http://www.mercyhouse.net Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:25:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click here for larger view. http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1270 Mercy House is very proud to host its 18th Annual  Golf Tournament. This year we are excited to be hosting the event at the beautiful Coyote Hills Golf Course designed by Payne Stewart in Fullerton. We’ve planned an entertaining day filled with great golf, delicious food, on course contests and raffle ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1207 We would like to extend our deepest appreciation to our media partners, Riviera magazine, and we are thrilled with the feature they did on our agency that will be on the newsstands tomorrow. We would also like to express our gratitude to exotic and luxury automotive dealer EuroCar, who will be ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1197 On June 16th, 2010 the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its annual assessment report to Congress. HUD's latest report finds that 643,000 persons were homeless in a given night in 2009 while roughly 1.56 million people, or one in every 200 Americans, spent at least one ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1154 Orange County Register Columnist Donna Bunce attended Mercy House's sixth annual "Living With Heart" Gala. The event celebrated the agency's 20 years of serving the homeless of Southern California, and netted and estimated $110,000 to support its clients and programs. [caption id="attachment_1116" align="alignleft" width="252" caption="Founder and Chair Father Jerome T. Karcher ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1119 Mercy House will hold its sixth annual fundraising gala "Living With Heart" at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel on Saturday, May 15, 2010 featuring comedian Tim Shaw as master of ceremonies. The agency will recognize Experian as its corporate honoree and House of Blues as its community honoree. Guests will enjoy a night ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1080 The Orange County Cold Weather Armory Emergency Shelter Program will conclude for the season on March 31, 2010. The Cold Weather Armory Emergency Shelter Program located at the Santa Ana and Fullerton National Guard Armories, provides shelter, food and services to the homeless of Orange County during the winter months. ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1044 If you have received calls from our phone number, please be aware that Mercy House is a victim of Caller-ID Spoofing. The calls you received did not come from our organization. A third party has been making calls that appear to come from our phone number in an ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1048 Mercy House proudly congratulates staff members Sharon Fain, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer, and Sharon Reyes, AmeriCorps VIP Volunteer, on their recognition by the 2010 Spirit of Volunteerism Awards! Sharon and Shannon will be honored for their outstanding contribution to the community, and for their one-year commitment to Mercy House. Their efforts have ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1032 In his post today on TIME.com, reporter Kevin O'Leary wrote about a variety of options that people have available to them when facing homelessness. He spoke with Mercy House Executive Director Larry Haynes to get a broad view of the types of programs that are available for homelessness-prevention and housing, and ... http://www.mercyhouse.net/?p=1003