The Orange County Cold Weather Armory Emergency ShelterProgram concluded it’s first year of operation managed by Mercy House on April 30, 2009. The Cold Weather Armory Emergency Shelter Program provides shelter, food and services to the homeless of Orange County at the Santa Ana and Fullerton National Guard armories during the winter months. The program will resume in the fall. More to come.
Helping people find their way back home
Our Goal is Simple:
- Mercy House is a non profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1988 by Father Jerome T. Karcher. Mercy House has developed a Continuum of Care to provide homeless prevention, emergency services, transitional housing and permanent housing with supportive services to homeless men, women and children living in Orange County and the City of Ontario.
Our Goal is Simple:
- To end the cycle of homelessness of those who enter our system of care.
Monthly Archive for April, 2009
As reported by Liset Marquez in the Apr. 24, 2009 Inland Empire Daily Bulletin, The City Council has approved a loan to acquire and rehabilitate a 15-unit property on Francis Street for Mercy House to provide housing for homeless people.
In the agreement, the council agreed to lease the 15 two-bedroom units to Mercy House.
“This is significant because it will allow us to continue to provide affordable housing,” said City Manager Greg Devereaux.
When the city entered into a partnership with Mercy House in 2005, the main objectives were to provide emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing, said Julie Bjork, the city’s housing manager.
Up until the agreement was made last week, Mercy House had only 14 units of permanent housing available, she said.
Continue reading ‘The City of Ontario, Calif. Approves Loan for New Mercy House Facility’
Mercy House has successfully placed its 100th family into the Family Redirection Program. The program prevents families with children under the age of five-years-old from having to stay at the National Guard Armories that are used as emergency shelters for the Orange County Cold Weather Armory Program. Read the story in The Orange County Register.
This winter, Mercy House won the contract to operate the cold weather emergency shelters at the Santa Ana and Fullerton armories. In the past, there had been some unfortunate instances involving children while staying at the armories, which was unacceptable to Mercy House Executive Director Larry Haynes. He made a commitment to double the security for the safety of all who stay at the armories, and create a program so that no young children would ever have to spend a night there.
Continue reading ‘Mercy House Announces 100th Family to Enter The Family Redirection Program’
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LIVING WITH HEART
Happy Hour benefiting Mercy House
First Monday of Every Month
Proof Bar, 5 to 8 p.m.
215 North Broadway, Santa Ana
Featuring a signature “Heartini” cocktail created specially to benefit Mercy House
• opportunity drawing • light appetizers • networking •
$10 donation suggested
Proof Bar generously will donate 25 percent of event sales to Mercy House.
Proof Bar offers eclectic music and a fully stocked bar, all in a semi-intimate setting. The lounge area has a cosmopolitan feel with a dramatic 25 foot lifted ceiling, smooth natural and atmosphere lighting and indoor vines twisting upward from rock bed. www.proofbar.com
Mercy House is a non profit 501(c)3 organization providing homeless prevention, emergency services, transitional housing and permanent housing with supportive services to families and individuals.
R.S.V.P. to 714-862-1112 or jamie.miller@wundermarx.com
