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Repairing Jeanie’s Mobile Home After the Carr Fire

Repairing Jeanie’s Mobile Home After the Carr Fire

Repairing Jeanie’s Mobile Home After the Carr Fire

In 2018, the Carr Fire swept through French Gulch, California and many other towns. Clear Creek Estates mobile home community was affected with minimal damage, though one home caught fire but was spared. 

Monte Christo Cares, which is Monte Christo Community’s philanthropic effort to help people live life to the fullest, repaired and refreshed Jeanie Smith’s home after the Carr Fire and after her son passed away. He had been very helpful in keeping up Jeanie’s home, and she could no longer manage the repairs and maintenance needed on her own.

Jeanie reflected on that difficult time sharing, “I would sit out on the front porch and look out at the yard being really depressed about my son being gone, because he’s all I had, and then adding the mess I had to deal with now in the yard, it was just overwhelming. I wanted to move far away and escape.”

Monte Christo Cares’ staff and volunteers put rock down in the yard, painted the porch and stairs, and more to help Jeanie “get her home back.” Brittni Strehlow, Clear Creek Estates Maintenance Leader, said, “She [Jeanie] loved her house when she moved here–that was what she fell in love with. So, we were trying to bring it back so she felt some comfort and ease like what she originally wanted to come to this community for.”

In response to the results of the repairs and being supported by her community, Jeanie said, “I’m getting my home back. This is what I love. I really don’t have a way to repay you guys. It’s just really so sweet. Thank you.” 

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California Mobile Home Community Gets a Refresh

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California Mobile Home Community Gets a Refresh

Beautifying and Refreshing Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Community

Monte Christo Communities’ (MCC) philanthropic effort to help people live life to the fullest (known as Monte Christo Cares) set out to refresh and beautify their Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Community. Pleasant Valley is in Oroville, California and has amenities like on-site laundry, a pool, and extra storage space for residents. MCC community and corporate staff came together to paint the wall around the pool deck and upgrade the space residents can use to store extra belongings. 

Monte Christo Communities Development Leader Dave Basco shares, “By doing this, it’s a better place to live for our residents and a better place to work for our staff.”

“One of the ways we are going to help out and live the [MCC] purpose is by beautifying the community and one of those projects is painting the pool wall. This is the main entrance to the community and it’s important that the entrance looks great,” said Kyle Larson, Development Director at Monte Christo Communities.

Along with working hard to make improvements to the mobile home community, MCC staff and community residents made sure they had some fun, too. With a water balloon toss to cool down after working in the hot sun and a barbecue to commune over a meal, residents and staff alike were happy to come together for the day.

For Coby Silva, Development Leader at Monte Christo Communities, the event was much more than beautifying the community spaces. “I was very excited, when hired by MCC, that they did things like this, because I want to help people, I want to develop people, and I want our communities to be happy, healthy and whole. So, being a part of that has been an amazing experience,” Silva reflects. 

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Manufactured Homes Offer an Affordable Way to Return to Paradise

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Manufactured Homes Offer an Affordable Way to Return to Paradise

New Manufactured Homes in Paradise, CA Community

After thousands of people lost their homes in the 2018 wildfire that ravaged Paradise, California, residents are returning to new homes with hope. Monte Christo Communities, in collaboration with Casa Park Homes, added 39 new manufactured homes to Paradise Mobile Estates. For many residents, it’s more than just a new roof over their heads, it’s about returning home, shares Chris Podesta, Casa Park Homes sales manager. “Many people have been so grateful to have the opportunity to come back to Paradise affordably. They identify with Paradise as their home here in Butte County, and they wouldn’t dream of living anywhere else.”

Sandra Hobbs, community leader of Paradise Mobile Estates, reflects on the day the fire hit town: “It’s personal to me because I lived here, as well as my mother, father, sister, and grandkids. The day the fire started we had been evacuated so many times that we didn’t take it seriously. And then we got a phone call which said, ‘You guys, get out.’ By the time we made it to the car, it looked like a war zone. We lost everything. We got to see Paradise no longer be paradise. We are hoping that with a little help, it comes back.” 

The community is rebuilding and beginning to look and feel like Paradise again. Paradise Mobile Estates features state-of-the-art manufactured homes with spacious living rooms appointed with vinyl wood flooring, contemporary bathroom designs, washer/dryer hookups and plenty of storage space.

“It’s called Paradise for a reason. What a great park with brand new homes.” – Barbara W.

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Back to School With Confidence for Antelope Manufactured Home Community Kids

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Back to School With Confidence

Manufactured Home Community Students Start the School Year On a High Note

For many kids, the highlight of going back to school is opening their new backpack and taking out a fresh eraser, sharpened pencils, and a blank notebook and arranging them in their desk. Though, it’s not an experience all kids are able to have. Monte Christo Cares, Monte Christo Communities’ (MCC) philanthropic effort to help people live life to the fullest, recognized the need for some residents of their Antelope, CA manufactured home community (MHC) to have access to new back-to-school supplies. “Kids can have a lot of anxiety on their first day of school. When they show up with new gear and supplies, it helps them feel prepared. It’s one of the ways we directly make the day better for our kids and be good stewards of our communities.” shares Brock Kaveny, Co-Founder and Director of Business Development at MCC.

In partnership with Mobilize Love, Monte Cristo Cares worked with the school districts to understand what supplies all the kids would need – for six different schools and each grade level – and acquired items like backpacks, art supplies, pencils, clothes, headphones, toys, and even scooters and helmets. At a one-day event, Antelope MHC students and their families came together as a community and picked out their own school supplies at no cost. 

Tammy Regalado, Antelope MHC’s community leader who had the initial idea for the event shared, “This was the first event of it’s kind, so the residents were very excited. Many of the kids were really emotional – crying and hugging the staff and volunteers. Seeing the kids and parents smile and be so grateful made my heart so full.” 

The idea of the event had been tabled when the pandemic hit, and in 2022 Regalado was determined to make it happen. “I was excited about hosting this event because by giving back to our community – not just asking for rent – we acknowledged to our residents that you are here and we are here to help in any possible way we can.” The manufactured home community is family friendly, with four to six kids living in each home and amenities like a clubhouse, pool, playground, and on-site laundry.

In addition to serving the Antelope MHC, the event brought together MCC staff who work locally, and some staff from the corporate office. Jami McCray, VP of Team Success and Development at MCC, volunteered for the event. McCray reflected on her childhood back-to-school experience sharing, “The dignity it brings to be able to walk in with your own supplies…it’s a big deal.” Being able to volunteer and give back to the communities MCC serves is also a big deal for McCray. “Business is about more than profit and loss. We get to spend our time, effort, and energy pouring into our communities the things that are going to make a difference in the lives of these kids and families.” 

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