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Lighthouse for Women & Children In The News
American Recovery Service Inc. Helps Women & Children Recover at the Lighthouse
August 2010 - Tom Baxter, CEO of American Recovery Service Inc (ARSI) in Thousand Oaks and a team of ARSI employees visited the Lighthouse, after which Mr. Baxter wrote, "We were all very touched by the scale of the humanitarian mission your organization has undertaken and the high level of commitment and dedication we observed from all your staff." After the tour, ARSI donated $15,000 and ARSI employees donated more than $2,500 in food, clothing, and supplies. With the generous support of community minded businesses like ARSI, the Lighthouse is able to help homeless women and children find refuge, recovery, and restoration.
SUN Fund Shines for the Lighthouse
July 2010 - The Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF) awarded a generous grant to the Lighthouse to repair a section of fence at its transitional housing facility that was destroyed by high winds. The foundation’s SUN Fund (Special and Urgent Needs) is just one of the many grant programs administered by the Ventura County Community Foundation to support non-profits in our community. The new fence will help to ensure the safety and security of the women and children we serve.
T.O. Women’s Club Contributes to the Lighthouse
July 2010 - The Westlake Village Junior Women’s Club renewed its long-standing partnership with the Lighthouse with a generous $2,500 grant. The grant will help cover operating expenses to provide food, clothing, and shelter for women and children in need. This is the Club’s sixth consecutive year of generous support for the Lighthouse.
Meadowlark Awards Grant for Lighthouse Renovations
June 2010 - The Meadowlark Service League awarded a $3,000 grant to the Lighthouse toward renovations underway at the Ivywood-Junewood facilities. The League’s generous, on-going support will help the Lighthouse to complete the remodeling that was needed to make a safe, yet warm and friendly environment for the women and children we serve.
Ventura County Sees the Need for More Year-Round Homeless Services
March 2010 - Tami Contreras, 48, said she’s come up empty for two months. She said she turned to Lighthouse after her hours dropped dramatically at the hospital where she worked as a food service employee.
She bounced from a rented room in Ventura to a motel room to a friend’s couch. Her only income is $200 a month in food stamps, but at least the shelter gives her a place to stay, she said.
“By the grace of God,” she said, “I got a bed.” Read the VC Star article
Sorority holds Food Drive for the Lighthouse
January 2010 - As part of the annual MLK Day of Service, members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Xi Kappa Omega Chapter, set up a table outside of Von's grocery store in Oxnard and asked members of the community to donate non-perishable food items to benefit the Lighthouse Women & Children Mission's Emergency Shelter in Oxnard. Despite a weak economy and rainy weather, individuals still donated to the cause by providing bags, boxes, and in one case an entire shopping cart filled with food items. Read the full story...
Voices of Hope - One Year Later
January 2010 - Everything she owned was jammed into a suitcase packed with baby clothes and diapers. Evicted from her apartment for not paying the rent, she had been roaming the streets for hours with her infant son, not knowing where to go or what to do. Andrea Houchin was homeless and she was scared. Read more...
Amgen Foundation Leads the Way with 35K!
December 2009 - The Lighthouse Women & Children's Mission received a very generous $35,000 grant award from the Amgen Foundation in support of its emergency shelter, residential recovery, and transitional housing program. The Amgen grant is one of the largest grants ever received for the Lighthouse. We were all very excited when we received the initial award notification and even more surprised that the award amount was $10,000 over the amount we requested! What a great Christmas present!
In-N-Out Supports Children in Need
December 2009 - The In-N-Out Burger Foundation continues to demonstrate its support and partnership with the Lighthouse Women & Children's Mission by awarding a $6,000 grant to take care of repairs and improvements to the Lighthouse facilities. The foundation, whose mission is aiding abused and neglected children, has faithfully partnered with the Lighthouse for several years to provide food, shelter, and many other supportive services for homeless children in Ventura County.
Crummer Foundation Provides Safe Shelter for Women & Children
November 2009 - The Roy E. Crummer Foundation continues to demonstrate its on-going commitment and faithfulness to support the Lighthouse Women & Children's Mission by providing a generous $1,000 grant. The foundation has awarded a grant to the Lighthouse every year over the past several years. It is only through the generosity and faithfulness of individuals, businesses, and foundation’s like the Roy E. Crummer Foundation, that we are able to help homeless women and children in need.
P & G Fund Helps Lighthouse Children to Live, Learn, and Thrive
November 2009 - The Lighthouse Women & Children's Mission has received a very generous $10,000 grant from the P & G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation in support of children’s services. P & G’s grant will help the Lighthouse to add more learning and childhood development resources to its program for children. It will also help parents who have little or no income to pay for special events or field trips for their children. What a blessing!
 Verizon Check into Literacy supports Learning at the Lighthouse
October 2009 - The Lighthouse Women & Children's Mission would like to thank all the Verizon customers throughout California who contributed to Verizon’s Check Into Literacy initiative. The Lighthouse was one of seven agencies selected to receive funding this year and was awarded a $7,500 grant to be used specifically for the Lighthouse’s learning center program. The program offers residents the opportunity to improve their educational, vocational and career path skills as they prepare to re-enter the community and the workforce. A very special thanks to Verizon and the Verizon customers who contributed to the Check Into Literacy program, and for making this grant possible!
Samuelsson Foundation Funds Playground for Children
September 2009 - The Harriet H. Samuelsson Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Lighthouse Women & Children's Mission to help build a safe playground area for the homeless children staying at the Lighthouse. Funding will be used to purchase new playground equipment and to create a sound base for the equipment and the area designated for the playground. The new equipment will not only be a secure and fun place for the children, but will also help the children to develop both physically and socially. The Harriet H. Samuelsson foundation has been instrumental in helping the Lighthouse to develop its children’s services by providing generous grants over the past two years.
Women’s Legacy Fund Gives Hope to Homeless Women and Children
September 2009 - The Women’s Legacy Fund, administered by the Ventura County Community Foundation, continued its support of the Lighthouse Women & Children's Mission with a grant of $5,000 in September to provide food, shelter, and clothing for homeless women and children in Ventura County. The Women’s Legacy Fund has been a generous supporter of the Lighthouse, and many other agencies in the community, for several years. Its partnership with the community has helped hundreds of women and children to receive shelter, support, new direction, and hope for their lives.
Stories and poems written in a creative writing class at the Lighthouse Women and Children's Mission
December 2008 - Read the creative writings of four women whose lives were touched through your support of the Lighthouse. Click here.
Voices of Hope
December 2008 - Early this year, Andrea Houchin was living on the street with her 7-month-old son, Luis. Her sole support at the time was her boyfriend, Luis's father, who was deported to Mexico on drug charges. Andrea said she couldn't pay the rent on their apartment and was evicted. Click here to watch Andrea's story Click here to read Andrea's story
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