Simplicity by Hayden Homes gifts $15,000 to nonprofits across Oregon

Hayden Homes provides high quality work while delivering the best value on every new home they build. Hiring and sourcing materials locally, they partner with nonprofits to provide the dream of homeownership to deserving families, and empower every team member to be the next generation of givers. They call it GIVE AS YOU GO™.

Hayden exists to Give As You Go™ so they can help build a strong community of people that lead fulfilled lives. They are excited to help propel the three nonprofits below to an impactful new year of service to their neighbors. 

Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation
Based in The Dalles, Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation provides safe, decent, affordable housing to low-income families; singles with special needs such as elderly; and disabled people in Wasco, Sherman, and Hood River Counties in Oregon as well as Klickitat and Skamania counties in Washington. 

In this image, Hayden Homes Vice President of Community Engagement and Giving Deb Flagan presented a $5,000 check to Joel Madsen, executive director of Mid-Columbia Housing Authority and Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation, in support of this life-changing work. 

Clatsop Community Action
Clatsop Community Action specializes in food, housing, and energy assistance and also offers information and referrals to human services partners to help individuals and their families in need. The organization has provided food for over 492,000 home cooked meals through 16,643 emergency food boxes distributed through partner agencies, and has also provided food for over 258,000 hot meals served through partner agency shelters and meal sites.

In this image, Simplicity team members present a check for $5,000 to community leaders working with Clatsop Community Action. From left to right: Adam Cumpiano, Simplicity project manager; Tom Bennett, Simplicity construction director; Viviana Matthews, executive director of Clatsop Community Action; Ryan Jennings, Simplicity president; and Elissa Gertler, Clatsop County housing manager.

Food Share of Lincoln County
Food Share of Lincoln County distributes emergency food boxes through seven affiliated pantries located in the Coastal Range, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, Waldport, Siletz, and Toledo. In addition to supporting pantries, Food Share provides food and other donated items to local partner agencies, which helps other agencies stretch budgets to provide more direct client services.

In this image, our team members prepare to present a $5,000 check to Food Share with other community leaders in attendance. From left to right: Ryan Jennings, Simplicity president; Karen Rockwell, executive director of Housing Authority of Lincoln County; Nancy Mitchell, executive director of Food Share of Lincoln County; Kaety Jacobson, Lincoln County Commissioner; and Deb Flagan, Hayden Homes vice president of community engagement and giving.

About Simplicity by Hayden Homes
Established in Redmond, Oregon in 1989, Hayden Homes has provided over 23,000 new homes to price-conscious, value-driven homebuyers in underserved, secondary markets throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. In 2009, Simplicity by Hayden Homes was founded to provide the same value of building affordable quality housing, but for customers who own land or are looking to purchase land. Today, Simplicity by Hayden Homes offers a wide variety of efficiently designed residential, workforce and investor housing plans plus the project management and construction expertise to guide our clients through the building journey with honesty, integrity, and respect. Together with Hayden Homes Simplicity by Hayden Homes exists to Give As You Go™, so together we build a strong community, and lead fulfilled lives.