
September Experience - Español Rápido is Coming to La Casa Hogar
September 8-12, 2008
We have a great opportunity to host this wonderful Spanish learning program.> What: Intensive Spanish Immersion Classes 7 hours per day, (beginner to advanced beginner level)
Where< La Casa Hogar, 106 Sol 6th Street
Cost: $695 per person, company discount for groups of three or more.
If you would like to talk with previous participants let us know. Click here for additional information about the program
E-mail today to reserve your place. Space is limited
spanishclasses@lacasahogar.org
June 2008 Bits of News
Read about how the new Español Rápido program,
a visit to Holden Village by several La Casa Hogar women, our upcoming July 26th Yard Sale, and more ! - June 2008 Bits
of News [ pdf 208 KB]
2007 Annual Report
Download the 2007
Annual Report [ 13.28 MB]
Connecting Communities
La Casa Hogar’s “Signature” annual fund raising
event, featuring a silent auction, entertainment and a delicious
dinner.
AN AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY FIESTA
May 18, 2008, Mighty Tieton
Key sponsor: RBC Dain Rauscher
Tickets will be $50 each, or fill a table (10) for $500. Special
“Friends Of La Casa” tables are $1000. We are also welcoming
donations for the Silent Auction. Please call our office if you
have any questions.
Special thanks go to RBC Wealth Management who have stepped up
to support our mission by underwriting a large part of the event.
To be an Event Sponsor or host a “Friends of La Casa”
table
Contact us: 509-457-5058 or email: carole@lacasahogar.org
Emergency Services has moved
Our service address is now 107 So. 6th St.
(Across the street from the La Casa Hogar)
Phone: 249-6232, Fax: 249-2800
Emergency Services Hours
9 -12 pm & 1 - 4pm
Through vouchers we assist with the following services.
- Bus passes regular ( we will be asking clients to help with
a $5.00 contribution towards the $17.00 bus pass), and $5.00 reduced
fair/disabled bus pass, until the 10th of the month, after which
single tickets are available
- Medications with prescriptions, (no narcotics or pain medicine
- I.D. and Drivers license fee
- Electrical final notice $25
- Water final notice $25
- Natural gas final notice $25
- for utilities client must pay outstanding amount less $25 before
receiving service)
- Propane for heating usually 5 gallons
- Community information and referrals
Beginning February 1, 2008, we will no longer be issuing gas vouchers.
We will be encouraging clients to take advantage of our monthly
bus passes.
We also provide for people who are homeless emergency vouchers
for the above services. Needs and requests are evaluated individually
on a case by case basis and may include assistance for obtaining
and maintaining housing.
Coal Miners News
Emergency Services/Homeless Services - November
2006 newsletter [ pdf 396 KB]
We Own Our Home
It
seems fitting that in the 10th year of service our community La
Casa Hogar becomes a homeowner. A successful capital campaign raised
over $150,000. This secures our home and launches us into the future.
Success was possible because generous community leaders have faith
in our mission, share our vision for the future and care deeply
about our community. Our leadership team Rick Pinnell, Bette
Taylor, Ann Willis & Peggy Ludwick spent countless
hours introducing the story of La Casa to their friends and other
community leaders, encouraging their support. Helen Jewett-Shield’s
generosity and challenge gift inspired others to join with us. The
Board of Directors and staff’s commitment to mission laid
the foundation. Most importantly our success and future is inspired
by the courageous and highly motivated women we serve.
Community Garden Wins 2006 Youth Garden Grants
Here is what they had to say about the project:
Yakima Homeless Youth Committee
Yakima, WA
In
Spring 2005, an inner city lot was cleared for the Yakima Community
Garden, a project intended to engage homeless youth. Outreach workers
and adult volunteers invited homeless young people to participate
in planning, planting, and caring for the garden. The garden gives
them the chance to learn useful skills, to have positive interactions
with community members, and to produce nutritious food. Participants
also operate a produce stand, gaining work experience and funds
to help pay for personal necessities.
"The Garden is a source of income, nutrition, exercise, and
hope for the youth, plus a significant learning experience and neighborhood
beautification project," notes Patricia Brown of the Yakima
Homeless Youth Committee. "Recently, a man who lives in the
neighborhood came by and remarked, ‘This garden is soothing,
settling, a feast for my eyes and a comfort to my soul each time
I see it.’ Spontaneous good is already happening."
Community Garden Committee Chair Steve Gaulke says, “I’ve
seen first hand wonderful interactions with neighbors, passers by
that we've never been witnessed before. The Garden is focused on
helping people have new and positive experiences, providing a safe
place to make new connections and friendships, to learn, and to
experience personal growth."
Read
more about this program
El Sol highlights the work of La Casa Hogar
La Casa Hogar, Una decada de solidaridad - Read
the article
The Heart of Our Home Cookbook - El Corazón de Nuestro
Hogar
This collection of family recipes from the Women of La Casa Hogar
was launched in mid February 2006. For more information on the cookbook
see the Heart of Our Home Cookbook
page.
The Loss of Annabelle
If you have read the paper today (October 27th) you will have seen
that a woman found dead in the Yakima River, was finally identified.
