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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation Small Business Disaster Recovery Fund
Apply by June 6, 2025 5:00 p.m. PT
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The Small Business Disaster Recovery Fund grant program is designed to support qualified small businesses impacted by the catastrophic Los Angeles County wildfires beginning January 7, 2025, throughout the Eaton and Palisades Wildfire Disaster Impact & Evacuation Area.
- Application Period Opens: May 07, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PT*
- Application Period Closes: June 06, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PT*
*The application period is subject to change.
- Submit only one application per small business or nonprofit organization.
- An individual may submit an application for multiple businesses they own and/or nonprofit organizations for which they are officers or authorized signers. Each business or nonprofit organization must have a unique Employee Identification Number (EIN) and meet the Program’s eligibility requirements. Create a new account for Lendistry’s Application Portal for each application.
- Funding for the Small Business Disaster Recovery Fund grant program is limited. It is possible that the number of applicants that meet the eligibility requirements will exceed the available funds. Submitting an application, meeting the eligibility requirements, and/or being approved does not guarantee that you will receive funding.
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Altadena Disaster Relief Small Business Loan
Apply by June 3 (12pm)
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DID THE JANUARY 2025 WINDS AND WILDFIRES AFFECT YOUR SMALL BUSINESS?
WE’RE HERE TO HELP!
call (626) 586-1760
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Recovering from the Fires:
Mental Health Support |
Processing trauma, loss and grief associated with losing a home or employment due to the wildfi res can take time. As experts in crisis mental health care, we are here to be your partner as you seek physical and emotional recovery. If you or a loved one is struggling with stress, grief or uncertainty, support is available.
Free Trauma-Informed Therapy
- Four to six sessions at no cost for anyone impacted by the wildfires
- Available to children and adults
- Learn to process grief, trauma and loss while building coping skills
- Sessions offered via telehealth for your convenience
- For more information and to sign up, visit https://didihirsch.org/wildfire-relief-services/
Need Immediate Support?
You can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which offers free and confidential support for people in crisis, including those affected by wildfires. You can also visit 988lifeline.org to chat with a counselor online.
Teen Line
Teens looking for peer support can call (800) 852-8336 from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. PST or text TEEN to 839863 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. PST. They can also visit TeenLine.org to email a trained teen volunteer or to learn more.
In partnership with FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers, Emergency Network Los Angeles (ENLA) and other relief organizations, Didi Hirsch is here for you. |
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AlterCareLine FREE Children's Support Group for LA Wildfire Survivors
WEDNESDAYS • 3:30-5:00PM
Altadena Main Library Community Room
600 E. Mariposa St., Altadena, CA 9100 |
Join crisis support counselors, Esmeralda and Rose, for some sensory healing fun! We ask that a parent is present with their child during the group to help them along with any activities. Please contact the coordinator to reserve a spot to ensure we have enough supplies. Email ehernandez-polanco@altercareline.com |
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Virtual Meditation with Amy Rutledge
Tuesdays in May • 6:30-7pm
on Zoom |
About the presenterAmy Rutledge came to the study of meditation as a path toward personal healing after struggles with the effects of Lyme Disease as well as depression and anxiety and found that it helped her in ways when many other approaches failed. https://www.meditatewithamy.com/
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Be Part of the Los Angeles Wildfires Exposure Study |
This UCLA Research Study aims to understand how toxic substances and social and economic disruptions from the Palisades and Eaton wildfires affect people's health and well-being in the short term. The findings will help develop safety guidelines for communities in wildfire-prone areas. Your participation is voluntary.
Eligibility Criteria
- 18+ Years Old
- Live in evacuation zone or warning zone during the Eaton & Palisades Fire
Study Activities
- Complete a 30-minute survey
- A 40-minute in-person visit:
provide urine (1 cup) and blood (3 tablespoons) samples
Complete a lung function test (15-minutes)
In-person visits will be scheduled at UCLA or in the Pasadena area.
