Here to Serve

Thanksgiving Meal Baskets 2025
2025-11-22 - 2025-11-23 | Multiple Locations, 400 Prospect Avenue, Monrovia, CA, 91016, United States
In collaboration with Bel-Air Presbyterian Church, Here to Serve delivers all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal to our families throughout the 5 counties in and around Los Angeles. This year our assemble-and-delivery date for Thanksgiving Meal Baskets will be November 22nd and 23rd, 2025.
If you would like to help either assemble or deliver our Thanksgiving Meal Baskets, please email katie@heretoserve.org no later than Friday, October 31st, 2025 with your contact information.

Adopt a Family Battling Pediatric Cancer for the Holidays 2025
2025-10-18 - 2025-12-24 | Multiple Locations, 400 Prospect Avenue, Monrovia, CA, 91016, United States
Many families with children battling cancer are buried in debt due to medical expenses and cannot afford to put gifts under the tree. Every year Here to Serve adopts cancer families to volunteers who want to make holiday wishes come true! You can either adopt an entire family and have a group of friends, your extended family or office group or department buy the gifts or you can adopt a single member of a large family. Here to Serve provides a gift wish list (including sizes and color preferences) for the entire family (mom and dad included) and we ask that a minimum of $125 to $150 be spent on each family member.

Adopt a Family or Family Member No LATER than November 17, 2025
Please check with us if you would like to adopt a family for the holidays and it is after November 17, 2025. Sometimes we add last minute families. Email Katie@heretoserve.org to inquire.
View Gift Guidelines
If you would like to financially sponsor a family (rather than adopt and shop) please consider donating for:

Single Family Member ($150)
Family of Three ($450)
Family of Four ($600)
Family of Five ($750)
Family of Six ($900)

Use the ADOPT-A-FAMILY button below and let us know in the notes your are sponsoring a family for the holidays.
ADOPT-A-FAMILY

2025 Fall Fundraiser
2025-10-04 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ​Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA, 91007, United States
Our Fall Fundraiser, Take a Bite Out of Cancer, takes place on Saturday, October 4th, 2025. All proceeds will go to help serve more families who find themselves on the pediatric cancer journey they never imagined they would have to take.
Location
​ARCADIA COMMUNITY CENTER
365 Campus Drive
Arcadia, CA 91007 United States
Doors open at 4:45 pm
Purchase your tickets online

Tickets before September 21st: $80
Tickets on September 21st: $90
Reserved Table for 10 with Open Bar: $1,500

Buy Tickets

Event Features

Dinner: Sip and Savor from a variety of food vendors

Live and Silent Auction
Complimentary Wine or Beer Drink Ticket
Featured Speaker: Priscilla Zaragoza, mother of 4-year-old Micah Zaragoza

Entertainment Provided By:

Amy Ashton
Celebrity Comedienne and Live Auctioneer
As seen on Superbowl Poppi Soda commercials, HBO, Netflix, Comedy Central, Writer for the late Joan Rivers, and reoccurs on the Talk Show circuit, NBC, FOX, Morning Show, Fox’s Bethenny. This Empowerment Comedian performs locally, worldwide and for over 500 Corporations including Google and Facebook etc. As a Live Auctioneer has worked many high-end Celebrity events and Galas, consistently keeps crowds laughing and the energy in a high celebratory vibe. www.AmyAshton.com.

Nader Hanna
Magician and Mentalist
This Master Magician/Mentalist’s mind-bending show is an exhilarating journey into the impossible. He has performed at the Magic Castle, NBC Universal, at corporate events, and for major celebrities, including film directors John Landis, Joe Dante, and Tippi Hedren.
Fun Photobooth that provides customized photo art, prints, instant digital sharing, digital album, and props.
No-Host Bar

Wine
Beer

Attire
Festive Casual
Be a Fall FUNraiser Sponsor
Learn more about options and our available sponsorship packages.
Purchase a sponsorship once you’ve decided on your contributions
Interested in donating auction items?
We also accept donations for auction if you have items to contribute.
Not able to attend?
You can still support us!
Donate to the Fall Fundraiser and we look forward to seeing you next year!
Would you like to volunteer?
We’re always looking for volunteers to contribute their time. We still need help creating baskets and bows for auction items, coordinating desserts, decorating tables, creating posters, and other helpful tasks.
Any help preparing for the event would be greatly appreciated. Sign up to become a Fall Fundraiser volunteer.

