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Annual Board Installation and Awards Celebration
Five Acres Presents Community Awards and Welcomes New Board Member Five Acres announced its new board member and recognized its community award recipients at its 135th Annual Meeting and Board Celebration yesterday. Hosting at The Athenaeum located at California Institute of Technology, Five Acres honored community members and volunteers who demonstrated an unwavering commitment to...
Impending Tax Changes and Thoughtful Charitable Giving
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...
Five Acres Presents Community Awards and Welcomes New Board Members
ALTADENA, Calif.—Five Acres announced its new board members and recognized its community award recipients at its 134th Annual Meeting and Board Celebration today on March 9. Hosting the virtual celebration, Five Acres honored community members and volunteers who demonstrated an unwavering commitment to its mission during the previous year. These individuals have supported the charity’s...
Annual Report 2020-2021
Superheroes are benevolent individuals triggered by unusual circumstances that cause them to show up with superhuman powers to save the day. Every day, our superheroes show up at Five Acres as clients, donors, volunteers, and team members. The pandemic year demonstrated, once again, the superhuman powers these individuals have when we were faced with numerous...
Make a Gift Tax-Free With An IRA
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...
Five Acres 33rd Annual Golf Classic Takes Guests Through an ‘80s Journey to Support Children in Foster Care and Families in Need
The event took place on Monday, Sept. 20 at Annandale Golf Club in Pasadena, Calif. (From left to right) Joey Reaume, golf event co-chair, Five Acres CEO Chanel Boutakidis, Five Acres Board Chair Sue McGuirl, and Danny Reaume, golf event co-chair. | Photo credit Diamond Dust Photography (ALTADENA, Calif.) Sept. 27, 2021— Five Acres hosted...
Five Acres Announces its 33rd Annual Golf Classic Co-Chairs
Event to be held on September 20 at Annandale Golf Club ALTADENA, Calif., July 29, 2021— Five Acres announces its Don’t Stop Believin’ 33rd Annual Golf Classic led by Co-chairs Danny Reaume and Joey Reaume. The ‘80s themed golf tournament and dining event, will take place at the Annandale Golf Club in Pasadena on September...
Five Acres and Carbon Health Partner to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine to Children in Foster Care
ALTADENA, Calif., July 7, 2021 — Five Acres, an Altadena-based children’s foster care agency, and Carbon Health, a leading technology-enabled healthcare provider, announced a new COVID-19 vaccination event on its premises for eligible children in foster care. During the pandemic, many children experienced isolation, instability, and anxiety and for children in foster care, those feelings...
Five Acres Foster Care High School Graduate Receives $48,000 Scholarship to Lakeland University in Wisconsin
ALTADENA, Calif., June 18, 2021— Five Acres resident Josiah Boyd, 18, who has been in foster care since he was nine years old, has received a $48,000 scholarship to Lakeland University in Wisconsin. Boyd came to Five Acres in 2016 as a resident of its residential program on the main campus in Altadena. “I was...