Help Fight Air Pollution at CVC and Adopt-a-Tree!
Jan 27th
Help Now!!!
We need your help to improve air quality for hundreds of children and residents at the Villages at Cabrillo!
With a population of 1,000 residents, CVC is home to more than 400 children who are exposed to air pollution from the surrounding ports (Long Beach and Los Angeles), refineries, freeways, and railyards. Over the years, CVC has sought to address this reality through various health initiatives, including a partnership with the UCLA Breathmobile which provides periodic campus visits to help educate, diagnose, and treat those suffering from respiratory health issues.
Our latest and most ambitious effort is to plant close to 200 new trees that will protect and beautify the campus. This landscape barrier will serve as a natural buffer and will help remove particulate matter from the air. Landscape barriers have proven to be effective at improving air quality, especially when developed close to the pollutant source.
We need your help to raise $40,000, the remaining cost of this critical project!
Every dollar raised through the Adopt-A-Tree program will go directly into the landscape barrier and help to improve outdoor air quality for hundreds of children and residents, both current and future. Please know that your support will be leveraged by other resources that we have raised, including a grant from the Port of Long Beach, support from the City of Long Beach and some corporate support. However, we still have work to do! CVC has committed to the long term maintenance and care of these trees and plans to break ground on the barrier in the Spring of this year.
Please donate now! You can also help us by spreading the word to your friends and family.
To donate by mail, please make your check out to “Century Villages at Cabrillo” and send to Century Villages at Cabrillo, c/o Adopt-A-Tree, 2001 River Ave., Long Beach, CA 90810. Please note that contributions are tax-deductible.
To learn more about the Adopt-A-Tree program and Century Villages at Cabrillo, please visit our website.
Steve Colman participates in Annual Principal-For-A-Day Program at Hudson School
Dec 13th
On December 7, 2011, Steve Colman, VP, Property Operations for Century Villages participated in the Annual Principal-For-A-Day program and served at CVC’s neighborhood Elizabeth Hudson K-8 School.
Principal-For-A-Day is an event that brings community members from the Greater Long Beach Area into local schools in the role of the principal. It is co-sponsored by the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the Long Beach Unified School District and the Long Beach Education Foundation. This year, every school in the district participated. Each Principal-For-A-Day was given the opportunity to interact with students, teachers, parents and administrators through classroom visits, meetings, testing and playground supervision. Steve got a birds-eye view of what it takes to be a principal in the third largest school district in the state.
Unique to LBUSD, the Elizabeth Hudson School is the only K-8 school in the district which operates as an accredited International Baccalaureate School meaning that all students are encouraged to grow intellectually, socially and culturally through gaining knowledge of world cultures, values and ways of life and to appreciate and reflect upon their own culture and compare it to others. Curriculums are prepared across subjects and students are encouraged to build critical thinking and problem solving skills and to work collaboratively to accomplish goals and take responsibility for learning. Hudson school is also a California Distinguished School and a Title I High Achieving School.
Steve greatly appreciated the time and attention provided to him by Principal Cathleen Imbroane, her staff and teachers and the students at Elizabeth Hudson School and for the wonderful banner that greeted him upon his arrival! The opportunity to see our neighborhood school firsthand and to share the needs and challenges of the school as well as to share the challenges of our resident students and families will allow for closer collaborations between the CVC campus and the school going forward. Already, planning is in the works for a site tour of our facility and perhaps an on-site parents meeting with school administrators! Steve’s final comment: GO HAWKS!
Elizabeth Hudson K-8 Mission Statement
Our mission is to collaboratively create an international community of learners who are challenged to reach their highest potential. A focus on interdisciplinary instruction based on standards, inquiry and service learning inspires students to become reflective, compassionate, and caring leaders who help create a better, more peaceful world thorough intercultural understanding.
Rebuilding Together Long Beach: Make a Difference Day at CVC
Oct 26th
As part of the national Make a Difference Day festivities on Saturday, October 22nd, CVC teamed with Rebuilding Together Long Beach and brought to campus approximately 40 volunteers who spent the day painting the entire exterior of our South Administration building, which houses the VA Community Based Outreach Clinic (CBOC) and the administrative offices of US Vets. In addition, volunteers painted the interior offices and training room of the building occupied by another of our service providers, Los Angeles Habitation House. The day started out at 7 AM, in a dense fog but the sun soon burned through and it was a gorgeous and bright sunny day with temperature in the mid 70’s. Rebuilding Together Long Beach arranged for all the painting supplies and equipment, water and snacks, and a tasty and filling Mexican buffet lunch! Volunteers, which included some CVC residents, had an opportunity to learn more about CVC and its partners and interacted with residents and staff. CVC thanks Rebuilding Together Long Beach and the many volunteers who contributed their time and energy on Saturday to make these much needed improvements to the CVC campus.
CVC hosts supportive housing visitor from Australia
Oct 7th
On October 7th, CVC hosted a visit from Ken Marchingo, CEO of Haven, the only fully integrated housing and supportive service provider in all of Australia. Based in the State of Victoria, Haven has been providing services to Australia’s homeless community for more than two decades. Similar to CVC’s continuum of supportive housing, Haven provides a variety of housing types from short-term emergency housing, to transitional and long-term affordable rental housing, all enhanced with supportive services. CVC was pleased to learn about the affordable housing industry in Australia and welcomed the opportunity to share its housing campus with Ken.
From left to right, Stephen Peelor, SVP of Century Housing, Melissa Rain, Property Assistant, Leticia Banuelos, Property Assistant, Ken Marchingo, CEO of Haven, and Marshall Rouser, Assistant Property Manager
CVC Awarded CSBG Grant through Long Beach Community Action Partnership
Oct 7th
In late September, CVC was awarded Community Services Block Grant (“CSBG”) grant funding through Long Beach Community Action Partnership. This CSBG grant will ensure continuity of community-wide resident services at the Oasis Community Center from October through year end and will build upon the tremendous work of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles and CSULB’s Center for Community Engagement over the past 3+ years. Specifically, the grant will focus on providing critical employment-related services such as skill development, financial literacy, job preparation, and job placement. These services will be made available to all CVC residents, including veterans and families. For more information, please contact Jaylene Westfall at (562) 388-8080 or email her at jwestfall@centuryvillages.org.
