Century Community Charter School receives $10,000 Grant from Ethics In Journalism Foundation

Based in Culver City, Calif., Century Housing is a nonprofit affordable housing lender, which has used more than $320 million in financing to help create more than 12,000 quality ownership and rental homes, affordable to low- and moderate-income working families. Century links its affordable housing with social programs supported through The More Than Shelter Fund^® that have served more than 20,000 Southern California residents. These services include: on-site after-school academic tutoring for at-risk youth; construction job training and placement for men and women; child development centers for low-income families; transitional housing for homeless veterans; and wellness programs for seniors.

For more information on Century Housing, please visit www.centuryhousing.org.

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2006
Contact:	Robbie McPherson Media Relations Manager 310.642.2032 Fax: 310.258.0701 rmcpherson@centuryhousing.org
Century Community Charter School receives $10,000 Grant from Ethics In Journalism Foundation
Inglewood, CA — Century Housing, one of California's largest affordable housing lenders, announces the awarding of a $10,000 grant from the Ethics and Excellence In Journalism Foundation to the Century Community Charter School in Inglewood. The funds will be used to produce a school yearbook, school newspaper, and newsletter. “As we work to replicate and expand our Charter School’s success, this grant could not have come at a better time,” said G. Allan Kingston, President and CEO of Century Housing and Chairman of the Charter School. “Maintaining communication between parents and students is vital to providing a quality education to children. This generous grant from the Ethics and Excellence In Journalism Foundation will fund a yearbook and school newspaper, which will help students celebrate and document their educational experience, and a newsletter, which will inform parents about school life,” Kingston said. The Century Community Charter School operates under a charter from the Lennox School District.
Based in Culver City, Calif., Century Housing is a nonprofit affordable housing lender, which has used more than $320 million in financing to help create more than 12,000 quality ownership and rental homes, affordable to low- and moderate-income working families. Century links its affordable housing with social programs supported through The More Than Shelter Fund^® that have served more than 20,000 Southern California residents. These services include: on-site after-school academic tutoring for at-risk youth; construction job training and placement for men and women; child development centers for low-income families; transitional housing for homeless veterans; and wellness programs for seniors. For more information on Century Housing, please visit www.centuryhousing.org.