Ellen Beach Yaw had finished a concert one cold and rainy winter night ... and as she was leaving noticed a newspaper boy in the rain. She bought all his newspapers and told to get home and out of the rain. He told her he had no home and that many newspaper boys were in the same situation. Because of that incident she formed the Lark Ellen Home for Newsboys, later changed to Lark Ellen Home for Boys.

May 26, 1907 -- To aid the Lark Ellen Newsboys' home, which was named in honor of her, Miss Ellen Beach Yaw gave a benefit concert last night in Temple Auditorium. This is the 14th concert, which Miss Yaw has given for the home, which was started 17 years ago in 1890 for abandoned boys. For three years the home struggled on with little or no money, and then Miss Yaw came to its aid, gaining it $1,000 with her first concert. Every year she has done the same, the home gradually expanding and taking in a larger number of boys. Four times they moved to larger quarters, and now they have two homes, one at 120 E. 11th St., and the other at 435 E. 20th St. There are 30 inmates, and the officers have decided that the quarters are becoming cramped and that it would be better for the little boys to have one place farther out in the country, where they could play and be outdoors. The proceeds from the concert last evening will be devoted toward buying an acre for this purpose.

Madame Yaw resided in West Covina, California, for the last thirty years of her life. She taught singing, gave concerts, and devoted herself to charitable pursuits. She established the Lark Ellen League to give concerts in hospitals, homes, and jails; and the Lark Ellen School for Boys, later taken over by the Lions Club. The home, then located at 11351 W. Olympic Blvd., have become office buildings. Miss Yaw is memorialized in West Covina by Lark Ellen Elementary School and Lark Ellen Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares in her hometown.

Madame Yaw resided in West Covina, California, for the last thirty years of her life. She taught singing, gave concerts, and devoted herself to charitable pursuits. She established the Lark Ellen League to give concerts in hospitals, homes, and jails; and the Lark Ellen School for Boys, later taken over by the Lions Club. The Lion's Club located the home at 11351 W. Olympic Blvd., now office Buildings. Miss Yaw is memorialized in West Covina by Lark Ellen Elementary School and Lark Ellen Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares in her hometown.