L.A. FAMILY HOUSING

L.A. FAMILY HOUSING
Palo Verde Opens
Palo
Verde
Opens
A New
Home for the
New Year
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President & CEO
Stephanie Klasky-Gamer
January 2012
A New Home for the New Year
President & CEO
Chair
Stephanie Klasky-Gamer
Wayne Brander
US Chair
Bank
Ross E.Vice
Winn,
Esq
Chair
Wolf, Rifkin,
Shapiro
Michael
Ziering&
LLP
Diagnostic Schulman,
Products Corp.
Vice
Chair
Treasurer
Carmel B. Irmas
Sella
Matthew
Wells Fargo
Emby Eye Productions
Secretary
Treasurer
Gary Meisel
Daniel M. Howard,
C.P.A.
Warner Bros.
Lodgen, Lacher, Golditch,
Sardi &Atherton
Howard
Charmaine
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Secretary
Michele
StevenBreslauer
A. Nissen
Children’s
Law
Center
NBC
Universal
of Los Angeles
Charmaine Atherton
Steve M. Brown
Bank of America
Hoffman Brown Company
Roberto Barragán
Zeeda Daniele
Valley
Economic
Fannie
Mae
Development Center
Daniel M. Howard, C.P.A.
Wayne
Brander
Lodgen, Lacher,
Golditch,
Sardi,
Saunders & Howard,
LLP
US Bank
Matthew
B.Brown
Irmas
Steve M.
Partners
Trust
Hoffman Brown
Company
Lee
ZeedaRoy
Daniele
Clear Channel
Fannie Mae
Bonnie
Litowsky
David
R. Fried
Abode Communities
Fried Asset Management
Blair Rich
Gary Meisel
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros.
Nick Segal
Tim
O’Connell
Partners
Trust
Century Housing
Dale Thrush
Reverend
John
Simmons
Dale Thrush
& Associates
Michael
Ziering
Darnell
Tyler
NBCUniversal
Philanthropist
/ Attorney
Ross E. Winn, Esq
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Wolf, Rifkin,
Shapiro,
Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
Lisa Barrett
Martha de la Torre
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
David Fleming
Martha de la Torre
Stuart
Gabriel
David Fleming
JeffLee
Lee
Jeff
George
Minter
GeorgeI. Minter
Steven A. H.
Nissen
Lawrence
Parks
Lawrence
RobertH.N.Parks
Ruth
Robert
N.
Ruth
Dorothea Scattaglia
Dorothea Scattaglia
Peter
Tilden
Peter Tilden
Peter
Villegas
Peter Villegas
Betty
Winn
Betty Winn
LIFETIME DIRECTORS
LIFETIME DIRECTORS
Audrey Irmas
Audrey
Irmas
Robert
J. Irmas
J. Irmas
Reverend Robert
John Simmons
Sydney
SydneyM.
M.Irmas
Irmas (1925-1996)
(1925-1996)
TrudyLouis
Louis (1914-2004)
(1914-2004)
Trudy
Councilmember Tony Cárdenas welcomed the crowd to the Grand Opening ceremony: “ We are here to
celebrate what L.A. Family Housing has done and what it continues to do for people who would
otherwise be
sleeping
on the
streets.”
Councilmember
Tony
Cárdenas
welcomed
the crowd to the Grand Opening ceremony: “ We are here to
celebrate what L.A. Family Housing has done and what it continues to do for people who would
L.A. Family
Housingon
celebrated
the Grand
otherwise
be sleeping
the streets.”
Opening of our first permanent supportive
development.
Palo Verde
provides 60
L.A. housing
Family Housing
celebrated
the Grand
studio
apartments
for
formerly
homeless
Opening of our first permanent supportive and
verydevelopment.
low income adults,
whom live
housing
Palo many
Verdeofprovides
60
with
mental
illness.
studio apartments for formerly homeless and
very In
low
income adults,
manyLEED
of whom
live
a beautifully
designed,
certified
with sustainable
mental illness.
building, residents will benefit from
on-site services including mental health
In a beautifully designed, LEED certified
counseling, case management, recovery
sustainable building, residents will benefit from
support, and employment programs.
on-site services including mental health
counseling, case management,
recovery
A Palo
Verde resident
support, and employment programs.
spoke about living in her
car for 3 years after losing
A Palo
Verde
resident
her job
in 2008.
