“Recently Spectrum News 1 covered the devastating impact Covid-19 is having on homeless women and children. During an interview with anchors Melvin Robert and Giselle Fernandez, Sr. Jennifer Gaeta, discusses the many challenges the Los Angeles House of Ruth is facing in trying to help these vulnerable families. Please take a moment to watch the video above and to read Sr. Jennifer’s urgent call to action plea (download by clicking here). Now, more than ever, LAHR and the women and children they serve need your help.”
Teacher’s Fund
Teacher’s Fund received a grant to assist local teachers as they adapt to the new requirements resulting from the Covid-19 crisis. Teacher’s Fund has shifted their program focus to help teachers as they move to more online/virtual instruction. Teachers can request emergency grants between $70 – $1000 from Teacher’s Funds to help with their student’s home learning environment. Funds are used for such things as digital books, iPads, educational software, math and science apps and audiovisual equipment. Grant funds also help younger students who are not yet able to learn in a completely virtual environment by providing them with tactile materials such as color tiles, pattern blocks, counting bears, etc. The materials provided by Teacher’s Funds during the 2020-21 school year will directly impact 175 teachers and 4500+ students in southern Santa Barbara county schools including Santa Ynez, Lompoc, Buelton, Los Olivos and Solvang. Teachers Fund also received a grant from the Leo Buscaglia Foundation in 2018.
ShareFest
In a normal year, Sharefest students gather to present their creative writing. With COVID preventing us from gathering we asked students to submit their writing in video, audio or written form. This compilation includes a handful of the submissions. We are so proud of our students for sharing their creativity in such a challenging year. Enjoy!
American Youth Symphony
American Youth Symphony received a grant to support their Share-A-Stand musical mentorship outreach program. The program offers AYS orchestra members opportunities to gain valuable teaching experience and provide much needed support to music teachers in three Title-1 schools in Granada Hills, East LA and Watts. They work with over 300 middle school music students aged 11-14. The AYS musicians hone their mentorship, teaching and leadership skills while simultaneously supporting the learning objectives of the music teachers with regards to mastering state standards in music performance. Beyond the Share-A-Stand program AYS makes it possible for everyone to enjoy music by providing more than a dozen free concerts a year. Their mission is to inspire the future of classical music by providing advanced training to virtuosic young musicians and exceptional, innovative free concerts to the Los Angeles community. American Youth Symphony also received a grant from the Leo Buscaglia Foundation in 2017.
Journey Out
“Did you catch our Facebook Live on how to ally with BIPOC LGBTQIA+ survivors of human trafficking? If you missed it, the good news is it’s still up for you to watch! Pride Month may be over, but the opportunity for growth, engagement, and equipping ourselves to be better allies is a life long journey that we hope you’ll step into with us! https://fb.me/e/L3ODmtpd “
Click here to learn more about Journey Out.
The Foundation for Living Beauty
American Youth Symphony
For AYS Alumna Catherine Baker, being a professional musician is equally as important to her as offering quality music education as a flute instructor. Since leaving AYS, Catherine has dedicated most of her time teaching flute to young people and has even found creative ways to continue instruction during the pandemic. Hearing her speak about her journey to becoming a professional flutist and dedicated teacher gave me a new appreciation for the long term training of musicians and the benefits of learning music. Our conversation also reminded me how important it is that all people have access to the amazing qualities that music teaches us.
Catherine grew up in Houston, Texas and lived there until she went to Austin to pursue her master’s degree. She started to play the flute at the age of eight during 2nd grade and was immediately enthralled by it. “I don’t know why I wanted to play the flute. My parents are not musicians. I just remember being in the living room and saying ‘I want to play the flute now!’”
Music education is lively in Texas statewide, so Catherine was able to participate in music classes at school and joined her first band class in fifth grade. “I was in marching band, which was my favorite thing to do. It provided an awesome group of friends and a sense of community that was unmatched.” Catherine’s love for marching band continued throughout high school and college… Click here to continue reading.
The Friends of the Children’s Museum at La Habra
The Children’s Museum at La Habra opened in December 1977 and is located in a historic 1923 Train Depot. The Children’s Museum at La Habra was 1 of only a few such museums open on the West Coast during the 1970s.
An interactive, enrichment center that stimulates the imagination, The Children’s Museum at La Habra annually provides 95,000 children, their parents and teachers with 10,000 square feet of hands-on exhibits about the arts, sciences, other cultures and everyday life. Through the power of play, children are able to increase their sensory/motor interaction, art, science math, English literacy, creativity and analytical skills. The Museum also provides outreach activities to disadvantaged children that include free school tours and classroom visits, community festivals, family workshops and educational programs – all designed to enable children to learn through exploration, interaction and play!
The Museum features 7 hands-on galleries, many of which remain unique to the field today. In addition to these exhibits, an outdoor dinosaur garden and historic 1942 caboose, the Museum features an exhibit which changes two times a year. The Children’s Museum welcomes local, national and international visitors. Children can ride a kid-size carousel, take a walk in T-Rex’s footprints, pump gas, drive a bus, dress up and perform, and dig for fossils all in one afternoon!
We appreciate the commitment and support from the City of La Habra, Friends of the Children’s Museum, Board of Directors, Museum Staff, Museum Guild, Advisory Board, Docents, Volunteers and Donors who work hard to help ensure the long-term continuity of the Children’s Museum at La Habra.
Click here to learn more about The Friends of the Children’s Museum at La Habra.
House of Ruth
“Our primary goal is to always provide an effective transitional shelter program that enables our women to overcome barriers to self-sufficiency within two-years. Aside from that, our three main goals are (1) to provide homeless families with children a safe and secure transitional shelter that promotes their physical and emotional well-being, (2) to help our residents find stable employment and increase their income, and (3) to assist in placing our residents in permanent, long-term housing.”
L.O.V.E. Foundation
LF Founder & President, Greg Johnson interviews Josh, a L.O.V.E. Foundation client about how the impact the organization has made in his life so far
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