Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing and HomeAid Celebrate Sierra House Landscaping Project
October 16, 2009
Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing and HomeAid Sacramento to celebrate completion of Sierra House Landscaping Project in Rocklin
Ribbon cutting ceremony marks the completion of the landscaping project for AMIHs Sierra House.
ROCKLIN, CA On October 22, 2009 representatives from Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing , HomeAid Sacramento, Fusion Development Group, Inc., Rocklins Mayor Peter Hill, Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes, and Adam Willoughby from the office of Assemblyman Ted Gaines, will celebrate the completion of our major landscaping project for Sierra House. Sierra House is the flagship home purchased by Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing; a local community based non-profit which serves adults who are transitioning out of crisis by offering a home to heal.
Fusion Development Group volunteered to act as HomeAids builder captain to lead a team of professionals and volunteers to complete this project. The members of Fusion Development Group, Inc. believe that it is important to volunteer our time and effort in ways that will help those residing within our community. We believe the Advocates for Mentally Ill Housings transitional home is an important community resource that benefits not only those residing at the home but also their family, friends and our community. We are happy to be involved.
As the builder captain of this project, Stan Samiec and a team of dedicated professionals and independent liaison to HomeAid, Mark Eglington, have offered oversight and management of the day-today operations of this landscaping project as well as securing donations from the community to complete the project.
On behalf of Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing, I would like to thank everyone that volunteered time, effort and supplies to complete this project. The landscaping adds the finishing touch needed to provide a welcoming home for the residents, Karen Baker, Board President for Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing.
This project marks the first landscaping project HomeAid has taken on for the seven-year-old non-profit agency. The completion of this project will provide the final layer of rehabilitation of this single dwelling home, which began in 2004 under the HUD/EHAP/CD program. Local companies such as Bushnells Landscape Creations, and Ad Land Ventures, were also a large part of this field of dreams. The project could not have been completed without the professional assistance form Sam Cooney, Bobby Alvarez, owner of Granite Valley Landscaping and Fred Lowe owner of Tree Pro Tree Service, Yamasaki Nursery, High Hand Nursery and Valley Rock. A special thank you to Lee Arguello, AMIH Board member and his family for their volunteer support as well as the Youth Ministry and Knights of Columbus who were also ready with hands and hope to weed, plant, and join in the completion of this community project.
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About HomeAid Sacramento
HomeAid Sacramento, the charitable arm of the North State Building Industry Association, seeks to build and maintain dignified housing where homeless families and individuals can rebuild their lives. This charity has successfully matched local service providers in need of refurbishing, expanding or building new shelters with homebuilders able to fill that need since 1996. It's builders doing what they do best, building. HomeAid gratefully acknowledges our major donors: Lennar Charitable Housing Foundation, Dennis Calmes and Jeani Buckmaster, Harry C. and Deborah L. Elliott Family Foundation, Bank of America, Union Pacific Foundation, Greg and Linda Grant, Grant, Teichert Foundation, Thomas Winn Foundation, California Bank and Trust, and Irwin Union Bank. For additional information on please call 916-751-2746 or visit us at http://www.homeaidsac.org.
About Fusion Development
Stan Samiec, Todd Speece, and Brendan ONeill are the principals of Fusion Development Group, Inc. They are a developer and general contractor providing new construction, remodeling, construction management and consulting services to the residential and commercial sectors. Recently, Fusion began a venture to purchase, renovate and resell trustee sale homes. They share 80 years of combined experience in just about all functional areas of construction operations and maintain a solid relational network of industry resources throughout Northern California.
About Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing
As one of the three statewide housing programs contracted with Placer County under the Mental Health Services Act MHSA and the only all volunteer, non profit organization to have ever received the Emergency Housing Assistance Program EHAP Grant for Homeless Programs Mentally Ill for the State of California, Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing continues to meet the needs of our community and the mental health population it serves. AMIH presently owns/leases several homes in Placer County which provide clean, safe and affordable housing in a homelike environment. Over 100 individuals have been served last year alone. This make-a-house-a-home philosophy has resulted in direct services of support including counseling, independent living skills, and most importantly, a chance to retain a sense of hope and normality. Our residents are focused on healing and transitioning back into the community and to live independently. Our consumers range in age from 18-64, are male and female, have a severe to mild range of mental illness issues, and are very likely homeless. A proud consumer notes: AMIH wanted to give a person a chance who struggled with mental illness. I believe I am where I am today in a major way because of AMIH. AMIH also offers a volunteer program, House Friends and has just launched their new website http://www.amihousing.org.
TO ENSURE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE RESIDENTS, THE ADDRESS WILL BE PROVIDED UPON RSVP, WITH A SIGNED CONFIDENTIALITY FORM. PLEASE CONTACT EMILY AT or 916-751-2747 to RSVP AND COMPLETE A CONFIDENTIALITY FORM.
