Today, Century Villages at Cabrillo staff, residents, and nearly 300 guests, celebrated the grand opening of Cabrillo Gateway, the fourth phase of campus development featuring 80 permanent supportive homes. Brian D’Andrea, CVC’s President, gave a genuine thank you to the financial partners, city officials, and agencies who made the project possible. Ron Griffith, President of Century Housing, introduced The Honorable Judge Harry Pregerson, who was very moved by the enthusiasm surrounding the project, and reminded attendees that “the best thing we can hope to aspire to is to help other people.” The Pregerson Tower, an imposing bell tower at the most prominent corner of the development, was dedicated to Judge Pregerson following the ribbon cutting in honor for his leadership in the conversion of CVC from a downtrodden naval base to a thriving campus housing more than 1,300 veterans and families. Located at the foot of the Villages at Cabrillo campus, Cabrillo Gateway serves as the iconic development at the entry and physical gateway to the community. For residents, it represents the symbolic gateway out of homelessness and into a hopeful, healthy future. The development enhances CVC’s housing by expanding its permanent offerings for families and addressing a documented need for special needs households. All 80 of the new homes are set aside for special needs populations, 16 of which will be MHSA-qualified. Cabrillo Gateway is enriched with supportive services through CVC’s Resident Services Team and CVC’s network of 20 on-site service providers. Specifically, CVC has partnered with the County Department of Mental health to provide targeted mental health services to MHSA-eligible households. Further, The Children’s Clinic is operating a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) on the ground floor of Cabrillo Gateway.

  CVC’s Executive Director, Steve Colman, was recently featured on Long Beach public access television (PADNET.tv) in an interview with former three term Long Beach Mayor, Beverly O’Neill.   Covering Century Villages at Cabrillo,  the Heart of Giving segment starts about 15 minutes into the video: http://padnet.tv/watchvideo/?id=803

Support Our Summer Youth Programming by Adopting-A-Camper Today!

Many residents at the Villages at Cabrillo have few options for their children once school is out. Traditional summer camps cost about $200 a week, which is out of reach for families who are currently homeless or have limited income. Century Villages at Cabrillo’s Oasis Community Center are committed to providing our youth with the same opportunity for enrichment programs as other children in the community. This Summer CVC’s Oasis Center is teaming up with Occupational Therapy Student interns from CSUDH and USC to offer three unique summer experiences for the youth that reside at the Villages.  With your help we will offer a Summer Camp to 50 children and teens free of charge.

~ Oasis Summer Camp (children ages K-5^th) Fun programming offered daily during the summer and will include games, arts, crafts, music, gardening and much more. ~ BE BOLD Teen Camp (teens 6^th-12^th grade) Leadership program offered daily in the mornings during the Summer and will include managing the Bold Bakers, a social enterprise developed by teens, sports, games, arts, crafts, cooking and much more. ~TEEN CLUBHOUSE (teens 6^th-12^th grade) Drop in style teen center open daily in the afternoons and staffed by Occupational Therapy interns and will include dance, games, activities, theme weeks, cooking, healthy eating, and fun experiences.

We need your help to reach our goal of $5,000 which will allow 50 children to attend the Oasis Summer Camp!

Every dollar raised through Adopt-A-Camper will go directly to cover the Oasis Summer programming expenses. Your support will allow us to offer an educational and fun experience to the children that need it most.

No gift is too small or too large—please Adopt-A-Camper today!

For just: $25  You can Adopt 1 youth for 1 week $50  Will provide snacks for the youth for 1 week $100  You can Adopt 1 youth for the entire summer $500 Will allow 10 youth to attend the Camp Field Trip $1,000  You can Adopt 10 youth for the Entire Camp  

 

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On Friday, April 10th, CVC moderated a workshop at the Continuums of Service conference being held at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California entitled “Harnessing the Power of Collaboration to Address Homelessness.”  Highlighting the Public-Private-Educational collaborative model that is the Villages at Cabrillo, the workshop panel featured representatives from the City of Long Beach, Century Villages at Cabrillo, Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Long Beach.  Thank you to our panelists and the many workshop attendees from across the country, including Canada, who learned about Long Beach’s “Collective Impact” approach to ending homelessness.  Click here to download the presentation.

We hope you’ll join the campaign and support CVC’s Oasis Program to help improve the lives of more than 1000 homeless and formerly homeless veterans and families we serve at the Villages at Cabrillo on any given day.  Every dollar raised helps us provide life changing services to our residents, we need you help to ensure CVC’s most vulnerable residents get a hand up this holiday season and year round. Please visit our donation page and give today!