Peoples' Self-Help Housing

The Mission of Peoples' Self-Help Housing is to provide affordable housing and programs leading to
self-sufficiency for low-income families, seniors, and other special needs groups on California's Central Coast.

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Peoples' Self-Help Housing E-Newsletter

New "Home Matters" Initiative: Home is the Bedrock for Lives, Families, the Nation Yusilia Awarded Scholarship Donor Advised Fund Like Having Your Own Foundation Calendar of Events Recent Staff Additions

Home is the Bedrock for Lives, Families, the Nation

Last month was the launch of Home MattersT, a national initiative that aims to unite America around the essential role that Home plays as the bedrock for thriving lives, families, and a stronger nation. The initiative is a growing coalition of housing and community development organizations who believe that the importance of Home is a core building block for America.

Home Matters will illuminate the connections between stable housing and facets of American life such as:

* Individual Success: Home recharges adults and children alike for the day ahead.
* Education: Children in stable homes learn and achieve more in school.
* Health: Healthy habits take root more easily in stable affordable homes.
* Public Safety: Stable homes make communities safer.

Peoples' President/CEO Jeanette Duncan was present at the launch which took place on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. with hundreds of leaders from housing and community development organizations gathered from all over the United States.

"Home is crucial to the success of all Americans," said Duncan. "It's at the core of having strong families, schools, neighborhoods, and a prepared workforce."

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Yusilia Awarded Scholarship

Yusilia Rosales was awarded a $500 'Strong, Smart & Bold' 8th Grade Scholarship from Girls Inc. Carpinteria.

Yusilia, 13, lives at the Dahlia Court Apartments in Carpinteria with her parents David and Olivia and her brother David, 2. Her father is a farm worker and her mother works as a house cleaner and flower arranger.

Miss Rosales participates in Girls Inc. activities and our on-site youth education program at Dahlia Court, especially during the summer. She learned how to swim at Peoples' through a swimming lesson program funded by All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church.

"This young lady is smart, considerate, and friendly. She really cares for others," stated property manager Olivia Moctezuma. We wish Yusilia much success in meeting future challenges and realizing her goals!

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Donor Advised Fund Like Having Your Own Foundation

A Donor Advised Fund (DOF) offers a flexible and easy-to-establish vehicle for charitable giving. A DAF is like having your own foundation. It permits you to make annual gifts of income and principal while you are alive. When you pass away, your children or heirs may make reco-mmendations for distributions from the fund for a number of years.

A DAF may be set up with a financial institution, such as Fidelity, Schwab, etc. and may be funded with cash, securities, real estate or other assets.

You may also establish a Donor Advised Fund with Peoples'. Along with making recommendations of when your DAF funds should distributed, at the end of the term, the remaining fund balance will become an asset of our organization, helping us further our good work.

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Calendar of Events

1st Thursday Santa Barbara Wine Bar at Metropolitan Benefits Peoples'
Thursday, April 4
5:00 - 8:00 pm
1226 State Street
Santa Barbara
   

Calif. Telephone Access Program (CTAP) Lectures:
Thusday, April 11
2:00 pm
Templeton Place
1009 Petersen Ranch Road
Templeton

Friday, April 19
11:00 am
Valentine Court 1,2,3
280 E. Newlove Drive
Santa Maria
  

Birdhouse Project Potluck
   Saturday, April 13
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Lachen Tara Apts.
240 Ocean Oaks Lane
Avila Beach

Pedestrian Safety Lectures:
Wednesday, April 3
2:00 pm
Ocean View Manor
456 Elena Street
Morro Bay

Wednesday, April 17
2:00 pm
Los Robles Terrace
2940 Spring Street
Paso Robles

Wednesday, April 24
2:00 pm
Creekside Gardens
401 Oak Hill Road
Paso Robles

Bellas Artes Paper Mache:
Friday, April 19
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Chapel Court
681 Ash Avenue
Carpinteria

Friday, April 26
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Dahlia Court
1300 Dahlia Court
Carpinteria

On-line Home Buyer Education Course
Ongoing
http://ehomeamerica.org/pshhc
$50 fee

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Recent Staff Additions

Griffin Moore
San Luis Obispo

Griffin Moore has joined PSHH as Assistant Controller. Previously he held the same position at Moonstone Hotel Properties in Cambria. He holds a B.S. degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He also played professional baseball for the Kansas City Royals minor leagues.

Watch Griffin as he throws the first pitch at the SLO Blues game on July 14th!
     

Other New Hires:

Christopher Eckert
IT Help Desk

Trina Emami
Youth Educator Substitute
Carpinteria

Bianca Lopez
Keyholder
Isla Vista Apartments

Mary Jeanne Rechtfertig
Construction Administrator

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