{"id":229330,"date":"2017-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/kiwanis-to-the-rescue-for-new-entra-casa\/"},"modified":"2017-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T07:00:00","slug":"kiwanis-to-the-rescue-for-new-entra-casa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/kiwanis-to-the-rescue-for-new-entra-casa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwanis to the rescue for New Entra Casa"},"content":{"rendered":"

por John Peterson<\/p>\n

When the call came in from Kim Kelley at New Entra Casa that she needed help with some maintenance issues at the Pershing Street home for female ex-offenders, once again, Grantville-Allied Gardens Kiwanis answered the call.<\/p>\n

The most pressing problem was that a state of California inspector had cited the facility for some chipped paint in the kitchen and that the kitchen must be re-painted by March 1. Our Grantville-Allied Gardens Kiwanis Community Service committee volunteered to do the job.<\/p>\n

\"Kiwanis<\/a>
(l to r) Dave Erlanson, “Sarah” (a resident of New Entra Casa shelter), John Peterson, Tony Haas, and John Chandler (Courtesy of GAG Kiwanis)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GAG Kiwanis has been helping New Entra Casa for several years and we have had been involved in several major projects there.<\/p>\n

Last year we converted a \u201cTuff Shed\u201d into an office installing insulation, dry wall, paint, carpeting and helping install electrical lighting and outlets. Two years ago, we installed a new floor in the kitchen. About eight years ago, under the guidance of long-time Kiwanian Jim Mac Donald and financial assistance from Chandler Packaging, we installed a new bathroom, a new roof, rebuilt the veranda and painted the house.<\/p>\n

As you can see, we have a long history of support for New Entra Casa.<\/p>\n

\"Kiwanis<\/a>
Kiwanis members step in to keep the doors to New Entra Casa open.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I sent out an email asking members for help and several members volunteered. I was particularly struck by the response from Tony Haas:<\/p>\n

\u201cHello, John Pete.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, I am raising my hand and saying \u2018I can help,\u2019 yes, I WILL help. Kiwanis is a service organization and this looks like a service project.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dave Erlanson was there from start to finish, all four days, Kevin Tostado was a big help, John Chandler (even though he was recovering from surgery) did what he could. Haas was an all-star worker; Yuki Ochi was a sanding and spackling whiz; three of the ladies in the home, Melissa, Sarah and Alejandra were a great help \u2014 and I was the cheerleader.<\/p>\n

Kiwanis volunteers worked about 90 total hours sanding, spackling, priming and finishing the walls and stripping, sanding, priming, re-installing and painting the cabinets. It was a lot of work, but all for a wonderful cause.\"Kiwanis<\/a><\/p>\n

New Entra Casa has been rehabilitating women who have been in prison for 45 years and has a great record of success. The home was built in 1924 and like any home almost 100 years old requires a lot of maintenance and tender, loving care. While we were there we discovered a plumbing leak in the upstairs bathroom and I am sure that we will be called upon for help again \u2014 and we will answer the call again.<\/p>\n

\u2014John Peterson has been a member of the Grantville-Allied Gardens Kiwanis for over 50 years. To reach the GAG Kiwanis, visit alliedgardenskiwanis.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By John Peterson When the call came in from Kim Kelley at New Entra Casa that she needed help with some maintenance issues at the Pershing Street home for female ex-offenders, once again, Grantville-Allied Gardens Kiwanis answered the call. The most pressing problem was that a state of California inspector had cited the facility for […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1006,"featured_media":229331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11558","_seopress_titles_title":"Kiwanis to the rescue for New Entra Casa","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11558,11551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-mission-times-courier","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}