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IN THIS ISSUE
National Women Build Week
Community Partnership Award
Meet a Magnolia Partner Homeowner
ReStore Donation Drives
O.A.R Build Day
NSP Family Home Dedications
Our Volunteers are Changing the World!
Habitat Insider
Board of Directors 
Chairman:

Gerry Bross 

Hollywood Sierra Kitchens

 

Past Chairman:

Tom Clarke  

PricewaterhouseCoopers 

 

 Vice-Chair:

Daniel Burgner
Caruso Affiliated

 

Secretary:

Jennifer Livingston

Union Bank

 

Treasurer:

Alan Wright

California Bank & Trust

 
Bill Blake

Zurich North America

 

Celine Cordero
Englander, Knabe and Allen
 
Scott Farer
PepsiCo 
 
Ranjan Goswami
Delta Air Lines, Inc

Mike Gipson
City of Carson

 

Carl Jordan 

US Bank

 

Eva Kalawski  

Platinum Equity, LLC 

 

Mike Lang

Lang Media Group

 

Edward Lin
Konami Digital Entertainment

John Manganiello
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

 

Kim McManus
Awaken Humanity

 David Mead

Southern California Edison

 

Arnold Ng

Apex Commercial Real Estate

 

Matt Petersen  

City of Los Angeles

  

Lori Raya

Vons, a Safeway Company 

 

Craig Russell

Walt Disney Imagineering

 

Linda Russell   

Wells Fargo

 

Jay Stark

JH Stark Companies

 

Troy Thrower  

The Woodward Group

 

Ken Walker

Ernst & Young

 

 

Our Mission

 

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

APRIL 2014

  

Silver Hammer

$25,000+

Anonymous Estate Gift

 

Lowe's National Women Build Week Sponsorship

 

US Bank

 

Wells Fargo Housing Foundation

 

Bronze Hammer

$15,000+ 

Zurich North America

   

Architects Circle

$10,000+ 

AT&T

 

Mark and Donna MacDonald

 

Silver Nail

$5,000+

Arup

 

Susan Booth

 

Harvest Home

 

Los Angeles Dodgers

 

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

 

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

 

United Talent Agency, Inc.

 

Ziffren Brittenham LLP

 

Bronze Nail

$1,000+ 

 Anonymous Donor

 

Control Risks Group, LLC

 

Richard Craigo

 

William and Pamela Elton

 

*Fulham Co, Inc.

 

Thomas Lane

 

Jordan Levinson

 

Jennifer Livingston

 

Perkowitz+Ruth Architects

 

Samsung C&T America, Inc.

 

*Schneider Electric 

 

Toyota Motor Sales Inc.

 

Union Bank Foundation

 

University of Connecticut

 

Nicolas Villegas

              

* Denotes In-Kind Gifts 

THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR DONORS
The Ahmanson Foundation

Bank of America

California Department of Housing and Community Development

Delta Air Lines

Faithful Central Bible Church

The Gary D. Magness Foundation

Homax

The Home Depot Foundation

JCPenney

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Mosaic L.A.

Sit 'N Sleep

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

The Valspar Corporation

Wells Fargo

Whirlpool Corporation
NEWSLETTER
MAY 2014

 

All of us at Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (HFH GLA) hope that you had a wonderful Memorial Day! We are especially thankful for all of our service men and women, especially those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

 

We are looking forward to an exciting summer of builds, kicking off with the 10th Anniversary of Power Women Power Tools on June 21!

 

Read more about our month of May below!

NATIONAL WOMEN BUILD WEEK

 

Holly Robinson Peete and Partner Homebuyer Maria Rendon

Holly Robinson Peete served as the national spokeswoman for National Women Build Week (NWBW) for the second year in a row. NWBW encourages women to devote at least one day during the week leading up to Mother's Day building affordable housing in their local communities. This week also spotlights homeownership challenges faced by women.

