Aveson Community Organization is the parent-teacher organization of Aveson Schools. On January 7, 2025, the Eaton Fire destroyed one of Aveson's campuses and heavily smoke-damaged the other. In our community, at least 70 families lost their homes, and many more were displaced. As our community dealt with this loss, the ACO primarily focused on disaster relief and mutual aid: working to help families access food, shelter, and clothing; coordinating transportation and hauling; organizing distribution of outside donations; sharing resources and news; and administering a community relief fund that has disbursed $127,000 to our impacted families.

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For our community, recovery is long: many families are still searching for permanent housing; many families are experiencing loss of work due to the devastation in Altadena and Pasadena. While the immediate crisis may be over, the work of recovery goes on, and donations to our relief fund are still gratefully accepted.

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While we work to support our community, we are also hoping to provide some normalcy in these times, and return to some of the work that the ACO did before the fire. Our annual carnival, June Jubilee, made its return at ASL's temporary campus at Cleveland Elementary. This coming school year, we hope to support our community with many opportunities to gather and to heal.

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We know that recovery is different for each of us, and we'd love your input on ways to come together that feel right for where you are now. We'd also love you to join us at our events, our meetings, or as a board member. For more information or to contact us, please e-mail aco@aveson.org.