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Local nonprofit Tri-Valley Haven is set to host its annual fundraising event, Building Together Dinner Gala, next month as a way to engage community members and raise funds for the organization’s new safety shelter.Â
Sponsored by DeSilva Gates and the Alcott family, the event will take place at the Robert Livermore Community Center on April 13 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. All proceeds are to benefit TVH’s new safety shelter and their ongoing efforts to help survivors of domestic violence.
TVH staff said live music, dinner and wines provided by the Page Mill Winery will be part of the gala experience. Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez is set to emcee the program.
“TVH and the safety shelter function to meet the needs of our community members that are in a number of different unsafe and dangerous situations. These are emergency services for families, women and children,” said Ranjani Costa, TVH director of development. “It’s important for the Tri-Valley to have this safe place for those in a crisis to turn to.”
The nonprofit serves survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and poverty, providing free resources such as housing, case management, counseling, classes and more.
“The domestic violence shelter has been a vital community resource for decades, sheltering thousands of local survivors and their children fleeing abuse while they heal. And we have the only confidential domestic violence shelter in the Tri-Valley and has the only shelter that accepts teenage boys as part of families,” Costa added.
The organization said after years of housing clients, the shelter facility was in need of repair and upgrades.
“To meet the local need, we are expanding the shelter capacity to 45 beds, up from 30. The new shelter will help 50% more households, individuals and children to flourish and eventually reach self-sufficiency,” Costa said.
The estimated construction and upgrades budget is $7.8 million. Costa said TVH has managed to raise over 80% of that cost. Shelter rebuild financial supporters include the cities of Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore, Sunlight Giving and others.
The gala doubles as a celebration for the start of the shelter’s construction process. The rebuild completion is slated for 2025. Through construction the organization said it will continue to house up to 30 individuals.
For gala tickets or more information about the nonprofit, visit trivalleyhaven.org.
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