CHLA Community Service

CHLA and BOMA – Los Angeles, donated 10 bikes at the 2024 CalSAE Elevate Conference held in Burbank in April 2024. Conference attendees put the bikes together as part of a session called Rules of the Road for your Board & Staff. The bikes were later donated to the Burbank Community Service YMCA Child Development Center for their pre-school program.

In the spirit of the 2023 holiday season, the California Hotel & Lodging Association is committed to helping those in need in our community. CHLA staff volunteered at the Sacramento Food Bank, which helps to address food insecurity for over 300,000 people each month. We embraced the spirit of giving through the Sacramento Children’s Home, providing essential gifts to brighten a family’s holiday celebration. Grateful for the opportunity to make a meaningful impact where it matters most.

In December 2023, members of the CHLA team helped to stuff purses for Julie’s Purse Project. Julie’s Purse Project is a public charity that collects new and gently used purses and fills them with essential items and a note of encouragement. These purses are donated to local organizations that assist homeless women, victims of domestic violence, and sex trafficking survivors.

On October 23, 2023, the CHLA Team participated in the Sacramento Hotel Foundation’s Annual Bowl-O-Rama Fundraiser for Scholarships. A portion of the proceeds went to the association’s scholarship fund for college/university students in hospitality programs. An afternoon of bowling at the Capitol Bowl in downtown Sacramento followed by a buffet dinner and awards reception for the raffle prize winners. CHLA’s teams – “The CHLA Pindroppers” and “The Rollaways” – had a fun work outing while supporting another local hotel association!

California Hotel & Lodging Association staff members Jennifer Flohr, Deb Kurtti, and Jessica Counts got a head start on their spring cleaning along with the Meeting Professionals International Sacramento Sierra Nevada Chapter. Donations were provided for the Assistance League of Sacramento. Their resale shop, Fulton Finds is one of their biggest fundraisers to support their current community programs for children and adults. Their shop offers the community with affordable quality clothing, housewares, furniture, books and various items.