Want to share the event?
Share an electronic copy of our flyer with your friends and help spread the word.
Email katie@heretoserve.org and request copies if you want hard copies to distribute at your business or to friends.
Parking is free and on-site.

Fall FUNraiser - Casino Night 2024
2024-09-21 17:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ​Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA, 91007, United States
Our Fall FUNraiser, Casino Night, takes place on Saturday, September 21st,, 2024. All proceeds will go to helping serve more families who find themselves on the pediatric cancer journey they never imagined they would have to take.
Location
​ARCADIA COMMUNITY CENTER
365 Campus Drive
Arcadia, CA 91007 United States
Doors open at 4:30pm
Purchase your tickets online

Tickets before September 21st: $75
Tickets on September 21st: $90
Reserved Table for 10 with Open Bar – $1,500

Buy Tickets

Event Features

Casino Games
Live and Silent Auction
Dinner Included
Complimentary Wine or Beer Drink Ticket
Featured Speaker: Abigail Ruiz, mother of Forever 4-year-old Adrian “Yan Yan” Max Ruiz

Games

Blackjack
Roulette
Craps
Poker

No-Host Bar

Wine
Beer

Attire
Festive Casual
Be a Fall FUNraiser Sponsor
Learn more about options and our available sponsorship packages.
Purchase a sponsorship once you’ve decided on your contributions
Interested in donating auction items?
We also accept donations for auction if you have items to contribute.
Not able to attend?
You can still support us!
Donate to the Fall FUNraiser and we look forward to seeing you next year!
Would you like to volunteer?
We’re always looking for volunteers to contribute their time. We still need help creating baskets and bows for auction items, coordinating desserts, decorating tables, creating posters, and other helpful tasks.
Any help preparing for the event would be greatly appreciated. Sign up to become a Fall FUNraiser volunteer.

Want to share the event?
Share an electronic copy of our flyer with your friends and help spread the word.
Email katie@heretoserve.org and request copies if you want hard copies to distribute at your business or to friends.
PLEASE NOTE: We will follow any “mandatory” CDC mask guidelines on the date of the event.

Thanksgiving Meal Baskets 2023
2023-11-20 - 2023-11-21 | Multiple Locations, 400 Prospect Avenue, Monrovia, CA, 91016, United States
In collaboration with Bel-Air Presbyterian Church, Here to Serve delivers all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal to our families throughout the 5 counties in and around Los Angeles. This year our assemble-and-delivery date for Thanksgiving Meal Baskets will be November 20th and 21st, 2023.
If you would like to help either assemble or deliver our Thanksgiving Meal Baskets, please email katie@heretoserve.org no later than Monday, October 31st, 2023 with your contact information.

Adopt a Family Battling Pediatric Cancer for the Holidays 2023
2023-10-09 - 2023-12-15 | Multiple Locations, 400 Prospect Avenue, Monrovia, CA, 91016, United States
Many families with children battling cancer are buried in debt due to medical expenses and cannot afford to put gifts under the tree. Every year Here to Serve adopts cancer families to volunteers who want to make holiday wishes come true! You can either adopt an entire family and have a group of friends, your extended family or office group or department buy the gifts or you can adopt a single member of a large family. Here to Serve provides a gift wish list (including sizes and color preferences) for the entire family (mom and dad included) and we ask that a minimum of $125 to $150 be spent on each family member.

