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Mercy Housing Asset Management Team

Our very own Asset Management team volunteered during Volunteer Week in Colorado and helped clean up the community garden at Grace Apartments. Melissa Clayton, a Mercy Housing senior leader, shared why volunteering holds a special place in her heart: What is your role at Mercy Housing? I am the Senior Vice President of National Portfolio

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Thank you to all the volunteers who joined us in our annual Volunteer Week! In addition to continuing this work in Colorado, we were excited to host our first Volunteer Week in the Southwest! This year we hosted over 15 activities with 60 volunteers at eight properties across Colorado and Arizona. We saw firsthand what

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With a bit of encouragement from Ms. Natalie, Resident Services Coordinator at Lincoln Way, Kaelynne decided to give Girls on the Run a try. Focused on girls in grades 3-5, Girls on the Run is an 8-week program focused on developing character and preparing each participant to run a 5K. The first day they met was

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Last summer, a Northern Illinois Food Bank truck pulled up to Mercy Housing Lakefront’s Batavia Apartments in Batavia, IL., loaded with donated food. For Batavia Apartments Resident Services Coordinator Lynn, it was a welcome sight. Margaret Perrault, the CEO of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce had helped to coordinate the donation drop off and reached

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Two women organizing books on a book shelf, smiling towards the camera

When the pandemic put a pause on chair yoga, Brenda changed course and used her love for reading to help residents at Page Commons in Gilbert, Arizona, in another meaningful way! Before COVID, Brenda taught adaptive chair yoga to senior residents at Page Commons. The group met once a week in the library, as they

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A photo of two women volunteers smiling at the camera while volunteering at a food pantry

Over the past several years, the demand for food services has increased dramatically as so many people face uncertainty about where their next meal will come from. To help combat this need, Mercy Housing provides free, onsite food pantries to offer seniors, families, and people with special needs basic living essentials. This vital resource helps

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A man and two women at a Mercy Housing community smiling at the camera

Thanks to all our amazing volunteers – Mercy Housing Colorado’s Volunteer Week was a great success! We gathered with over 50 volunteers who shared their time and talents with us during 17 different volunteering activities. Last week, our community came together to help bring mercy and hope to those in need. We saw firsthand what

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Two woman, one with a black sweater and another with a red and white sweater, are wearing blue gloves and sorting food items into shopping bags
2/18/2022

Volunteer Power

Stroll by Mercy Housing’s Heritage Homes community on a Monday morning and you will likely pass a throng of neighborhood residents greeting one another in a multitude of languages, while bags of fresh produce change hands and volunteers work up a sweat. From the ground floor of Heritage Homes, Mercy Housing California (MHC) operates one

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Unity Circles Group Photo - 9 Women wearing masks smiling at the camera

When Anna Marie Fai and Alyssa Tuaolo stepped into their resident-serving roles at Britton Court Apartments in San Francisco, they found a community in need of healing. Violence in the surrounding Visitacion Valley neighborhood had left families reeling, and within the building,  they sensed the need to build trust. Anna, a Resident Services Manager at

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With the support of the Walmart Foundation, St. Catherine Residence partnered with the Women’s Club of Wisconsin to provide 472 pre-packaged meals and with Jennaro Brothers to provide 1,700 pounds of fruit and vegetables.

Across Mercy Housing Lakefront communities, we have continued to provide support and assistance to residents facing difficulties during the pandemic. We are so grateful for our partners who have assisted us in supporting Wisconsin residents, and we are happy to highlight partnerships that provide emergency assistance for residents and property staff. We thank all partners,

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