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Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 12:01AM
Fabian Lewkowicz in Music, Upward Bound House

(top) Karen Benjamin and Alan Chapman perform Broadway classics during the Upward Bound House's Welcome Home Gala fundraiser at at the Broad Stage on October 23, 2008. The event honored Dee Menzies, the Families and Faculty of Carlthrop School with the Humanitarian Award. (center) Carlthorp School 's Fourth Grade Students perform "Give My Regards To Broadway," during the Welcome Home Gala. (above) Master of Ceremonies, Leanza Cornet performs during the closing ceremony. UBH is a community-based 501 (c) (3) nonprofit social service agency located in Santa Monica California that provides affordable housing for homeless families with children and very low-income seniors. Founded in 1990, the non-denominational agency fulfills its mission through three programs. Family Place, a transitional housing facility for homeless families with minor children has graduated over 850 individuals, including over 525 children from the program into permanent, independent housing since opening in 1997. Senior Villa, an affordable housing facility for the very low-income elderly houses 90 individuals every night. And the S. Mark Taper Intergenerational Center, which brings together the three generations housed at Upward Bound House, where they interact and receive services that enable each resident to lead an enriched, empowered, and independent life.

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