EveryOne Home Partners Get Recognized

From the June 2010 Newsletter

Individuals who participate in EveryOne Home committees, projects, community-wide meetings, and on the Leadership Board have plates spilling over with their own work, family, and personal commitments. They are generous people that contribute their time to EveryOne Home’s mission to end homelessness by the year 2020. EveryOne Home is happy to see three of our dedicated partners be recognized for the excellence they uphold in their work.

boona chema (left) and Suzanne Shenfil (right)

Leadership Board and Executive Committee member, Suzanne Shenfil along with Resource Development & Public Relations Committee member, boona chema have both been recently inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame. Suzanne who is the Human Services Director in the City of Fremont was recognized in the area of Business & Professions for her work in building strong collaborations across the community. boona, in the Community Service area, discusses the compassion needed and reciprocated in working with homeless and poverty stricken individuals/families in her interview for the award. Their video interviews can be seen below:

Sam Cobbs played an important role in the EveryOne Home Performance Measurement Project [PDF] as a member of the Outcomes Drafting Committee. He has recently been awarded a 2010 James Irvine Foundation Leadership award for reducing poverty and homelessness and improving the outcomes for one of California’s most at risk populations (transition age foster youth). This award will grant First Place For Youth a $125,000 to share their innovative and proven approaches with policymakers and others in the field. You can watch a video of Sam who talks about First Place for Youth and their outcome measures here:

Photos and video courtesy of Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame and the James Irvine Foundation respectively.