Hope House: Demystifying the art of social media marketing Hope House for the Multiple-Handicapped Inc. was founded in El Monte in 1963 by a group of community leaders and parents of children with multiple handicaps.…
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Pasadena Senior Center gets high-end web expertise
Pasadena Senior Center gets high-end web expertise Opened in 1960, Pasadena Senior Center helps older adults engage, enrich and empower their lives by providing opportunities for social interaction, recreation, basic support and needs services, education,…
Flashback Friday: Journey House Celebrates 30 Years with the Help of JRP Volunteers
Flashback Friday: Journey House Celebrates 30 Years with the Help of JRP Volunteers One of JRP’s favorite nonprofit partners is Journey House, which assists emancipated foster youth to meet their initial independent living needs. JRP…
Edrina Calderon shares her mastery of the nonprofit numbers game
Back in 2018, accountant Edrina Calderon was looking for a meaningful way to give back. When a friend told her about Jericho Road Pasadena, it sounded like an intriguing fit. Attending the organization’s Effective Board…
JRP helps Young & Healthy Land a Passionate New Board Member
JRP helps Young & Healthy Land a Passionate New Board Member “Health” has long been a keyword for Angel Reyes. During eight years in the US Army, he served as a Medic, a selfless role…
Giving a great youth orchestra program the spotlight
Giving a great youth orchestra program the spotlight The Caesura Youth Orchestra (CYO) is something worth knowing about—and that’s why it turned to JRP to help spread the word. Based in Glendale, CYO is patterned…
Mastering the ABCs of grant writing
Mastering the ABCs of grant writing Members of the Primary Aldosteronism Foundation know a whole lot about PA—a hormonal disorder that leads to high blood pressure. But until they met Jericho Road Pasadena’s first grants…
Flashback Friday: Great Finance Project for General Hospital Auxiliary Completed
From March 2013: I’m so excited to complete JRP’s largest project to date. One of our great volunteers, Trip Oldfield, has completed a year-long project for CARES, the auxiliary for LAC – USC Medical Center.…
Volunteer pro finds a welcome new nest
Volunteer pro finds a welcome new nest Good financial management is crucial to the long-term health of any nonprofit. Pasadena Audubon Society presents complex challenges in this regard because it pursues a broad mission—not only…
Flashback Friday: The Drama of General Hospital
From April 2012: I have a vague memory of the soap opera General Hospital and the drama that went on with the doctors and nurses. I was at Los Angeles County Medical Center this morning,…
Music group uses downtime to build a stronger stage
Music group uses downtime to build a stronger stage What do you do if your reason for being is performing live music … and a pandemic shuts down fifteen months of concerts? If you’re Pasadena…
Helping library Friends handle crisis mode
Helping library Friends handle crisis mode They say the only predictable thing about life is its unpredictability. When Jericho Road Pasadena volunteer Larry Kaplan first met with members of The Friends of the Pasadena Public…