Adopt a Family or Family Member No LATER than November 12, 2023
Please check with us if you would like to adopt a family for the holidays and it is after November 12, 2023. Sometimes we add last minute families. Email Katie@heretoserve.org to inquire.
View Gift Guidelines
If you would like to financially sponsor a family (rather than adopt and shop) please consider donating for:

Single Family Member ($150)
Family of Three ($450)
Family of Four ($600)
Family of Five ($750)
Family of Six ($900)

Use the ADOPT-A-FAMILY button below and let us know in the notes your are sponsoring a family for the holidays.
ADOPT-A-FAMILY

Fall FUNraiser - Casino Night 2023
2023-09-30 17:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ​Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA, 91007, United States
Our Fall FUNraiser, Casino Night, takes place on September 30th, 2023. All proceeds will go to helping serve more families who find themselves on the pediatric cancer journey they never imagined they would have to take.
Location
​ARCADIA COMMUNITY CENTER
365 Campus Drive
Arcadia, CA 91007 United States
Doors open at 4:30pm
Purchase your tickets online

Early Bird Tickets – $75 per person until September 16, 2023
Tickets after September 16, 2023 – $85

Buy Tickets

Event Features
Patient Family Speaker: Iliana Lozano, mother of seven-year-old Ayden Denne who has been battling Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia for five years. He was diagnosed on 4/1/2018 when Ayden turned two years old. Read Ayden’s Diagnosis Story or visit Iliana’s Facebook page to learn more about Ayden’s cancer journey.

Casino Games
Live and Silent Auction
Dinner Included
Complimentary Wine or Beer Drink Ticket

Mexican Fiesta Feast Menu

Soft and Hard Shell Mole-Style Chicken Tacos
Gluten Free Fried Fish Tacos
Hearty Carne Asada
Garden Spring Mix Salad
Ground Turkey Enchiladas
Hot and Fluffy Red Spanish Rice
Tangy Green Lime Rice
Warm Chips and Salsa

Games

Blackjack
Roulette
Craps
Poker

No-Host Bar

Wine
Beer

Attire
Festive Casual
Be a Fall FUNraiser Sponsor
Learn more about options and our available sponsorship packages.
Purchase a sponsorship once you’ve decided on your contributions
Interested in donating auction items?
We also accept donations for auction if you have items to contribute.
Not able to attend?
You can still support us!
Donate to the Fall FUNraiser and we look forward to seeing you next year!
Would you like to volunteer?
We’re always looking for volunteers to contribute their time. We still need help creating baskets and bows for auction items, coordinating desserts, decorating tables, creating posters, and other helpful tasks.
Any help preparing for the event would be greatly appreciated. Sign up to become a Fall FUNraiser volunteer.

Want to share the event?
Share an electronic copy of our flyer with your friends and help spread the word.
Email katie@heretoserve.org and request copies if you want hard copies to distribute at your business or to friends.
PLEASE NOTE: We will follow any “mandatory” CDC mask guidelines on the date of the event.

Thanksgiving Meal Baskets
2022-11-20 - 2022-11-21 | CA
In collaboration with Bel-Air Presbyterian Church, Here to Serve delivers all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal to our families throughout the 5 counties in and around Los Angeles. This year our assemble-and-delivery date for Thanksgiving Meal Baskets will be November 20th and 21st, 2022.
If you would like to help either assemble or deliver our Thanksgiving Meal Baskets, please email katie@heretoserve.org no later than Monday, October 31st, 2022 with your contact information.

