LaLaScoop celebrates the ways and means that empowered individuals are reaching out and positively affecting lives through important nonprofit and charity work. Let’s give it up for the people who are given it up for the benefit of others!
We have compiled some of our favorite Los Angeles gifts to help you give creatively this season. Our list includes gifts for the friend who likes to give back, the mom who likes to have healthy items delivered to the house for convenience, the partner who likes to make things, or the brother who only uses natural, eco-friendly products. Perhaps you don’t know the person … Continue reading LA Holiday Gift Guide 2015
The Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) is currently celebrating an impressive 100-plus years providing professional adult mentors to 4 million in-need youth annually. Through membership and outreach programs, the Club strives to help young people become productive, compassionate, and responsible adults. This year’s Great Futures Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel honored Evander Holyfield, five-time world heavyweight boxing champion. Touching stories filled the … Continue reading Great Futures for the Boys and Girls Club of America
“Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient” seems like a perfect quote to sum up the work that Friendly House has done for over 64 years. The 26th Annual Awards Luncheon honored television personality, designer and actress, Kelly Osbourne, singer-songwriter, musician, DJ Moby, and LA Councilman Herb Wesson this past Sunday, October 18. The oldest recovery home and first residential program in the country for women recovering from alcohol and … Continue reading Peggy Albrecht Friendly House Awards Luncheon
An organization that has helped thousands of children by allowing many kids to have hope and faith in a solid caring figure in their lives, Big Brothers, Big Sisters celebrated its 60th anniversary at the Beverly Hilton with many moving stories. Awards were given to recognize individuals who are inspiring and positive role models to our youth. Suzanne de Passe, Co-Chair of de Passe Jones … Continue reading Big Brothers Big Sisters 60th Anniversary
Recently I was invited to stop by The McCord List space in Hollywood to experience this loft created by Rachel McCord (Annalynne McCord’s sister), a unique Sunset Strip showroom where bloggers, influencers, and celebrities can check out rotating brands and new happenings Rachel has selected for The McCord List of Fabulous Things! Find some of her features on Instagram at @THEMCCORDLIST or tag #TheMcCordList to be … Continue reading The McCord List connects influencers with brands
Two gilded seats will be waiting in heaven for the founders of Operation Smile, an international medical charity, which provides free surgeries to children in developing countries who are born with cleft lip, cleft palate or other facial deformities. It is one of the oldest and largest volunteer-based organizations dedicated to improving the health and lives of children worldwide through access to surgical care. The … Continue reading Operation Smile Gala Honors Selma Blair, Henry Nguyen, and the Rodosky family
This 4 wheel lightweight luggage in various sizes from Chariot Travelware was an Emmy gifting favorite at the Debbie Durkin’s EcoLuxe Lounge Pre-Emmy bash celebrating #ChristmasinSeptember. An unusual theme for fall, but the Avalon in Hollywood was transformed into a winter wonderland (even though it was 90 degrees outside) in support of the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Los Angeles. People brought toys to support the cause … Continue reading Emmy EcoLuxe Lounge supports Shriners Hospitals LA
Who doesn’t love an Italian? The 14th Annual Galbani® Cheese Italian Feast of San Gennaro takes over Hollywood from September 25-27 with their annual street festival, celebrating everything that it means to be Italian. The savory smells of Italian sausage and peppers, meatballs simmering in homemade sauce, baked clams on the half shell, warm cheese on perfectly crusted pizza and sugar-powdered zeppole fill the streets of Hollywood while … Continue reading 14th Annual Feast of San Gennaro celebrates Italian pride and helping others
Grace Rose is a gorgeous sixth grader with a beautiful warm heart. This was so evident when I met her bubbly appreciative confident spirit at her recent Rosie G fashion show that included not only children of all ages wearing her adorable line of clothes, but kids supporting her with dance routines and numerous musical acts. Her clothing line Rosie G is designed FOR kids BY … Continue reading Rosie G Style – Fashion for a Cure
During my Master or Arts in Teaching program at the University of Puget Sound I was afforded the opportunity to spend two weeks in a classroom of children with autism along with a couple of my fellow peers. Most of the time we were asked to observe. I watched the daily routines and interactions that the teacher and aides had with the students, witnessed their … Continue reading Join Autism Speaks to LA Celebrity Chef Gala Hosted by Conan O’Brian on October 8th
