Sunday event No. 2: Celebrating ten years of the community center

from the Altadena Community Center Advisory Board

Local dignitaries (Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich in the blue jacket, center) break ground for the Altadena Community Center construction in this undated photo.

Right next door to the sheriff's station, the Altadena Community Center will hold a birthday party from 2 to 4 PM on Sunday, July 14. It has been ten years since the ribbon was cut on our “town hall” – a facility that is unique in unincorporated Los Angeles County. The Center provides office space for eight community organizations, a place for gatherings, and is fully staffed five days a week.

The Altadena Community Center Advisory Board, made up of representatives from each organization with office space in the Center, will host the celebration and open house beginning at noon. Local restaurant El Patron Mexican restaurant will serve food gratis in the courtyard, a no-host beer-and-wine garden will be run by the Rotary Club of Altadena, and music will be supplied by the Altadena Youth Jazz Band. The NAACP will provide the cake.

The program begins at 2 PM in the Meeting Room; each of the Center’s member organizations will give a short talk about what it does. Following, each will hold an open house in its office so members of the community can tour the facilities, and talk to the activists who serve our community through their groups.

Our Birthday Celebration Is timed to coincide with the Sheriffs Station Open House; a new gate and stairway connecting our two properties has been constructed to allow people to pass easily between festivities and learn about many opportunities for involvement.

This event is made possible by Supervisor Mike Antonovich, the ACC Staff, and Altadena Community Center Advisory Board.

The tenant organization-hosts are Altadena Heritage, Altadena Historical Society, Altadena Town Council, Altadena Chamber of Commerce, Arroyos and Foothills Conservancy, NAACP - Altadena Branch, Quality of Life Center, and the Sheriff’s Support Group of Altadena.

For more information email or call Mark Goldschmidt, 626/798-9687, mgdesign@sbcblobal.net,  or email Michelle Markman at micreative@mac.com

NOTE: The hours of the open house have been changed since we published this story -- music and refreshments begin at noon, and the program starts at 2 PM.