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• HomeAid Northern California partners with CBRE and Rebuilding Together to support the Lyle Morris Family Center

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

  CONTACTS:
  Cheryl O'Connor | HomeAid Northern California | 925.768.0234 | coconnor@homeaidnc.org
  Gus Nodal | Infinite PR | 415.732.7825 | gnodal@infinitepr.com

  Antioch, Calif. (September 25, 2010) – Twenty-one volunteers gathered today, despite the heat, to show their support for a local shelter in need of maintenance and repairs: Lyle Morris Family Center. The center is run by Shelter, Inc. of Contra Costa County and is named in honor of Lyle Morris, a long-time Board Member. Lyle's dedication to families in need and his impact on the community will live on through the mission of SHELTER, Inc. and the families served at the Lyle Morris Family Center.

  Lyle's commitment was honored today as the group of volunteers pulled together for a light orientation breakfast and team selection. The teams then went to work on the facility painting and constructing upgrades. While the heat was ever-rising, the teams held together and concluded their work around 1 PM.

  Theresita Ortiz, Shelter, Inc.'s Resource Coordinator, stated, “Thank you so much for all of the hours that you spent giving our site a much needed beauty treatment! We appreciate the time that was spent planning for this event as well as the hours doing the work.”

  All parties look forward to other successful events as the partnership grows.

  About Homeaid
  HomeAid Northern California is a 501c(3) non-profit organization founded in 1999 as the charitable arm of the Home Builders Association of Northern California. One of the region's most active homeless agencies, HomeAid has built shelters for the transitionally homeless in nearly every county in the San Francisco Bay Area in collaboration with the homebuilding industry and its vendors, partners and suppliers. In addition to providing a safe, comfortable home, the shelters typically offer counseling and job training as core components of their programs.

  HomeAid is currently building additions to the planned 34,000 sq. ft. Mission Solano Bridge to Life Center in Fairfield, CA, which currently has the capacity to house 122 residents. Once completed, the facility will house 162 residents, making it the second largest HomeAid shelter in the USA. Other projects in the works include construction of a new facility at Shepherd's Gate in Livermore, CA; renovation of the First Christian Church in downtown San Jose, CA to provide housing and job training through the Downtown Streets Team project; and renovation of a new Oakland, CA site for DreamCatcher, Alameda County's only emergency shelter for homeless teenagers. A complete list of current and completed shelters can be found here.

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  For more information about HomeAid, including its completed and pending shelter projects, visit www.homeaidnc.org. To arrange an interview please contact Cheryl O'Connor, 925.768.0234, coconnor@homeaidnc.org, or Gus Nodal at Infinite Public Relations, (415) 732-7825, gnodal@infinitepr.com.