My friend Jessica, aka Burbank Mom, lost her mother to breast cancer several years ago. She is one of those rare people who took her grief and turned into something hopeful, namely, an annual road race in her mother's memory called The Rose Run. Proceeds from the events are for … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Gift: Portrait of Mom With Her Children – Sittings May 17
Los Angeles photographer and owner of Litetrap Studios, Michael Murphree, has offered Mother’s Day-themed mini sessions as a priceless gift for the moms in your life with all proceeds going to support Help a Mother Out’s efforts in Los Angeles. Portrait by Michael Murphree For … [Read more...]
March 3 is National Pancake Day
Get a free short stack (one per person) at IHOP! IHOP hopes you will donate money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in honor of this special day. Our local IHOP is at 5301 Agoura Road at Kanan. Or, celebrate at home on this amazing confluence of events: Pancake … [Read more...]
3rd Grader Organizes Book Drive for Casa Pacifica
Killian B., an Agoura Hills 3rd grader, is collecting gently used children's books for the foster children of Casa Pacifica. You drop your books off in the collection bin outside of Stevenson Fitness in Oak Park (at the corner of Kanan and Lindero Canyon). Her mother told me … [Read more...]
Kids Can Give Back With Charity Checks
I want to model giving back for my children. I have done this with my work for Help a Mother Out, a group that gets diapers to needy families. I do it with my volunteering at their school, and we do it together when we prepare donations of our gently used goods to local … [Read more...]