We are thrilled to announce our 37th Annual Golf Classic and Dinner, co-chaired by Rachel and Nick Mosaquites, to be held on September 15, 2025 at San Gabriel Country Club in San Gabriel. We will soon announce the sponsorships, underwriting, and donation opportunities to promote safety, well-being, and permanency for the nearly 7,000 children and [...]
We know many of our Five Acres friends and family have been impacted by the fires and we are staying strong with you to ensure our community's needs are met. We recognize many in our Five Acres family have been affected and continue to support us in this ever-evolving time to provide relief in our [...]
Five Acres is dedicated not only to promoting safe, loving and permanent families, but safe, healthy family lifestyles as well. To read our local nutritional/wellness policy, please click here.
Our childen’s cottage need your TLC! Please kick in NOW to help us raise $150,000 for our Cottage Renovation Fund! This fund was established with generous grants from the Pasadena Community Foundation and the In-N-Out Burger Foundation totaling $75,000. You, too, can contribute to help us reach our goal! Five Acres’ historic Altadena campus and 8 […]
Celebrate our 135th birthday! We’re celebrating our 135th birthday and have published a commemorative coffee table book and bundling it with birthday candles for $135. We’re sharing this birthday packet, while supplies last, during our birthday month — March! Purchases made are a donation to Five Acres. Please consider supporting our birthday to help us […]
As the calendar year begins to wind down, many of us start to think about charitable donations and year-end gifting. Additionally, the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has further highlighted attention on timely charitable giving. However, all-too-often the busyness of life gets in the way of thoughtful gift planning and donations are rushed at […]
ALTADENA, Calif., March 14, 2022—Five Acres, an Altadena-based children’s foster care agency, is hosting child welfare advocates and its supporters at Starry Starry Night: Five Acres’ Annual Gala on Saturday, May 14. Held at the private estate of Joe Fehrenbacher in Pasadena, the event will raise funds to support the more than 7,000 children and […]
A Tax-Saving Way to Help Five Acres If you are over the age of 70 ½ and have an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), then a gift from your account may provide the most significant tax savings of any charitable contribution. A Special Opportunity for Those 70½ Years Old and Older to Help Five Acres You […]
Please help the children of Five Acres shine bright this holiday season!This has been quite a year. 2021 brought challenges of a new federal reform to programs serving foster youth while continuing to manage the obstacles of a pandemic. We pivoted quickly and Five Acres was the first in the state to convert our [...]
As we continue to live with the stresses of COVID-19, therapeutic play for the children in our care is more important than ever. Therapeutic play activities help children recover from trauma, relieve stress and anxiety, promote physical and emotional well-being, and foster healthy development. Please join us this Giving [...]