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Five Acres Receives Prestigious Grant of $100,000 from the S. Mark Taper Foundation
(February 17, 2015, ALTADENA, CA) – Five Acres is thrilled to announce it has been awarded $100,000 from the S. Mark Taper Foundation in support of Residential Treatment Programs for children. These programs offer intensive therapeutic services for children referred to Five Acres by the Department of Children and Family Services. The S....
Five Acres receives grant of $20,000 in support of the Pasadena Mental Health Center and Domestic Violence (Grace) Services
(January 26, 2015 – Altadena CA ) – Five Acres has been awarded $20,000 from the Orange County Community Foundation. The funds will be used towards the Pasadena Mental Health Center (PMHC), a program of Five Acres, which provides comprehensive, affordable mental health programs to uninsured people in the greater San Gabriel Valley. Domestic Violence...
Five Acres launches 2014 Permanency Campaign
(Wednesday November 12 – Altadena, CA ) – Five Acres hosted a launch event Thursday November 6 at the Armory Center for the Arts to announce its 20,000 By 2020 Campaign and unveil the artistic representation of more than 20,000 children currently in foster care, in Los Angeles; a sculpture named Boy 5A. Boy 5A...
[Press Release] – Five Acres hosts Taste of Tuscany
Five Acres hosts Taste of Tuscany, a benefit dinner held at Claud & Co Eatery, raises funds for programs and services (Altadena, CA) October 28, 2014 – Five Acres supporters gathered for the 3rd annual Taste of Tuscany on October 19th benefit dinner held at Claud & Co The Eatery. It was an intimate gathering among...
[Press Release] – Five Acres Residential Therapeutic Program Collaborates with Piece By Piece instructor Leigh Adams
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...
[Press Release] – Five Acres Annual Golf Tournament and “Supper at the Speakeasy” Raises over $250,000
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...
[Press Release] – Altadena Country Club offers space for childcare, thanks in part to Five Acres CEO Chanel Boutakidis
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...
[Press Release] – Five Acres hosts “Swanky Cocktails” Party
Five Acres hosts “Swanky Cocktails” Party at the elegant home of Johanna Metzger and Alex Lopez (PASADENA, CA) July 16, 2014 – On a balmy July 11th evening 70 guests gathered at the Craftsman-meets-Japanese home of Johanna Metzger and Alejandro Lopez tucked away in the foothills of Altadena where a young, hip crowd grooved well into...
[Press Release] – Five Acres Announces the 27th Annual Golf Classic
Five Acres Announces the 27th Annual Golf Classic to be held at Annandale Golf Club in Pasadena Tesla joins the tournament this year as hole-in-one partner (July 7, 2014; Altadena CA) – Five Acres will host its golf classic at the Annandale Golf Club on Monday, September 29, 2014. The annual event which raises money for...