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We are also indebted to Reliable Wholesale Lumber, Inc, who donated the lumber for our first two cottages, and rushed us enough lumber to start building the floors. Reliable is a Building Industry Association member and a great friend to the California Homebuilding Foundation. Randall Richards, EVP of Operations & Sales, quickly responded to our request for help. Reliable has been a staunch supporter of the Building Industry Technology Academy (BITA) program. Randy personally heads up BITA’s Design Build Competition every year. Thank you Reliable and Randy for all that you do!

We are grateful to Boral Steel for its donation of Stone Coated Roofing panels manufactured in its Oceanside, CA plant. Boral has offered us a choice of three different panel profiles in five different colors. They are all beautiful, strong, long-lasting and energy efficient. Boral has a long and proud history of supporting the communities in which it operates. Boral is committed to being a socially responsible and valued member of those communities and making a positive and sustainable contribution to their well-being. The company's community investment framework is built around our "People, Places and Products." This framework helps Boral identify [...]

We are grateful to The Grainger Foundation for a generous $5,000 donation to The San Marcos Promise for the Warrior Village Project. The donation was presented in the SMHS workshop, in the form of a suitably large check, by Carlos Ramirez, Manager, Branch Network, Grainger, Inc. (San Diego 723 & San Marcos 721). Carlos was joined in the check presentation by his Grainger colleague, Meggan Ochoa. Receiving the check on behalf of The San Marcos Promise was Chris Geldert (BITA Instructor,) Angel Casarez (BITA student and CTE Ambassador), Lisa Stout (Executive Director, The San Marcos Promise), and Mark Pilcher (Warrior [...]