Philanthropy – Effie Magazine

Pasadivas’ Mardi Gras Madness
By Effie Cacarnakis, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief on February 25, 2020
Featuring beats spun by DJ Cory, Beads and Feathers, among many other fascinations... benefiting Planned Parenthood Advocates Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley...
AbilityFirst’s 45th Annual Festival of Fall
By Effie Cacarnakis, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief on October 17, 2019
THE REASON Over 500 guests attended and celebrated this year’s 45th Annual AbilityFirst Festival of Fall on September 29th at Pasadena’s Historic Laurabelle A. Robinson House owned by hosts Phaedra and...
Pride & Pittman: An Evening Among the Roses 2019
By Effie Cacarnakis, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief on June 27, 2019
The Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens’ 6th Annual An Evening Among the Roses THE REASON The annual An Evening Among the Roses is the...
From Plein Air to Avant Garde: California Art Club’s 108th Gold Medal Exhibition
By Effie Cacarnakis, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief on March 3, 2019
As one of the oldest, largest and most active art organizations in the country, CAC is committed to keeping traditional art alive and believe that...
Pasadena Ronald McDonald House Shine Gala 2018
By Effie Cacarnakis, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief on November 26, 2018
Ronald McDonald House’ 14th Annual Shine Gala THE REASON Over 360 of Pasadena’s philanthropically-minded gathered at the 14th Annual Shine Gala, hosted by and benefiting the...
Ability First’s Festival of Fall 2018
By Effie Cacarnakis, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief on October 23, 2018
Ability First’s Festival Of Fall 2018 THE REASON AbilityFirst friends and supporters gathered at a Pasadena estate overlooking the Arroyo to raise a record-breaking $270,000...
4th Annual Rosé Soirée — benefiting PCDA
By Effie Cacarnakis, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief on July 15, 2018
Join us as we kick off summer with wonderful wine, food, and friends at the 4th annual Rosé Soirée garden party on the rooftop of...
Considering Matthew Shepard
By Effie Cacarnakis, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief on June 15, 2018
In October of 1998, Matthew Shepard, a young gay student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie was kidnapped, severely beaten, tied to a fence...
Food May Be The Music: Masters of Taste 2018
By Effie Magazine Staff on May 17, 2018
REASON The 3rd Annual Masters of Taste returned to the Pasadena Rose Bowl gathering many of L.A.’s top taste makers together to raise funds for...
Shepard Fairey & OBEY Clothing Partner with Children Incorporated
By Effie Magazine Staff on April 19, 2018
For the latest OBEY Awareness Collection, OBEY Clothing partnered with Children Incorporated, a non-profit that aids children both around the globe and at home in the United States. The tee-shirts for this...