Interested?
Call: +1-866-519-1795
Email: coeh@ph.ucla.edu
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AI Summit for LA Small Business
Thursday, May 15 • 10am-1pm
Intuit Dome, 3930 W Century Blvd, Inglewood |
A free community event, where you will learn how to use AI tools to:
- Learn how to re-engage customers and reach new ones from your device
- Understand how to rebuild your business online with new AI tools
- Walk-through free and accessible AI tolls available at your fingertips
- Generate ideas to determine a path to success
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LOMA ALTA PARK REOPENING
SATURDAY, MAY 17 • 9:30AM-5:00PM
Loma Alta Park, 3330 N. Lincoln Ave, Altadena |
LA County Parks invites you to the reopening of Loma Alta Park for a day of fun and connection!
9:30AM: ALTADENA CHILDREN PLAYDATE (new playground ribbon cutting at 10:30 AM)
12PM: UNVEILING 2 DODGERS DREAMFIELDS (featuring baseball clinics with LA Dodgers Foundation)
2:30PM: ALTADENA COMMUNITY PICNIC (featuring live music)
Loma Alta Park will be a community hub featuring Satellites for the Altadena Senior Center, the Altadena Library, youth employment and childcare and camp programs. The event will also highlight the reopening of the Our SPOT Teen Center, the Loma Alta Pool, and much more! |
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Friends of the Altadena Library Book Sale
Saturday, May 17 • 10am-4pm (10am-12pm Friends only)
Sunday, May 18 • 11am-4pm
Main Library Parking Lot |
Join the Friends of the Altadena Library for a used book sale on Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, May 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Only Friends of the Library are able to shop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, but you can become a member on-site for $10. The sale is open to all from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Thousands of books, DVDs, and more will be available for purchase.
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Individualized Education Plans
BINDER WORKSHOP
Complimentary
Part 1: Saturday, May 17 • 1-3pm
Part 2: Saturday, May 24 • 1-3pm
Renaissance Plaza (Community Room)
649 N. Fair Oaks Ave., 2 Floor |
For parents and/or caregivers of children and youth with special health care needs and Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). REGISTRATION REQUIRED!
- Free parent-led workshop on how to organizeyour child’s documents for their IEPs
- Bonus topic: Emergency preparedness for IEPs
- Complimentary binder materials included
- Registration is required; Limited capacity
- Lunch included
This workshop is in collaboration with the Pasadena Public Health Department and school parent leaders (Marlene Benites and Kim Jones). |
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Architecture: Rebuilding with Equity, Sustainability, & Fire Safety Panel Talk & Q/A
Saturday, May 17 • 1-2:30pm
Altadena Main Library Community Room
(600 E Mariposa St) |
Architect Stephen Phillips will be moderating the event with notable professionals Michael Anderson, Lance Collins, and Nathan Wittasek.
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Altadena Poets Laureate:
Poetry & Cookies
Saturday, May 17 • 4:00-6:00pm
Altadena Main Library (600 E. Mariposa St.) |
Join Altadena Poets Laureate Lester Graves Lennon and Sehba Sarwar as they host a reading! They invite all poets whose work will be published in the online edition of Altadena Poetry Review to join them; the first ten poets to arrive are invited to read their selected poems alongside Pauli Dutton, Toti O’Brien, Roberta Martinez, Thelma Reyna, Carla R. Sameth, Raffi Wartanian and others.
Poetry & Cookies is an annual celebration that has been part of the Altadena Poetry Review for almost two decades.
This year’s online anthology is dedicated to former Altadena Poet Laureate Peter J. Harris (1955-2024), who served as Altadena Poetry Review’s Editor-in-Chief, and the victims and survivors of the Los Angeles fires.
Copies of the print edition of Altadena Poetry Review (Golden Foothills Press, 2024) that Harris edited, along with the support of Co-Poet Laureate Carla R. Sameth, will be available for purchase.
