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Attention Angelenos! Start your year off right!

Join City Labs to answer the call for community service in this great city. With a huge rise in the need for services from non-profits, and a drastic drop in funding and donations, LA’s community organizations need our help…
Come to this fun one-day fair to browse, discover and connect with 50 local non-profits — organizations doing great things who need your support to maintain sustainability.
Imagine :: If a few thousand people each dedicate themselves to 3-5 non-profit groups (signing-up to volunteer, making donations, offering their skills, joining email lists), we’ll have created over 10,000 new volunteers and donations in just one afternoon!!!

Participating Organizations Include ::

  • LA Guerrilla Gardening
  • Heal the Bay
  • City Year LA
  • Greenpeace
  • LA County Bicycle Coalition
  • Starlight Childrens Foundation
  • Tree People
  • SPCA LA
  • Ciclavia
$5 suggested entrance donation = a free drink and raffle ticket

Aside from roaming the 50 non-profits, check out these cool offerings:

  • Free Workshops :: including Lazy Person’s Guide to Going Green w/YourDailyThread & Create Your Own Story Book w/826LA
  • ‘Craft for a Cause’ area presented by Causecast :: pack and assemble food boxes for the city’s hungry
  • Pop-Up Tiara Café
  • Lounge by Brand X and LA Times
  • DJ Bryan Davidson
  • Raffle contests all day long including amazing prizes from Chronicle Books, local UNIQUELA designers and more!
The first 50 people through the doors at CITY LABS will get a notebook from Chronicle Books!

Join us and do something for your community!

Date: Saturday, January 23rd 2010 (sign up for our newsletter for updates)
Hours: 11 am – 4 pm
Location: California Market Center’s Penthouse (110 East Ninth St. in downtown LA)
Donation at Door: $5 per person (includes entry, a free drink, and DIY workshops)

❉ Public Transit
Leave your car at home and take the metro or bus. Plan your trip at http://www.metro.net/ and use the address 110 E 9th St 90015

❉ Parking Information

The Parking Garage is located underneath the building, with parking entrances on Main Street and Los Angeles Street. We encourage you to take advantage of the all-day, safe, underground parking and explore downtown LA after visiting the fair. There are also plenty of above-ground lots and a fair amount of street parking near the venue.

❉ Map

❉ Driving Directions
Anaheim: 5 Fwy North to 10 Fwy West, exit Los Angeles Street and go to Olympic, (building is on the right, and parking is on the left).

Airport: 405 Fwy North to 10 Fwy East, to the 110 Fwy North, exit 9th Street. (9th is a one-way street, follow it to Main Street.) Take a right on Main Street, (building is on the left with parking) or take105 East to the 110 North, exit 9th Street.

Glendale: 5 Fwy South to 110 Fwy South, exit 9th Street. (9th is a one-way street) follow it to Main Street, take a right on Main (building is on the left with parking)

Long Beach: 710 Fwy North to 10 Fwy West, Exit Los Angeles Street and go north to Olympic Street. Take a left on Olympic (building on right, parking on left).

Pasadena: 110 Fwy South, exit 9th Street, (9th is a one-way) follow it to Main Street, take a right on Main Street, (building is on the left with parking).

San Diego: 5 Fwy North to 10 Fwy West, exit Los Angeles Street and go North to Olympic Street, take a left on Olympic Street (building is on the right, parking is on the left)

Santa Barbara: 101 Fwy South to the 110 Fwy South, exit 9th Street (9th is one-way) follow it to Main Street, take a right on Main Street (building is on the left with parking).

South Bay: 110 Fwy North, Exit 9th Street, East on 9th Street (9th is a one-way street), follow 9th to Los Angeles Street, Right on Los Angeles (building with parking is on the right).

The Valley: 101 Fwy South to the 110 Fwy South, exit 9th Street (9th is a one-way) follow it to Main Street, take a right on Main Street (building is on the left with parking).

Westwood: 10 Fwy East to the 110 Fwy North, exit 9th Street (9th is a one-way), follow it to Main Street, take a right on Main Street, (building is on the left with parking).