Step Up | Grand Opening Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week!

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Grand Opening celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week!

Step Up
October 13, 2015

With tenants moving in just weeks before, the Grand Opening of the Kaufmann Apartments at Step Up on Colorado, marked homelessness ended for 32 individuals experiencing mental health issues. RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE! Dignitaries at the event included officials from the City of Santa Monica, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, and the County of Los Angeles. Below guest speaker Lise Bornstein, of Killefer Flammang Architects (KFA), captures the spirit of Mental Health Awareness Week with a warm welcome to new residents, along with Step Up and development partner Hollywood Community Housing Corporation (HCHC):

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We launched a new cooking class with our Vets last week at Building 209 with two enthusiastic volunteer chefs! We’ll be cooking new recipes weekly using the vegetables and fruits we’re growing in our edible community garden. Contact our volunteer coordinator at chealy@stepuponsecond.org if you’d like to come volunteer and help out.

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Over the past few weeks, we've welcomed volunteer teams from The Home Depot, AXA XL, and Calsense to the West Los Angeles VA Campus to collaborate on the constructing and planting of garden beds and a small citrus grove in Building 209’s own backyard. The beds include tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, strawberries, and basil.

Team Depot funded the project with a grant of $8,000 to cover the costs of materials that included raised beds, drip irrigation, all planting material, sheds, gardening tools, and patio furniture. The Vets have formed a gardening club to monitor the watering and maintenance.

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