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Jan 26 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

Food Finders and Juice Plus+ to host community marketplace event Jan. 28

Tess Kazenoff

The event in Admiral Kidd Park will include a live cooking demonstration with chef and “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons, a tasting stand where guests can try pairing fruits and vegetables with a variety of dips and a “let’s get scrappy” station that will show attendees how to utilize food scraps to regrow produce.

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Jan 19 9:03 am
  • nonprofit news

Historical Society of Long Beach to open new exhibit on Black Student Union Elders Association

Tess Kazenoff

With multiple banners and timelines displaying five sections of approximately 50 items total, including photographs, newspaper articles and other documents, visitors will learn about the history of both the educational opportunity program and the Black Student Union at Cal State Long Beach.

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Jan 12 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

Aquarium of the Pacific relaunches Aquarium on Wheels program for 1st time since pandemic hit

Tess Kazenoff

The program began in around 2002 and has served about 35,000 students each year ever since, with the exception of the last two years.

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Jan 5 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

Long Beach Ronald McDonald House looks to expand

Tess Kazenoff

The organization is in early discussions with Miller Children’s Hospital and Harbor UCLA to discuss the future of a Ronald McDonald family room program in Long Beach, an initiative currently in 276 locations across the world, with 144 in the United States.

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Dec 29 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

‘It’s too important to let go’: Sasha Kanno brings urban farming to Long Beach at Farm Lot 59

Tess Kazenoff

After spending time planting trees with the grassroots organization, Wrigley is Going Green, and creating a community garden also in the Wrigley neighborhood as part of a two-year pilot project, Kanno knew she wanted to turn more toward the production side, and began scouting properties for a full-scale farm.

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Dec 22 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

Literary Women Festival of Authors returns Feb. 11

Tess Kazenoff

In the 40 years since the event began, authors such as Mary Higgins Clark, Lisa See, Barbara Kingsolver, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, Isabel Wilkerson, Octavia Butler and Rae Armentrout have attended the festival.

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Dec 15 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

BOSS nonprofit works to close achievement gap

Tess Kazenoff

BOSS, or Business of Student Success, began several years ago with one-day events and now offers both summer and year-round programming for about 175 middle school and high schoolers, who are mostly boys of color from the Long Beach Unified School District.

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Dec 8 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts provides creative outlet for underserved youth

Tess Kazenoff

With the goal of providing holistic arts education and meaningful experiences, the organization serves K-12 youth in Long Beach and across LA County, with hopes of expanding further.

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Dec 1 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

Children’s Dental Health Clinic meets gap in dental care for underserved youth

Tess Kazenoff

For the past 90 years, the Children’s Dental Health Clinic in Long Beach has made a name for itself in a landscape where access to low-cost dental care is difficult to come by.

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Nov 24 7:00 am
  • nonprofit news

Khmer Girls in Action leads Southeast Asian youth toward advocacy

Tess Kazenoff

Although the organization began with programs targeted specifically at young women, in 2010, Khmer Girls in Action piloted its first program for young men. Now, it’s open to not only Cambodian youth, but anyone of Southeast Asian descent attending high school in the Long Beach Unified School District.

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