Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established in 1983. Each year it is observed on the third Monday of January. Fun fact: the song “Happy Birthday” by Stevie Wonder, along with a petition containing six million signatures helped make it a federal holiday. In 1994… Read More
20 years ago, in a tiny one-room office in Chatsworth, California, with few trucks and a skeleton crew office staff, something special grew from little more than an ideal. Ram Katalan, Co-Founder and President, and Laura McHolm, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, began NorthStar Moving… Read More
Our 2nd Annual “Let’s Send Hunger Packing” Food Drive raised a total of 8,109 lbs. of food this summer. That translates into approximately 6,500 meals donated to hungry children in Los Angeles County and Orange County. No matter which way you calculate it, it’s more than 4 tons of happiness moved! Read More
The summer is off to a great start! If you’re like me, summer means having some free time on your hands. “Vaaacation, all I ever wanted! Vacation, had to get away. Vacation, meant to be spent alone.” That’s where The Go-Go’s had it wrong. You should be spending your summer with lots of people by volunteering! Read More
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create art out of canned food? Wonder no more! This weekend, Angelenos can get a glimpse at some stunning canned food art thanks to the March CanstructionLA Competition (scroll down for the location and time). CanstructionLA is an organization that invites architects, engineers, and designers to create fun and exciting art structures strictly out of canned food! There are even judges to award prizes to the best canned food art display. Read More
The summer food drive was a success!! Our first annual “Let’s Send Hunger Packing” summer food drive competition in partnership with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage raised 4,556 pounds of food to feed hungry children in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Wooooohoooooo!! That translates to almost… Read More
How is summer treating you? Enjoying the summer sun and eating some good fresh food? Sadly, not everyone has access to such great benefits. Did you know that Los Angeles has the most food insecure children of any county with more than 650,000 children living… Read More