CECO Expands Funding - Father Joe's Villages

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By Angela Bull
VILLAGE NEWS, Spring 2008
Neighbors Helping Neighbors FAST
CECO expands funding;
children, families bene t
e Village Family Health Center at St.Vincent
de Paul Village has been a grateful recipient
of multiple grant awards from the San Diego
County Employees’ Charitable Organization
(CECO). In years past, each award has been
humbly received by Father Joe at CECO’s
breakfast ceremony, and then passed on to help
those in need of healthcare. is year, CECO
expanded its generosity to San Diego’s neighbors
in need and funded three additional Village
programs: Toussaint Academy of the Arts
and Sciences (TAAS), the Children’s Services
program, and the Family Living Center.
TAAS will use its $5,000 CECO grant to
help purchase art supplies for its enrichment
program. Art allows teens to express themselves
in a safe, healthy and creative way, which,
according to Program Manager
Cortni Phillips and Adolescent
Residential Counselor Jodi Cilley,
has been shown to decrease the
drop-out rate and provide healthy
coping skills for teens like those at
Toussaint.
Children’s Services will use its
$5,000 grant to help support the cost
of summer camp for children in the
program. Without this additional
funding, only about a third of the
children would have been able to
participate in a variety of exciting activities
including outings to the museum, pool time,
and even trips to Sea World and Disneyland.
“My philosophy is that every child should
go to Disneyland at least once,” said Program
Manager Alma Hutcherson-Coba.
Thank you, volunteers!
Annually volunteers pitch in to help wherever
they can throughout Father Joe’s Villages.
ey paint, repair, plant, build, serve meals, stu
envelopes, see patients, sort toys, help at events,
and more. e thoughtful deeds and helpful
hands of a cross section of the community –
business and military groups, youth and church
organizations, medical professionals and
individuals – give true meaning to our motto:
Neighbors Helping Neighbors®.
To say thank you, and honor their time and
talent, volunteers were feted on April 19 at an
annual appreciation luncheon at St. Vincent de
Paul Village. And the good deeds continue. Here
are two young volunteers whose individual e orts
are helping change, save and inspire lives.
VILLAGE NEWS Patricia M. Walsh
Madeline, above, and dancer Oliva Lentz, right.
The power of one
For her seventh birthday Madeleine decided
she didn’t want any presents. Instead she
had a party and invited her friends to make a
contribution to Father Joe’s Villages. Madeline
raised over $270, or enough to serve 125 hot
nutritious meals to neighbors in need.
A gift of dance
Volunteering
her time and
talent, dancer
Olivia Lenz did
more than teach
the basics of ballet
and dance to children
at St. Vincent de Paul
Village, she helped raise
their self-esteem.
“Olivia is a wonderful role
model to our children,” says
Children’s Services Program
Manager Alma Hutcherson-
Coba. “Not only do the children
know someone really cares, but
also her class helped the children
come out of their shells when they
performed in the dance show to
family friends.”
Lenz came to the Village every
Wednesday for nine weeks and
taught resident children basic ballet
and tap steps as well as the importance of
stage make-up and costumes. Lenz also
brought a snack and shared videos about
dance, such as “Lord of the Dance” and “The
Ballerina and Me.” As a hands-on activity,
the children made their own dance props,
including fairy wands.
Compared with low-income housed
children, homeless children experience more
health problems, developmental delays,
increased anxiety, depression, behavioral
problems, and lower educational achievement,
says Hutcherson-Coba. “Because of Olivia’s
involvement, hopefully there will be less
this year.”
FACTS
Through the generosity of donors and the time and talent of volunteers, Father Joe’s Villages is
fortunate to have a wide range of supporters who model our motto and who are truly Neighbors
Helping Neighbors.
In the meantime, these and
other children in the Family
Living Center will enjoy
the fruits of another one of
CECO’s grants to the Village,
which provides $5,000 in
support of nutritious and
delicious meals to families
there. e fourth grant gives
$2,000 to the Village Family
Health Center, which will
use the funds for medical and
dental supplies.
