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I’m asked frequently about Volunteer opportunities in our community… and there are many needs! Please consider Housing Consortium of the East Bay and Goodness Village!
On April 13, Livermore Vice Mayor Gina Bonanno and City Council Members Trish Munro and Bob Carling, joined city staff, non-profit partners, elected officials, and community members for the groundbreaking ceremony for Vineyard 2.0, a supportive housing and homeless services project located at 450 N. Livermore Avenue. The groundbreaking event celebrated the culmination of years of planning and collaboration.
"This project represents the best of what Livermore and the Tri-Valley can do when we all pull together." - Vice Mayor Gina Bonanno
Read more:
https://www.cityoflivermore.net/Home/Components/News/News/302/3774
Housing Consortium of the East Bay
Supervisor David Haubert
City of Dublin, CA - Government
City of Pleasanton
Open Heart Kitchen
Chase
Our hearts are full as we celebrate the official groundbreaking of Vineyard 2.0 with the Housing Consortium of the East Bay and multiple supporters and community partners. Thank YOU for making this vision a reality! 🏡🔑🍽🎉 Here is a short video of remarks by OHK Board Member and Capital Campaign Committee Chair Janette Pace.
Luka's Legacy Lives On. Our outdoor patio tables have been donated and relocated to Lake Merritt Lodge on Harrison, SOTU tiny homes on Peralta Street and HomeBase RV site on Hegenberger.
We want to bring some warmth and love to our Community Kitchens Community Dining Rooms project. Help us hire a local artist to paint these table tops to help build community at these sites. You can donated to our venmo -Oakland to make this Oakland Love ❤️magic happen.
Housing Consortium of the East Bay Lake Merritt-Uptown Oakland Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
The city of Oakland and Housing Consortium of the East Bay are building tiny homes just like they did in LA and San Jose in Lake Merritt!
They will also focus on helping residents successfully transition to stable housing and health.
Proud to serve as a Executive Board member for East Bay Community Energy where we recently awarded our latest grants to our Community Sponsorship recipients!
Our belief is to give back to our communities.
Congratulations to
Community Kitchens, Hayward Chamber of Commerce, Housing Consortium of the East Bay, Hively,
LEAF (Local Ecology & Agriculture Fremont), Roots of Success: Environmental Literacy Curriculum, Sunflower Hill, CVI Castro Valley Independent Sports League, We Love Pi
Details at ebce.org/community-sponsorships/
Details at ebce.org/community-sponsorships/
Community Kitchens Hayward Chamber of Commerce Housing Consortium of the East Bay Hively LEAF (Local Ecology & Agriculture Fremont) FTC We Love Pi Roots of Success: Environmental Literacy Curriculum Sunflower Hill
, Home Is Where the Heart Is. We asked the youth of our WSP family to design and draw homes in support of a volunteer effort to build Tiny Houses for the homeless youth population, ages 18 to 25, coming out of the foster care system in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here is a design by Bhavana, age 6, the niece of Pooja Murali, structural engineer in Morristown, New Jersey.
Later this year, 20-25 of WSP's Bay Area employees hope to volunteer with Arup to build Tiny Houses over weekends for the Youth Spirit Artworks Tiny Home Village, supported by the Housing Consortium of the East Bay. They are working hard to raise money for the materials to build the homes. Please consider donating:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/brian039s-campaign-for-youth-spirit-artworks
I love my roommate. I’m actually glad his wife decided to shelter in place with us because I enjoy their company.
But for several years I’ve thought about how if I didn’t economically need a roommate, my guest room could be used for the transitional housing program that Housing Consortium of the East Bay coordinates, or the transitional housing initiative for formerly incarcerated family coming back home that John Arthur Jones III has been promoting. (And yes I tagged them in case you want to learn more.)
But RIGHT NOW, a trans person in ICE detention in San Diego needs a family in the Bay or in soCal willing to sponsor and house them for a few months. Jessica Lehman has more details.
I would if I could. Can you?
Home Is Where the Heart Is. Nicole Moon, public involvement coordinator, in Tempe, Arizona, shares the house designed by Matthew, age 7, for homeless youth. Matthew says he thinks the hardest thing about being homeless would be not having your own bedroom or toys to play with. That’s why the house he designed has three kids’ bedrooms, and each has its own bed, closet, toy box and dresser. The kids get to their rooms by taking the stairs (red lines) but get to slide down to the door (blue slide) so they can go outside to play in their backyard playground, which has baseball field lights so they can play outside any time of the day or night.
