News from Mercy Housing California

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MERCY HOUSING CALIFORNIA

IN THIS ISSUE

10TH & MISSION WINS MAJOR AWARD

REVITALIZING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOODS

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SACRAMENTO

BOARD SPOTLIGHT

PARTNERING FOR WELLNESS

RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT

With your support we can make a difference!

BIG THANKS TO ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS
(July - September 2010)

INDIVIDUALS

Maria Acuna-Feldman & Timothy Feldman

Valerie Agostino

Lydia Alvarez-Hernandez

Anonymous

Marion Bishop

Hanan Bowman

Jack & Rose Burgis

Sister Ritamary Burnham, RSM

Ms. Dina Caldwell

Abelle Cochico

Karen Colney

Robert & Michelle Cooper

Victoria M. Cotter

Kathy Dailey

Stephan & Gretchen Daues

Rudy Fontaine

Alma A. Garcia

Chris Glaudel

Jane Graf & Rich Williamson

Barbara Gualco

Natalie Gubb & David Arpi

Cassie Hill

Janet Howley

Shashi Jivan

Mary Jones

Rebecca Kurland & Patrick Mason

David Latina & Allain Zephyr

Joan & Charles Lawson

Kiet Le

Maria C. Leon

Fred & Patty Lohse

Lauren & Keith Maddock

Mauricio Marcia

Paris McBride

Lynne & Joe McGillivray

M. Susanne Monary-Wilson and John Wilson

Joe Nissen

Armando Peralta

Ben Phillips

Saundra Randolph

Ms. Debbie Root

Jea Sako

Victor and Michelle Silva

Bob & Robyn Slakey

Greg & Pam Sparks

Richard L. Sprague

Asha Theebaraj

Kristine Tubbs

James Vezeau

Lebra Watts

David Wilkinson

Bill Witte

ORGANIZATIONS

Agape Christian Fellowship

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

California Community Foundation

Citi Foundation

Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles

El Jardin Restaurant

Enterprise Community Partners

Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Fannie Mae Office of Community and Charitable Giving

Hospital Council of Northern and Central California

Inner City Youth Organization

La Famila Counseling Center

Mercy Foundation

S.F. County Council Archdiocesan Council Of Catholic Women

Safeway Northern California Division

Sisters of Mercy West Mid West Community

St. Joseph Health System

Swinerton Builders

Target

Turning Point Community Program

Union Bank

United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Wells Fargo Foundation

10TH & MISSION WINS MAJOR AWARD

Out of 140 nominations, Mercy Housing California's 10th & Mission Family Housing, a 12-story affordable high rise in San Francisco, was not only selected as the Overall Winner in Affordable Housing Finance's Readers' Choice Awards, it was also chosen as the Best Urban Project.

Mercy Housing California's proposed 7^th and H Street Mixed Use development in Downtown Sacramento has received a preliminary recommendation for an allocation of 9% tax credits. When confirmed on September 22, the race to begin construction by March 1, 2011 will officially be on! The team for the 150 unit and 6000 square foot commercial building has been confidentially charging ahead all year long, thanks to the partnership between land owner/funder Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency and the future ground floor health clinic operator and service partner, The Effort, Inc.

AUBURN SENIOR APARTMENTS

In keeping with their broader mission of serving the poor in our communities, they engaged Mercy Housing to help them work through the potential of developing affordable housing. The result is a proposed 60 unit senior housing development for low and very low income seniors.

Mercy Housing California is very pleased to announce our two newest members of the Board of Directors.

In June of this year, Vanessa Delgado, Director of Development (West Coast), of Primestor, joined our Board of Directors. Vanessa responsible for managing Primestor West Coast projects through the development cycle, community and government relations and marketing.

In September, Sr. Anne Murphy, RSM, also joined the Board. Sr. Anne is currently ministering for the Sisters of Mercy, West Midwest Community, as the Director of New Membership Ministry. She coordinates all of the Community (California to Detroit) activities for women who are investigating life as a Sister of Mercy.

PARTNERING FOR WELLNESS

Mercy Housing California wishes to extend our heartfelt thanks to our partners at Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the Mercy Heart and Vascular Institute and Mercy General Hospital, for again providing cholesterol and blood pressure health screenings for residents, free of charge, at ten of our Sacramento senior, family and special needs properties this year.

Now in our third year of providing the screenings, this health and wellness collaboration between CHW and MHC will have served over 600 adults when the series concludes in November. Special thanks go to Joyce Higley, Director, Mercy Heart and Vascular Institute and Marilyn Gee, who organizes this health screening program, for their continued collaboration and support of these invaluable services for Mercy Housing residents.

RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT: OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

maleni resident story Unsure, depressed, uncomfortable, and embarrassed were feelings that Maleni, a 17-year-old resident at an MHC property, had to deal with every day of her life. For as long as Maleni could remember, kids at schools and playgrounds constantly teased her about the way she looked and walked. Maleni was born with 12 fingers and 12 toes. For some, this condition may not appear to be a big challenge, but for Maleni it posed numerous emotional and physical challenges.

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