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In spite of COVID-19 pandemic challenges, first-gen college-going scholarship winners adapt and thrive

Going to college as a first generation college-goer can feel like an uphill climb. Pile on coronavirus pandemic challenges like heightened anxiety, distance learning and sheltering in place,
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Former resident’s path to homeownership began at DeAnza Gardens

Oakley, CA, February 2021 – Chad was raised by a single mother at DeAnza Gardens, an EAH Housing community in Bay Point, Calif. Starting in high school and
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Seniors bust a move at Bella Terra’s weekly balcony dance parties

The joyous lyrics of “YMCA” rang out across Bella Terra, an EAH Housing community in Morgan Hill, Calif., as two EAH staff members shook jumbo-sized letter cards spelling
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Coronavirus pandemic turns EAH Housing food partnerships into grocery lifelines

Food for low-income seniors and families — from on-site grocery pantries and senior brown bag lunches to partnerships with community gardens, markets and food banks — has always
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Adoptive Honolulu family of five given needed gifts by Oahu’s Adopt-A-Family program

Honolulu, HI, May 2020 – Five years ago, Ken and Royalnette’s lives changed for the worse. Ken’s decades-old hip injury flared up, forcing him to stop working as night
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Markham Plaza resident, once homeless, says volunteering helps her stay stable

San Jose, CA, March 2020 – “I told State Senator Jim Beall how it was to be on the streets,” says Rosie, who was homeless for three years
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After disabling health challenges, former career paralegal finds “lifeline” to stability

Ewa Beach, HI, December 2019 – “The opening here at Villages of Moaʻe Kū was a lifeline,” says Patricia, 51, a former career paralegal with the federal government, who
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Grad student and family considered home in parking lot before finding haven in Morgan Hill

Morgan Hill, CA, August 2019 – In 2018, a young graduate student named Christian needed affordable housing in Santa Clara County but was coming up empty. He had
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Maui grandmother sacrifices finances to take over care of 3 of her grandchildren

Kahului, Hawaiʻi, May 2019 – A few years ago, Cheyenne, a Honolulu native and single mother now living on Maui, took over care of three of her six grandchildren.
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Kukui Tower computer lab class was first step to EAH scholarship winner’s career at IBM

Poughkeepsie, New York, February 2019 – Weon grew up at Kukui Tower, an EAH Housing community in Honolulu, where he first encountered computers in Kukui’s computer lab. He was
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Former EAH Housing resident steps up to donate shoes to Stonebridge kids

St. Helena, California, January 2019 — Tony was 7 when he and his family moved to Stonebridge, an EAH Housing community in the wine country town of St.
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Resident inspired to pursue career at EAH Housing after growing up in EAH community

Morgan Hill, California, November 2018 – Adilene, an EAH Housing resource coordinator, knows better than anyone the value of stable housing in an EAH community. That’s because she grew up
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