Healing Spaces
Healing Spaces is a club that spans both De La Salle and Carondelet High School. Each year, the club coordinates an extreme makeover of a living space belonging to someone in need within the local community. The Healing Spaces club started in 2008 with a project for a 16 year-old girl, called Devyn, who had cancer. Since then, projects have included makeovers for children in hospice, battered women's shelters, a halfway house, and a family crisis nursery.
2024 Project “Giving Back to Our Veteran Community”
This year, we are giving back to our veteran community. Our recipient is Pat Everette, the widow of a 28-year Navy veteran. Her husband, Oliver Everette, passed away from Alzheimer's a few years ago. Since then, most of her valuables have been either stolen or destroyed. Pat also had to deplete her savings to pay for a new roof for her house because of extensive leaks and water damage.
Through Healing Spaces, we are hoping to create a space where Pat can live with dignity, as well as honor the military legacy of her husband, Oliver. We plan to install a new carpet and paint the entire interior of the home. In addition, she needs new furniture, new gutters, various home repairs, and some landscaping.
The goal is to raise $10,000 to complete this year's project.
Previous Projects
2024 - Pat Everette, Widow of Navy Veteran
2022 - Dylan Mandell, HS student w/ cancer
2017 - Jim Olwell, DLS Faculty Member
2016 - Young man in a wheel chair
2015 - Boy with cancer (lego room)
2014 - Family w/ toddler who has cancer
2010 - Sober living house
2009 - Battered Women's Shelter
Complete listing of previous projects
| 2008 – Devyn, 16 year-old with cancer | 2014 – Family w/ toddler with cancer | 2020 – No projects due to Covid | |
| 2009 – Battered Women's Shelter | 2015 – Little boy with cancer (Lego Room) | 2021 – No projects due to Covid | |
| 2010 – Shelter Inc. (Sober living house) | 2016 – Young man in a wheelchair | 2022 – Dylan Mandell, HS student w/ cancer | |
| 2011 – Bay Area Crisis Nursery | 2017 – DLS Faculty member, Jim Olwell | 2023 – No project | |
| 2012 – The Nuri Family | 2018 – Teen Halfway House for Girls | 2024 – Pat Everette, widow of 28-year Navy vet. | |
| 2013 – Monument Crisis Center Study Room |
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