Bruno Serato and Nana's Kidz 

Bruno provides $30,000 check to Nana's Kidz program

GHH has been recently blessed with a $30,000 check from Bruno Serato, owner of the Anaheim White House! This money will directly fund the children in our Nana's Kidz Program, providing them with meals and after-school programs.

In 2005, Bruno and his mother, Caterina, visited the Boys and Girls Club of Anaheim, where his mother noticed that there was a 6-year old boy eating potato chips for dinner, because his family couldn't afford a proper meal. Caterina insisted that Bruno make some pasta for the child. They soon realized that there were many more of these hungry 'motel children', so Bruno begun making pasta for 72 children, 5 nights a week. By 2008, Bruno had expanded to feeding nearly 250 kids, 7 nights a week.

By collaborating with GHH, Bruno is pleased that he will be able to serve even more motel children through the Nana's Kidz program. His generous donation will provide over 87,600 meals to the children in our Nana's Kidz Program!

Festival of Hearts: April 3rd

 3rd Annual Festival of Hearts

GHH Would Like to Honor our 

"Residents of the Month" 

  

Francis:

Francis came to GHH because she was laid off, and continues her efforts to look for work. She says that it's nice to know that she's in a safe place at night. 

Francis was very excited about being picked for resident of the month. "I didn't know I was going to win. I had no clue at all. I never win anything!" she exclaimed.

Her favorite thing about GHH is the fellowship of all the women coming together and supporting one another. For her, the best part of living at the house is being able to get together with women at the dinner table and have a good time. 

   Intern of the Month

    Julia Kieu Phan

Julia met our Founder, Je'net Kreitner in Fall 2008 while interning in Washington, D.C. She gave Je'net a tour of Capitol Hill, and because of Julia's background in volunteerism, they innately connected. Upon Julia's return to Orange County, she contacted Je'net with interest to work with Grandma's House of Hope. Julia was GHH's very first intern, and she ended up launching GHH's internship program. She formerly coordinated volunteers for Nana's Kidz food packing and other GHH projects. She is now currently serving on GHH's Board of Directors.

Julia recently graduated from the University of California, Irvine with degrees in Political Science and Philosophy. 

Interested in becoming an intern with GHH?  Click here for more information.

Since 2007, Mackenzie Bearup has been collecting women and children's books and donating them to homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters and residential treatment centers that house children. As of January 2011, Mackenzie has delivered over 57,000 books to the various shelters across the US.

A recent study predicts that 1 in 50 children in the US will be homeless at sometime in their life.  Many of them will end up in a shelter often with just the clothes on their backs.

Mackenzie started this book drive after learning about a residential treatment center that was building a library.  She decided to donate books she no longer needed to help these children.  Then she asked friends and neighbors if they had books to donate, and her book drive took off from there.  She now receives books from people across the country.

Thank you Sheltering Books for blessing so many of our women and children!

God Bless,

Je'net Kreitner

Grandma's House of Hope