El Nido’s Fourth Annual Garden Gala was held on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Watch our Garden Gala video for all the highlights: Honorees: Eddie NavarretteChief Consultant FE Design & Consulting Tom & Emily KaplanCo-Owners, Hugo’s Restaurants Growing up all over Los Angeles, including Pacoima, Eddie has been instrumental in helping El Nido build our Training Kitchen […]
Jr. Board Supports Business & Tech Academies With Benefit
About the Junior Board of Directors The Junior Board is a group of philanthropically-minded young professionals seeking to positively impact the lives of at-risk children and youth in the greater Los Angeles area through enriched extracurricular offerings and increased exposure to diverse education and career opportunities. Specifically, the Junior Board has undertaken the mission of ensuring the […]
Payson Wolff 26th Annual Scholarship Awards Event
On June 19th thirty-six clients of El Nido were awarded scholarships while their families, El Nido staff, and donors gathered to support their achievement. Go East LA graciously hosted the luncheon event on campus at California State University of Los Angeles. The event opened with words of encouragement from the keynote speaker Dr. Jessica Morales-Chicas […]
Third Annual By Teen for Teens: Teen and Young Parent Conference
On April 24, El Nido Family Centers’ Building Stronger Families Young Drive Parents (YDP) Leadership Group presented the Third Annual By Teen for Teens: Teen and Young Parent Conference at the Compton-Dollarhide Community Center. The goal of the conference was to build stronger social connections between teen and young parents, social service providers, educational institutions […]
El Nido’s Healthy Families Fair Focuses on Strengthening Families
El Nido Family Centers held a Healthy Families Fair as a kick off to April’s National Child Abuse Prevention Month on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at their Manchester Avenue location in Los Angeles. El Nido families attended this special event which focused on preventing child abuse and neglect. Parents were provided information on effective parenting skills […]
Thank You To All Our Holiday Donors and Volunteers
We thank the generous businesses and individual donors, and the many dedicated volunteers and staff who helped make the holidays merry for our clients across Los Angeles: Empower Generations * Gibson Dunn * Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities Morningside Community Clinic * Navidad En El Barrio * The Salvation Army Toys for Tots * Wells […]
3rd Annual Garden Gala Recap
Thank You El Nido Supporters! For making a difference for families in need, and Celebrating Creativity, Collaboration and Transformation at our 3rd Annual garden Gala on September 23, 2017 Click here for more Garden Gala photos… Over 300 guests strolled Robinson Gardens at El Nido Family Centers’ 3rd Annual Garden Gala on Saturday, September 23, […]
NBC4: El Nido Scholarships Get Students to College After Overcoming Obstacles
Recently NBC Los Angeles covered our 2017 Scholarship Awards Luncheon. John Cádiz Klemack reports on two El Nido clients who overcame hardships to graduate from high school and are now furthering their education thanks to scholarships. This year, 44 young adults were awarded scholarships by El Nido Family Centers. Some either a victim of child […]
Congrats to the El Nido Scholarship Recipients!
44 Vulnerable Youth Make Their Way to College Thanks To El Nido Family Centers A homeless 16 year old girl is one of 44 at-risk high school students from Compton, Pacoima and South LA who received college scholarships and shared their stories about their struggles and adversities to achieve their dream. Many of these 44 […]
City of Compton Salutes El Nido Coaches and Mentees
We salute all the life coaches in El Nido’s Building Stronger Families program, funded by First 5 LA! These mentors were recently recognized by Mayor Aja Brown and council members from the City of Compton for their completion of a 9-week life-coach program. They praised them for their dedication, commitment, and great efforts to empower, […]
El Nido’s Healthy Families Fair 2017 in South LA
Over 200 families enjoyed El Nido’s Healthy Families Fair Saturday, March 25, 2017 at our South Los Angeles site. The Fair raised awareness of child abuse prevention with engaging activities and art projects. Thank you to KMEX for covering our Healthy Families Fair and interviewing Clinical Director Alicia Trelles. A fun-filled day for our children […]
Second Annual Garden Gala 2016
What A Magical Night! View Photos On Facebook September 24, 2016 Second Annual El Nido Garden Gala El Nido Family Centers’ Second Annual Garden Gala Celebrated Creativity, Collaboration and Transformation …………………………………………. Luz Avila-Kyncl, MSW, CHC, and Jane Johnston Honored (Beverly Hills, CA) At El Nido Family Centers’ Second Annual Garden Gala on Saturday, September 24th, […]
Congratulations to Our 2016-2017 Scholarship Recipients
Every spring, El Nido Family Centers recognizes the achievements of a number of our college-bound clients by awarding them with scholarships. At a luncheon held at Cal State Los Angeles, on Thursday, June 23, we presented 35 El Nido program alumni with scholarships to assist them in furthering their education. We also congratulated our graduating […]
Los Angeles Informer: 90 YEARS OF SAVING LIVES
El Nido Family Centers Celebrates 90 Years of Saving Lives Hundreds of guests gathered to celebrate El Nido Family Centers’ 90th Anniversary on Saturday, September 19, held at the iconic Robinson Gardens in Beverly Hills. El Nido (www.elnidofamilycenters.org) was privileged to be the first to co-host an event at Robinson Gardens since the Friends of […]
