Crescenta Valley High School - Community Service Resource Guide

Category/Organization Address Contact Person Phone Animals

Greater L.A. Zoo Association 5333 Zoo Drive Kirin Daugharty (323) 644-4703 www.lazoo.org , CA 90027 Ahead with Horses 10157 Johanna Ave Joyce Davison (818) 767-6373 www.awhla.org Shadow Hills, CA 91040 Michelle Newman

Special Needs

Braille Institute 741 N. Vermont Joan Muraskin (323) 663-1111 NOTE: 20 hour minimum Los Angeles CA 90029

Boy Scouts of America

Verdugo Hills Council 1325 Grandview Volunteer Coordinator (818) 243-6282 Glendale CA 91201

Girl Scouts

Mt. Wilson Vista Council 101 E. Wheeler Judy Hubbs (626) 445-7771, ext. 311 Arcadia CA 91006

Chamber of Commerce

Crescenta Valley Chamber of Comm. 3131 Foothill Blvd. Suite D Julia Rabago (818) 248-4957 La Crescenta CA 91214 Montrose/Verdugo Chamber of Comm. 3516 N. Verdugo Liz Church (818) 249-7171 Glendale CA 91208

Children's Organizations

New Horizon Family Center 714 S. Glendale Ave Dr. Maria Rochart (818) 545-9848 Glendale CA 91205 Kidspace 480 N. Arroyo Jennifer Gonzales (626) 449-9144 NOTE: 30 hour minimum Pasadena CA 91103 Glendale Healthy Kids 223 N. Jackson Camille Levee (818) 548-7931 Glendale CA 91206 ChildShare-Foster Children program 1544 W. Glenoaks Volunteer Coordinator (818) 243-4450 Glendale, CA 91201

Community Development

City of Glendale Community Development 141 N. Glendale Ave. Room 114 Noreen Benjaminsen (818) 548-3700 Glendale CA 91206 Convalescent Homes

Verdugo Valley Convalescent Hospital 2635 Honolulu Mary Lopez (818) 248-6856 Montrose CA 91020

Mountview Retirement Home 2640 Honolulu Ave Anoush Gasparian (818) 248-6737 Glendale, CA 91202

Broadview Home for the Retired 535 W. Paulina in Activities 818 246-4951 Glendale CA 91204 Category/Organization Address Contact Person Phone Hospitals/Health Care Verdugo Hills Hospital 1812 Verdugo Blvd Judy Hurst (818) 952-2206 Glendale CA 91208 Glendale Adventist 1509 Wilson Terrace Diana Elias (818) 409-8057 NOTE: 50 hour minimum Glendale CA 91206 Glendale Memorial Hospital 1420 S. Central Ave. Volunteer Coordinator (818) 502-2373 Glendale CA 91204 Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles 4650 Sunset Blvd. LA, CA 90027 Rosalind Grushkin (323) 660-2450 x4930

Hunger/Homelessness St. James /Holy Redeemer Parish 4625 Dunsmore Ave Joan Taix (818) 249-2497 La Crescenta, CA 91214 Childrens Hunger Fund 12820 Pierce Dalim Azian (818) 899-5122 Pacoima CA 91311 Habitat for Humanity (Pasadena office) 770 N. Fairoaks Jan Robinson (626)792-3838 Pasadena. CA 91103 Union Station (Pasadena) 825 E. Orange Grove Tammy DeVine (626) 449-4596 Pasadena CA 91104 Salvation Army 320 W.Windsor Maren Schneider (818) 246-5586, ext. 121 Glendale CA 91204 Food for Body and Soul 138 N. Brand Blvd #303 David Earle (818) 242-4700 Glendale CA 91203 Project Achieve, Glendale Homeless Coalition 437 Fernando Court Yseid Gillette (818) 246-7900 Glendale CA 91204 Bishop's Storehouse 15648 Roxford Tim Ortman (818) 833-6696 Sylmar CA 91342 Dream Center 2301 Bellevue Ave. Courtney LaBelle (213) 816-1111 Los Angeles, CA 90026 Laundry Love St George's Episcopal Church Rev Anthony Keller (818) 790-3323 Libraries Glendale Public Library 222 E. Harvard Street Chuck Wilke - Reading (818) 548-2042 NOTE: 20 hour minimum Glendale CA 91205 Program Glendale Public Library (Montrose Branch) 2465 Honolulu Tiffany Barrios (818) 548-2048 Montrose CA 91020 La Cañada Library 4545 N. Oakwood Kristi Samuelson (818) 790-3330 La Canada CA 91011 County Library -La Crescenta Branch 2809 Foothill Blvd. Fiona Reimers -Teen Librarian 818 248-5313 La Crescenta, CA 91214 Museums