This year’s Poetry & Cookies also contains work that is in response to fires that devastated Altadena, Pasadena, and Southern California.
We invite all local poets to attend with a special invitation to those whose work appears in this virtual publication!
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LA Wildfire Insurance Information Virtual Clinic
Monday, May 19 • 4:30-6:30pm
on Zoom |
For Homeowners and renters impacted by the 2025 LA Wildfires. Do you have questions about your insurance coverage? You will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an insurance attorney where you will be provided with information on homeowners and renters insurance. |
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Pasadena Celebrates Older Americans Month
Wednesday, May 21 • 10am-1pm
Jackie Robinson Community Center
Victory Park, 2575 Paloma St. |
The City of Pasadena Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department, Senior Commission and Pasadena Village invite you to enjoy a day of presentations, food, and community resources. |
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Disaster Relief Legal Clinic: Pasadena
Thursday, May 22 • 3-6pm
Jackie Robinson Community Center
1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena |
Free one-on-one legal consultations and resources on topics such as:
• FEMA Appeals
• Landlord-Tenant Issues
• Habitability (e.g., smoke/ash)
Register by visiting www.lafla.org/fires, scanning the QR code, or calling (626) 744-8018. Income eligibility requirements.
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Threads of Connection: A Teen Wellness Workshop w/Kiki Williams
Thursday, May 22 • 4:30-5:30pm
Main Library Community Room |
What peace can come when we feel connected to ourselves? What joy is possible when we feel connected to each other?
In this one-hour workshop, we’re going to explore how breath, simple movement, and play can help us feel more connected to ourselves, our community, and our world.
First 10 teens will receive a mindfulness coloring book!
Kiki WillIams (she/they) is a third generation Altadenian who shows up in her life these days as a multi-passionate human being in pursuit of both personal and collective freedom. When she’s not managing Octavia’s Bookshelf and slinging juicy queer fiction, you can find her traipsing through the mountains, reading, or leading folks in somatic and relational mindfulness. |
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Sharing Folktales with Shadow Puppets
Friday, May 23 • 4-5pm
Main Library Community Room |
Join Altadena Library in welcoming, Sunny Seki, who will share Japanese folktales with the classic art of shadow puppetry. Afterwards, you are invited to make your own shadow puppet! For ages 6 – 12 with parent or caregiver.
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Rhyths of the Village & LA Commons Present:
Village Spring Festival
Saturday, May 24 • 1-7pm
John Muir High School (1905 Lincoln Ave.) |
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Now That She's Gone: Unraveling the Mystery of My Mother
Saturday, May 24 • 2-4pm
Main Library Community Room |
Join Ellen Snortland for her solo show, “Now That She’s Gone,” which explores Ellen’s often hilarious, irreverent and sometimes torturous relationship with her Norwegian-American mother. In turns passionate, poignant and funny, the show made its off-Broadway debut in 2008. Since then, it has received rave reviews and standing ovations worldwide.
Ellen Snortland is a columnist for the Pasadena Weekly, LA Downtown News, and the West Side Argonaut. Her popular column “Consider This…” has run for 32 years and just garnered Ellen the LA Press Club's highest honors: Columnist of the Year and Journalist of the Year. She’s also the author of “Beauty Bites Beast," featured on Dateline NBC, and is the writer/director of the award-winning documentary film of the same name. For ages 18+.
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Dawn Over 'Dena Benefit Concert
Sunday, May 25 • 7pm
AGBU Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Performing Arts Center |
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YWCA: Heart & Excellence Legacy Luncheon
Thursday, May 29 • 11:30am-1pm
La Cañada Flintridge Country Club |
Susan Hunt and Amanda Faissal invite you to join them at the 28th Annual Heart & Excellence Legacy Luncheon on May 29th at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club.
The YWCA Glendale & Pasadena is honoring the all the legends – the former board members who have guided and led this organization for almost 100 years.
