| Board of Directors | Chairman:
Tom Clarke PricewaterhouseCoopers Past Chairman:
Craig Russell Walt Disney Imagineering Vice-Chair: Mike Lang
Entertainment Executive
Secretary: Jennifer LivingstonUnion Bank Travis Barr Merrill Lynch/B of A
Gerry BrossHollywood Sierra Kitchens Daniel Burgner Caruso Affiliated Celine Cordero
Los Angeles World Airports
Ron Frank
Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
Carl Jordan
US Bank
Eva Kalawski
Platinum Equity, LLC
Edward Lin Warner Bros. Entertainment
Kim McManus
Awaken Humanity
David Mead
Southern California Edison
Jeffrey Moore
Community Bank
Arnold NgApex Commercial Real Estate Matt Petersen Global Green USA Lori Raya Vons Linda Russell Wells Fargo John Smet Capital Group Companies
Masood Sohaili
DLA Piper Jay Stark JH Stark Companies Troy Thrower The Woodward Group Ken Walker Ernst & Young Alan Wright California Bank & Trust |
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Our Mission
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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles builds and renovates homes in partnership with God and people everywhere with a goal of eliminating
substandard housing
by making decent,
affordable housing a matter of conscience and action in our communities.
310-323-HOME
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THANK YOU TO OUR VALUED $1,000 -$250,000 DONORS
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DEC. 2012 - JAN. 2013
$25,000+
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
$15,000+
City National Bank
Bank of America
Harry J. Krokus, Jr. Revocable Trust
Greg and Kim Snodgrass
$10,000+
Susan Booth
Mark and Donna MacDonald
Archstone
Capital One
The Ruth/Allen Ziegler Foundation
$5,000+
The Sweat, Dustin Blood Trust
Mark R. Sayson
Eleanor K. Eck
Roberta Turner and Edward Adams
Michael Vukadinovich and Janet Bregar
Randall T. Wallace
A & E Networks
The Cecile & Fred Bartman Foundation
F + W Media, Inc.
John and Hilda Arnold Foundation, Inc.
Lava Bear Distribution Co., Inc.
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
Sermoonjoy Entertainment, Inc.
Teles Properties
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca
$1,000+
Daniel and Cathy Burgner
Barry P. Sween
Los Altos United Church of Christ
Orbach, Huff and Suarez LLP
Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church
Telesign Corporation
West Los Angeles County Thrivent Chapter
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Anthony Anderson
Scott Boughton
Sam H. Chao
Cheryl Perkey and Neil Canter
Biosense Webster, Inc.
Oarsmen Foundation
Time Warner Inc.
Julian and Pamela Bieber
Jack and Mary Tanagho Ross
Boston Private Bank & Trust Company
Greater Los Angeles Combined Federal Campaign
Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin, Inc.
Diana and Robert Walker
Manhattan Beach Community Church
Hunter Douglas*
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Sheila Gold Foundation
Annette Crump
Emeline F. Davis
John and Darla Finnucan
Ruth G. Jervis
Victoria K. Mortensen
Glenn and Eleanor Padnick
Cindy Quane and Gregory Breen
Ruth Weil
William and Winifred Weisinger
Sandi Wise
The Ant Farm
Law Offices of Charles B. Baumer, Inc.
Damon Capital LLC
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THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR PARTNERS
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Bank of America
Beach Cities Friends
Bentley Prince Street*
| Bernards*
| California Department of Housing and Community Development
Capital Group Companies
| City of Lawndale
| City of Long Beach
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City of Lynwood
Faithful Central Bible Church
| John and Cindy Smet
| Kohler*
| Lowe's Companies, Inc.
| Mayor Bob Foster
| Mosaic
| Schneider Electric*
Sit and Sleep*
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The Home Depot Foundation
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
| US Department of Housing and Urban Development
| Valspar*
| W. M. Keck Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
| Waste Management*
| Wells Fargo
| Whirlpool Corporation*
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Greetings!
Happy New Year from all of us at Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (HFH GLA)! This year is shaping up to be a busy one and HFH GLA is looking forward to serving more families, individuals and veterans here in Los Angeles. As you map out 2013, please consider joining us! Volunteer to build, donate to our ReStores and keep in touch via Twitter, Facebook and our
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ERIN RANK CELEBRATES 15 YEARS WITH HABITAT
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This year marks Erin Rank's 15th year with Habitat for Humanity. HFH GLA Staff gathered at the beginning of January to ring in the New Year with a surprise celebration for our President and CEO. A commemorative frame with a number of photos representing highlights from her 15 years of service was presented to Erin during the celebration. Please join us in congratulating Erin and to enjoy photos from that frame click HERE.
