“I go to Nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put together.” –John Burroughs Each semester, Helenes partner with Knights in the opportunity to take Jr. Helenes and Jr. Knights on a hike. On Sunday, November 6, we trekked to Pacific Palisades to spend some time in nature and with each other. Despite the subtle challenge of keeping up a conversation amidst the hike’s surprisingly intense cardio (or was that just me?), I loved seeing the immediate connection an

When the seven year old girl at Kicks for Kids giggles and smiles as she attempts to defeat an LA Galaxy soccer player, or when the mountains of bins filled with cereal, canned goods, and home essentials pile at the end of the assembly line at LA Food Bank, or when a third-grader at 32nd Street Elementary School sighs that they finally “get it” after working strenuously to solve a fraction problem, or when the involved high schooler applying for college while taking five AP c

When I was installed as the 2016 Director of Community Outreach, the director before me, Kea, gave me a ceremonial clipboard that read “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” –Mahatma Gandhi. Words have never been so important to me and reflective of my Helenes journey. I found myself in Helenes. I truly found a place where I felt like I belonged. And not where I simply “fit in”. Helenes is a community of women, all of whom are inspiration