Organizations

Salvation Army youths

meet the Easter Bunny

The Oakmont League presented its annual Easter egg hunt for children

in the Salvation Army Day Care Center April 12 at the Japanese Tea House

in Brand Park.

About 30 children from the center had their picture taken with the

Easter Bunny, then enjoyed bubble blowing, a story time and lunch.

Youngsters also received an Easter basket filled with treats.

Barbara McCullough was chairwoman, assisted by Esther Bowen, Alice Di

Iorio, Roberta Raffaelli, Jeri Benton, Donna Sauer, Julie Budimer, Jo

Anne Klosterman, Gail Gilhooley and Mary Lou Morrison. The guild

president is Janet Dumser.

Garden party benefits

shelter for women

Members of the Elizabeth House Guild will sponsor a Garden Tea and

Boutique from 1 to 4 p.m. May 5 and 6 at a private estate in Pasadena.

Elizabeth House is a residential home that provides shelter for

abandoned women in crisis pregnancy and their children.

Guild members helping plan the event are Bonnie Thomas, Cathy Bishop,

Christy Vasquez-Eberhardt and Tami Wolter, all of Glendale, and Susan

Banks, Ruth Jones, Carole Lewis, Nikki Bednar, Anne Hennessey and Pat

Larsen, all of La Canada Flintridge.

Tickets are $50. For reservations, call (626) 577-4434.

Designers displayed

at house of design

Interior and exterior designers from Glendale and the foothills are

showing their expertise at Pasadena’s Showcase House of Design now

through May 20. The estate features a 22-room Italianate-style mansion

built in 1930.

Designers enhancing the landscape surrounding the estate are Robert

Edwards, John Gummoe and Annie St. Clair, all of Tujunga, and Terry

Morrill of Glendale. Designer John R. Roberts of La Canada Flintridge has

created a kitchen garden complete with a terrace for growing container

vegetables and herbs.

Proceeds benefit music programs of the Pasadena Showcase House for the

Arts, formerly the Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Committee. The group

raises funds for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Music Mobile, an

instrumental music competition and a youth concert.

Complimentary parking is provided at the Rose Bowl, with a shuttle

running from 9 a.m. until the house closes.

Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and 9:30

a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Ticket prices range

from $17 to $25 and can be ordered through Ticketmaster at (213)

365-3500. For information, call (626) 792-4661.

Residents support

‘Gift of Love’ gala

Local residents attended “A Gift of Love” benefit honoring Marilyn

Zumberger, sponsored by USC/Norris Cancer Center Auxiliary. More than

$70,000 was raised, which will go to financial assistance for cancer

center patients.

Noreen Zapanta is president and Kathi Horgan served as event

chairwoman.

Attending from Glendale and the foothills areas were members Elizabeth

and William Baer, Yvonne and Dr. Robert Biller, Bernice Christenson, Elna

and Dr. Gerry Coetzer, JoAnn and Dr. Jack Conley, Dr. Janet and James

Eddy, Veronica and Dr. Peter Nichols, Susan and Dr. Michael Patzakis and

Lenore Stevens.

CalTech/JPL retirees

install new officers

The CalTech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Retirees Assn. (ARC) had its

annual installation at the Pasadena Women’s Club.

Officers are Warren Moore of La Canada Flintridge, president; Helen

Benedict, vice president; Bob Steinbacher of La Canada Flintridge,

treasurer; and Pat McLeod of La Crescenta, secretary.

Awards were presented to those who have contributed to the group’s

endeavors. They are Phil Neuhauser of Sunland, outgoing president;

Barbara Cline, hospitality; Joy Hodges, ARC Light Editor, and Pat McLeod,

secretary.

A special award was given to supporter Capt. David Higashi, manager of

Trader Joe’s in La Canada Flintridge.

Hillsides volunteers

receive Angel Awards

Hillsides, a Pasadena-based nonprofit organization that creates safe

places for children and for treating families in crisis, honored friends

during its annual Angel Awards ceremony April 11.

Jess Marlow, host of KCET’s “Life and Times,” and Phyllis Marlow,

community volunteer, received Hillsides’ Community Angel Award.

Also honored was Las Candelas, which has members in Glendale and the

foothills areas.

Academy’s Mother’s Guild

hits home run with gala

The Mother’s Guild of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy stepped up to

the plate and hit a home run at the “A League of Our Own” gala

fund-raiser at the Student Activities Center.

Co-chairwoman Kathy Child said about $120,000 was raised for the

school’s building fund.

Attending the event were Glendale residents Phil and Eveline Siracuse,

Jane and David Novitski and Barbara Nemer.