Thank you to our Holiday Wrap-A-Thon Volunteers and Gift Donors! Thank you to our dedicated volunteers who attended our Family Giveaway Holiday Wrap-a-thon! Donning their favorite ugly holiday sweaters, and bringing armloads of wrapping paper, our volunteers spent a recent Saturday morning making cards and wrapping over 1,500 gifts for over 300 El Nido children, […]
Thanksgiving Dinner Drive 2021
Thank you to our dedicated volunteers, and generous supporters who helped make Thanksgiving memorable for our families in need in Los Angeles. Our Thanksgiving food distribution event gave away Thanksgiving meal boxes for our families at Cedar Grove at Jordan Downs in Watts, and families from the Early Head Start and South L.A. programs. Thank […]
El Nido Develops Changemakers in the Community: Adela’s Story
My journey has been difficult, but it’s made me who I am today. I want to share a little bit of that with you in the next few minutes. To begin, I’d like to share a little about my childhood. I grew up in a family with five brothers and three sisters. I was the […]
The El Nido Eats Cookbook
26 Vegetarian Recipes Developed by the El Nido Community Culinary Council & El Nido Culinary Coordinator, Max Kaplan
Barrels & Bottles Benefit Hosted by El Nido’s Junior Board Sunday, October 3, 2021
Thank you to everyone who supported or joined us for the El Nido Junior Board’s 4th Annual Barrels & Bottles Benefit. The event was a great success, raising over $20,000 to support our youth educational programming and provide pathways for success. El Nido’s Culinary program students showed off their skills with appetizers, and wine […]
17-Year-Old Tutor Makes Math Fun
Luke Shuman knows what makes kids like math. Just 17 years old, he developed a new math program for El Nido’s south-west Los Angeles elementary school students. It allows students to virtually practice and showcase their math skills in a fun environment. The program is centered around Kahoot, which is a game-based learning platform. During […]
Howard/Thorne Family Gets To The Root Of El Nido’s Garden Restoration
Max Kaplan, Culinary Instructor and Garden Program Director, caught El Nido Board Member Eliza Howard knee deep in weeds, and asked about her family volunteering to restore the vegetable garden during the pandemic. MAX: Why did you pick the Garden Restoration project? ELIZA: One of my goals during the pandemic was to find a way […]
Living History Featuring Becca Arce and Beverly Tate
Growing Up in South LA in the 1960’s By: Rebecca Arce, El Nido Alumni and Scholarship Recipient I had the honor to meet Beverly Tate, professor, and author, through El Nido’s Living History project, where youth interview seniors to get a cultural and inter-generational exchange of ideas. Beverly, like myself, had to navigate young adulthood […]
El Nido Family Centers Scholarships
Help El Nido Students Achieve Higher Education Goals Every spring, El Nido Family Centers recognizes the achievements of a number of our college-bound clients by awarding them with scholarships. Since 1992, the scholarship program has awarded financial assistance to over 500 current and former clients who are pursuing advanced education degrees. It extremely rewarding to […]
El Nido Family Centers Donor Impact Report 2020 Year-End Update
Thank you! Your support has allowed us to continue helping families in person and remotely throughout the pandemic. Our 2020 Year-End Update Report is a testament to what is possible when El Nido’s community of supporters comes together to support families in crisis. Your Support Shores Up the Front Line This past year, supporters have […]
El Nido’s Culinary-To-Go Program Helps Families Cook Healthy Together
Each week, El Nido’s Culinary To-Go program provides families with grocery boxes and recipes to cook healthy meals with the ingredients. Together, families enjoy wholesome, nutritious meals along with a family-friendly activity, during our virtual cooking classes. How does our project work? We give out fresh produce boxes with bilingual recipes and all the ingredients […]
Thank You to Our Virtual Volunteers!
Thank you to our Virtual Career speakers and Tutors who reflect Martin Luther King’s message of service and love to the community. Virtual Tutors 2020-2021 Thank you to our Virtual Tutors who helped our students with their classwork while learning from home. Leila Airedell * Isabella Diaz * Mackenzie Fortner * Micah Freeman * Ashley […]
El Nido Family Centers Holiday Drive 2020
How you can help struggling families during the holidays Each year during the holiday season, we appeal to your generosity to provide critical needs for struggling families. This year – one unlike any other – your support will make a tremendous difference to ease the challenges that families are facing. Support our Family Giveaway: We […]
El Nido Family Centers Virtual Chefs’ Table Event 2020
Though we could not be together in person at our annual Garden Gala this year, we decided to take our party online! On Saturday, October 17, 2020, we invited guests to dine with us from home — as a community — as we came together to support El Nido Family Centers. Dinner was provided by our […]