Adopt a Family for the Holidays
2022-10-08 - 2022-12-17 | CA
Many families are buried under debt due to medical expenses and cannot afford to put gifts under the tree. Every year Here to Serve adopts out families to volunteers who want to make holiday wishes come true! You can either adopt an entire family and have a group of friends, your extended family or office group or department buy the gifts or you can adopt a single member of a large family. Here to Serve provides a gift wish list (including sizes and color preferences) for the entire family (mom and dad included) and we ask that a minimum of $125 to $150 be spent on each family member.
Adopt a Family or Family Member No LATER than November 13, 2022
Please check with us if you would like to adopt a family for the holidays and it is after November 13, 2022. Sometimes we add last minute families. Email Katie@heretoserve.org to inquire.
View Gift Guidelines
If you would like to financially sponsor a family (rather than adopt and shop) please consider donating for:

a Single Family Member ($150)
a Family of Three ($450)
a Family of Four ($600)
a Family of Five ($750)
a Family of Six ($900)

Use the ADOPT-A-FAMILY button below and let us know in the notes your are sponsoring a family for the holidays.
ADOPT-A-FAMILY

Fall FUNraiser - Games Galore
2022-10-01 17:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ​Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA, 91007, United States
Our Fall FUNraiser, Games Galore, takes place on October 1, 2022. All proceeds will go to helping serve more families who find themselves on the pediatric cancer journey they neither asked for, nor imagined they would ever need to endure.
Location
​ARCADIA COMMUNITY CENTER
365 Campus Drive
Arcadia, CA 91007 United States
Doors open at 4:30pm
Purchase your tickets online

Early Bird Tickets – $70 per person until September 17, 2022
Tickets after September 17, 2022 – $80

Buy Tickets

Dinner Served 5pm to 7pm (Gluten-free)

Lemon Garlic Salmon
Mesquite Grilled BBQ Tri-Tip
Chimichurri Chicken
Lemon Herb Rice
Roasted Red Potatoes

Grilled Vegetables
Spring Mix and Arugula Salad with green apples, pecans, goat cheese, and lemon thyme vinaigrette
Rolls (gluten-free available)

Event Features

Testimonial of Cancer Journey by Here to Serve Family
Games Galore
Live and Silent Auction
Dinner Included
Complimentary Wine or Beer Drink Ticket

Games

Ping Pong
Air Hockey
Foosball
Giant Tilt Maze
Roller Bowler

Video Console (60 games)
Beer Pong
Double Basketball Arcade
Connect 4
Cornhole

No-Host Bar

Wine
Beer

Attire
Fall Festive Casual
Be a Fall FUNraiser Sponsor
Learn more about options and our available sponsorship packages.
Purchase a sponsorship once you’ve decided on your contributions
Interested in donating auction items?
We also accept donations for auction if you have items to contribute.
Not able to attend?
You can still support us!
Donate to the Fall FUNraiser and we look forward to seeing you next year!
Would you like to volunteer?
We’re always looking for volunteers to contribute their time. We still need help creating baskets and bows for auction items, coordinating desserts, decorating tables, creating posters, and other helpful tasks.
Any help preparing for the event would be greatly appreciated. Sign up to become a Fall FUNraiser volunteer.
Want to share the event?
Share an electronic copy of our flyer with your friends and help spread the word.
Email katie@heretoserve.org and request copies if you want hard copies to distribute at your business or to friends.
PLEASE NOTE: We will follow any “mandatory” CDC mask guidelines on the date of the event.

2020 Casino Night Fundraiser
2020-09-19 17:00 - 22:00 UTC | ​Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA, 91007, United States
Our 7th Annual Casino Night, inspired by Co-Founder Silvio Quintas. Proceeds will go to help serve more families who find themselves on a journey they neither asked for nor imagined they would take.
To purchase your tickets and to register for online bidding: Click here
Early Bird Tickets – $65 (until September 5, 2020)
Tickets after September 5, 2020 – $75
Tickets include dinner, dessert, one drink, and $100 in play money for all games (poker, craps, roulette, and Blackjack)
Become a Casino Night Sponsor: Click here to see a list of available sponsorship packages. Know which sponsorship package you want, click here to buy it now.
Interested in donating auction items: Click here to let us know what items you are donating.

If you are unable to attend our fundraiser but would like to make a donation, click here. Unable to attend but want to participate in online bidding? Click Here.

Want hard copies of our flyer to hand out to your friends or distribute at your business email katie@heretoserve.org and request copies.
See pictures from our previous Casino Nights here:
