A recent event at Pasadena Senior Center (Photo – PSC)
The Pasadena Senior Center has received a transformative $1.25 million donation from an anonymous donor – the largest gift to the center in the past 40 years.
By News Desk
The historic seven-figure gift will provide vital general operating support immediately and into the future. Part of the funds will be invested in the center’s endowment, and the remainder will support general operations to address pressing needs as they arise in the next four years.
With a mission to empower and enrich the lives of older adults through caring service with opportunities for social interaction, recreation, basic support and needs services, education, volunteerism, and community activism, the Pasadena Senior Center opened in 1960 as the first nonprofit senior center in Southern California and one of the first in the nation.
Akila Gibbs, the center’s executive director, said:
We are thrilled and extremely grateful that this generous benefactor believes in the important work we do. The Pasadena community is aging faster than most other cities of the same population size, so this makes our presence and work all the more vital.”
The center is an independent, donor-supported nonprofit organization that has served older adults for more than 60 years.
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Saturday 8:00 am to noon Rooms are sanitized after each use. Masks are optional. More Info: (626) 795-4331 or pasadenaseniorcenter.org
Amazing!