The mission to serve is not over for Marine veteran, James Allison. Over the past four months, Allison has been serving as a Mission Continues Fellow with Habitat for Humanity SF/SCV, assisting with veteran homeowner recruitment and volunteer services. The Mission Continues is a non-profit organization that awards community service fellowships to post-9/11 veterans, empowering them to transform their own lives by serving others and directly impacting their communities. Fellows are encouraged to choose a nonprofit organization to serve based on their own personal passions. “I love working for an organization that assists families in need and I have especially enjoyed working for our veterans,” said Allison. For Allison, assisting veterans with homeownership is one the most fulfilling parts of … Read More …

Saturday, April 20, Anheuser Busch came out with over 20 volunteers to help build the Sylmar veteran community alongside two of the future homeowners, Jose Castillo and Manuel Montenegro. Both post 9/11 Veterans will be moving into 2 of the 12 new homes for veteran families less than a year from now.   Now finished with the retaining wall, Anheuser Busch is looking forward to sponsoring the community again this summer with a ¼ house sponsorship, and coming out to the community for a third time to frame walls on the two story, 4 bedroom homes. Anheuser Busch came out last October, when the construction was just under way and started the retaining wall they finished last Saturday. Anheuser was … Read More …

Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys (SF/SCV) is excited to announce the the 2013 Women Empowerment Build (WE Build). On May 18th, 2013 Habitat will welcome all of North Los Angeles County to be a part of this empowering event where local women join forces to build veteran homes in their local community. Led by the 2013, Chairwoman, Cheri Fleming, owner of Valencia Acura and President-elect of Soroptomist International, Women Empowerment Build encourages volunteers to make a difference and provides an opportunity for women to learn construction techniques in a supportive environment. The purpose of the WE Build will be to begin to engage Habitat for Humanity female family members who are going to receive homes and female community … Read More …

Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys (SF/SCV), as part of their Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative and their Enrichment Services program has partnered with A Window Between Worlds (AWBW), to bring healing art workshops to the students at Bowman High School in Santa Clarita. Over the last 7 weeks, over 500 Bowman High students have participated in more than 31 AWBW class sessions focusing on topics to help students express their emotions through art. Classes included: Stepping Stones, Examining Relationship Collage, My Relationship Boundaries Revealed for Teens, The Reasons Why we Smile, A Book About Me, Funeral of I Cant’s, and more. These workshops taught by Pamela Braly and assisted by Teresa Simpson, Natalie Coleman and Susan Contreras, have received the … Read More …

Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys received the final green light from Santa Clarita City Council Tuesday night to build its 87-home Habitat “Enriched” Neighborhood for veterans and their families. This comes as great news not only to Habitat for Humanity but for the five local veteran families who are already pre-approved to move into this community and 20 in process. At the Tuesday meeting, Santa Clarita City Council made final approvals to change the zoning for the property where Habitat for Humanity, in collaboration with the California Department of Veteran Affairs, will be building the affordable veteran-specific community, known as “SCV Habitat for Heroes”. One of the future homeowners pre-approved for this community is army-veteran, Joshua Towe. He … Read More …