Community Giving
I’m a firm believer in the notion that what you give comes back to you. In that vein, I have made it a point to give back to the community that has supported me over the last several years in my real estate business, as well as to those organizations that have a special place in my heart. It is my honor to support the following organizations within the communities I serve:
- Recipient – LA Magazine, 5 Star Real Estate Agents for 2012-2017, Five Consecutive Years
- Recipient – Renaissance Award, Monrovia Fine Arts Association – 2012
- Recipient – Iris award (Citizen of the year), Monrovia Chamber of Commerce, 2008
- Recipient – Mary Wilcox Youth Advocacy and Community Leadership Award, Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills – 2009
- Recipient – Gold Star Real Estate Agent, Reader’s Choice Award, Beacon Media, 2010-2015
- Board Member – Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills, 2013-2017
- Board Member – Santa Anita Family YMCA – Vice President – 2006, President 2008-2010
- Board Member – Monrovia Day Association – President 2004-2013
- Commissioner – City of Monrovia Historic Preservation Commission – 1995-2014
- Facilitator – Grace Center (Support Group for Domestic Violence Survivors) 1997-2001
- Speaker – Podcast interview with Peter Hernandez, President of Teles Properties, Inc, “Superstar Agent Donna Baker – Being active in Community Service as part of your business plan” 2016
- Speaker – Top Agent Panel – CENTURY 21 Convention (San Diego, 2002)
- Speaker – East Los Angeles College – Career Day
- Speaker – Monrovia High School – National Honor Society, William Monroe Chapter
- Speaker – Thomas Edison Elementary School, Glendale – Career Day
- Speaker – Watterson College – Graduation Keynote Speaker
- Collection Center – Foothill’s Kitchen, Food and Sock Drive for the homeless 2016
- Collection Center – Monrovia Unity Center – Food Drive, 2015
- Supporter – Monrovia Downtown New Years Eve celebration 2010-2016
- Supporter – Monrovia High School Robotics teams, 2016-Present
- Supporter – Monrovia Downtown Holiday Carolers 2016
- Supporter – Monrovia Clifton Middle School Robotics team, competition in China 2015
- Supporter – Friends of the Monrovia Library
- Supporter – Monrovia Association of Fine Arts
- Supporter – Monrovia Chamber of Commerce
- Supporter – Monrovia Food, Taste of Old Town 2009-2014, 2016-2017 (Benefiting Local Charities)
- Supporter – Monrovia High School Sports Programs
- Supporter – Monrovia High School Big M Boosters
- Supporter – Monrovia High School Drama Department
- Supporter – Monrovia Historic Preservation Group – Tour Sponsor for 12 years (And Previous Board Member)
- Supporter – Monrovia Reads
- Supporter – Monrovia Renaissance
- Supporter – Monrovia Schools Foundation
- Supporter – Monrovia Summer Concert Series (Sponsor)
- Supporter – Monrovia Youth Baseball
- Supporter – Mayflower School PTA
- Supporter – Kiwanis Club of Monrovia
- Supporter – San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity (And Previous Board Member)
- Supporter – Second Baptist Church of Monrovia
- Supporter – Foothill Unity Center
- Supporter – American Cancer Society – Relay for Life
- Supporter – Altadena Guild of Huntington Memorial Hospital
- Supporter – Anita Oaks School
- Supporter – Arcadia Christian School
- Supporter – Center Stage Academy (Local theatre group for youth & young adults)
- Supporter – City of Hope – Walk for Hope
- Supporter – Door of Hope
- Supporter – Duarte Performing Arts Center
- Supporter – First Presbyterian Pre-School
- Supporter – Garfield Heights Neighborhood Association
- Supporter – Heifer Project International
- Supporter – Laughter Heals Foundation
- Supporter – Los Angeles Conservancy
- Supporter – Phoenix Houses of California
- Team Leader – San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity -Monrovia Womens Build
- Member – Monrovia Old Town Interpretive Sign Ad Hoc Committee
- Member – Monrovia Unified School District – District Facilities Advisory Committee
- Member – National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Member – Quota Club International – Monrovia/Duarte Chapter – President 2004-2006