Community Congregational Development Corporation (CCDC)
Helping seniors with affordable housing and transportation, and social isolation.
Here are two videos from the Tech for Seniors program which has distributed 100 iPads to seniors.
Fluffy Interview on Vimeo
iPad let senior talk to her dying sister during the pandemic.
Hi-Young Interview on Vimeo
Senior thanking Sergio and the program for the patience, help, and kindness.
Check out the new CCDC sponsored Chula Vista shuttle service! See the PDF flyer below for more information and for a coverage map.
Pamela’s Story: A New Beginning
“I have nowhere to go.”
These were the words that crossed Pamela’s mind after she was laid off from her bus driver job at the airport due to COVID. This job was not only her routine the last few years, but her safety net and her source of a stable income.
Keeping her head high, Pamela did everything she could to stay on her feet and out of homelessness. While relying on unemployment and struggling to get by, she connected with Serving Seniors’ Transitional Housing Team and moved into Potiker Family Senior Residence.
Since living here, Pamela’s life has changed for the better and she has been able to receive critical support from Serving Seniors at a time when she was in desperate need. When Pamela’s car was recently ticketed and her car registration came up for renewal, she was worried she’d lose her housing.
Through our Senior Emergency Assistance Fund, Pamela was able to pay her parking fines, car registration, and was still able to make her rent payments.
“Without Serving Seniors, I’d be on the streets,” Pamela said. “I’m now calm… I know if I need help, they will help me.”
Today, Pamela is back working at the airport. She gets healthy meals in the dining room and participates in the activities at Serving Seniors’ Potiker Family Senior Residence.
Thanks to your support, Pamela was able to use the Senior Emergency Assistance Fund when she was in crisis.
“I finally feel safe, Pamela said. “I don’t feel alone, which I never expected.”
For link to original article:
https://servingseniors.org/news-events/blog.html/article/2022/06/29/pamela-s-story-a-new-beginning
** The donation will go towards renovations to St. Paul’s Manor, an affordable, independent living community in Bankers Hill**
San Diego, Calif. (May 11, 2022) – St. Paul’s Senior Services (SPSS) receives a $500,000 donation from the Community Congregational Development Corporation (CCDC) for much-needed renovations to St. Paul’s Manor, an independent living community in Bankers Hill, supporting seniors of modest means for over 60 years. This donation is part of a $17.5 million capital campaign.
“St. Paul’s Senior Services is extremely grateful to the CCDC for such a generous gift,” said Todd Kaprielian, St. Paul’s Foundation CEO. “Having lived through the stresses of this pandemic over the last couple of years, seniors should not have to struggle to find affordable housing. CCDC’s generous gift helps to ensure seniors living on a limited, modest income will continue to have affordable housing and a fun, vibrant community available to them.”
CCDC is a non-profit corporation with a mission of providing services to low-income seniors in Chula Vista and the South Bay area of San Diego County. It began in the 1970s with the construction and maintenance of the Community Congregational Tower in Chula Vista, a landmark residential building that served as affordable housing for seniors. In 2013, CCDC sold a controlling interest in the Tower and since then has dedicated itself to funding projects that help low-income seniors with affordable housing, transportation, and social isolation.
During the start of the pandemic, CCDC awarded St. Paul’s Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Akaloa in Chula Vista a responsive grant to purchase a 20-foot food storage container and puzzle books. This donation ensured low-income seniors would continue to receive nutritious foods when seniors were instructed to shelter in place. In 2020, CCDC also gave funds to St. Paul’s to purchase PPE and COVID-19 test kits.
In 2021, St. Paul’s embarked upon a fundraising campaign for much-needed renovations to the Manor, its affordable living community in the Bankers Hill neighborhood of downtown San Diego for independent seniors living on a modest, fixed income. As a 60-year-old building, St. Paul’s Board of Directors decided to renovate the Manor to give seniors an affordable housing option. The renovations’ scope of work includes enhancements to the building exterior, a new pub, expanded common areas, and upgrades to 134 apartments and the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
The Manor renovation work will commence in the summer 2022. The Manor is the flagship of St. Paul’s Senior Services, a community that has given quality of life to thousands of independent seniors since it first opened in 1963. To donate, contact Craig Smith at (619) 239-6900 or csmith@stpaulseniors.org.
See link to original article below:
St. Paul’s Senior Services has received a $500,000 donation from Community Congregational Development Corp (CDCC) that will help fund renovations to St. Paul’s Manor, an independent living community in Banker’s Hill. This donation gives a big boost to St. Paul’s $17.5 million capital campaign, said Todd Kaprielian, St. Paul’s Foundation CEO.
“CCDC’s generous gift helps to ensure seniors living on a limited, modest income will continue to have affordable housing,” Kaprielian said.
CCDC, a nonprofit that serves low-income seniors in Chula Vista and the South Bay, began in the 1970s with the Community Congregational Tower in Chula Vista, a landmark residential building that served as affordable housing for area seniors. The nonprofit sold a controlling interest in the Tower in 2013 and has since funded projects that help low-income seniors with affordable housing, transportation and social isolation.
See original article here: https://www.sdbj.com/news/2022/may/24/st-pauls-nets-big-donation/
St. Paul’s Senior Services (SPSS) receives a $500,000 donation from the Community Congregational Development Corporation (CCDC) for much-needed renovations to St. Paul’s Manor, an independent living community in Bankers Hill, supporting seniors of modest means for over 60 years. This donation is part of a $17.5 million capital campaign.
The Manor renovation work will commence in the summer 2022. The Manor is the flagship of St. Paul’s Senior Services, a community that has given quality of life to thousands of independent seniors since it first opened in 1963. To donate, contact Craig Smith at (619) 239-6900 or csmith@stpaulseniors.org.
Link to original article: https://www.sandiegometro.com/2022/05/daily-business-report-thursday-may-19-2022/
Curious to learn about the new Chula Vista Community Shuttle?
CCDC’s support of senior education has been spotlighted in the article “San Diego seniors star in the Media Art Center’s free Age-Friendly Film Festival.”
The following are excerpts from from Jill Galvez regarding the new CCDC sponsored shuttle program:
We’re thankful to the CCDC, CARB, Circuit, and city staff, and the $2M in grants to make FREE door-to-door electric shuttles for seniors 55+ in Northwest Chula Vista in early 2022, a project three years in the making that I started working on during my first month in office.
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Council accepted (4-0) 10/12/21 grant funds of $997,833 from the California Air Resources Board, and $1,000,000 from the Community Congregational Development Corporation, and accepted an agreement with Circuit Transit, to provide FREE door-to-door electric shuttle services for seniors 55+ in Northwest Chula Vista, 12 hours a day, 5 days per week, managed by the city and operated by Circuit. Click here to watch the presentation, here for the map showing the service area, or here for the staff report. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Daniel Kramer of Circuit, city staff Dennis Gakunga, Stacey Kurtz, Maria Kachadoorian, Bill Valle, Barbara Locci, Michael McDonnell, Glen Googins, Eric Crockett, and the wonderful board members of the CCDC: Laurie Orange, David Hand, Jerry May, Nancy and Wayne Holiman, Ruth Jones, Mike Green and Jessica Ripper.
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The full article can be found here:
CCDC’s support of senior transportation has been spotlighted in their article “Free rides for seniors gets green light in Chula Vista.”