Ribbon cutting ceremony marks the completion of the landscaping project for AMIHs Sierra House.
ROCKLIN, CA On October 22, 2009 representatives from Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing , HomeAid Sacramento, Fusion Development Group, Inc., Rocklins Mayor Peter Hill, Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes, and Adam Willoughby from the office of Assemblyman Ted Gaines, will celebrate the completion of our major landscaping project for Sierra House. Sierra House is the flagship home purchased by Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing; a local community based non-profit which serves adults who are transitioning out of crisis by offering a home to heal.
Fusion Development Group volunteered to act as HomeAids builder captain to lead a team of professionals and volunteers to complete this project. The members of Fusion Development Group, Inc. believe that it is important to volunteer our time and effort in ways that will help those residing within our community. We believe the Advocates for Mentally Ill Housings transitional home is an important community resource that benefits not only those residing at the home but also their family, friends and our community. We are happy to be involved.
As the builder captain of this project, Stan Samiec and a team of dedicated professionals and independent liaison to HomeAid, Mark Eglington, have offered oversight and management of the day-today operations of this landscaping project as well as securing donations from the community to complete the project.
On behalf of Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing, I would like to thank everyone that volunteered time, effort and supplies to complete this project. The landscaping adds the finishing touch needed to provide a welcoming home for the residents, Karen Baker, Board President for Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing.
This project marks the first landscaping project HomeAid has taken on for the seven-year-old non-profit agency. The completion of this project will provide the final layer of rehabilitation of this single dwelling home, which began in 2004 under the HUD/EHAP/CD program. Local companies such as Bushnells Landscape Creations, and Ad Land Ventures, were also a large part of this field of dreams. The project could not have been completed without the professional assistance form Sam Cooney, Bobby Alvarez, owner of Granite Valley Landscaping and Fred Lowe owner of Tree Pro Tree Service, Yamasaki Nursery, High Hand Nursery and Valley Rock. A special thank you to Lee Arguello, AMIH Board member and his family for their volunteer support as well as the Youth Ministry and Knights of Columbus who were also ready with hands and hope to weed, plant, and join in the completion of this community project.
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About HomeAid Sacramento
HomeAid Sacramento, the charitable arm of the North State Building Industry Association, seeks to build and maintain dignified housing where homeless families and individuals can rebuild their lives. This charity has successfully matched local service providers in need of refurbishing, expanding or building new shelters with homebuilders able to fill that need since 1996. It's builders doing what they do best, building. HomeAid gratefully acknowledges our major donors: Lennar Charitable Housing Foundation, Dennis Calmes and Jeani Buckmaster, Harry C. and Deborah L. Elliott Family Foundation, Bank of America, Union Pacific Foundation, Greg and Linda Grant, Grant, Teichert Foundation, Thomas Winn Foundation, California Bank and Trust, and Irwin Union Bank. For additional information on please call 916-751-2746 or visit us at http://www.homeaidsac.org.
About Fusion Development
Stan Samiec, Todd Speece, and Brendan ONeill are the principals of Fusion Development Group, Inc. They are a developer and general contractor providing new construction, remodeling, construction management and consulting services to the residential and commercial sectors. Recently, Fusion began a venture to purchase, renovate and resell trustee sale homes. They share 80 years of combined experience in just about all functional areas of construction operations and maintain a solid relational network of industry resources throughout Northern California.
About Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing
As one of the three statewide housing programs contracted with Placer County under the Mental Health Services Act MHSA and the only all volunteer, non profit organization to have ever received the Emergency Housing Assistance Program EHAP Grant for Homeless Programs Mentally Ill for the State of California, Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing continues to meet the needs of our community and the mental health population it serves. AMIH presently owns/leases several homes in Placer County which provide clean, safe and affordable housing in a homelike environment. Over 100 individuals have been served last year alone. This make-a-house-a-home philosophy has resulted in direct services of support including counseling, independent living skills, and most importantly, a chance to retain a sense of hope and normality. Our residents are focused on healing and transitioning back into the community and to live independently. Our consumers range in age from 18-64, are male and female, have a severe to mild range of mental illness issues, and are very likely homeless. A proud consumer notes: AMIH wanted to give a person a chance who struggled with mental illness. I believe I am where I am today in a major way because of AMIH. AMIH also offers a volunteer program, House Friends and has just launched their new website http://www.amihousing.org.
TO ENSURE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE RESIDENTS, THE ADDRESS WILL BE PROVIDED UPON RSVP, WITH A SIGNED CONFIDENTIALITY FORM. PLEASE CONTACT EMILY AT or 916-751-2747 to RSVP AND COMPLETE A CONFIDENTIALITY FORM.
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