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