Christmas Tree Recycling
It’s that time of year again…carols and lights, tinsel and hot chocolate. Along with the bright joys of the season, comes a darker side…a lot of extra materials in our landfills. From the millions of holiday cards to the packaging and wrapping paper from gifts, we will see tremendous amounts of trash in our carts.To prevent some of this from ending up in landfills, the City in conjunction with Waste Management once again offers Christmas Tree Recycling. Please remove the stand, water container, and other
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La Verne Chamber Announces 2020 Business of the Year Nominees
The La Verne Chamber announced the 2020 nominees for its Excellence in La Verne Business Awards at their Holiday Luncheon last week. Through this award program, the Chamber recognizes businesses and individuals that have demonstrated the principles of community service, a positive economic impact, civic leadership and the best traditions of good corporate citizenship in four* categories: Business of the Year, New Business of the Year, Family Owed of the Year and Nonprofit of the YearAward recipients will
Bonita Unified Recognized as 2019 Top Workplace by Inland News Group
Bonita Unified School District’s commitment to family, community and inclusiveness has earned the organization recognition by the Inland News Group as one of 2019’s Top 35 Workplaces in the Inland Empire. “This is a tremendous honor. Bonita Unified has worked with intention to create a culture of success that embraces our core values of equity, mastery and a focus on results,” Superintendent Carl J. Coles said. “Bonita Unified is a workplace that values each person as much as their position. This award
Operation Yule Push
This holiday season, the La Verne Police Department will once again roll out Operation Yule Push. Yule Push is a program that provides additional officers in the City’s commercial business parks during the evening hours on weekdays and all day and night on the weekends. Officers may be seen in patrol cars, on bicycles, or on foot. These extra patrols are meant to help deter criminal activity and ensure the residents of La Verne have a happy holiday season. However, we want to encourage you to report
LA County Registrar Voting Machine Demonstration
Monday - Friday, December 2-20, during business hours*. LA County Registrar will be in the lobby to answer any questions regarding the new electronic voting machines. They will have a new voting machine to provide first-hand experience before the next election. For ages 18+ * No demonstration on December 13.
Spark of Love Toy Drive
The La Verne Fire Department is again participating in ABC7 News’ Spark of Love Toy Drive this year. The drive began in November, and we will continue accepting toys through Christmas Day. New, unwrapped toys, board games, or sports equipment for any ages, toddler to teenager, can be dropped off for donation at any of the three LVFD stations, City Hall or the Community Center. The donated toys are distributed to the children of La Verne families who might otherwise go without any gifts this holiday season,
Toy Drive for Copacabana Mobile Home Park
Each year, SPARC works to provide a memorable holiday season for the hundreds of children, families and seniors living in Millennium Housings low-income mobile home communities. One of these communities, The Copacabana, is home to 173 families located right hear in La Verne. This is a wonderful time of year but it is also a time of year where many families experience event greater financial difficutlies. You can help change that! By donating gift cards, food or gifts you will make the upcoming holiday
La Verne Chamber of Commerce Position on Local Tax Measure
As an organization dedicated to promoting a thriving business community in La Verne, the chamber has historically questioned any proposed additional tax measures. The Chamber’s fiscal philosophy aligns with that of its business owner members. But after careful consideration, in an effort to implement and ensure local fiscal autonomy and control the Chamber has decided to support the City of La Verne’s proposed local tax measure. The local funding measure will ensure that La Verne sales tax dollars
Pilot program expands Metropolitan’s look at local stormwater as a water supply
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is expanding its effort to learn more about the water supply potential of local stormwater capture with a new $7.5 million pilot program approved today by its board of directors. By funding construction of new stormwater projects and installation of monitoring equipment on existing ones, the program will gather data on the amount of water produced by projects that capture local rainfall and stormwater runoff and use it to recharge groundwater basins in
Support House of Ruth’s Annual Holiday Store by Donating Today!
House of Ruth is asking for your help during this holiday season by supporting domestic violence victims and their families with holiday gifts and helping them spark joy in their client’s lives. Rhonda Beltran, Director of Development stated, “House of Ruth’s Annual Holiday Store provides new toys and gifts to survivors and their children at no cost. Families personally shop for their children, and kids can pick the perfect holiday surprise for their parent. For many families rebuilding
Bonita Unified Teachers Association (BUTA) is seeking donations.
Last year, Bonita Unified Teachers Association (BUTA) held a holiday party to honor the work our educators are doing for the children in our community. To show our teachers love and support from our community, we asked for prize donations from the Chamber members. Due to your overwhelming generosity, we had a fantastic party! This year’s party will be held on Friday, December 6th , and we plan to have another raffle for our teachers. If you wish to donate to our raffle, please contact Deb Brownlee at
Shop Local Membership Perks Program
In advance of the 2019-20 school year, Bonita Council PTA in partnership with the La Verne and San Dimas Chambers of Commerce encourages ALL chamber members to participate in the value-added Shop Local Membership Perks Program for current PTA and PTSA members. Members from the La Verne and San Dimas Chambers of Commerce can sign up to participate in this NO COST promotional opportunity by completing a simple application and commit to offer a promotion to the current Bonita Council PTA members (The
Membership 101: Online Membership
Welcome to the first article in a series designed to help ensure you are maximizing your chamber benefits. For the first article, we thought it was fitting to talk about the Member Information Center – the point of access to all your online benefits and information. The Member Information Center can be accessed at www.LaVerneChamber.org/login/. If you do not have your username and password contact the chamber. Once you login you will be greeted with something similar to the image below.This is the
