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March 2025

About Senior Solutions
03/28/2025

Building a Bridge With Journey House, A Home Base for Former Foster Youth
03/28/2025

Come for the Knitting, Stay for the Conversation... and the Cookies
03/28/2025

Creating Safe and Smart Spaces with Home Technology
03/28/2025

Finding Joy in My Role on The Pasadena Village Board
03/28/2025

I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!
03/28/2025

Managing Anxiety
03/28/2025

Message from Our President: Keeping Pasadena Village Strong Together
03/28/2025

My Favorite Easter Gift
03/28/2025

The Hidden History of Black Women in WWII
03/28/2025

Urinary Tract Infection – Watch Out!
03/28/2025

Volunteer Coordinator and Blade-Runner
03/28/2025

Continuing Commitment to Combating Racism
03/26/2025

Status - March 20, 2025
03/20/2025

Goodbye and Keep Cold by Robert Frost
03/13/2025

What The Living Do by Marie Howe
03/13/2025

Racism is Not Genetic
03/11/2025

Bill Gould, The First
03/07/2025

THIS IS A CHAPTER, NOT MY WHOLE STORY
03/07/2025

Dramatic Flair: Villagers Share their Digital Art
03/03/2025

Empowering Senior LGBTQ+ Caregivers
03/03/2025

A Life Never Anticipated
03/02/2025

Eaton Fire Changes Life
03/02/2025

February 2025

Commemorating Black History Month 2025
02/28/2025

Transportation at the Pasadena Village
02/28/2025

A Look at Proposition 19
02/27/2025

Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Pasadena Village Board and Its Role
02/27/2025

Beyond and Within the Village: The Power of One
02/27/2025

Celebrating Black Voices
02/27/2025

Creatively Supporting Our Village Community
02/27/2025

Decluttering: More Than The Name Implies
02/27/2025

Hidden Gems of Forest Lawn Museum
02/27/2025

LA River Walk
02/27/2025

Message from the President
02/27/2025

Phoenix Rising
02/27/2025

1619 Conversations with West African Art
02/25/2025

The Party Line
02/24/2025

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
02/17/2025

Dreams by Langston Hughes
02/17/2025

Haiku - Four by Fritzie
02/17/2025

Haikus - Nine by Virginia
02/17/2025

Wind and Fire
02/17/2025

Partnerships Amplify Relief Efforts
02/07/2025

Another Community Giving Back
02/05/2025

Diary of Disaster Response
02/05/2025

Eaton Fire: A Community United in Loss and Recovery
02/05/2025

Healing Powers of Creative Energy
02/05/2025

Living the Mission
02/05/2025

Message from the President: Honoring Black History Month
02/05/2025

Surviving and Thriving: Elder Health Considerations After the Fires
02/05/2025

Treasure Hunting in The Ashes
02/05/2025

Villager's Stories
02/05/2025

A Beginning of Healing
02/03/2025

Hectic Evacuation From Eaton Canyon Fire
02/02/2025

Hurricanes and Fires are Different Monsters
02/02/2025

January 2025

From the President

By Susan Kujawa
Posted: 07/24/2023
Tags: presidents message

It has been a great honor and a pleasure to serve as President of the Board of Directors during this past year. This year, we welcomed 51 new members to Pasadena Village, to bring our membership total to 150, which was the goal we had set for ourselves at the beginning of the year! Our success was the result of many things — not the least was the openness and welcoming spirit of our members, our increased visibility in the community (thanks in large part to our Executive Director Katie Brandon and our wonderful business partners), and our rich and ever-growing array of member-driven programs and activities that engage, challenge and support our members. I thank everyone who contributed to our successful recruitment efforts.

I am especially proud of our commitment to acting out our values of inclusiveness, enrichment, service, appreciation, joy and reflection as we welcomed new members to the Village. Our lives are richer and full of meaning and purpose when we are active participants in the struggle to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion. Again, I am grateful for all of our Village members and our partners in the community who help make change happen.

Our achievements this past year grow out of our Strategic Plan for 2022–2025. Our Board of Directors worked together with our Executive Director to craft a plan that was challenging and achievable. The plan has four priorities: membership diversity and growth; member-driven programming and community support; leadership and volunteer development; and sustainable funding.

Board of Directors 2022-23

Wayne April

Pat Dawe

Nancy Goodell

Diane Kirbis

Barbara Madden

Ronald Stoffers

Sally Asmundson

Nick Everett

Claire Gorfinkel

Sue Kujawa

Richard Myers

Nancy Valentine

Shad Cruz

Esther Gillies

Rick Holliday

Betty Ann Jansson

Paula Rao

Jo Yeargin

As we welcome new members to Pasadena Village during this coming year, we are committed to ensuring that ALL villagers are engaged in Village life through all stages of membership — from their first days as new members, to later stages when we “bring the Village to your home.”

In working together to support older adults in our community we are acting out another of our stated values — and we are building our LEGACY — as we build a better world for people at all stages of their lives. There is a place for you in our Village and I invite you to join us!

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