As always, St. Vincent de Paul Village is
grateful to CECO for its continued support of
our programs and our neighbors in need.
Angela Bull is the contract compliance
manager for Father Joe’s Villages.
Volunteering builds teams
Many groups volunteer as part of
team building. ese
organizations were at
the Village this spring
lending a helping hand.
On St. Patrick’s Day 15
members of the Navy’s Aviator
Survival Training Center from
Miramar MCAS came to the Village
and scrapped old skid pads on stairwells
and replaced them with new. e group
also made new window screens.
On March 17, 15 team members from
the western division of Burger King served
breakfast at the Joan Kroc Center and Paul
Mirabile Center.
e Valhalla High School baseball team
showed up on March 28 to do a landscape
project at the Village.
e professionals from Meeting Sites Pro
spent an evening with children at the Village
coloring eggs, reading and holding a relay in
celebration of Easter.
On April 13, 100 teens from the Agency
for Jewish Education helped make baskets
for Mother’s Day, and sort toys for Santa’s
workshop.
By the numbers
The tallies are in, and in 2007 volunteer hours at Father
Joe’s Villages increased by 10,539 over the prior year.
10,000 – Number of people who fi lled more
than 25,000 volunteer openings
120,613 – Total hours volunteers “worked”
$2,455,680 – Dollar value of volunteer hours
if they had been paid
Rock Bottom
hosts day of
hospitality
e Rock Bottom Foundation
hosted its fourth annual Miracle
Gathering in December to bene t
families at St. Vincent de Paul
Village. e team at Rock Bottom
Restaurant & Brewery in the
Gaslamp neighborhood of San
Diego, in conjunction with a variety
of community organizations and
businesses, provided families who
could not a ord the luxury of a
restaurant a day of hospitality and
celebration with a meal and gi s.
Held two Sundays a er Christmas
as a nal season celebration, the
event helps prepare children for
the second half of their school
year. Each child received a eece
jacket, a Payless ShoeSource gi
card, school supplies and an ageappropriate
toy or gi . Adults
each received a eece jacket and
toiletry packet. Diapers were also
distributed as appropriate. All
guests enjoyed a professional self-
or family portrait to commemorate
the special day.
“We are proud of our partnership
with Father Joe’s Villages for its
work directly caring for those in
need in the San Diego community,”
says Angie Leach, national
programs manager for the Rock
Bottom Foundation. “Our mission
speaks to positively impacting
hunger in our communities and
inspiring a culture of giving
and volunteerism throughout
Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc.”
Additional community groups
sponsoring the event were e
Gaslamp Quarter Association,
County of San Diego, Denric
Entertainment, Sysco, Kris
Houle Photography, community
volunteers and Rock Bottom
Restaurant sta .
Volunteers welcomed
Interested in
volunteering? For
general volunteer
information, call
619.645.6411.

Support through grants, funding
Father Joe’s Villages kept warm this winter with
the gracious support of public and private
contributors.
By Angela Bull
S.V.D.P. Management
e Capital Development division of Father Joe’s
Villages was thrilled to have its Boulevard Apartments
project awarded with funding from the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee, California Debt
Limit Allocation Committee, and the City of San
Diego A ordable Housing Program. e division’s
Senior Development O cer, Lisa Hu , also received
a scholarship for the Local Initiatives Support
Corporation 2008 California Statewide A ordable
Housing Development Training Institute. Separate from
Capital Development, Father Joe’s Villages received
a subcontract for the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development’s Homeless Management
Information System grant with the Regional Task
Force on the Homeless in San Diego.
Toussaint Academy of the
Arts and Sciences
e Billingsley Foundation and the Masserini
Charitable Trust and French Fund each supported
Toussaint Academy with $10,000 in support of general
operating costs. Qualcomm Incorporated awarded a
generous grant of $30,000 in support of costs related
to internship and a ercare expenses for graduates of
the program.
