Fall | 2023

Construction Update

Within the last quarter, we have completed the installation of fencing, countertops, flooring and carpet, windows, interior and exterior painting for Phase 3 of the Palmdale Veteran Enriched Neighborhood®. We are currently in the process of installing appliances and landscaping. We hope to move our eight military families into their homes by Christmas with the help of our community.

Please click here to help us continue to build the Palmdale community and help our veterans move in by the holidays.

The North Hollywood Veteran Enriched Neighborhood® TEAMBuild's kicked off on November 9th and 10th in honor of Veteran's Day. Thank you to Home Depot and the Apollo Team for their incredible work!

The teams did an outstanding job helping us begin this project by building and painting picnic tables and raised garden beds, stuccoing the block wall, grading, and fencing.

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Kirmani was born and raised in Watt Town, St. Ann Jamaica. Calling upon his experience, when Kirmani moved to the U.S. in his late 30s, he joined the Army National Guard where he still serves today.

Kirmani and his family currently live in a tiny 1-bedroom apartment, and with your help can soon have a 3-bedroom fixed-mortgage home in a community of veterans to call their own.

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Building our Network

Homes 4 Families' CEO Donna Deutchman was part of an oversite hearing held by the Assembly Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs' Chair Pilar Schiavo, government entities, and other veteran housing and service providers on November 7th, addressing veterans housing, homelessness and mental health in California. We are proud to participate in these very important conversations.

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Coffee 4 Vets Military Ball

Homes 4 Families’ staff and future home owners spent a wonderful evening at Coffee 4 Vets 2023 Military Ball. Left to Right: Tony Tortolano, Bonnie Navarro, Dellaynnah Cleveland, Larry Walton, Janis Walton, Fritz Vieane, Donna Deutchman and James Mumma.  

Huge thank you to everyone who came out to support our 5th Annual Rainbow Build! The Build engages corporations, our veterans, and the LGBTQA+ community in Homes 4 Families' mission to build resiliency, economic growth, neighborhoods, and homes for veterans families. The day consisted of fencing, painting the living room and bedrooms, installing doorknobs, pouring concrete, cleaning windows, installing benches, and finalizing details.

Thank you to the Max H. Gluck Foundation for joining our veteran families during a Family Art Workshop on November 4th. During the workshop, each veteran family showed off their unique style through the Family Coat of Arms Workshop to represent who they are as a family on a giant shield.

Funder Spotlight

Boeing

Thank you to Boeing for their extremely generous grant and continued partnership! We were so happy to be presented with a check at their "Boeing in the Region" presentation last month, which was a gathering of Antelope Valley leaders. We are so grateful for our relationship and look forward to honoring you at our Builder's Ball this coming March.

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