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Habitat for Habitat of Greater Los Angeles Launches New CharityBuzz Auction Package Featuring General Hospital Fan Club Weekend Event Priority Entry and Seating plus a Real Hollywood Makeover

Los Angeles, CA- April 18, 2014: Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity (HFHFH), a program of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA), has launched its latest auction on CharityBuzz.com featuring General Hospital Fan Club Weekend tickets with priority access plus a makeover day with the show’s Emmy® Award winning hair and makeup artist Linda Rondinella. Bidding is open through Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 12:00 PM PDT just in time for Mother’s Day. All proceeds from this auction benefit Habitat LA’s mission to end substandard housing.

Bid now on the chance to be made over like a General Hospital star and priority access to up to six Fan Club Weekend events.

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PARALLELTEK Joins Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce & Supports 49th Annual Golf Classic as Bronze Sponsor

Santa Fe Springs, CA – April 15, 2014: PARALLELTEK, a provider of communications technology solutions, is pleased to announce it has joined the Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce. In the company’s first show of support, it signed on as a Bronze sponsor for the Chamber’s premiere community event, the 49th Annual Chamber Golf Classic, held Monday, April 14, 2014. Team PARALLELTEK, led by President Anthony Minite, also participated in the event and was thrilled to take home the first place trophy.

“The Chamber of Commerce is the voice of the business community and it’s an honor to be a member,” said Minite. “The Chamber helps the market grow, and as business leaders it’s our responsibility to support those efforts so that our community will be more prosperous.”

The services provided by PARALLELTEK cultivate communication between employees, clients, and workplace technology.

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“Opening the Doors to Change” Door Design Contest Winners Announced – All Entries on Display in Norwalk ReStore

Local Youth Advocate for Affordable Housing with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles during Act! Speak! Build! Week

Los Angeles, CA – April 9, 2014: In line with this year’s theme, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) sponsored “Opening the Doors to Change”, a design activity and competition to kick off a national youth advocacy program, Act! Speak! Build! Week (ASBW), April 6-12, 2014. Students were asked to decorate a common door in a creative and artistic way to bring attention to the need for affordable housing and ASBW. Entrants submitted photos to Habitat LA and the winners were announced Saturday, April 5th during a special reception held at the Norwalk ReStore.

“Today’s youth are incredibly passionate and connected, so engaging them to spread the message about the need for affordable housing is extremely powerful,” said Erin Rank, president and CEO, Habitat LA.

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PARALLELTEK Welcomes Roy Andries and Efrain Gastelum to its Growing Team of IT and AV Specialists

Santa Fe Springs, CA – April 1, 2014: PARALLELTEK, a provider of communications technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointments of Roy Andries as a Project Design Engineer and Efrain Gastelum as Director of Integrated Technologies. Andries’ focus is AV integration design and video collaboration technologies. Gastelum is responsible for customer-facing technology needs and facilitating all the integrated technologies within the workplace.

“Roy and Efrain possess the leadership and drive that is essential for the growth of PARALLELTEK and we are thrilled to have such talented engineers on our team,” said Anthony Minite, president of PARALLELTEK. “I am confident that their combined expertise and experience is going to help us raise the bar for our industry and enable us to exceed our customers’ expectations.

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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles Announces CharityBuzz Auction Featuring VIP Set Visit Plus Opportunity to Meet “Ray Donovan” Star Pooch Hall

Los Angeles, CA – March 28, 2014: Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity (HFHFH), a program of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA), launched its latest VIP Experience auction on CharityBuzz.com featuring a VIP visit to the set of Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” plus a meeting with one of the show’s stars, Pooch Hall. Bidding is open through Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 3:00 pm EDT. This VIP experience is priceless and all proceeds benefit HFH GLA’s mission to end substandard housing.

Bid now on the chance to meet Pooch Hall in Los Angeles.

Donated to Habitat LA by Showtime Network Inc., the auction winner, plus one lucky guest, will have the opportunity to visit the set of “Ray Donovan” and meet actor, Pooch Hall, in Los Angeles, California.

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Local Youth Advocate for Affordable Housing with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles during Act! Speak! Build! Week April 6 to 12, 2014

“Opening the Doors to Change” Design Contest is One Way to Get Involved

Los Angeles, CA – March 20, 2014: Act! Speak! Build! Week (ASBW) is a student-initiated advocacy program that empowers young people ages 5-25, not only to educate themselves about affordable housing issues, but also to take action. Habitat for Humanity affiliates around the country participate annually and this year ASBW will take place April 6-12. Locally, schools and universities will participate with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) by planning and hosting an event or activity focused on ending poverty housing, raising social consciousness, and changing housing policy.

This year’s theme is “Opening the Doors to Change.

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Tangram Partnered with Clark Construction to Host Event to Raise Awareness for Go Red For Women Campaign

Evening Featured Red Dresses Designed by Students from Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

Santa Fe Springs, CA – March 20, 2014: Tangram Interiors teamed with Clark Construction to host a special event to raise awareness about preventing heart disease and to celebrate the progress made by the Go Red For Women campaign over the last ten years. The event was held on Thursday, March 13th at Tangram’s Downtown L.A. studio located in the Pac Mutual Building. A minimum donation of $10 was requested, which Tangram generously matched.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women, causing one in three deaths every year, or roughly one woman every minute.

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Rudy Carrasco Joins Deconstruction & ReUse Network’s San Francisco Team

Laguna Beach, CA – March 13, 2014: Deconstruction & ReUse Network, Inc. (DRN) is thrilled to announce Rudy Carrasco has joined the organization as a project manager in its San Francisco region. DRN is an environmental and social benefit 501(c)(3) dedicated to promoting and empowering deconstruction practices and the reuse of quality building materials through collaboration.

In his role as project manager, Rudy Carrasco will assist property owners with planning and oversight of their projects, while networking with local organizations and municipalities to expand awareness of DRN’s services throughout the San Francisco area.

“Rudy brings valuable experience with building materials and construction management to our team,” said Lorenz Schilling, president of DRN. “He also understands the powerful impact the practice of reuse can have in the community.

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Rock Macke Joins ANEW Board of Directors

Board Recognizes Leadership in Commercial Real Estate and Community Outreach

[Pasadena, CA – March 06, 2013] Asset Network for Education Worldwide (ANEW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rock Macke, Director of Global Real Estate Operations, Resources Global Professionals (RGP), to its Board of Directors. As a leader in integrated sustainable practices in the commercial real estate field, Macke’s appointment to the ANEW board is a natural choice.

Macke’s comprehensive approach integrating cost, site selection and design, brand identity and sustainability is a natural fit with ANEW. “Serving on the ANEW Board is truly a privilege and honor! Their mission has been near and dear to my heart – long before I had even heard of ANEW,” says Macke. “My participation with ANEW is just another example of the universe unfolding as it should.

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Thrivent Financial reaches $200 million in donations to Habitat for Humanity with new 2014 commitment

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles benefits from Thrivent Builds with homebuilding efforts

Los Angeles, CA – February 28, 2014: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) has been awarded $137,500 from Thrivent Financial to build a home in Long Beach, California. This will be the ninth home built in in partnership with Thrivent in greater Los Angeles. From the national partnership’s inception in 2005, Thrivent Financial and its members have now committed more than $200 million and more than four million volunteer hours.

The funding is part of an ongoing partnership between Thrivent Financial and Habitat for Humanity International, called Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity. Through the partnership, Thrivent members, Habitat affiliates and others partner with families across the U.S. and around the world to provide affordable housing and stronger, generous communities.

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