Join us at 5:30 p.m. on September 8, 2011 for a Fashion Show, Dinner and Silent Auction at Avalon Manor, hosted by Friends Assisting Women in Need, Inc (FAWN). Again this year, HO is the event’s charitable recipient. Featuring apparel from local...
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Christ Lutheran VBS Helps Feed the Hungry
Christ Lutheran Church’s Vacation Bible School collected food and paper products totaling 377.5 pounds for the Food Pantry at Housing Opportunities. The third through fifth graders delivered the items on Thursday, July 28 and stocked the shelves so...
Local Non-Profit Helping to Build the Bridge to Recovery
In an effort to provide financial assistance to families in the states most impacted by the downturn of the housing market, the U.S. Department of the Treasury established the Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the hardest-hit markets...
Spring Valley Updates from Housing Opportunities
As many of you may know, Housing Opportunities officially purchased Spring Valley in February 2011. After some rehab in the office space and thanks to many volunteers who helped, the staff was able to move offices permanently to the Spring Valley...
4th Annual Spring Tasting to Aid Homeless
In Porter County, a recent study revealed that on a single day there were 154 families and individuals who were homeless. There were 148 children in the families counted. From these numbers, 68% had been homeless for 30 days or less, and for 84%,...
Saved From Foreclosure — Al and Emily’s Story
Written by Caroline Shook CEO My grandmother used to remind me that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That cliché but wise saying is never more true than it is when working with those at risk of becoming homeless. It is far more...
ALDI Donates Needed Products at Food Drive
It was day three of the four-day Home & Garden Show at Porter County Expo Center. Hundreds of visitors to the show donated nonperishable food products as they entered the Expo Center. Kevin Feldman, Resource Development Director for Housing...
Harris Bank Sponsors an Apartment for Homeless
Even before Housing Opportunities, Inc. signed the papers to become the new owners of Spring Valley on February 15, HO had filled the first 12 of 28 apartments with homeless families and individuals from Porter County. “Housing Opportunities stuck...
Donate Food and Receive Discount to Home & Garden Show
As you may already know, on Tuesday, February 15 Housing Opportunities became the new owners of Spring Valley on Calumet in Valparaiso. This, along with housing soon to come in Michigan City, has created a growing need for non-perishable food, paper...
A Graduate From Housing Opportunities Housing Program
Josh Lusco was one of the first clients to move into Housing Opportunities Transitional program in November 2000. Josh worked with his case manager on getting a job and working on life skills of living independently; cooking, cleaning and running his...