Finding Hope, Health and Homes: Remembering Mollie Lowery
July 26, 2016
This week, Los Angeles said farewell to one of its fiercest advocates for our neighbors in need. Mollie Lowery, who passed away on Monday, spent more than four decades on Skid Row, helping homeless men, women and children to find dignity, health, hope and a new future for themselves and their families. The legacy she […]
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Kaci Patterson, Co-founder, Building Leaders and Cultivating Change (B.L.A.C.C.)
April 6, 2016
“My life is dramatically different because somebody who I don’t know, who I will probably never meet, put their money to use on my behalf. I feel a great sense of gratitude for that, and it gives me a deep sense of personal responsibility to be a driving force of opportunity for other people. The […]
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Daniel Adler, Educator
March 30, 2016
“VITA [Volunteer Income Tax Assistance] is a win-win-win for everybody. My students learn how to do taxes, the community gets free assistance and I love doing it. The students see lots of single moms, immigrants, low-income residents and are pretty intimidated the first time, but their confidence grows. They say it was the best thing […]
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Isabel Guillen, Cancer Warrior
March 23, 2016
“Christmas still comes when you have cancer. You still have to feed your family. Life goes on when you’re sick, and it’s even more devastating if you’re poor. As a 32-year-old mother, I battled breast cancer. I lost both my jobs, but I gained insight. My mother got me to and from treatment and friends […]
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Kaz Ando, Super Volunteer
March 16, 2016
“They say I’m a ‘super volunteer,’ but I say if you feel you can’t do much of anything, you must do something. Don’t rely on others to take responsibility. You have to do it. And, there’s so much to do. For seven years, I’ve participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program throughout the community, […]
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Showcasing Portraits of Compassion in L.A. County
March 10, 2016
“Five years ago, my son lived through eight bullets, and I had to push to get him the care and attention he deserved. I’ve turned that experience into a positive outcome through volunteering and leading [St. Francis Medical Center’s] compassionate listener program.” Volunteer Santiago Ortega is just one of our Unsung Heroes of Los Angeles […]
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Delivering Care Where Care is Needed
November 20, 2013
By Eva Brune, California Community Foundation Earlier this month, CCF 2013 Unsung Hero Don Manelli and the Care Harbor team took over the Los Angeles Sports Arena and turned it into a clinic to deliver much-needed health services to close to 4,000 underserved and uninsured Angelenos. The preliminary data on the breakdown of services provided […]
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Maria Suarez: Human Trafficking Survivor and Unsung Hero
November 13, 2013
Editors note: Maria Suarez is an example of how one person’s story of tragedy can turn to triumph despite unthinkable and often unspeakable challenges. As a teenager, her life was forever changed when she was “bought” by her employer and held captive as his slave for more than five years and then sent to prison […]
Read MoreFrom Gumballs to Scholarships: Unsung Hero Ezequiel Olvera
November 7, 2013
Editors Note: Motivated by his own experience investing in a gumball machine at 11 years old, CCF 2013 Unsung Hero honoree Ezequiel Olvera engages youth in East LA/El Sereno to participate in a hands on creative extracurricular business program that provides business and entrepreneurship opportunities and also removes economic barriers that might prevent them […]
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2013 Unsung Hero Ron Finley: Empowering L.A. Residents to Grow Their Own Food
October 23, 2013
Editors Note: Ron Finley of the Ron Finley Project is one of five recipients of the 2013 Unsung Heroes of Los Angeles Awards. Ron, a fashion designer and green activist, helps build vegetable gardens in South LA to help empower residents to grow their own healthy and organic food in their community. We were so […]
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