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

Buy Your 40th Event Tickets Today! Helping Hands at the El Patio Hotel Local Church Supports Back to School Planned Giving Corner Board News PSHH in the News Ralphs Community Program Supports PSHH Services

In September we remember...

Buy Your 40th Event Tickets Today!

Join us at one of our unique 40th anniversary events in a community convenient to you. Tickets are $100 each and include wine tasting, live music, silent auction, and gourmet food! Register at www.pshhc.org/tickets. Tickets are limited. And, don't miss the opportunity to bid on some fabulous auction items.

• Five nights at NYC luxury condo overlooking Central Park
• One week at a luxury condo on the island of Maui
• Laker tickets and memorabilia
• Tickets to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• SLO and SB County hotel/restaurant packages
• And many more!
   

Sunday, October 3, 3 p.m.
Historic Rubin Home, Santa Barbara
  
Saturday, October 23, 5:30 p.m.
Edwards Barn, Nipomo
  
Saturday, November 6, 5:30 p.m.
Niner Winery, Paso Robles

Event co-chairs are Rona Barrett and Steve Ford. Proceeds benefits our Youth Education Enhancement Program.

A wide range of sponsorship opportunities are available. To donate a sponsorship or auction item, contact Jim Coles, 40th Events Coordinator at (805) 471-2214 or jimc@pshhc.org, or click here.

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Helping Hands at the El Patio Hotel

It was an emotional time for the first group of residents moving into their new rooms at the renovated El Patio Hotel in Ventura. Some residents had lived in their original rooms for over 12 years accumulating lots of interesting items!

A tenant meeting in the new community kitchen was held to inform tenants of the new house rules and taught them them safety and housekeeping tips. Residents were assured that Peoples' maintenance staff would check the condition of their TV and stereo cords and that all rehabilitated rooms would be fully furnished for their convenience.

A huge haul-off railroad car sized dumpster was filled with old and unneeded possessions. Peoples' Supportive Housing Program staff helped clean and launder their clothing. SHP also tried to support tenants as moving/tossing things away was emotionally hard for them.

Staff and the 12 new residents deserve a big thank you for working hard, cooperating, and having a positive attitude about the big day! Construction proceeds on the rest of the hotel which will house another 30 low-income and special needs tenants. 

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Local Church Supports Back to School

First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo collected $1,250 this summer to assist our low-income families residing at our SLO County affordable rental complexes with back to school supplies. Shown above are some of the grateful participants of our after-school Youth Education Enhancement program at Canyon Creek in Paso Robles.

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Planned Giving Corner

Next time you talk to your financial advisor, attorney, or accountant, ask about the possibility of including a charity such as Peoples' Self-Help Housing in your estate planning. Or for a confidential, no-obligation conversation on planned giving, contact Rochelle Rose CFRE, PSHH Development Director at (805) 962-5152 x227 or rocheller@pshhc.org.

visit: PSHH Planned Giving Website

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Board News

Schulkin Appointed to Board of Directors

Karol Schulkin MSW is Peoples' newest board member. She works as the Homeless Program Coordinator for the County of Ventura Human Services Agency. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and also serves on the boards of Eleos Foundation of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles Housing Works, and the Ventura County Homeless & Housing Coalition. She has been a member of the Immaculate Heart Community for over 30 years.

Schulkin holds a bachelor of education degree from Florida State University and a Master's in Social Work from the University of Chicago.

She received the Human Services Agency Director's Excellence Award in 2007, United Way's Douglas Shively Award and Soroptomist International's Making a Difference for Women Award in 2006, and the NASW's Public Citizen of the Year award in 2002.

"I'm excited to serve on this mission driven organization which has such strong history of providing very affordable, well managed housing along the Central Coast. With the opening this winter of the remodeled El Patio Hotel in vemtura, PSHH will offer much needed SRO units right here in Ventura County."

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PSHH In the News

Families get keys to their new self-help homes in Templeton

Four families moved into their new homes in Templeton after nearly one year of sweat-equity construction. Click on the link below to see KCOY TV coverage on moving day.

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PSHH featured in Nonprofit Spotlight on Santa Barbara's Channel 17

This episode will begin airing on NPS, Wednesday, August 4 and run for about 6 weeks, during the following times:

Monday 7 a.m. & 9 p.m.
Tuesday 8 a.m.
Wednesday 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Friday 3 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Saturday 2 p.m.
Sunday 9:30 p.m.

Watch Video  

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