When Tish Inong joined Friends In Deed nearly three years ago, she stepped into a role that was, in her words, “a blank canvas.” Today, as the Director of Street Outreach and Housing, she has transformed that canvas into a thriving program that supports some of Pasadena’s most vulnerable residents. Tish oversees a dynamic team […]
From Instability to Impact: Tish’s Path to Friends In Deed Read More »
Upon retiring ten years ago, Dena was looking for a way to give back when she discovered Friends In Deed. After reaching out to several local organizations, it was Tim, the Director of the Food Pantry, who responded first. “Come on in!” he said. From the moment she stepped through the doors, Dena felt at
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In the heart of Pasadena, Agnes Restaurant and Cheesery has become a beloved neighborhood gem. Co-owners Thomas Kalb, Executive Chef, and Vanessa Tilaka Kalb, Head Cheesemonger, have poured their passion into not only creating incredible food but also fostering a deep connection with the community they call home. Thomas’s familiarity with Friends In Deed began
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Don Meaders may be our newest board member – having served only since July – but his involvement with Friends In Deed goes back several years to his and his wife’s generous support of our Jazz on the Green events. He also knows our Board President Emeritus, Pam Marx, through First United Methodist Church, Pasadena
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Lily is one of our Master of Social Work (MSW) interns at Friends In Deed. The internship program is proving to be a very positive experience for everyone involved – Friends In Deed and our clients benefit greatly from the extra skilled help in our programs, and our interns get valuable experience in the field.
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Back in 2018, Friends In Deed’s Street Outreach and Housing team was a fledgling program with only two employees. Friends In Deed House on Washington Boulevard was already bursting at the seams, so we rented a new office space on Lake Avenue. The tiny team painted the new open-plan office themselves, in FID green, and
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William’s story with Friends In Deed began back in 1999 when he was working at Grandview Foundation as a drug and alcohol counselor. One of his coworkers was an overnight staffer at Friends In Deed’s Bad Weather Shelter. He invited William to join the BWS staff – and so William, already working full time at
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  An urgent call came through to the Street Outreach and Housing team from the Food Pantry. A deaf young man had come in, clearly needing help, but unable to communicate his needs. As it happened, two team members were out on the road and swung by the pantry. They began communicating with the
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Lee had been in sober living for a year, but he timed out of the program without having found a place to live, and he ended up back on the streets, mostly living in his car in safe parking facilities. The Friends In Deed Street Outreach and Housing team became involved, and worked with Lee
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Dan has a PhD – and ADHD. He’s extremely intelligent, but many of the executive function tasks other people take for granted – paying bills, taking out the trash, cleaning the house – are often beyond him. In the second of our series of fictionalized accounts of the barriers people experience to getting housing, we’ll
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Join us for EmpowerHER: Flowers & Flourish on March 30th and help us reach our $10,000 Crowdfunding Challenge to support The Women’s Room and our guests experiencing homelessness and hardship in honor of Women’s History Month.