She
spoke
about
living
in her
touched the crowd
of 75
car guests
for 3 years
whenafter
she losing
shared
her that
job in
2008.
She
she
never
wanted
touched
the crowdtoof
75
her grandkids
know
guests
she shared
that she was homeless.
Nowwhen
Liz leads
the
Reverend John Simmons Courtyard - friends and family joined
that she
wanted
Reverend Simmons and his wife Bethene in the Palo Verde
“crafts club” at Palo Verde
andnever
is making
courtyard for the dedication ceremony. Reverend Simmons
grandkids
to know
friends with her new her
neighbors:
“I feel
truly
is a founding member of LAFH, and he has dedicated his life
that she
was
homeless.
Now
Liz
leads
the
blessed to be living here.”
Reverend
John
Simmons
- friends
family joined
to helping
families
out ofCourtyard
homelessness
andand
poverty.
Reverend Simmons and his wife Bethene in the Palo Verde
“crafts club” at Palo Verde and is making
courtyard for the dedication ceremony. Reverend Simmons
friends with her new neighbors: “I feel truly
is a founding member of LAFH, and he has dedicated his life
blessed to be living here.”
to helping families out of homelessness and poverty.
Welcoming
7843 Lankershim Blvd.
families
North Hollywood, CA 91605 TEL (818) 982-4091 FAX (818) 982-3895
home again
www.lafh.org
Thank you to the following donors who generously supported L.A. Family Housing in 2011!
We sincerely apologize for any inadvertent misspellings or omissions
Alyce and Philip de Toledo
Mojo, LLC
Orange County Community Foundation
Pfaffinger Foundation
Sunair Children's Foundation
Works Advertising, Inc.
Bravo Design, Inc.
The Cimarron Group
Concept Arts Studios, Inc.
Create Advertising Group
The CRP Group
Dreyfuss Construction
Drissi Advertising
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
FotoKem
Johnny Galecki
Seth Gaven
Giaronomo Productions
GK Films
Gloria Gold
Ignition Creative
Legendary Pictures
Lodgen, Lacher, Golditch, Sardi,
Saunders & Howard, LLP
Pharida Long
Los Angeles Duplication &
Broadcasting
Gary Meisel
NBCUniversal
Pam and Jerry Offsay
Paramount Pictures Group
Alex Pitschka
Gloria and Joseph Simons
Skip Film
The Thomas Spiegel Family
Foundation
Target Stores
Technicolor
TJX Foundation, Inc.
UPS Foundation
Venable Foundation, LLP
Verizon
Fiona Watts
Betty and Ross Winn
The Worldwide Motion Picture
Group at Ipsos OTX
zakHill Group, LLC
The Ruth/Allen Ziegler Foundation
$10,000+
$2,500+
$150,000+
The Audrey & Sydney Irmas
Charitable Foundation
Trudy Mandel Louis Charitable Trust
$100,000+
The Dream Fund at UCLA
The Kresge Foundation
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
$50,000+
The Angell Foundation
California Community Foundation
Corporation for Supportive Housing
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Kayne Anderson Capital
Advisors Foundation
W.M. Keck Foundation
Weingart Foundation
$25,000+
Citi Foundation
George Hoag Family Foundation
The Mark Hughes Foundation
The Marilyn and Jeffrey
Katzenberg Foundation
Luis and Lee Lainer
Todd J. Phillips
SSI Advanced Post Services
US Bank
Warner Bros. Studios
Wells Fargo
Diane and Michael Ziering
$15,000+
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BLT & Associates
Linda and Steve Brown
Buddha Jones
The John W. Carson Foundation, Inc.
Cathay Bank Foundation
Cold Open, Inc.
