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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

Volunteer Coordinator and Blade-Runner

By Karen Bagnard
Posted: 03/28/2025
Tags: karen bagnard, newsletter march 2025

Nathan Wolford, one of the voices of the Village, gave a powerful and inspirational presentation at the March Staff Connections event.

Nathan joined the Pasadena Village Staff as the Villager & Volunteer Coordinator in Fall 2024, and he is often the first voice you hear when you call the Pasadena Village office. He maintains a calm, cool demeanor while juggling all the detailed tasks of his position.

Nathan also walks on prosthetic legs, keeping up with all the demands of his job. When asked to make a presentation to the Village in order for everyone to get to know him better, he did not hesitate. Paula Rao happily opened her home to him and Villagers who attended.

To a fuller than full house, Nathan gave us an overview of his childhood growing up in Michigan, home of Gerber Baby Foods (no, that’s not his picture on the jar).

The rest of his presentation was telling the story of how he lost his legs and the grueling journey back to walking. He brought his prosthesis for “show and tell,” as well as demonstrating how the various kinds of prosthesis work. It was fascinating! He took all questions and answered with candor.

Perhaps the most impressive, at least to me, were the running blades.  Most of us had seen these when they became a central issue in the Olympics some years ago but we didn’t really know how they worked. Nathan explained it all.

Beyond his own adjustment to life without legs, Nathan has also volunteered as an amputee mentor to adults and children. He recalled how critical this mentoring was for him at age 19, when he lost his legs. It was the mentoring that really gave him hope to have a full life.

Nathan has mentored in Ethiopia with a group called Limb Kind, as well as Camp No Limits.  He recently learned there is a Camp No Limits in Big Bear and hopes to be able to volunteer there, as well.

Nathan is certainly a “can do” guy with a positive attitude about everything. He is an inspirational speaker and held our interest and curiosity.

Pasadena Village is very fortunate to have Nathan on our team. Everyone enjoyed his presentation and left knowing him just a little bit better.  

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