Mercy House

The area commonly known in Ontario, Calif. as Tent City will no longer be a cost burden to the city’s general fund.

The $300,000 price tag associated with running the homeless encampment will now be funded and operated by the city’s Housing Authority, City Manager Greg Devereaux said.

A five-year agreement was reached between the Housing Authority and Mercy House. Mercy House is a nonprofit that has overseen Tent City, officially known as the Temporary Homeless Services Area, since its inception.

Currently, there are 60 people living at Tent City compared to last year’s 127 inhabitants. The Housing Authority will be responsible for all expenses for Tent City, said Brent Schultz, city Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization director.

It is up to the Housing Authority and Mercy House to continue to locate housing options for those living at Tent City. The goal, Schultz said, is “to find shelter for everybody.” Click here full story in the Contra Costa Times.

Yard House Restaurants has launched Round it up America™!, a new philanthropic program created to help local charities. Yard House has partnered locally with Orange County Community Foundation, and the program is currently underway at the company’s Irvine Spectrum location, and will roll out company-wide on July 28.

The pay it forward concept is simple and invites guests of Yard House to “round up” their restaurant check to the nearest dollar, with the remaining change donated to local charities. Joining Yard House in this philanthropic endeavor are Mission Partners Maria’s Italian Kitchen, found throughout Los Angeles, and Marmalade Café and Catering Company, with multiple locations from Orange County to Santa Barbara.  The long-term goal is to bring Round it up America™!, to other restaurants — from individual establishments to national chains – who are interested in joining the cause and adopting the program into their own business models. Read the press release.

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

Click here to download the invite PDF