About Us

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Bottles for Babies is a recycling program created by Francesca Chase and her son Myles to benefit local babies in urgent need of baby food and diapers. There are approximately 2000 children in West Los Angeles that desperately need our help. Francesca has partnered with the Westside Food Bank located in Santa Monica for distribution of all donated items.

How Bottles for Babies works:

Save your plastic recyclable bottles in a separate bag from other recyclables. All bottles must have the recycle triangle  ♲ and 5¢ or 10¢ CA CRV on the label. Once a month, on a scheduled day, the Bottles for Babies Team will pick up the bags from your residence and/or donation sites. The team uses the proceeds from the recyclables to purchase baby food and diapers, which is then donated to the Westside Food Bank.

To sign up go to FrancescaChase.com

Francesca and Myles are lifelong Palisadians who are invested and dedicated to the community of Pacific Palisades,  and the welfare of all. 

Francesca Chase is a lifelong resident of Pacific Palisades, California and was raised in the esteemed Huntington Palisades. She lives the quintessential Southern California lifestyle, and enjoys outdoor activities like sailing and surfing. She believes the key to success and happiness is finding a healthy balance between work, family, and play. She is also a dog lover, and enjoys walking her dog Kimba in the village. 

Francesca is very invested in the Pacific Palisades community and has established herself as an active member of the Women’s Club, and the Task Force on Homelessness. She is also part of the Meals on Wheels program, which offers wellness checks with meal delivery. Francesca founded and implemented the recycling program, Bottles for Babies, in the local community this past year. Over 50,000 plastic bottles were recycled to buy baby food and diapers for babies in urgent need in West Los Angeles. This program allows Francesca a platform to educate the community about the many facets of recycling. Altruism is something that comes naturally to Francesca. She truly enjoys her volunteer work and hopes her efforts demonstrate that she is a person who is willing to take action to help others in need. 

Francesca’s son, Myles Mansfield, attended Palisades Elementary, Paul Revere Middle School and graduated from Palisades Charter High School in 2019. He is currently attending his second year at Santa Monica City College, studying Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Myles plans on attending UC Santa Barbara, or UCLA for upcoming school year next year to hone his studies in field of Computer Sciences.  Myles has been involved over the years in many community service programs such as, gardening and maintenance of the Village Green, the N/E/X/T Garden located on Temescal Canyon, and delivering for Meals on Wheels to residents of Pacific Palisades.