PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1 , 2004
Media Relations Officer
310.642.2042 Fax: 310.258-0701
rmcpherson@centuryhousing.org
$1.5 Million Beverly Hills Area Home Raffled To Aid Child Care,
Job Training and Other Los
Angeles Social Programs
Los Angeles, CA – A $1.5 million Beverly Hills area home (or $1 million cash) will be raffled off to benefit the newly established The More Than Shelter Fund, which supports diverse social programs for low-income families.
Century Housing, one of California’s largest nonprofit affordable housing lenders, is conducting the raffle. For contest rules and information, visit www.centuryhousing.org.
“We wanted to do something big to kick off The More Than Shelter Fund,” said Century Housing President and CEO G. Allan Kingston. “More Than Shelter® services have helped more than 20,000 working families, individuals and veterans, and we want to help 20,000 more; these programs are in need of vital funding in order to keep them going well into the future.”
The tickets sell for $180 each (available at 1-866-90-90210). Only 22,000 tickets will be sold.
“What better way to celebrate the season of giving than to contribute to a great cause, and take a chance on winning the prize of a lifetime?” Kingston said.
Century Housing is a nonprofit affordable housing lender based in Culver City, Calif., which has helped finance more than 11,000 quality ownership and rental homes, affordable to low-income working families.
Century links its affordable housing with social services supported through The More Than Shelter Fund®.
These programs 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
• Wellness programs for seniors
Century Housing is a private nonprofit affordable housing lender, which
has created more than 11,000 units of quality affordable housing in
the metropolitan Los Angeles area. Century links affordable housing
for low-moderate income families with More Than Shelter®
social services which include on-site after-school tutoring for at-risk
youth, career counseling for women to enter the construction trades,
child care for low-income families, and wellness programs for seniors.
To contribute to the More Than Shelter Fund, which supports all of Century’s More Than Shelter programs, please visit www.morethanshelterfund.org.
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