Erin was a volunteer for three years prior to becoming the first and only staff member in 1998. Erin now leads and inspires a staff of more than 80! Her incredible passion for seeing hardworking, low-income families and individuals realize the dream of homeownership is reflected in HFH GLA's incredible growth over the years. From 1998 to 2006, we built 10 homes. To date, HFH GLA has built and renovated nearly 800 affordable homes both locally and worldwide.
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| GLOBAL BUILDS | | |
Haiti
Habitat for Humanity has been at work in Haiti for more than 28 years. The 29th Annual Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project (CWP) returned to Léogâne, Haiti for the second year in a row in November 2012. Jo-An Turman, HFH GLA's Director of Entertainment Industry Partnerships, and Jeff Moore, HFH GLA board member and his wife, Wendy, represented our affiliate at the weeklong build which Moore described as, "innovative, adventurous, unpredictable and gratifying."
They worked alongside Haitian homeowners, as well as volunteers from all over the world including the Carters, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to build 100 homes. The homes are simple, but colorful and each block of 14 homes opens to a large yard which the residents can use for various purposes. To date, the CWP has completed 250 new homes on this site. Habitat for Humanity is partnering with complimentary organizations to provide training in agriculture and art handicrafts, so residents can grow or make products to sell.
To view more photos from CWP, click here.
Bangladesh
Alison Treleaven, HFH GLA's Vice President of Entertainment, Marketing and Communications, also accompanied HFH GLA board members Kim McManus and Carl Jordan to Bangladesh for the "Friendship Build." Habitat for Humanity has been in Bangladesh since 1999, but this year marked the first large-scale build in the country. Over the course of a week, 70 volunteers from around the world worked to complete 10 brick homes for members of the Tripura community, a small minority within Bangladesh. Carl Jordan summarized the trip as, "The most enjoyable, memorable and life changing experience I have had. I thank all of the wonderful people in Bangladesh for a great experience and helping change my view of life and the way I live it." The Friendship Build played an important role in helping Habitat for Humanity Bangladesh with its goal of serving 4,000 families by 2014.
To view photos from the Friendship Build, click HERE. For more information on Global Build Trips, click HERE. |
| MEET THE RAY FAMILY | | |
Farra, Noy and their two children Kayla, 14, and Jalen, 7, live in one of our rehabilitated homes in Long Beach. Farra and Noy have been Long Beach residents for more than 14 years and were happy to put in their sweat equity hours to make their dream of homeownership, in a city they love, a reality. Farra, who works in a warehousing distribution office, enjoys watching her children thrive in their new home. Kayla likes to spend time drawing and playing keyboard and her favorite subjects in school are art, drama and math. Jalen excels in reading and math. To Farra and Noy, owning their home has brought a level of security that they have never had before. For more photos of our partner homeowners, visit our Flickr page HERE.
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| HFH GLA HONORED WITH A CHALLENGE COIN | | |
 HFH GLA was recently presented a "Challenge Coin" by the Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for our participation in planning the City of Los Angeles' Veterans Appreciation Festival on Veterans Day 2012. Exchanging Challenge Coins is a military tradition that originated with a unit fighting overseas during WWI. For HFH GLA, the coin symbolizes continued collaboration between HFH GLA and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in planning the Veterans Appreciation Festival, an annual event that saw its inception this past November on the USS Iowa in San Pedro. HFH GLA looks forward to saluting and celebrating our veterans throughout the year as we work to build hope, lives and communities amongst our local veteran population. For more information about HFH GLA's Veterans Outreach Initiative, please contact: VeteransCoordinator@habitatla.org.
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JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL'S CAMPUS CHAPTER
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 The HFH GLA Campus Chapter at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles recently raised $600 for Habitat for Humanity. The students donated $300 to HFHI for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts and decided to put the other $300 towards HFH GLA's Youth House.
Campus Chapters are student-run, student-led organizations on high school, or college, campuses that partner with a local affiliate. Campus Chapters perform four major functions: building, fundraising, educating and advocating. We're very lucky at HFH GLA to have such great youth in our local communities who are eager to spread our mission. If you know any high schools, or colleges interested in starting a campus chapter, please contact youthprograms@habitatla.org.
