🥳 LTSC is 45 years old! Celebrate with us all year long by showing up and showing out for our mission.How many items can you complete?
Note: This list will be updated with links throughout the year!
1. Donate to our 45th anniversary campaign
2. Become a monthly donor and join the elite Cornerstones donor circle
3. [JULY] Sponsor LTSC’s annual fundraiser, Sake in the Park
5. Take our interest survey. We want to hear from you!
6. Give an in-kind donation (supplies for homeless services, silent auction items, food pantry donations, etc.)
7. Host a fundraiser for LTSC (we’ve seen bake sales, social media birthday fundraisers, craft sales, and more)
8. [SEPT] Bid in our online silent auction
9. Explore more ways to give (planned giving, tribute gifts, stock donations and more)
10. [MARCH] Enter a basketball team into the San Tai San tournament at Budokan
11. Spread the word about CT Stream, our free therapy program with AANHPI therapists
12. [MAY] Join LTSC’s team at Sparkle, a Little Tokyo clean-up event
13. Patronize a small businessopens PDF file the next time you’re in Little Tokyo
14. Bring a free CT Anchor Suicide Prevention training to your group
15. [JUNE] Start a team or fundraiser for Ripple Effect: A Walk for Suicide Prevention
16. [DEC] Encourage friends and family to shop small during the holidays, using our small business gift guide
17. Know any entrepreneurs? Spread the word about our small business workshops!
18. [MARCH] Lace up your dancing shoes and Boogie at Budokan
19. [MAY] Prepare a prom-posal for our new Little Tokyo Prom
20. [TBD] Tend to your mental health at a Changing Tides Cafe event
21. [MAY/OCT] Laugh the night away at a BudoComedy show
22. [MAY] Join us for a special edition tour of Little Tokyo, LTSC-style.
23. [MAY] Bring the whole family to Budokan’s Children’s Day event, Kibo Nobori
24. [JULY] Buy tickets to Sake in the Park, LTSC’s annual food and sake tasting fundraiser
25. [SEPT] Celebrate Budokan’s 5-year anniversary at our community event
26. [SEPT] Learn about mental health topics at Ebb & Flow: A Community Mental Health Conference
28. [FEB] Volunteer at the Homeless Count at LTSC’s deployment site
29. Teach a class for seniors at our J-Town Senior Connection program. Hear about Dani’s experience volunteer teaching!
30. Lend your skills to boost Little Tokyo small businesses. Join the Small Biz Hype Squad!
31. Mentor local youth at our Mi CASA after school program
32. Have your company donate supplies and volunteer to build care kits for our unhoused neighbors (contact Avalon Igawa at aigawa@LTSC.orgcreate new email)
33. [AUG] Connect unhoused and low-income residents to health and wellness resources at our CARE Fair
34. [DEC] Spread holiday cheer by wrapping gifts or volunteering at a holiday event for LTSC residents
35. [DEC] Sign up to be a 2026 VITA volunteer and help low-income families file their taxes
36. Follow LTSC on social media: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube
37. Subscribe to LTSC’s e-newsletter, The Changemaker
38. Dive into our 45-year history to learn about how we started and where we’re headed
39. Learn more about our exciting current project in Little Tokyo, First Street North Residences
40. Meet Bilha, a family child care provider and resident of LTSC
41. Learn about one of our affordable housing projects opening this year, Umeya Apartments in Little Tokyo/Skid Row
42. See how our mental health services helped Kelly get back on her feet
43. See how the Mendoza family’s lives changed after connecting with LTSC’s resident services
44. Hear how LTSC’s small business program helped Carol and Keith achieve their dream
45. Write to us and tell us your favorite LTSC story (communications@LTSC.orgcreate new email)
46. Bonus: Share this list with a friend!
