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The Miter Foundation donated 6 Milgard V250 Style Line® Series vinyl windows for the first two Moveable Tiny Houses we started building in January 2024 at San Marcos High School (SMHS) and San Pasqual High School.  Then in September we started building two more tiny houses at SMHS and Rancho Buena Vista High School.  We needed two more sets of windows. I reached out to Tammy Bartlett at Milgard’s factory in Temecula to request the donation of 6 more windows.  Tammy presented my request to MITER Foundation Outreach Team Members in Temecula.  Three weeks later Tammy informed me that the Outreach [...]

Unified Steel (a Division of Westlake Royal Roofing Solutions TM) donated Stone Coated Roofing panels for the first two ouses we built at San Marcos High School (SMHS) and the first two Tiny Houses we are building at SMHS and San Pasqual High School.  I asked Tim Brown, Unified’s Territory Sales Manager, if he could donate roofing materials for the two more tiny houses we are now building at SMHS and Rancho Buena Vista High School. Tim and Unified came through for us again!  Our houses will have beautiful, durable, long-lasting steel roofs. Thanks Tim and Unified Steel!     

Craig Dawson of Pellco Windows & Doors arranged the donation of entry doors and bathroom doors from T.M. Cobb for the first houses we built at San Marcos High School (SMHS).  Then I asked Craig if he could provide T.M. Cobb doors for our first two Moveable Tiny Houses to be built at SMHS and San Pasqual High School.  Craig again said “Yes”.  So when I went back to Craig once again to ask for two more sets of doors for SMHS’s second tiny house and Rancho Buena Vista’s first tiny house, I was not surprised when Craig and T.M. Cobb [...]

The mission of Legacy Endowment Community Foundation is to improve the quality of life in our communities by empowering individuals, families, businesses and charitable partners to realize their philanthropic dreams now and for future generations. During the San Diego Gives 2023 Campaign Legacy Endowment’s Board of Directors granted Warrior Village Project $500 to purchase building materials.  More recently, Legacy Endowment’s 2024 Grants Committee awarded us $500 from the Ansell Family Endowment Fund which funds projects to support Veteran’s support organizations. Thank You Legacy Endowment.  Mission Accomplished!  

Unified Steel (formerly known as Boral Steel) donated Stone Coated Roofing panels for the first two stick-built houses we built at San Marcos High School (SMHS).  I reached out to Unified Steel’s Territory Sales Manager, Tim Brown and asked if he could arrange the donation of  Stone Coated Roofing panels for the two tiny houses we are building at SMHS and San Pasqual High School. Tim was eager to help us again and he arranged for us to pick up the panels at Unified’s factory in Oceanside.  Our tiny houses will have beautiful, premium quality, durable, long-lasting steel roofs. Thanks Tim!      [...]

From The Coast News Group: ESCONDIDO — Woodshop students at San Pasqual High School recently raised the walls on a newly built tiny mobile home that, when finished, will house once-homeless veterans. San Pasqual is the second local high school to partner with the Warrior Village Project, a Fallbrook-based nonprofit that teaches young adults future career skills in construction while providing housing for homeless veterans. In 2019, Mark Pilcher started the project alongside Michael McSweeney, the California Homebuilding Foundation’s career and technical education coordinator, and students in the construction pathway at San Marcos High School. Since then, San Marcos students have [...]

Ask an architect, general contractor or anyone who installs windows in California what brand of windows you should buy for your home and most will respond, without hesitation, Milgard Windows. So, when I started knocking on doors seeking the donation of windows for our tiny houses, I stopped at Milgard’s window factory and showroom in Temecula.  Fortunately, I met Tammy Bartlett in the showroom.  I explained why I was there, and Tammy told me to send her the details for the windows we needed and she would present my request to her MITER Foundation Outreach Team Members who determine the projects [...]

Jon Hill of the AGC Apprenticeship Program reached out to Milwaukee Tool Territory Manager Claudell Anderson and asked him if Milwaukee could donate tools for our San Marcos High School Design Build Team. Claudell came through with tape measures, speed squares, utility knives, jig saw blades, reciprocating saw blades, gloves, high visibility vests and safety glasses. I’m pretty sure that Milwaukee Tool’s support gave our students just enough extra conficence to win the Rookie Team of the Year Award! Thank you Claudell!  

Onyx Building Group, Inc. is one of Southern California's premier drywall and exterior building skin contractors.  They specialize in drywall, metal framing, lath and plaster, fireproofing, and air/vapor barriers in the Western United States. ONYX sponsored San Marcos High School’s team at the SoCal Design Build Competition® last month.  ONYX CEO/President Nicole Caya-Winfield was “thrilled to have sponsored San Marcos High School!  Your hard work and dedication truly paid off, earning you the Rookie Team of the Year Award.  Well done to everyone involved!”  Thank You Nicole!