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| LENT BUILD 2013: 40 DAYS OF BUILDING ON FAITH! |
 Congregations of all denominations are invited to observe this year's Lenten season by volunteering to renovate HFH GLA homes throughout greater Los Angeles. The 2013 Lent Build: 40 Days of Building on Faith will take place February 13 through March 31 with opportunities to put faith into action every Wednesday through Saturday from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Weekday Group Build donations are $500 and Saturday Group Build Day donations are $2,500. Space is limited, so contact Chris Untiet, HFH GLA Faith Relations Manager, at chrisu@habitatla.org to register and receive your Lenten devotional calendar! Please click HERE for more information.
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SHOP AND DONATE TO BUILD HOMES
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HFH GLA has two home-improvement thrift stores, called ReStores. The stores accept donations of new and gently used items including furniture, appliances, lighting, building materials, cabinets, bricks/block, flooring, windows, doors, hardware and tools! Shoppers purchase these items at a discounted price and HFH GLA then uses the proceeds from our ReStores to help build more affordable and sustainable homes.
Come SHOP and DONATE! We are open 5 days/week (Tuesday - Saturday 9am-6pm)
2 Locations:
17700 S. Figueroa St.
Gardena, CA 90248
11029 Alondra Blvd.
Norwalk, CA 90650
Call us to schedule a pick-up of your donations! 424-246-3637. Click HERE to read more about our ReStores and click HERE to buy a $10 Groupon for $20 worth of building materials, furniture and more!
DONATE, SHOP, RECYCLE
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| NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION BUILD DAY | |
HFH GLA recently got some help rehabilitating a home in Lynwood from some very strong volunteers! College players from the 2013 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl American Team came out to build with us as part of the NFL Players Association's One Team, One Community program day of service.
Our construction team tasked the players with some fence work, as well as moving large items such as lumber, bags of bark and scrap fencing. The players did not seem phased by all of the heavy lifting, but were visibly moved after hearing from one of our partner homeowners.
Some of our HFH GLA staff also attended the Collegiate Bowl Game the next day. HFH GLA is looking forward to seeing more of these players, who are hard workers on and off the field!
To see more photos and a video from the day, click HERE.
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| PALOS VERDES RIDE FOR HFH | |
HFH GLA will host its 2nd Annual Palos Verdes Ride for Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, April 6. This event is a great way for the community to support us while enjoying a ride along the scenic Palos Verdes Peninsula. There are three spectacular routes to choose from, which all begin and end at Terranea L.A.'s Oceanfront Resort. Expert and intermediate riders are encouraged to pedal for a purpose and join us on April 6!
For more information and to register early for $65, click HERE.
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HFH GLA EMPLOYEE PROFILE: GUESS WHO?
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This month we did a Q&A with one of our employees. Do you know who this employee is? Email your best guess to amullin@habitatla.org and be eligible to win a small prize. We will post the name of the mystery employee in next month's eNewsletter!
How long have you been an HFH GLA employee?
I have worked with HFH GLA since the summer of 2012, first as a volunteer and then later as a temp.
What is your favorite thing about Habitat?
Habitat's mission interpreted as: Help hard working families to move into beautiful housing which they otherwise could not afford.
Where were you born?
I was born in a small village close to Nijmegen, called Malden. You can look it up. Enjoy the search!
What are some of your favorite hobbies?
I like to play squash, which I play competitively with my team USC Angels in Downtown L.A. My regular club is Trifit, Santa Monica. Travelling is my main passion, and I try to go and see new things every weekend.
Where did you go to college and what did you study?
I went to university in Tilburg graduating with my Bachelor's and Master's in Business Economics.
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BECOME A HABITAT INSIDER!
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Like us on FACEBOOK or follow us on TWITTER and learn about how you can become an ADVOCATE for hardworking, low-income families in your own community.
There are various ways you can DONATE to HFH GLA!
Your donations change lives - from a monetary gift to donating your car (via Cars for Homes) or donating household items to our ReStores - you can help eliminate substandard housing.
Pick up your hammers and join us as a VOLUNTEER on site today! No construction experience is required - just a smile
and a willingness to help!
To become part of the solution today call or visit us:
310.323-HOME(4663)
www.habitatla.org
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