St. Vincent de Paul Village
e U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development chose to renew its grants to St. Vincent
de Paul Village and its Solutions Consortium partners
for another year of providing shelter and services to
residents of its transitional and permanent housing
facilities in the amount of $4,481,494. e Children’s
Services program received general operating grants
from the San Diego Marriott Business Council for
$2,000 and the CW5 “Cares for Kids” Fund for $20,000.
e Village Family Health Center (VFHC) is grateful
to the California Department of Health Services for
its decision to renew its Expanded Access to Primary
Care program for an additional three years. Likewise,
the VFHC obtained a variety of support from recent
grants, including $43,376 from the City of San Diego
for services provided by the Mobile Health Clinic at
the city’s Winter Shelter, $1,000 from San Diego City
Schools to cover the cost of medications, and $5,500
from the Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation in
support of dental supplies. In combination with Mental
Health Services, the VFHC received a $50,000 grant
from e Mason Hirst Foundation to pay for salaries,
equipment, supplies and related costs. Union Bank of
California gave $40,000 to help support the costs of
serving families with children residing at the Village
and the U.S. Department of Veterans A airs renewed
its Per Diem program at the Village to serve homeless
veterans and their families living there, as well.
Martha’s Village & Kitchen
e Champion’s Volunteer Foundation gave $6,000
to Martha’s Children’s Services program in support of
general operating costs. e Emergency Assistance
program received $5,000 from the Regional Access
Project Foundation in support of Emergency Food
Baskets and the Emergency Shelter program received
$5,000 from Union Bank of California Foundation in
support of general operating costs. e Food Services
program received $40,000 from Desert Classic Charities,
and $15,000 from the City of Rancho Mirage to help
with the cost of food. In the nearby Medical Clinic, the
County of Riverside Economic Development Agency
awarded $10,000 to help cover the cost of a registered
nurse’s salary. In addition, the Medical Clinic received
a $50,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation and a
$25,000 grant from the Bank of America Foundation.
Finally, the Dragicevich Charitable Foundation
provided $5,000 to help support the Village overall,
which will be used in conjunction with a $525,000
Supportive Housing Program grant from the County
of Riverside Department of Public Social Services, as
funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
As always, Father Joe’s Villages is grateful to all who
choose to invest in the success and well-being of our
neighbors in need.
Angela Bull is the contract compliance manager for
Father Joe’s Villages.
Thank you Linc Ward
2007 Children’s Charity Honoree
and recipient of the
Father Joe’s Villages Award
Your generosity, and that of all Children’s
Charity Honorees, is a gift to San Diego.
Melba Provence
Students from Pepperdine
University met with Father Joe
Carroll as part of an alternative
spring break program called
Project L.E.A.D. — Leadership
Education And Development. e
group of nine students and two
sta coordinators embarked on
a road trip March 3-7 that took
them to San Diego, Los Angeles,
San Jose, San Francisco and
Sacramento.
In each city, students conducted
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Neighbor Helping Neighbors
VILLAGE NEWS Patricia M. Walsh
Pepperdine University students meet with Father Joe Carroll.
Lessons in leadership
leadership workshops at local
high schools to encourage
high school students to take
responsibility for leading positive
change within their schools. The
team also met with prominent
community leaders to discuss
leadership and life experience.
Among other leaders they met
with were Dr. Charles Elachi,
director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory and California Sen.
Dave Cox.
A special thank you goes out to the following churches
for supporting the Million Meals Program and raising
more than $6,000 by taking an additional collection at
church services on Feb. 3, 2008, Super Bowl Sunday.
Ascension Parish
SM
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Christian Fellowship Congregational Church
The Immaculata Parish
Normal Heights United Methodist Church
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, San Diego
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Youth Ministries
St. Anthony of Padua Parish
St. John of the Cross Parish
St. Peter’s By the Sea Lutheran Church
Torrey Pines Christian Church