Youth of our WSP family may submit a drawing of a house that they would build for homeless youth, describing the home and what they think the hardest thing is to be homeless. Send submissions to
[email protected]
WSP's offices hope to team up in the summer with Youth Spirit Artworks and Housing Consortium of the East Bay to build for the homeless youth population, ages 18 to 25, coming out of the foster care system. Arup and 20-25 of our employees plan to build two houses over weekends.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/brian039s-campaign-for-youth-spirit-artworks
Home Is Where the Heart Is. Catherine Carney, civil engineer in Eliot, Maine, shares The Happy Family House by Declan, age 6. It is a house where the whole family can live and be happy. Declan thinks that the hardest part of being homeless is that "you can never get really warm."
We're asking the youth of our WSP family -- your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, brothers or sisters -- to submit a drawing of a house that they would like to build for homeless youth. Ask your children to describe the home and what they think the hardest thing is to be homeless. Send submissions to
[email protected]
's San Francisco Bay Area offices hope to team up in the summer with Youth Spirit Artworks and Housing Consortium of the East Bay to build Tiny Houses for the homeless youth population, ages 18 to 25, coming out of the foster care system. Arup and 20-25 of our employees plan to build two houses over weekends. Learn more:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/brian039s-campaign-for-youth-spirit-artworks
Home Is Where the Heart Is: Lauren Waesche, transportation engineer, shares her daughter Ashley's design of a home for homeless youth. Ashley Fiastro, age 4: "So, um, this is very important. This is a house for someone that doesn’t have any house. We wish you a happy home, and we hope you love it and enjoy it. An' we hope you like it. I planted potatoes for your garden to eat. I love you."
We're asking the youth of our WSP family -- your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, brothers or sisters -- to submit a drawing of a house that they would like to build for homeless youth. Ask your children to describe the home and what they think the hardest thing is to be homeless. Send submissions to
[email protected]
's San Francisco Bay Area offices hope to team up in the summer with Youth Spirit Artworks and Housing Consortium of the East Bay to build Tiny Houses for the homeless youth population, ages 18 to 25, coming out of the foster care system. Arup and 20-25 of our employees plan to build two houses over weekends. The team of volunteers hope to raise $26,000 for the materials. Learn more:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/brian039s-campaign-for-youth-spirit-artworks
Home Is Where the Heart Is: Shannon Cook shares a drawing of a treehouse designed by her daughter Anne, age 9. It's something Anne has always wanted herself, and she said that it would be the most amazing house for homeless youth. Check out the cool bucket on a pulley system used as a way to enter the house and the purple slide used to leave the house.
We're asking the youth of our WSP family -- your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, brothers or sisters -- to submit a drawing of a house that they would like to build for homeless youth. Ask your children to describe the home and what they think the hardest thing is to be homeless. Send submissions to
[email protected]
's San Francisco Bay Area offices hope to team up in the summer with Youth Spirit Artworks and Housing Consortium of the East Bay to build Tiny Houses for the homeless youth population, ages 18 to 25, coming out of the foster care system. Arup and 20-25 of our employees plan to build two houses over weekends. The team of volunteers hope to raise $26,000 for the materials. Learn more:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/brian039s-campaign-for-youth-spirit-artworks
Home Is Where the Heart Is: We're asking the youth of our WSP family -- your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, brothers or sisters -- to submit a drawing of a house (maybe a Future Ready one) that they would like to build for homeless youth. Ask your children to describe the home they've envisioned and what they think the hardest thing is to be homeless.
"My home for the homeless is painted with different colors of the rainbow because it’s important to feel our feelings. I think the hardest thing about not having a home is maybe having a feeling of being lost."
- Charley, 7, Rainbow Home
"This house will have lots of flowers in the front and big enough to fit all the family -- mama, papa, grandma, grandpa, aunt and uncle, brother and sister, and even a dog. If I didn't have a home, I would be sad because I feel safe on my bed."
- Madison, 4, Flowers Family
's San Francisco Bay Area offices are teaming up with Youth Spirit Artworks and Housing Consortium of the East Bay to build Tiny Houses for the homeless youth population, ages 18 to 25, coming out of the foster care system. 20-25 of our employees are joining forces with Arup to build two houses over weekends. The team of volunteers are working hard to raise $26,000 for the materials. Please consider donating now:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/brian039s-campaign-for-youth-spirit-artworks