Even if you can't visit a store in person, dine at a restaurant or get yoru hair done, you can support our local businesses by purchasing gift crads for yourself to use later and as gifts. Cash flow is critical for small businesses right now. Purchasing a gift card (or cards) can keep our favorite local small businesses open into 2021 and beyond. Steve Lopez wrote a great column about this in the LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-09/restaurants-covid-gift-cards-holiday-shopping.
The Pasadena Chamber has restarted our networking Luncheon Alliance and Connection Breakfast via ZOOM. For $5 any Chamber member can join to promote your business, learn what others are doing , network and catch up with Chamber friends and colleagues.
- To sign up for the next Luncheon Alliance, click here: http://www.pasadena-chamber.org/events/socially-distanced-luncheon-alliance
- To sign up for the next Connection Breakfast, clck here: http://www.pasadena-chamber.org/events/socially-distanced-connection-breakfast
NEW THIS WEEK:
Tardino Bros. Italian Kitchen has your holiday dinner ready to go. Here are the menu options:
Pasadena Public Library announced their two book selections for Pasadena’s 2021 One City, One Story community reading celebration. Tattoos on the Heart by author Father Gregory Joseph Boyle, S. J. is the 2021 One City, One Story selection and Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia – To – Zion Journey Through Every National Park by author Conor Knighton is the 2021 One City, One Story Summer Edition. Copies of the books are available for checkout from the Library in eBook or book format and may be picked up via curbside service. For more information on One City, One Story visit http://cityofpasadena.libguides.com/onecityonestory.
Clearman's Northwoods Inn and Clearman's Galley have special holiday menus:
Here at First Tee – Greater Pasadena, we are preparing to conduct our winter session starting the week of January 11th through January 17th and run for 8-consecutive weeks. Registration for the winter session will begin on our website on December 1. To view our current winter session schedule and to register, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER or visit our WEBSITE and click the Register Now button in the upper right corner of our home page.
Pasadena Media produced a highlight reel of the 85th Annual Pasadena City Golf Championship that benefitted First Tee - Greater Pasadena. You can view it here: https://youtu.be/XaIyw5ZfGNg
RECURRING (but still relevant):
Simply OBGYN, located in beautiful Pasadena, California, is a female-led obstetrics and gynecology office. We provide the high quality, personalized care you deserve. Through a patient-centric approach, we focus on delivering medical care to help enhance patients’ quality of life. We are committed to improving patients’ experience with patient education to optimize the patient as a whole individual. With our experienced team and the best treatments available, you can rest assured that your health is in the best of hands. Download the flyerwith all the information here:
Order your “Family Package” for 4 Christmas Dinner from El Portal including Pumpkin Soup (Our Famous), Briased Short Ribs, Turkey (Sliced Breast), Chorizo Stuffing, a popular innovation, Pasilla Mashed Potatoes, , Fresh Asparagus and Baby Carrots, Dinner Rolls, And all the trimmings (Butter, Cranberry and Sauces). All of this for $80.00 a Package for 4 plus tax. Remember our Delicious Holiday Tamales? Perfect to complement your dinner or for next morning!! Dozen $35.00 Half Dozen $20.00 plus tax (Includes Sauce). Choose from Yucatan or Mexican Style, Chicken only!!!!. Add to your order Margaritas, Wine, Beer and Champagne (To Go). Great Variety, Various sizes, including half and full gallons. For Pickup or Curbside. Dec 23rd From 1:00pm to 7:00pm. Dec 24th From 12:00pm to 3:00pm. www.elportalrestaurant.com.
Your business can be a TV star: 2020 has been devastating for small businesses, but things are going to get better and we are here to help! I am working on a MAJOR network series that wants to help drive growth as we focus on small businesses and the aspiring entrepreneurs behind them. Produced by MGM Studios whose perennial hits include Shark Tank, The Voice, and Survivor, Business Hunters is going to focus on the American Dream as we follow aspiring entrepreneurs looking to purchase a brick & mortar business here in Southern California. If you or someone you know plan on launching a new business or just need expert help getting into something new, WE ARE HERE FOR ALL OF IT! If you’ve got a BUDGET, we’ve got your back. Not only will our top experts help set you up for success, if you appear on the series, the promotional value of launching your business on a major network is PRICELESS. For priority consideration, mention Chandra sent you and apply here: https://www.vitalcasting.com/business-hunters
The YWCA Glendale and YWCA Pasadena have partnered together to offer Girls Circle to girls from Glendale and Pasadena Unified School Districts in the 20/21 school year. The Girls Circle model is a structured support group for girls and youth who identify with female development, and integrates relational theory, resiliency practices, and skills training in a specific format designed to increase positive connection and personal and collective strengths in girls. Girls Circle is listed on SAMHSA’s national registry of evidence based programs. Schedule: Girls Circle will be offered once a week after school to girls in Pasadena Unified School District and once a week after school to girls in Glendale Unified School District. During COVID-19, Girls Circle will be offered virtually. PRICING: Free - More information and registration at bit.ly/PasCircle
The YWCA Glendale and YWCA Pasadena’s TechGYRLS® program seeks to empower young girls in the areas of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) and to encourage them to pursue careers within these fields, particularly for underrepresented girls. TechGYRLS® is a place to dream, explore new ideas, learn new skills, and be creative through STEAM activities. Through our partnership with CaltechY at California Institute of Technology, we are able to match girls in our TechGYRLS® programs with college students who serve as STEAM mentors. Mentors provide four hours a month of individual tutoring and mentoring to support girls in achieving academic excellence and successfully navigating their personal journeys into the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. Mentorship sessions will be offered virtually during COVID-19. PRICING: Free - Register at bit.ly/YWTechGyrls
Portraits, Headshots, Branding in our studio or at your location. If you’re planning a website build or redo, or a rebranding, contact us for advertising and 
PopID, a technology company headquartered here in Pasadena, has developed software to verify an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status. They aim to reopen indoor dining, bars, gyms, etc. to healthcare workers who have received the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available. They would like to invite you and members of your organization to join other healthcare professionals in their pilot program here in Los Angeles. As a participant in this program, you and your team will be allowed back inside participating businesses to eat, exercise, and enjoy life as you would in a pre-covid world, along with discounts provided on behalf of PopID. We support this initiative and if you would like to learn more about this program, please send an email to TCostello@popid.com and Tom will be happy to meet with you and your team to explain their program in greater detail.
