building a Flexible Board
If your organization is yoga-related, you should have a flexible board, right? But building good boards is hard for most nonprofits. JRP has done many projects for School Yoga, which teaches mindfulness techniques rooted in…
Remembering Judy Plunkett
Anyone who attended JRP’s Effective Board or Leadership Connection programs knew JRP volunteer Judy Plunkett as a wise, caring and hilarious person. We are so sad to hear of her passing and remember her with…
Ways to Help Our Community
The Pasadena Educational Foundation needs volunteers to help make sure that kids still get fed while not in school. The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Food & Nutrition Services (FNS) program will provide an opportunity…
Mar. 18 Pasadena Executive Roundtable Meeting Cancelled
Mar. 18 Pasadena Executive Roundtable Meeting Cancelled. Visit pasadenaexecutiveroundtable.org to see when we reschedule the Dissecting Race in the Nonprofit Sector meeting.
Ten Years and Counting!
JRP is celebrating our 10th anniversary this year! Many thanks to graphic design volunteer Ava Moeller and digital marketing volunteer Gayle Tomita-Oswald for creating and implementing a special logo to commemorate this milestone! To help…
Planned Giving – Boring, but Helpful
Planned Giving – Boring, but Helpful There is a popular phrase in fundraising that dead people give more than corporations to charity; in fact, it’s absolutely true that more money goes to nonprofits from wills,…
The Gift of Music
In Los Angeles, we are lucky to have an abundance of music organizations, so on almost any given day, there may be many wonderful concert options. Despite this abundance, low income kids still don’t have…