Our first PLC Employee Picnic had over 300 staff in attendance. What a fantastic opportunity to disconnect from the office and spend some quality time with our PLC family! We all came together with our families to socialize and strengthen our PLC relationships, while having some good old fashioned summer fun! It was also another occasion where leadership expressed gratitude for all of you for your hard work. Check it out this summer!
In our monthly Wellness Corner our Antelope Valley Family Center LGBTQ+ Program Navigator, Ren Bocanegra, shares their thoughts on the true meaning of wellness. We as humans spend an incredible amount of time, attention, and dedication to a magnitude of things at any given moment. We prioritize the wellness of our fur babies (or human ones), we scramble to meet deadlines, ensure that our loved ones are properly maintained, we bend and juggle the tasks of school, work, family social life, and too many times do we forget that we too deserve to have our wellness headline our to-do list. Check it out this month, a must read!
In this month's Community Spotlight we feature Allied Home LLC. "Making a positive impact in our community is at the heart of what we do at Allied Home LLC. We believe that everyone deserves a comfortable and restful sleep, and we are honored to have the opportunity to contribute to our local community. We are grateful for the opportunity to give back, and we will continue to strive for a better tomorrow for all." - Steve Uretsky, CEO of Allied Home LLC. Check it out to learn more about Allied and our partnership with them this month!
June was been a busy month for Penny Lane’s LGBTQ+ Programs! With June being LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we have had exciting events all month long; from Pride Resource Fairs, to the AV’s first Legacy Ball, to packing supplies and care packages for LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness! Penny Lane’s LGBTQ+ Programs had resource tables at Pride events in Montebello, Lancaster, West Hollywood, La Puente, and Monterey Park, among others. We shared information about our support groups for LGBTQ+ youth and handed out our most popular items – buttons! From “Ally” to “Hearts, Not Parts” and “Ask me about my pronouns”, Penny Lane’s buttons are always a hot item. Check out how much fun we had during Pride month this year!
I am celebrating the beginning of my 19th year here at Penny Lane this month and experiencing all kinds of emotions and warranted thrills. I have truly enjoyed all my anniversaries so far, but this one comes in a sweeter velvety package which makes it more memorable. I recall starting my work here right out of the grad school as an Intern Therapist with hopes for gaining experience in the field and gathering needed hours to get my license as a Marriage and Family Therapist. The plan after that was to leave. Go to private practice and live happily ever after...but what happened was so different, read more to find out!
Well Summer has really started off hot at Penny Lane Centers. With the sun finally coming out we have been able to host our first annual employee summer picnic, a summer carnival for the children, youth and families we serve, a chess tournament in the AV and participate in lots of community events. We even had the Optimist Club of Sherman Oaks come out and host a bingo night for our families! Check out what we have been up to this summer.
This month you get to meet Michelle Ferrante. Michelle is the Assistant Regional Manager for the Clinic at North Hills and North Hollywood. She has been with Penny Lane Centers for 15 years, starting as a therapist fresh out of school. Her ancestry is a mixture of European, mainly Irish (maiden name Coburn), she grew up in West Hills and stayed local for college (USC and Pepperdine). She knew from a very young age that she wanted to be a therapist. Learn all about Michelle, her family and more this month!
We are pleased to announce this month’s promotional spotlight employee, Genesis Gomez, who is currently an Outpatient Therapist at our Antelope Valley Location. Genesis started her journey at Penny Lane in November 2019 as a Therapeutic Behavioral Specialist (TBS) at our Antelope Valley location. Since that time, she has worked hard accomplishing her goals of becoming a therapist in order to help families in underserved communities. Check it out to learn more about Genesis this month!
Check all the open positions at Penny Lane Centers this month!
