The Planting Hope, Growing Lives capital campaign will enable St. Joseph Center to better serve the community's needs for years to come. During the Hampton Drive building project, an old 204 Hampton Drive building (built in the 1950s as an eight-room parochial school) that has housed most of the Center's family programs since the mid-1980s is being replaced by a new two-story value-engineered structure that increases square footage from about 11,000 to approximately 30,000 square feet. When the new space is completed in early 2008, it will include private offices for client and case manager meetings, increased storage for food (including vastly expanded cold storage) and other supplies, as well as updated plumbing, heating, electrical and IT infrastructure. Classroom space for the childcare program will increase significantly. A large multi-purpose meeting room will be added; a well-designed commercial training kitchen and classroom will become the new home of the Center's Culinary Training Program, which currently shares space with Bread & Roses Café (located on another site).

The campaign's fundraising goal is $12,000,000. In addition to providing funds to build the new family service and administration building at the Hampton Drive site, the campaign will cover the costs of temporary relocation during construction and the move back on-site at the end of construction.

With the help of more than 400 committed institutional donors and individual contributors, Planting Hope, Growing Lives has reached more than 90% of its goal!

For information on making a gift to the campaign of cash or appreciated securities, or if you would like to arrange a planned gift or bequest, please contact the Community and Donor Relations Department at 310-396-6468 ext. 336.