http://unionstationhs.org/ 

Pre-school Eye Screening is a special service that the Juniors have come to be known for.  What are we screening for?  We screen for a condition known as amblyopia.  Amblyopia (also called lazy eye) is a type of poor vision that happens in just one eye. It develops when there’s a breakdown in how the brain and the eye work together, and the brain can’t recognize the sight from one eye. Over time, the brain relies more and more on the other, stronger eye — while vision in the weaker eye gets worse.

Our pre-school eye screening coordinator schedule's appointments with local pre-schools to do a special screening known as a visual acuity examination: Testing using pictures or letters in children 3 years or older can help assess the child’s eye. Special visual charts are available for amblyopia screening.

This special service is important to our club.  In fact, we have members that joined because we tested their child in pre-school and the referral turned up a positive result.  We suggested their child visit an eye doctor for further testing (however, this is merely a suggestion and a personal decision that the parents may or may not choose and with this testing). Our suggestion led to treatment and that child was helped in the early stages when treatment is most helpful.  

Depending on the pandemic, we hope to be able to begin this screening for the coming year (we will follow all safetly protocols based on the Los Angeles County Dept. of Health).

 Mending Kids provides free life-saving surgical care to sick children worldwide by deploying volunteer medical teams and educating communities to become medically  self-sustaining. Watch this video to see the latest news from Mending Kids. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9UP_l0TQbk&t=1s

https://www.mendingkids.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9UP_l0TQbk&t=1s

Corita Art Center is our newest featured philanthropy.             

Art development: is important for children because it teaches them to be independent and think for themselves. it also teaches the gross motor and fine motor skills. 

Improved Academic Performance: Studies show that there is a correlation between art and other achievement. A report by Americans for the Arts states that young people who participate regularly in the arts (three hours a day on three days each week through one full year) are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, to participate in a math and science fair or to win an award for writing an essay or poem than children who do not participate.

Inventiveness: When kids are encouraged to express themselves and take risks in creating art, they develop a sense of innovation that will be important in their adult lives. “The kind of people society needs to make it move forward are thinking, inventive people who seek new ways and improvements, not people who can only follow directions,” says Kohl. “Art is a way to encourage the process and the experience of thinking and making things better!”

Corita 101: Learning by Heart (At Home)

We've launched a new video series inspired by Corita and Jan Steward's seminal text "Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit". This first video introduces the main concepts from the book - looking, sources, structure, connect + create, work + play, and celebration. Over the next few months, we'll be sharing videos by artists around the world responding to these ideas in their own creative practice.   https://www.corita.org/programs

As members of the La Cañada Juniors Women’s Club we are dedicated in our commitment to provide financial and service-based support to assist women and children in need in the greater Los Angeles Community. We are proud to share a small sampling of our hundreds of service projects and charities throughout the last 50 years.

Juniors Impact List of Charitable Organizations, Agencies (partial)

ABC Quilts for AIDS Babies

Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundations Jessica Leoni Trust Funds

Art and Poetry Contest for Local Schools

Art History Trunks for the Schools

Arts Projects/Fine Arts Festival

Bilingual books, classroom emergency kits and holiday gifts for Para Los Niños

Books & Magazines for the Children’s Hospital Emergency Room

Childreach International

Comfort Pillows for Breast Cancer Wards at Several Hospitals

Community Fire Department Thermal Imaging Camera

Corita Art Center

Craft and Snack Kits for the Desi Geestman Foundation

Craft Kits for Pediatric Cancer Patients

Descanso Gardens

Desi Geestman Foundation

Donated Eye Glasses for the Beeve Foundation

Easter Bunny to Mountview Retirement Home - 100 Easter baskets

Elizabeth House

Finger Puppets for Verdugo Hills Hospital Emergency Room

Fire Safety with Smokey the Bear

Fire Station No. 82 – LA County Sept 11th Memorial – Donation

Five Acres

Friends of Foster Children

Good Shepard Shelter                                                                                                                  

Haven House

Hillsides Learning Center                                                                                                                       

Juniors Assists Reading Program                                                                                                            

La Cañada Flintridge Community Center, Preschool Teachers - Breakfast & Gift Baskets                        

La Cañada High School Band Department                                                                                           

La Cañada Library                                                                                                                              

La Cañada Prom Plus 

Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services

Lupus Foundation

McClaren House

Meals-On-Heels lunches for Union Station Pasadena

Mending Kids

Miss La Cañada Flintridge & her Court Program

Montrose Search and Rescue

Narconon

No sew blankets and pillows and baby showers for the Elizabeth House

No sew blankets, stationary, Decorate-A-Room for City of Hope Children's Hospital

Once Upon a Room                                                                                                                                 

Operation Christmas Child                                                                                                              

Operation Smile

Para Los Niños

Pennies for Pines

Pine Tree Planting

Pixie Tiger Boxes for MacLaren Children’s Center

Preschool Eye Screening

Pre-school Finger Printing

Project Concern

Race for the Cure

Ronald McDonald House of Pasadena, Easter Egg Hunt, Family Meals,Decorate-A-Room                         

Save Our Schools

Scholarships for our Outstanding Students

Smokey the Bear Forest Education Programs

Sponsorship of Animals at the Local Wildlife Station

Stranger Safety Training for Children

Teen Scholarship Program

The Sycamores

The Way to Happiness Foundation

The Wildlife Waystation

Toy drive & Playroom Remodeling for Ronald McDonald House, Pasadena

Used Blanket Drive for the Glendale & Pasadena Humane Society

Verdugo Hills Hospital Breast Cancer Foundation

Verdugo Hills Hospital Emergency Pediatrics Department

Verdugo Hills Hospital- raised funds for the establishment of the hospital

Women at Risk

World Literacy Campaign

YMCA

Although Juniors are actively involved in fundraising and hands-on activities (we are currently using social distancing efforts to enhance our support for charitable service) with our philanthropies - we like to kick our shoes off and have fun!  There are numerous social events throughout the year.  We have an annual Holiday Social and other activities where we celebrate one another while providing much needed emotional support.  Other social events that we have participated in have included; a yoga and brunch party, a Wine and Wigs party, Bunco, Lunch Bunch, Book Club, Hiking/Walks, a Chinese New Year's party, participated in the Fiesta Day Parade and lots more. Members become lifelong friends.  We have former members who have been friends for over 50 years!