Neighborhood News

PPCC Cancels Meetings | Pacific Palisades

Due to coronavirus orders and conditions, the Pacific Palisades Community Council Executive Committee has canceled its May and June meetings, scheduled to take place May 14 and 28, as well as June 11 and 25.

“The Executive Committee will continue to act as authorized by PPCC’s Bylaws when necessary,” according to a statement shared by PPCC. “Please continue to alert us to issues, questions and concerns about matters of interested to the community.”

Those who wish to reach PPCC can do so via info@pacpalicc.org.

—SARAH SHMERLING

Cans, Coffee & Community | The Village

Palisadian sisters Sophie and Natalia Johnson, and Sydney and Jacqui Diaz have partnered with Estate Coffee’s Jacob Spooner and Jon Chun for a Cans, Coffee & Community food drive.

Non-perishable items can be dropped off at Estate Coffee, located at 847 Via De La Paz, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every day.

The sister-sets will be collecting the donations and donating then to St. Joseph’s Center in Venice.

“We’ve had some great success with the program so far, Palisadians are very generous,” Johnson said. “Please stop buy for a cup of coffee and leave a can.”                        

—LILY TINOCO

Palisades Mask Design Contest Continues to Accept Entries | Pacific Palisades

Junior Reporter Vanessa Masterson is hosting a Palisades Mask Design Contest, with entries being accepted through May 15.

“I was thinking, because we are social distancing and always wearing masks, people must have amazing mask designs!” Masterson wrote. “I have seen so many cute and creative masks on Pinterest and TikTok, so we are having a Palisadian-Post Mask Design Contest.”

Entries can be emailed to mypost@palipost.com.

—SARAH SHMERLING

National Kindness Challenge to Benefit Frontline Heroes | Pacific Palisades

Crayon Collection, an international charity based in Pacific Palisades dedicated to repurposing crayons for vulnerable children, recently launched a national kindness challenge to benefit frontline heroes in memory of the late Dr. Lorna M. Breen.

“We were devastated to hear the news about Dr. Breen and we wanted to do something to help,” Sheila Morovati, founder and president of Crayon Collection, wrote in a statement. “Our Color Kindness Challenge allows people to write or draw an uplifting message and provides a hospital locator so individuals can send their creation to local hospitals.”

Breen was an emergency room doctor at a New York hospital who died by suicide following frontline trauma she suffered due to the onslaught of patients who were dying from COVID-19.

“Frontline healthcare professionals and first responders are not immune to the mental or physical effects of the current pandemic,” the statement continued. “On a daily basis, these professionals operate under the most stressful of circumstances, and the coronavirus has introduced additional stressors.”

The challenge is available for free download at crayoncollection.org.                

—JENNIKA INGRAM