 

Read more 

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AWARD

 

 

This past month our Community Engagement department attended an inaugural Community Engagement Symposium at California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). The symposium provided us with an opportunity to talk about our programs with students and other attendees. It also showcased the work of students, faculty and staff via poster displays and power point presentations. HFH GLA received a Community Partnership Award at the end of the day. Other awardees included L.A. Galaxy, West Basin Municipal Water District and Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum.

MEET A MAGNOLIA PARTNER HOMEOWNER

 

Our Magnolia Avenue development in Lynwood is made up of seven homes that are currently under construction. The Rendon's are one of our recently selected partner families!
 

Maria and Ricardo Rendon are newlyweds who are looking forward to moving into a home where they can start their married life together. Currently they share a home with Ricardo's parents, brother and Maria's two daughters. Ricardo's son and daughter also visit often on weekends and during school vacations. The Rendon's believe this home will provide a fresh start where they can raise their children and grow closer as a family.

 

Read more 

 

ReSTORE DONATION DRIVES
HFH GLA's ReStore Donation Drives are a great way to earn funds for your church or organization while supporting HFH GLA's work. The program is simple. HFH GLA will deliver an empty truck trailer for you to fill and be there to help load and pack it on the date of your event. For a comprehensive list of items we do and do not accept, click HERE. For every full 48' trailer your organization will receive $1,500 to use toward your youth group, general operating costs, or a specific outreach initiative. To learn more click HERE.

Our ReStores are open 5 days/week (Tuesday - Saturday, 9am-6pm) at 2 Locations:

 

17700 S. Figueroa St.

Gardena, CA 90248

 

11029 Alondra Blvd.

Norwalk, CA 90650

  

  

 

O.A.R BUILD DAY

 

The band O.A.R. played a three night residency at The Troubadour in West Hollywood in May, but they also played an acoustic set at our Magnolia build site in Lynwood, CA! They recently came out to build and paint with us along with 40 of their fans who made a donation to HFH GLA. The build day helped to kick off their summer tour where they will donate a portion of ticket sales to Habitat for Humanity. Thank you to O.A.R. and their fans for a great build day that hit all the right notes. To view all the pictures, click HERE.

NSP FAMILY HOME DEDICATIONS
Francisco Gomez Family
At HFH GLA home dedications are celebrations where we share memories and gratitude for all of the hard work it takes to build each home. Home dedications take many forms. Sometimes they are big celebrations and other times, like our recent NSP family home dedications, they are more intimate. 
 
We have been fortunate to visit some of our more recent partner homeowners in their beautiful homes to offer a blessing and bring them a bible and flowers. We would like to congratulate and officially welcome the homeowners listed below into our Habitat family. We also look forward to more NSP family home dedications in the coming months!
 
Brittany Berry Family, South Gate
Gerrardo Espinoza Family, South Gate
Francisco Gomez Family, South Gate
Sylvia Lopez Family, South Gate
Lisbeth Lopez Family, South Gate
Jorge Pavana Family, South Gate
Gustavo Perez Family, South Gate
Juan Tzic Family, South Gate
Dora Madrid Family, Lynwood
Ramorn Marez Family, Lynwood
Angie Medina Family, Lynwood

For more information on our homeownership program, click HERE.

Medina Family Kids

OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE CHANGING THE WORLD!

Did you know that HFH GLA has more than 10,000 volunteers building with us on an annual basis? Some of our volunteers have been building with us for twenty plus years and started out helping during the weekends and now in their retirement are building once a week.  Our volunteers have a true desire to help others who are in need of a home to call their own. 

 

Some volunteers have decided to continue to help Habitat even after they are no longer here.  We are proud to list them as members of our Legacy Society.  Did you know you can make a future gift to Habitat by simply adding a provision in your will?  A future gift of 2.5% of your total estate can make a big difference for Habitat and can help provide affordable homes for families in the future.  

 

Read more 



BECOME PART OF THE HABITAT MOVEMENT!

BUILD AWARENESS! 

   

 

DONATE to HFH GLA! Your donations change lives! 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 Habitat Movement call or visit us: 

310.323-HOME(4663)  

www.habitatla.org