JCI Santa Clarita Foundation is set to host a taco-themed launch party for the new branch of JCI, available to all residents with tickets.  JCI Santa Clarita is a 501(c)(4), which means donations are not tax-deductible. In an effort to support the community, JCI created JCI Santa Clarita Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that allows donations to be tax-deductible.  “We are excited ...

Experts at Hauser Insurance, a leading one-stop shop for insurance needs, expand upon the importance of management liability insurance. Engaging in normal business operations involves managing multiple risks every day. Small neighborhood businesses and multinational corporations must navigate general operational risks along with industry-specific risks. Each company’s commercial general liability (or CGL) insurance policy provides coverage against operations-related damage or ...

On Friday at Santa Clarita City Hall the office of Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) awarded the non-profit “If I Need Help” for mental health awareness month.  May is recognized as Mental Health Awareness month and as a result Wilk dedicated the month’s non-profit of the month award to “If I Need Help.” If I Need Help is an organization ...

This week, Santa Clarita nonprofit “Code Read” is slated to host a free book fair for low-income students at the Palmdale Learning Plaza. On April 26, a free book fair designed for low-income readers is set to be hosted by the Santa Clarita nonprofit Code Read at the Palmdale Learning Plaza. “Everyone deserves books of their own at home, books ...

Santa Clarita nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is celebrating its five year anniversary this year.  “Looking through photos taken over the past 5 years, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who made FYI the life-changing community it is today,” said Carolyn Olsen, executive director and co-founder.  FYI started at the beginning of 2017 with the question of how to ...

On Saturday, the Islamic Center of Santa Clarita hosted an Education and Job workshop aimed to help the Afghan refugees recently placed in Santa Clarita. Earlier this week, news broke of over 130 refugees from Afghanistan including men, women and young children being temporarily placed in Santa Clarita after a rushed evacuation from their home country.  See Related: 134 Afghan ...

Harley-Anne Laub, a Santa Clarita teen who tragically had her leg amputated below the knee after being hit by a car in July, was recently gifted a new wheelchair by the Triumph Foundation.  In a recent meeting, the Triumph Foundation, a local Southern California non-profit organization, gifted Harley with a more mobile wheelchair for her to use.  The wheelchair features ...

On Tuesday, Santa Clarita’s Junior Chamber International (JCI) announced that it is slated to host its first ever school supplies drive for underprivileged school children in the community.  A supply drive known as “Pack to School,” designed to raise money for underprivileged children’s school supplies, was announced by JCI Santa Clarita on Tuesday. “We are just two weeks away before ...

Children’s Bureau is now offering two virtual ways for individuals and/or couples to learn how to help children in foster care while reunifying with birth families or how to provide legal permanency by adoption.  A live Zoom orientation is scheduled on Dec. 17 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. hosted by a Children’s Bureau team member and a foster parent.   ...

The Junior Chamber International Santa Clarita (JCI) is expected to host the First Annual Virtual WiSH Run to benefit students in the William S. Hart School District. JCI is a worldwide federation of young leaders and entrepreneurs, and the Santa Clarita Valley chapter works to strengthen leadership skills through community impact projects like the well-known SCV 40 Under Forty event ...