Saturday, February 7, 2026

Altadena-to-Palisades Relay Returns, Directing Funds to Local Fire Recovery Nonprofits

Second annual 50-kilometer run benefits organizations fighting displacement and aiding survivors in Altadena

The Silver Lake Track Club’s second annual 50-kilometer relay from Altadena to Pacific Palisades begins Saturday morning, with organizers vowing to donate 100 percent of ticket proceeds going to four nonprofits — two of them working on housing and survivor support specifically in Altadena.

The event, called “Altadena to the Palisades II,” starts at 8 a.m. at Good Neighbor Bar, 2311 Lincoln Ave., and ends at Will Rogers Beach, tracing a route through Eagle Rock, Silver Lake, Hollywood and Santa Monica. Participants can run the full 50 kilometers solo, form five-person relay teams, bike the course or run any segment. Registration is $55.20 through Eventbrite.

This year’s four beneficiaries include My Tribe Rise, a Black-led nonprofit based in Altadena that says it has served more than 4,100 people through its Survivors Power Luncheons Program since the Eaton Fire. My Tribe Rise provides individual disaster recovery plans, food and housing assistance and direct cash grants to fire survivors in Altadena and Pasadena, according to the organization’s website.

The second beneficiary with direct Altadena ties is Greenline Housing Foundation, founded by Pasadena resident Jasmin Shupper in July 2020. After the Eaton Fire, Greenline purchased the first fire-damaged lot in Altadena to be protected in a community land bank, using a $500,000 grant from The Pasadena Foundation, according to LAist.

“Here’s our mission. We’re trying to keep land off the speculative market. We’re trying to avoid mass purchases by developers who might not be community-minded,” Shupper said in a March 2025 interview with LAist.

The other two beneficiaries are the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team, a volunteer search and rescue organization established in 1951 and headquartered at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Altadena Station, and the Malibu Search & Rescue Team, an all-volunteer unit operating in the Santa Monica Mountains since 1977.

The relay is the second year for the event, which the Silver Lake Track Club first held on May 10, 2025. That event raised more than $50,000, according to the club, and organizers say they aim to exceed that total this year. The beneficiary nonprofits have changed: only Altadena Mountain Rescue carries over from the first year, which also benefited Altadena Public Library, the Santa Monica Mountains Fund and the Palisades Fire Domestic Workers Fund.

“This is not a race, but a celebratory expression of movement to reflect and re-energize efforts to rebuild the beautiful city of Los Angeles,” the Silver Lake Track Club said on the event’s Eventbrite page.

The relay comes one month after the one-year anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires, which ignited on the evening of January 7, 2025. The Eaton Fire burned 14,021 acres and destroyed 9,414 structures, according to Cal Fire’s final tally. At least 19 people died in the Eaton Fire and 12 in the Palisades Fire, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, for a combined toll of 31. More than 16,000 structures were destroyed across both fires.

The Silver Lake Track Club, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Howie Goldklang, hosts four free weekly run meetups in Los Angeles and has provided nearly 1,000 pairs of running shoes to youth through an ASICS partnership, according to the club’s website. ASICS is sponsoring aid stations and commemorative T-shirts for the relay.

Those who cannot attend can donate by texting “REBUILDLA” to 33-555 through the Givebutter platform or by visiting the event’s Eventbrite page. As of early February, the event’s Givebutter page had raised $14,216 from 40 supporters toward a $15,000 sub-goal; ticket sales and other contributions count separately toward the organizers’ overall fundraising target, according to the club.

The course passes through seven checkpoints at local businesses: Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena, Found Coffee in Eagle Rock, Makisupa in Silver Lake, Superba in Hollywood, Tuscan Son and Demitasse in Santa Monica, and Will Rogers Beach in Pacific Palisades.

“Rebuilding is a marathon, not a sprint, and Los Angeles needs our ongoing love and support,” the Silver Lake Track Club said on its website.