Non-profit Furnishing Hope is delighted to announce its second event in the series “Inside Orange County’s Finest Homes.” This event will be held at “La Casa Della Famigila Roy” (Italian for “The Roy Family Home) in Laguna Niguel on Saturday, September 24, 2011. A few of Furnishing Hope’s wounded warriors will be present during an Italian-themed evening in this beautiful Tuscan home. Sargent Major O’Loughlin, United States Marine Corps, from the Wounded Warrior Battalion on Camp Pendleton will speak about the Battalion and what our men and women face as they return home from war. Also included in the event will be an opportunity drawing, live and silent auctions.
Proceeds will to help support Furnishing Hope’s program to furnish homes for our severely injured military returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
This event will be the second of a series of fundraisers to be held in private homes furnished by Orange County design professionals. Attendees will not only be able to peek into some of the most lavish homes in Orange County but also spend a moment with the families, designers, and architects who designed and built them.
The event committee has been diligently working for months to present a spectacular event for such a meaningful cause. Fundraiser guests will not be disappointed!
When: September 24, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: Casa Roy, 3 Searidge, Laguna Niguel, CA
Why: Proceeds will benefit Furnishing Hope’s efforts in furnishing homes for our returning military. Dozens of wounded warriors are returning each month, and many families rush to Southern California with only a few suitcases. Furnishing Hope provides furniture for these uprooted and in-crisis families to relieve stress from their lives, and support healing. Furnishing Hope partners with active duty organizations to be ready within hours or days to make a home for as many of these warriors and their families as our funds will allow.
About Furnishing Hope
Founded in 2003, Furnishing Hope’s mission is to improve the living space for people in need, one room at a time.
Accomplishments:
- Furnished 39 homes for members of the Wounded Warrior Battalion since January 2010. These returning military sustained combat injuries in Iraq and Afganistan.
- Furnished and decorated 60 homes built by Habitat for Humanity. Eleven homes in the San Juan Capistrano project were for military families.
- Furnished and decorated 18 apartments for Orangewood Foundation’s Rising Tide Community.
- Provided complete home furnishings for three low income families who lost their homes to fire for the American Red Cross.
- Furnished three homes and one 22-bed facility for Veterans First, sheltering 60 homeless, disabled veterans in Anaheim & Garden Grove.
Projects to be completed before the end of 2011:
- Furnish a home for each wounded warrior recommended to us by the Family Readiness Officer on Camp Pentleton and at the Navel Medical Hospital in San Diego.
Major sponsors:
- Living Spaces
- BECCA Swim
Furnishing Hope, headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. For more information about Furnishing Hope of Orange County, please call Beth Phillips, Founder and Executive Director, at (949) 640-8012 or visit our web site at www.furnishinghope.org.
Furnishing Hope
3857 Birch Street, #503
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 640-8012 Fax: (949) 417-1845
Website: www.FurnishingHope.org