Enjoy an inspiring keynote from Natalie Samarjian, President & CEO of Coro Southern California, a dedicated leader in civic engagement and social change. Connect with 250 local leaders, philanthropists, and changemakers while supporting YWCA’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women.
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Spectrum. & Altadena Chamber of Commerce:
Small Busines Month Celebration
Thursday, May 29 • 5-7pm
Altadena Community Center, 730 E. Altadena Dr. |
Please join Spectrum and the Altadena Chamber of Commerce & Civic Association for a very special Small Business Month celebration: Empowering small business and driving local growth. |
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Semi-Annual Pancake Breakfast
Saturday, May 31 • 8am-10:30am
Grocery Outlet Altadena |
Benefits Altadena Mountain Rescue Team and other local organizations. Tickets are $5. You can buy your tickets through PayPal or Venmo (scan QR codes) or at Sheriff's Station, Grocery Outlet, El Patron or altadenarotary.org. |
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Law Center Wildfire Tenant Support Clinics
June 4 & 18, July 2 & 16, August 6 & 20
10:30am-12:30pm • Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church (301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena) |
We offer FREE services for wildfire-impacted renters!
Free legal advice for housing related issues like:
• Evictions & lockouts
• Fire damage repairs & rent reductions
• Lease terminations & security deposit refunds
Free help with replacing vital documents like:
• IDs and drivers licenses
• Social security cards
• Birth/marriage/death certificates
Email jsmalley@innercitylaw.org or call (213) 891-2880 to schedule an appointment at the next 'vVildfire Tenant Support Clinic.
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Marcus Stroman Scholarship 2025
Deadline to apply: June 26, 2025
Location: Altadena/Pasadena
Eligible: Low-Income High School Seniors with GPA 3.0 or higher |
The 2025 California wildfire season has left a path of devastation, with Pasadena and Altadena communities deeply impacted. Homes have been destroyed, families displaced, and entire neighborhoods left to rebuild in the wake of relentless fires. Beyond the immediate destruction, these wildfires have placed an immense financial and emotional strain on students and their families, making the pursuit of higher education feel more uncertain than ever.
Any high school senior from Pasadena or Altadena with a 3.0+ GPA who identifies as low-income is eligible to apply for this scholarship.
To apply, students must submit an essay and video describing the college of their dreams, why they wish to continue their education at that university, and how the 2025 wildfires have impacted their goals and aspirations.
About the scholarship
Understanding the immense challenges students face, New York Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman established the Marcus Stroman Scholarship, an initiative of his Height Doesn’t Measure Heart (HDMH) Foundation. The HDMH Foundation is dedicated to empowering in-need youth, helping them rise above their circumstances, reach their full potential, and achieve their dreams.
In its second year, the Marcus Stroman Scholarship now seeks to uplift students from Pasadena and Altadena, California, particularly those whose families have been impacted by the 2025 wildfires. This scholarship will provide two students with $25,000 each to help them pursue their college education without the added stress of financial uncertainty.
Marcus Stroman’s journey – both in baseball and in life – demonstrates the power of persistence, determination, and resilience. His college education at Duke University played a crucial role in shaping his success, and he remains a strong advocate for higher learning. Through this scholarship, he hopes to ease these financial burdens so that students can focus on excelling in college and beyond. |
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FIRE RECOVERY & RESILIENCE WORKFORCE PROGRAM (FRRWP) |
If you experienced a temporary or permanent layoff and your employment status was UNRELATED to the wildfires, you MAY still qualify for this opportunity.
To qualify:
- Authorization To Work in The United States
- If Male, Registered for Selective Services
- Ages 18 or Over
- Temporarily or Permanently Laid Off
- CURRENTLY Living in LA County
- Plant or Business Closed
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Podcast Explores Eaton Fire & Impact on Altadena |
Ann Faison is a North Pasadena resident and local author with a podcast, Are We There Yet, on grief, specifically childhood grief. Her new season explores the Eaton Fire and the impact on our community.
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