The path of her homelessness and struggle transitioning off the
streets was full of closed doors, limited resources and diminished
hope for a future of a safe and affordable home. This woman, a mother,
a friend to many, stayed at the mission as long as they allow, and
then out of desperateness shared a room with another woman. The
situation was neither safe nor affordable, leading up to her desperate
walk which ended some where along the cold and dark Yakima River.
Annabelle just wanted a home, a place to be safe and start her recovery
from the harsh cruel world of homelessness. She died alone, no friends,
no family, and no safety net to assist her in her dreams. If only
she had a home, affordable housing, maybe, just maybe her walk along
the river, in the dark, damp cold would have ended differently.
Will there be other Annabelle? All I can say is there are many other
men and woman out there needing affordable safe housing. Housing
first is the single most important key to recovery, and ending the
pain and suffering associated with the crises of homelessness in
our community and country.
It is unclear if any family will come forward; once again a person
experiencing homelessness is invisible in life and now death. I
ask all who are concerned about preventing and helping ending homelessness
demand resources for housing for the homeless and people living
on the edge in poverty. This Crisis will not end without Housing,
and as hopeful as I may want to be, without a change there will
be many more Annabelles.
Steve Gaulke, PATH Homeless Outreach
Project 101 at La Casa Hogar gives hope to women like Annabel ...
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Yakima Herald Republic Editorial on Annabelle Fund
A little Annabelle Fund help goes a long ways for local homeless
Sometimes a little help can go a long way when it fills a low-profile
need in helping the less fortunate.
For the homeless in this area, that would be the new Annabelle
Fund. It doesn’t attract a lot of attention and has very limited
resources, but don’t try to tell those it has helped that
it doesn’t make a difference.
The fund was initiated by Steve Gaulke, a local outreach worker
for the homeless. It’s named for Annabelle Lee McIntyre, a
local homeless woman who died last October along the Yakima River.
Gaulke approached the La Casa Hogar/Yakima Interfaith Coalition
to start up and run the fund that operates under a modest budget
– all from local donations – and without the bureaucracy
often evident with bigger agencies and government programs.
Depending upon availability, individuals may request up to $600
a year. Money goes directly to a landlord to ensure it is used appropriately.
In exchange for assistance, recipients must agree to work with a
case manager.
The idea of the fund is to keep it small, says Gloria Garza, Yakima
Interfaith Coalition’s coordinator of emergency service, who
along with Gaulke and Sister Georgette Bayless determine who receives
funding.
Gaulke told our reporter that McIntyre might be alive today if
she could have accessed a few dollars until the Social Security
benefits she was entitled to kicked in – a process that can
take a few months. He was working toward getting McIntyre into permanent
housing at the time of her death. This program deals with needs
so small that they often fly below the radar. No more. Annabelle
McIntyre may have died alone and homeless, but as it turns out,
her plight has helped make a difference for others.
The Annabelle Fund is just one more of those people-helping-people
approaches we appreciate so much about this community.
Published by the Yakima Herald Republic - Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Plazas Comunitarias
La Casa Hogar, in partnership with Yakima School District, is a
new site for Plazas Comunitarias. Inaugural Celebration and introduction
to the program was held on October 27, 2006.
This is a great opportunity for the women and children of La Casa
Hogar. The Spanish internet based curriculum, primary through secondary,
allows students to continue their education no matter what level
of education they have completed, while they gain their English
skills. Individuals can also take course work towards their GED.
Students studying Spanish at La Casa Hogar will be invited to enroll
in the program.
The Concept - Plazas Comunitarias is an agreement
between the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction, OSPI, Yakima School District and the Mexican Government
to set up a computer/internet-based hookup between the Mexican educational
system and our school systems here in Washington State. This agreement
allows students (young/old) to continue their education by logging
on to this approved system and completing their required course
work and meeting their educational requirements. There has been
a lot of work put into developing this system and working out all
the details including alignment of over 72 courses between Mexico
and Washington State.
Yakima County 10-year plan to combat homelessness gets national
recognition - Read
all about it!
Article on La Casa Hogar
Scaling the language barrier - Spanish classes open up a new world for a Good Fruit Grower
employee
La
Casa Hogar featured in Winter 2005 United Way Pillars Newsletter
Immigrants Come "Home"
to Yakima via La Casa Hogar
Catholic teenagers volunteering at La Casa Hogar
Read the full article "Here to Help"
Recent La Casa Hogar Newsletters
March 2008 Bits
of News [ pdf 150 KB]
December 2007
Bits of News [ pdf 545 KB]
October 2007 Bits
of News [ pdf 193 KB]
August 2007 Bits of News [ pdf 200 KB]
June 2007 Bits of News [ pdf 270 KB]
April 2007 Bits
of News [ pdf 87 KB]
October 2006 [ pdf 376 KB]
August 2006 [ pdf 173 KB]
January 2006 [ pdf 234 KB]
December 2005 [ pdf 202 KB]
November 2005 [ pdf 217 KB]
July 2005 [ pdf 227 KB]
May 2005 [ pdf 227 KB]
Spring 2005 [ pdf 130 KB]
February 2005 [ pdf 234 KB]
November 2004 [ pdf 230 KB]
October 2004 [ pdf 217 KB]
August 2004 [ pdf 214 KB]
April 2004 [ pdf 563 KB]
Annual Reports
2004 Annual Report [ pdf 227 KB]
2003 Annual Report [ pdf 246 KB]
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