Ascencia News & Press

ABC 7 Los Angeles

• “Shake Shack opens 2nd California location in Glendale”, September 2016

The Baltimore Sun

• “Natalie Profant Komuro led homeless organization Ascencia to growth in area”, June 2018

CBS Los Angeles

• “Officers Arrange New Clothes, Makeover, Free Flight So Homeless Woman Can Reunite With Mother”, September 2019
•  “Comedian Helps To Transform Glendale Homeless Shelter Into Five-Star Restaurant”, April 2014

The Morning Call

• “Glendale’s Ascencia shelter visitors ‘pranked’ with a positive spin”, April 2014

NBC Los Angeles

• “Volunteer Opportunities” , July 2019
• “Boy, 8, Break Dances for Southern California’s Homeless”, July 2016 

Outlook Newspapers

• “Ascencia Holds Share the Love Gala”, April 2022
• “Remembering 7 Lives Lost to Homelessness”, December 2021
• “Ascencia Keeps Finding Ways to Help the Homeless”, November 2020
• “Performer’s Generosity to Ascencia”, August 2020

 Pasadena Now

•  “St. Francis Culinary Club Holds a Fundraiser for Ascencia Shelter”, February 2020

Crescenta Valley Weekly

•  “A Key to a Safe Place”, July 2020
• “City and Ascencia Continue to Help High Risk Citizens”, May 2020
• “GPD Connects Longtime Homeless Man with Homeless Outreach and Permanent Housing”, May 2020
• “Las Candelas Celebrates the Season of Giving”, December 2019
• “Many Stories Heard During Homeless Count”, January 2019 
• “Ascencia Welcomes New Executive Director”, January 2019
•  “Friedman Names Ascencia the 2018 “Nonprofit of the Year”, June 2018
• “Ascencia Hosts Event Fit for Royalty”, February 2018
• “Ascencia holds annual gala”, February 2017
• “Ascencia Celebrates Capital Campaign Donors”, December 2016
• “Las Candelas Ladies Serve Ascencia Clients”, June 2016
• “Protecting the Homeless During El Niño”, December 2015
• “Ascencia Celebrates ‘Coming Home”, September 2014
• “Dog Haus, Ascencia Host Dinner”, March 2013
• “NCL Projects Benefit Ascencia”, February 2012

LA Times – Glendale News Press

• “On the Town: Ascencia continues to help the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic”, April 2020
• “Glendale works to protect city’s homeless from the coronavirus”, March 2020
• “Glendale police officers help reunite homeless woman with mother from Portland”, September 2019
• “More homeless seniors on the streets of Glendale”, January 2019
• “They had a name and they mattered”, January 2019
• “On the Town: Evening remembers those who are homeless and have died on the streets”, December 2018
• “Laura Duncan takes the reins at homeless organization Ascencia”, December 2018
• “On the Town: Laemmle Theater opening helps provide homeless services”, August 2018
• “Natalie Profant Komuro led homeless organization Ascencia to growth in area”, June 2018
• “On the Town: Guest chefs have secret recipe for helping homeless”, May 2018
• “On the Town: Indian-themed fundraiser helps support local homeless services”, January 2018
• “On the Town: ‘A Royal Night’ gala will benefit programs supporting area’s homelessness”, January 2018
• “Glendale’s annual homeless count relies on community to help those in need”, January 2018
• “Pilot program in Glendale will help train, place homeless candidates into workforce”, November 2017
• “On the Town: Charity League honored for supporting homeless”, February 2017
• “Glendale receives $2.4 million grant that will help support homeless services”, December 2016
• “Ascencia joins ‘Love is a Blanket’ donation effort”, October 2016
• “Eight-year-old dancer busts a move while raising money for homeless services”, July 2016
• “Homelessness drops 6.5% in Glendale but rises by 12% countywide; work not done, local officials say”, June 2016
• “On the Town: Ascencia takes ‘Orient Express’ to gala benefit”, February 2016
• “City Briefs: Doctors House Museum to hold candlelight tour; food drive to benefit Ascencia”, December 2015
• “Glendale shelter taps the blues to get out of the red”, August 2015
• “On the Town: Ascencia holds ninth anniversary gala at Union Station”, February 2015
• “Ascencia holds celebration for national goal”, June 2014
• “Glendale’s Ascencia shelter visitors ‘pranked’ with a positive spin”, April 2014
• “On the Town: Ascencia presents eighth anniversary event, Dads’ Club pancake breakfast”, January 2014
• “Community: Gala keeps Ascencia on right track”, January 2014
• “Holidays offer hope for homeless at winter shelter”, December 2014
• “Ascencia relocates its winter shelter in Glendale”, December 2013
• “Community news: Whole Foods raises funds for Ascencia …” December 2012
• “Homeless No More”, November 2012
• “On the Town: ABC7 sets stage for Ascencia fundraiser”, November 2012
• “Agency seeks money to house Burbank homeless”, September 2011
• “Path Achieve Glendale becomes independent, changes name”, September 2011