Five Acres Residential Therapeutic Program Collaborates with Piece By Piece instructor Leigh Adams to construct and design large mosaic artistic globes. Proceeds from the sale of the globes benefit Five Acres October 22, 2014 – (Altadena, CA ) Piece by Piece instructor and mosaic artist Leigh Adams and her colleague Bea Jones, a retired psychiatric […]

Five Acres Annual Golf Tournament and “Supper at the Speakeasy” Raises over $250,000 for programs and services (PASADENA, CA) – Five Acres annual golf tournament and “Supper at the Speakeasy” event, held at the Annandale Golf Club in Pasadena on Monday, September 29th raised over $250,000 for children and families in crisis throughout Los Angeles. More […]

Accidental Electrical Fire Destroys Buildings at Pasadena Waldorf Altadena Country Club offers space for childcare, thanks in part to Five Acres CEO Chanel Boutakidis (Tuesday, September 22, Altadena CA) – On Friday August 29th at approximately 5:30pm, an accidental electrical fire destroyed the building housing Pasadena Waldorf School’s first and second grade classrooms at their historic campus […]

Five Acres Receives Prestigious Gifts totaling $300,000 in Support of Child and Family Services Grant awards are combined gifts from Weingart Foundation and The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation  (June 30, 2014, ALTADENA, CA) – Five Acres has been awarded $300,000 by two separate grants from the Weingart Foundation and The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. Weingart Foundation’s unrestricted […]

WHAT: Voices for Five Acres, Swingin’ on a Star Gala on May 17   WHO: Serving as emcees will be actor Matthew Lillard, currently seen on “The Bridge” on FX, and Wendy Burch, Emmy award-winning reporter and anchor on KTLA. Michelle LeClair and Tena Clark will be honored for their joint dedication to meeting the needs of […]