On a night filled with joy, gratitude, and purpose, Raise the Roof for the Karsh Center brought together the Karsh Center community to celebrate the transformative work made possible with the help from our volunteers, supporters, and partners. Held on May 4th atop Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s roof, the event celebrated the collective and transformative impact [...]
The Karsh Center was proud to host its fourth annual back-to-school event on August 2nd, 2024. At this year’s event, Ready for Kindergarten!, we welcomed 109 children who will be starting pre-K or kindergarten in the fall and their families, all of whom are graduates of our Family Support Program, which provides diapers and childcare [...]
When an email from the Karsh Center seeking volunteers landed in Jen Bernstein’s inbox, she immediately knew that this was the type of volunteer opportunity she’d been looking for. It was still deep in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, and she was eager to find a way to meaningfully give back to the community. [...]
The Karsh Family Social Service Center’s Food and Nutrition Security programs began in response to the urgent needs of individuals living in and around Koreatown, where one in three households are experiencing food insecurity. Recognizing the growing demand for food and essential resources, the Karsh Center’s Food Pantry expanded its services with the launch of [...]
A recent article published by Bloomberg news shared the discouraging statistics that volunteering rates across the US are at record lows after a steady downward trend since the 2010s. However, our volunteers at Karsh are bucking this trend! According to our most recent annual Data Report, the Karsh Center has experienced a consistent increase in [...]
Joan and Skip Kessler stand out as individuals driven not only by professional accomplishments but also by an abiding commitment to giving back. Joan is an arbitrator and mediator at JAMS and a Karsh Board member and Skip is a tax partner at Greenberg Glusker LLP and a Wilshire Boulevard Temple Board member. They participate [...]
We’re thrilled to announce that the Karsh Center has received a $1,000.00 Project DASH Impact Grant from DoorDash! Project DASH is DoorDash’s initiative to empower food banks, food pantries, and other social impact organizations to deliver charitable food to people experiencing food insecurity. Associate Executive Director of the Karsh Family Social Service Center, Frances Nova-Jauregui [...]
In November 2023, the Karsh Center’s Small Business program proudly culminated, after an impactful year offering invaluable tools and guidance for the growth and success of small businesses. This program was a part of a larger collaborative called the Community Navigator Pilot Program effort involving five organizations, led by Koreatown Youth + Community Center (KYCC) [...]
On December 15th, the Karsh Center joyously opened its doors to our Karsh clients and their children ages 2-10 for our 4th Annual Holiday Toy Giveaway. This year’s Giveaway was especially exciting because we were lucky enough to have collected over 1,500 toys, allowing us to serve hundreds of children and families from our community [...]
On Sunday, November 19, the Karsh Center community came together for our 16th Annual Big Give, one of our biggest and most far-reaching events of the year. Once again, hundreds of Karsh Center Volunteers, Collaborators, and Staff came together to share 1,000 Thanksgiving meal kits with our community, helping an estimated 4,000 [...]
