Casa de los Amigos residents raise pennies for pines
From the comfort of their motor scooters, Casa de los Amigos residents Ellen Jordan and Anita Boyance are working to help replant California’s wildfire-ravaged forests — one penny at a time. Jordan and Boyance, who have made themselves into community event planners at the South Redondo retirement home, took it upon themselves two months ago to bring the residents of Casa together to help a good cause. Through the United States Forestry Service’s Penny Pines program, Jordan and Boyance have been raising money to plant seedlings in California’s forests. Penny Pines was founded in 1941 by the San Francisco Sportswomen’s Association. It has raised more than a million dollars. Each $68 donation supports the planting of one acre — up to 350 trees, according to the Forestry Service. Already in their two months raising funds, the pair has come up with enough for four plantings, honoring family members, the administrators of Casa de los Amigos, Redondo’s emergency responders and the 19 firefighters who died in Arizona’s 2013 Yarnell Hill fire. Jordan became aware of the program 20 years ago as a member of a women’s club in Northern California. “Ellen is responsible for everything that gets…
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