Community Invited to Summer FaceLift Event in City Heights
500th FaceLift to be completed
SAN DIEGO, Calif.
What: Summer 2010 FaceLift event in City Heights
Who: San Diego Redevelopment Agency; Community HousingWorks; Councilmember Todd Gloria; City Heights Redevelopment Project Area Committee
When: Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 8 a.m.- 2 p.m.
*Registration starts at 7 a.m. in the Corridor Neighborhood—38th Street and Polk Avenue
Event Timeline:
6 a.m.- 8 a.m. Event staff setup
7 a.m.- 8 a.m. Volunteers arrive, sign-in, name tags, assignments, shirts, refreshments and snack
8 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Work assigned project
12: 30 pm- 1:30 p.m. Pizza and recognition
1:30 p.m.- Finish Volunteers finish work, return tools
2 p.m.- 5 p.m. Event staff break-down Where: Corridor Neighborhood located at 38th Street and Polk Avenue
City Heights, CA
Background: The San Diego Redevelopment Agency, in partnership with Community HousingWorks, the City Heights Redevelopment Project Area Committee, and Councilmember Todd Gloria invite the community to attend the Summer 2010 FaceLift volunteer event in City Heights.
Scheduled for June 5, 2010 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., the Summer 2010 FaceLift will revitalize 10-15 homes within a one-block radius in the Corridor Neighborhood. Volunteers will paint homes, upgrade fencing, railings, doors and lighting, repair steps, improve landscape, and clean streets, parkways, alleys and yards. Rakes, loppers, shovels, brushes, rollers, paint and supplies will be provided to volunteers.
An awards ceremony and volunteer pizza lunch will take place at 12:30 p.m. to honor Community HousingWorks’ 500th home to be revitalized through its FaceLift program.
Started in 1995, the FaceLift program improves homes for low income, disabled or elderly homeowners. Nearly 5,000 volunteers have been mobilized for this cause over the past 15 years, giving facelifts to hundreds of homes in City Heights that were previously best described as “tired.” Over 17,000 people are estimated to have been helped by the FaceLift program over the past 15 years.
Summer 2010 FaceLift is funded by the San Diego Redevelopment Agency, with support from the City Heights Redevelopment Project Area Committee and Councilmember Todd Gloria. Other financial sponsors include State Farm, Home Depot, CDC Small Business Loans, City Heights Town Council and Point Loma Nazarene University.
Volunteer registration begins at 7 a.m. in the Corridor Neighborhood at 38th Street and Polk Avenue. Parking is recommended (and free) at Monroe Clark Middle School. Shuttles will be available to take volunteers from the school to the FaceLift work site. Participants are asked to provide their own work gloves, paint clothes, sturdy shoes, sunscreen and hat. The first 500 people to arrive will receive a free T-Shirt.
To request a Volunteer Waiver please email Linda at gizmopennington@cox.net . Waivers will also be available on the day of the event.
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