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Ascencia’s 16th Annual Gala will take place on April 13th, 2024 at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, CA.
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Ascencia’s Annual Gala
Ascencia’s 15th Annual Gala: We Rise Together
Saturday, April 22nd, 2023
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Ascencia’s 15th Annual Gala took place on Saturday, April 22nd, 2023 at 6 pm at City Club LA. As our largest fundraiser of the year, this year’s theme was “We Rise Together” to symbolize how Ascencia works to break down barriers, rebuild lives, and LIFT people out of homelessness.
Thank you so much to everyone who supported our largest fundraising event of the year! Together, we raised $345,000 to fund our life-saving homeless services.
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Volunteer Appreciation Event
Saturday, June 17th, 2023
Our 2023 Volunteer Appreciation Event will be held at Elks Lodge in Glendale. We will show our gratitude with awards, appetizers, and a good time. E hele kāua! (let’s party!)
Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, 2022 – 4-5:30pm
Please join us for our annual memorial service to honor the memory of Ascencia clients who have passed away this year. Learn More
Ascencia’s 14th Annual GALA
Saturday, April 2nd 2022
Our Share the Love GALA, Ascencia’s largest fundraiser of 2022, was a huge success.
Learn More
Ascencia News & Press
ABC 7 Los Angeles
- “Shake Shack opens 2nd California location in Glendale”, September 2016
The Baltimore Sun
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
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
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