Own the American Dream

Indian Lane home construction starts in June! 

This is Sacramento Habitat for Humanity’s largest and most ambitious home development project to date and has been more than 6 years in the making.

The transit-oriented development (TOD) is located across from the Florin Road Light Rail Station.  It will feature 14 single family, 3 and 4-bedroom homes.  These two-story homes will all be LEED-certified and sold at 0% interest to qualified partner families. 

Two families have already been assigned to the development.  Habitat is searching for 12 more.  Info:  Molly Gautreaux, Family Services Coordinator, 916-440-1215, x. 1111 or FamilyServices@shfh.org.

Family Homeowner Orientations will be held at Sacramento Habitat for Humanity, 819 North 10^th Street, Sacramento on the following dates: Monday, April 15, 2013 from 5:30-6:30 pm; Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 10:00-11:00 am; and Monday, June 17, 2013 from 5:30-6:30 pm.  RSVP to Molly Gautreaux, Family Services Coordinator, 916-440-1215, x. 1111 or FamilyServices@shfh.org.

Bucks for Burbank Students

Win your share of up to $10,000 in cash scholarships!

This program is just for graduating seniors from Luther Burbank High School, Sacramento, who plan to attend a college, university, or trade school.  Pick up the Florin Road Foundation scholarship application from the school's career center. 

We must receive your application and supporting materials by 4:00 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013.

The Sacramento Values Project: A Neighborhood Opportunity

The Values Project is a new public art project for the Sacramento community, by the Sacramento community.  It paints "values" words that represent our shared human values in public parking spaces, in dozens of parking lots, in the language appropriate for the neighborhood, to stimulate thought and conversation.

This Spring and Summer, volunteers (with the approval of City officials) will coordinate with businesses, schools, hospitals, churches and non-profit organizations, and arrange for licensed & bonded crews to paint select parking spaces with the values words each organization chooses to represent their own values.

Councilmember Jay Schenirer is offering to sponsor the winner of a contest.  To participate, please submit two paragraphs by e-mail explaining how you think the values words painted in the parking spaces will improve your environment.  The contest will run from Friday, March 1st, to Friday, March 29th.  A winner will be selected by the Councilmember and will be eligible to receive four values words.  Please e-mail your submission to: mrabovsky@cityofsacramento.org

The Values Project is relying on a variety of funding:  crowdsourcing, angels, grants and businesses.  As a business owner for instance, your fee would cover your workshop and your painted words, as well as the workshop and words at a public school, non-profit, church or city lot of your choice.  The artist, Peter Hassen, is donating his time, so the $100 per word fee covers hard costs:  materials, painting and gas.

To find out more information, to volunteer or to make a donation, please visit www.TheValuesProject.org.