The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation
Holthouse, Carlin & Van Trigt, LLP
Kennedy Wilson
Laemmle Theatres
Charitable Foundation
Mob Scene, LLC
mOcean, LLC
Open Road Entertainment
Shangri-La Industries, LLC
Samuel and Helene Soref Foundation
Trailer Park, Inc.
Union Bank
Marcie and Howard Zelikow
$5,000+
Blair Rich
Anonymous
The Ant Farm
Raelene Arrington and Carl Shrawder
Aspect Ratio, Inc.
AV Squad, Inc.
The Cecile & Fred Bartman
Foundation
Wayne Brander
The Saul Brandman Foundation
Dorothy and Ray Barber
Gary Birkenbeuel
Carolyn Blackwood
Michele Breslauer and
Jeffrey Abrams
Donald De Line
Karen Feinstein-Michiels and
Bill Michiels
Yvonne and Mark Green
Lee Harry
Jewish Community Foundation
Sandra and Irving Klasky
Sue Kroll
Lisa Lainer and Brian Fagan
Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., LLP
Partners Trust
Charles V. Roven Family Foundation
Nicole Sedita Cannella
StoneTapert Employee Benefits &
Financial Services
The Charitable Foundation /
Prudential California Realty
Universal Studios Hollywood
Discover A Star Foundation
Village Roadshow Pictures
Entertainment, Inc.
$1,000+
Alcon Entertainment
Alpha Construction Co., Inc.
Arenas Entertainment
Anthony Armenise
Dimitry Ashbell
Greg Berlanti
Bloom, Hergott, Diemer, Rosenthal,
LaViolette, Feldman & Goodman, LLP
Michael and Bo Kyong Brander
Gloria Brodie
California Bank & Trust
Center Bank
Century Housing Corporation
Eric Collins
Community Solutions
Cindy and Brian Daly
Zeeda Daniele
ECHO - Employees Charity
Organization of Northrop Grumman
Eclipse Advertising
Zac Efron
Christelle and Joe Egan
Ernst & Young, LLP
Kris Freed
Sherry Gold
Gonzalez Goodale Architects
Jessica and Adam Goodman
Jackie and Stanley Gottlieb
Amy Greenspun and Paul Arenson
Marieluise Hessel
Cynthia Hill
Hollywood Gang Productions, LLC
Sam Hurwitz Productions
IMAX Corporation
Incledon Consulting Group
International Creative Management
Helaine Klasky and Will Wechsler
Stephanie and Steve Klasky-Gamer
Henry and Laura Kline
Eleanor and Mark Lainer
Alice and Nahum Lainer
Celia and Manny Light
Erik Lomis
Wendy Malkin and Jeff Broudy
Manufacturers Bank
Maxx Marketing, Inc.
Maya Medical Center
Aaron Michaelson
Milken Family Foundation
Rebecca and Robert Moore
Nielsen NRG
North Hollywood North East
Neighborhood Council
Tim O'Connell
Geoff Palmer
John Pavlas
Pitch Inc. & Burger King Corp.
Red Mango Yogurt & Smoothies
Lee Rich
Valerie Salkin
Steve Sauer
Screen Engine
The Seaver Institute
Securitas Security Services USA
Seismic Productions
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
Hampton, LLP
Abby Sher
Madeleine and Thomas Sherak
Bruce M. Snyder
Louise E. Soper
Christie and Brian Stewart
Sysco Food Services of Los Angeles
Titan
Miranda Tollman
Linda and Sorrell Trope
Judith Schwam Yedor
John Zaffarano
www.lafh.org
www.lafh.org
The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation
Ziffren Brittenham, LLP
$500+
Adat Ari El
Herta and Paul Amir
Christopher W. Aronson
Katie and Oren Aviv
B. Little & Company, Inc.
Virginia and Austin Beutner
David Bunker
Carousel Productions
Nancy Carson
Cinema Scene Marketing
Clean Fun Promotional
Ned Colletti
Bonnie and Richard Cook
Bruce C. Corwin
Laura and William Davies
Deluxe Drissi Creative
Di Novi Pictures
Susan and Jonathan Dolgen
Toby Emmerich
Janet and Jake Farber
Dan Fellman
Lynne Frank
Ann M. Goldberg
Patricia and Edward Goren
Michael Gresch
Gubb and Barshay, LLP
Walter Hamada
HD Supply
In Sync Advertising, Inc.
