By Chris Jennewein, credit to Times of San Diego, a member of the San Diego Online News Network
Photo: Ernest and Evelyn Rady at the Salvation Army’s Door of Hope in Linda Vista. Photo by Chris Jennewein
January 29, 2018 (San Diego) - Philanthropists Ernest and Evelyn Rady announced Monday an unprecedented $50 million donation to The Salvation Army to help homeless individuals and families in San Diego.
The $50 million lead gift is part of an $80 million capital campaign to build and endow two new facilities with programs designed to provide shelter for many of the city’s thousands of homeless.
The gift, announced at a ceremony at the Salvation Army’s Door of Hope center in Linda Vista, will support construction of the Rady Residence for homeless families and children on the site. The residence will have 32 apartments.
A second facility, the Rady Center for single men, will be built downtown after the Salvation Army raises the additional $30 million to complete the capital campaign.
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