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Green Halloween is a non-profit, grassroots community initiative to create healthier and more Earth-friendly holidays, starting with Halloween. It began in the Seattle area in 2007 with backers such as Whole Foods Market and was such a huge success that in 2008, the initiative expanded nation-wide. In cities across the country, volunteer coordinators are turning their city’s Halloween holiday healthy and eco-friendly, but many are also raising money for their own, local nonprofit beneficiaries via the initiative.

Happy Halloween!

Now in its 3rd year, KCRW's Masquerade just gets better and better. Prepare for what is sure to be a feast for all your senses – live band performances, dancing to music by your favorite KCRW DJs on four separate stages, five uniquely themed ballrooms, the enticing antics of Vaudeville circus troupe Lucent Dossier, ghost stories from L.A.'s finest storytellers, a handful of frightfully tasty artisan food trucks, some of the best costumes you've ever seen…and more!

KCRW's benefit bash is a guaranteed good time and has sold out two years in a row - so why wait?

Click HERE to buy your tickets today!

From October 20th - 23rd CareNow LA will be hosting a free medical, dental and vision care clinic at Los Angeles' Sports Arena. Although most volunteer opportunities have been filled, donations are still welcome!

CareNow LA will provide free medical, dental and vision services to the uninsured, underinsured and underserved in our community. We’ll also provide immunizations and screenings including mammograms and Pap smears. Extensive patient education and counseling will promote wellness, prevention and self-care among our most vulnerable population.


CareNow LA will provide follow-up care for those who need further medical attention beyond the event.. Local clinics and healthcare centers have volunteered to provide medical homes for these patients and will have representatives on site to accept referrals. This is a community wide effort – L.A. helping its own.

Director of Environmental Practices, Anne Carmack,
is a Sustainable Works Eco Star!


Anne Carmack | Outstanding Achievement for Business Greening Program

In 2005, The Ambrose executive team approached Food and Beverage Director Anne Carmack with an invitation to participate in Santa Monica’s Green Business Certification pilot program. A self taught environmentalist, she jumped at the chance to further educate herself on the issues and spent the next year working closely with the Sustainable Works team implementing various hotel wide environmental initiatives. By 2006 The Ambrose was a grand prize winner of Santa Monica’s Sustainable Quality Award.

Determined to take the company’s commitment to sustainability to the next level Anne traded in her apron in 2007 for a role as the hotel’s LEED Project Manager. With the help of REThink Development founder, Greg Reitz, Anne led her team through the year long process of earning the United States Green Building Council’s prestigious LEED for Existing Building certification as well as the EPA’s Energy Star Certification.

In her current role as Director of Environmental Practices she remains committed to the low impact mission of The Ambrose and continues to manage all aspects of the hotel’s sustainability program.