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Issue: Combined Campaign for Housing 2012 |
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The Polk County Housing Trust Fund's 2012 Combined Campaign For Housing is Underway
Each year the Polk County Housing Trust Fund conducts a combined campaign to raise money to help fund the Operating and Supportive Service costs for five non-profit housing providers in the metro area. A description of the providers and their programs can be found HERE. This year, in addition to its regular donors, PCHTF volunteers and staff are making calls on the largest employers in Polk County. It is important for businesses to understand how Affordable Workforce Housing benefits the community.
In this newsletter you will read about families that were able to get their lives on track thanks to many donors and the hard work of PCHTF and it's Provider Partners. With your help we plan to reach more families and individuals in 2012. |
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Hawthorn Hill & Greater
Des Moines Habitat For Humanity
The Journey of a Young Mom in Search of a Place to Call Home
Christine found herself wondering what her future was going to be while sitting in jail in Waterloo. She had been arrested for drugs and her life was going nowhere.
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Greater Des Moines Habitat For Humanity
Couple's Dedication to Overcome
Debt and Build Financial Stability
One example of continued development towards self-sufficiency after purchasing a GDM Habitat home comes from Katie, Mike, and their children!
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Hawthorn Hill
Sompong Reuanthong's Battle to
Re-gain Custody of his Children
Sompong Reuanthong arrived in the U.S. from Cambodia 16 year ago with only a 3rd grade education. He comes from a background of spousal domestic abuse and as a result of this abuse his four children were removed and put into foster care.
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Community Housing Initiatives
Feeling Right at Home: Mattie Russell at the Newly Renovated Crestview Terrace Apartments
When people step into Mattie Russell's apartment at Crestview Terrace Apartments in West Des Moines, it's hard to believe she just moved in few months ago.
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Anawim
Young Mom Uses Anawim Services
to Find Her Path
As a single mother of a 2-year old, Laura has found the struggles of balancing everything in life: work, parenting, and paying bills.
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HOME, Inc.
Hard Work Pays Off for Deserted Mother
Dayni moved from Sudan to Egypt then to the United States in March 2004 with her husband and four children. Two years later her husband deserted the family. .
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