HomeAid Northern Virginia, Beazer Homes and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington announce the dedication and opening of Catholic Charities’ family transitional housing following extensive renovation.

When: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 — 9:30 a.m.

Where: 1423 G Street, Woodbridge, Virginia

Who: Rick Cole, President of HomeAid Northern Virginia, Gary Szebalskie, Vice President of Customer Care for Beazer Homes, Stephen Luteran, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington.

Why: The housing facility in Prince William County will serve the needs of homeless families of all faiths and backgrounds.   Catholic Charities’ staff will address the basic needs of the families and will work in collaboration with other local service providers to offer a continuum of care and appropriate social services. With the ultimate goal of moving to independent living, the families will be offered employment training, job placement services, life-skills training, and counseling.
   
HomeAid Northern Virginia is the non-profit charitable arm of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association (NVBIA) that builds and renovates temporary shelters for Northern Virginia’s homeless.  Since its founding in 2001, the members of HomeAid Northern Virginia have participated in more than 35 projects and have donated millions of dollars in labor, materials, management and other resources to non-profit organizations that help Northern Virginia’s homeless.  Through donations of time, expertise, money and materials, HomeAid’s builders and their partners have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars that organizations would otherwise have spent on construction costs.  This savings has been put toward sheltering the homeless, training programs, thrift stores, food banks, training centers and other services for the homeless.