Gene Autry Western Museum 4700 Western Heritage Way Scott Frank (323) 667-2000 NOTE: 20 hour minimum Los Angeles CA 90027 Travel Town Museum () 3900 W. Chevy Chase Drive Gregg Hewitt (323) 668-0104 Los Angeles, CA 90039

Nature

Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Drive Volunteer Department volunteer@descansogardens La Canada CA 91011 (818) 949-4200 ext. 219 Tree People 12601 Mulholland Drive (818) 623-4879 Beverly Hills CA 90210 U.S. Forest Service Howard Okomoto (818) 899-1900 Replant the foothills after the fire [email protected]

Duekmejian Wilderness Park 3249 Markridge Rd. 818 548-3795 La Crescenta, Ca 91214 Category/Organization Address Contact Person Phone

On-Campus Volunteer Resources Check the Daily e-Bulletin for Community Service opportunities. Many on-campus groups participate in service learning projects. Please contact the club advisor for more info.

Parks Glendale Parks and Recreation 613 E. Broadway Claudia Zavala (818) 548-3772 Glendale CA 91206

Recycling Glendale Recycling Center 540 W. Chevy Chase Tom Brady (818) 550-3435 Glendale CA 91204

Schools Contact your local elementary or middle school directly Glendale Unified Schools 223 N. Jackson Jeanette Tashiro - Child (818) 549-9442 (TB test required in the past 60 days) Glendale CA 91206 Development Center Crescenta Valley Methodist Pre-School 2700 Montrose Ave Jeanette Pounds (818) 249-4048 (TB test required in the past 60 days) Montrose CA 91020 La Crescenta Presbyterian 2902 Montrose Ave Pat Chambers - Child Care (818) 249-8124 La Crescenta, CA 91214 Center

Societies/Foundations

Desi Geestman Foundation 3131 Foothill Blvd. Suite L Illeana Geestman (818) 249-1105 La Crescenta. CA 91214 American Cancer Society 4940 Blvd. Anna Romero 905-7766 ext. 227 Sherman Oaks, CA 91043 American Red Cross Youth Program 1501 S. Brand Blvd Robert Reynosa (818) 243-3121 www.arcglendale.org Glendale, CA 91204 United Cerebral Palsy Foundation 6430 Independence Simee Schiffman (818) 782-2211 Woodland Hills, CA 91367

Special Needs Children

Special Tri-Valley Olympics P. O. Box 18453 Jan Maseda (818) 342-0017 www.sosc.org/trivalley.html Encino. CA 91416 Ability First 1300 E. Green Street Phil Mendez (626) 449-5661 Pasadena. CA 91106 College View School 1700 E. Mountain Street Sedma Panossian (818) 246-8363 Glendale, CA 91207 Easter Seals Afterschool program) 1700 E. Mountain Street Rene Guevara (818) 548-4677 Glendale, CA 91207 Tierra Del Sol Foundation 9919 Sunland Vickie Nasady (818)352-1419 Sunland CA 91040

Sports Crescenta Sports Association http://playcsaball.com/ Crescenta Valley Little League Shawn Howard, president @cvll.com 626-625-3899 Falcon Basketball 3806 Mayfield Joe Maniccia (818) 957-0244 La Crescenta CA 91214 AYSO [email protected] Mike Taix

Volunteer Center of (818) 908-5066 Category/Organization Address Contact Person Phone YMCA/YWCA

YMCA (Glendale Chapter) 140 N. Louise Street Helena Danni (818) 240-4130 Glendale CA 91206 YMCA (Crescenta Canada and Verdugo Hills) 1930 Foothill Bvd Mary Jane Snyder (818) 790-0123 La Canada CA 91011 YWCA (Glendale) 735 E. Lexington Eliza Karagezian (818) 242-4155 Glendale CA 91206

Internet Resources for Volunteers http://www.volunteermatch.org/ http://connectwithyourteens.blogspot.com/2010/03/3-volunteer-website-where-teens-can.html http://www.mtv.com/serve/ http://www1.networkforgood.org/ http://www.volunteerlosangeles.com/ http://www.volunteerlosangeles.com/ http://www.dosomething.org/ http://www.vcla.net/ http://www.bygpub.com/books/tg2rw/volunteer.htm

If you have additions or corrections, please e-mail Roxanne Gay at [email protected]