Rounds Premium Burgers has a free gift you can give your customers. We have special gold coins we can give to local businesses for FREE, that you can use as gifts to your customers. This serves as a nice gift from the local business as well as an opportunity to assist each other as businesses in the local community. To take advantage please call (626) 304-9810 or email arya.tab@gmail.com.
The 53rd Annual Holiday Look-In Home Tour presented by the Women’s Committee of the Pasadena Symphony goes virtual this year. The 2020 tour showcases the architecture and gardens of four magnificent Pasadena homes decorated for the holidays in festive floral regalia. Embellished with the talent of Pasadena’s finest floral designers these homes are a true holiday delight. The virtual experience will be narrated by the Pasadena Symphony's Music Director, David Lockington, with music provided by the talented musicians of the Pasadena Symphony Youth Orchestras.
The 2020 Holiday Look In Virtual Home Tour, chaired by Lisa Ashworth and Gail Crotty, will run through December 31, 2020. The tour is presented free of charge by registering here. Donations to support programs of the Pasadena Symphony Youth Orchestras and the Pasadena Symphony will be graciously accepted. To add to the holiday spirit, the Holiday Look-In Boutique will provide an online opportunity to shop to your heart’s content. For more information and registration visit PasadenaHolidayLookIn.org.
From new member Coco and Unicorn Bling Queen Accessories. PH: 818-209-4278. After suffering a work-related trauma from my last employer
Pathways College wishes everyone happy and safe holidays with some insights and thoughts:
Let Hope Café & Catering Help with the Holidays!
Call and pre-order your complete Holiday meal for pick-up or delivery*, starting at just $19 per person. You can get it hot or cold for heat and serve.
Delicious turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans almondine, rolls, cranberry sauce, and choice of dessert.
Call to order today! (626) 449-8757
*Delivery for large orders. Delivery fee applies
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Smart Timer Rebate is a water conservation company that helps residential and commercial properties upgrade from an out-dated sprinkler controller to a 'Smart Timer' that: 1. saves water by automatically adjusts to weather & vegetation. 2. saves money by reducing the water bill during winter months. 3. can be remotely operated. 4. and is fully covered by a CA rebate [for Pasadena properties]. Being that water is precious and an expensive resource, I'm open to sharing with property managers about this time-sensitive gift from Pasadena Water & Power & SoCal WaterSmart. Please check out my website, www.SmartTimerRebate.com, and call or email me with all your questions.
Become a child care provider-Child Care Services-Options For Learning. Steps to getting licensed. In California, the Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division licenses and monitors Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers to ensure that children have safe and healthy child care environments. Hyperlink: www.optionsforlearning.org/ccip/
Giana Korth is a Pasadena native and founding member of Tampon Tribe. Tampon Tribe has expanded their Personal Care offerings even further to cover all PPE needs at your home, workplace, POD, school, business, etc. HEPA Air Purifiers, Space Sanitizing Mister, Extreme Ionic Humidifier, Masks - 3PLY, KN95, super comfy cloth masks, Kid's Masks, Desk Guards, Sanitizing Wipes, Black Nitrile Gloves, ...Looking for something else?? Just email me and we'll source it for you! Per LACDPH's latest ventilation guidelines, we have three of the best air purifiers/air cleaners on the market --> Extreme HEPA Air Purifiers Per the CDC's latest guidelines for schools & universities, Desk Guards are more important than ever in preventing the spread of COVID. We have amazing clear folding desk guards that are sturdy, portable, easy-to-clean, light-weight and affordable! Available on Amazon and through our website. **Check out our Full PPE Catalog for Schools. As parents, educators, and personal care professionals, we know how important premium, safe and effective products are. As a US FDA-certified and licensed LA business we hold your wellness and safety as our key priority. With a lifetime of industry experience, our mission is to enable access to products that keep everyone safe. We rigorously test all of our products and manufacture them to the world's highest certification standards. We use them with our families, so you can trust using them with yours. Navigating today's challenging circumstances is difficult. We're here to help and give you total peace of mind! For bulk orders and any questions, please contact Giana Korth at giana.korth@tampontribe.com.