Jewish Funds for Justice
Heather Johnson
Mitch Kamin
David A. Kipper
Michael Koss
Joan Kramer
Nadine and Steve Lavender
Jennifer Lechter
Karen Lichtenberg
Josh Lieberman
Nancy and Jim Linden
Alyson and Ori Marmur
Michelle Missaghieh and Bruce Ellman
Momentous Insurance Brokerage
Linda L. Morgan
Diane W. Nelson
David Neustadter
Elaine Newton
Steven A. Nissen
Marcie and David Paller
Leon Pilosof
Craig Platt
Lara and Mark Pranger
Quantum Loyalty Systems, Inc.
Barbara Rognlien
Luann Rollens
Ed Romano
Beverly and Melvin Rosenthal
Thomas Safran & Associates
Sarah Schechter
Heidi Segal and Eric Krautheimer
Ginger and William Sherak
Brian Shirken
Maxwell Sinclair
Stacey Snider
John Stanford
Lisa and Josh Taub
Terry and Neal Teplin
Barbara and Dale Thrush
Toy Box Entertainment, Inc.
Diane and Richard Weinberg
Wyman & Isaacs, LLP
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT LAFH
A special thank you to the wonderful volunteer groups that brightened our residents’ Holiday Season.
Warner Bros. team creates a
winter wonderland at TLC
Partners Trust volunteers
at LAFH’s Harvest Festival
Hasbro delivers toys to
children at TLC
City Controller Wendy Greuel joins friends and volunteers to prepare and serve meals to LAFH residents on Christmas day
A Chance for Children
at Comunidad Cesar Chavez
Tori Spelling enjoys Marque
Communications event
benefitting LAFH
Laemmle NoHo 7 Grand
Opening benefits LAFH
Taub family and friends
deliver gifts to Casa Figueroa
Mary McBride brings Home Tour to LAFH
and sings with Valley Shelter residents
US Bank and Brander Family
at Comunidad Cesar Chavez
Hoffman Brown Company
donates gifts to Casa Central residents
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LAFH also thanks Alhambra Nissan, Angel City Choir, Burbank Lions Club,
Nissan of Mission Hills and the Red Hat Society
WISH LIST
L. A. Family Housing thanks you for your time and resources to support our residents.
Please consider our current needs when donating new items for our residents.
Baby Items − Strollers, cribs, baby formula, bottles, diapers, baby wipes, car seats, etc.
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Upcoming Events at L.A. Family Housing
Hygiene Items −Toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, disposable razors, shampoo / conditioner,
shaving cream, and feminine hygiene items.
Universal Studios Hollywood Discount
Ticket Day – February 26, 2012
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Save $20 and support L.A. Family Housing at the same time!
Household/Cleaning
Items − Liquid dish washing soap, laundry detergent, paper towels,
trash bags, mops / brooms, disinfectant cleaners, glass and surface cleaners etc.
Annual Awards Celebration
– April 19, 2012
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Join us to honor Betty & Ross Winn and Hasbro
Linens − Bed sheets (twin sets only), blankets (twin sets only), towels (bath and hand),
pillows, pillow cases, crib bedding.
Big Sunday – May 5 and 6, 2012
■ service day at various LAFH properties
Join hundreds of volunteers in a citywide
Recreation/Other − Games/Toys, school supplies, art supplies, bus tokens,
phone cards, store gift cards.
2nd Annual LAFH
Golf Tournament – September 10, 2012
Enjoy a great day of golf and fun at the spectacular MountainGate Country Club
Contact our Donations Manager, Ruth Devine (818) 982-4091 ext. 109, to coordinate delivery of items.
For more details on these 2012 events, please visit our website at www.lafh.org
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