• WHAT: As part of Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley, 25 Meriwest Credit Union employees will provide improvements to Pacific Autism Center for Education’s (P.A.C.E.) two children group homes - Miracle House and Morehouse in Cupertino on Saturday, April 22 and Saturday, April 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The improvement projects will include rebuilding a fence and painting one of the homes.

  P.A.C.E. was founded in 1989 by a group of concerned parents and special education teachers and community leaders. They operate a school for persons with autism and related developmental disabilities, serving students 6 to 22 years of age, in addition to six residential group homes. Their six licensed residential group homes serve a total of 36 clients from the ages of 3 to 59+ years of age. Clients are taught daily living skills and appropriate social behavior.

• WHY: "Participating in Rebuilding Together draws a great deal of satisfaction for our employees in helping others in the community," said Christopher Owen, President and CEO for Meriwest Credit Union. "We are excited to work together on improving the More House and the Miracle House in order to make a positive difference in the lives of the people who live in these homes. In addition, working together on this kind of project, we find we work better as an organization come Monday morning."
• WHO: Pacific Autisim Center for Education’s (P.A.C.E.) Miracle House and Morehouse located in Cupertino
• WHEN: Saturday, April 22 and Saturday, April 29 - from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

As an established and proactive full-service financial institution, Meriwest is dedicated to making life easier for businesses and families in the San Francisco Bay Area and Tucson, Arizona through personal, convenient and innovative financial services.

For more information about the work of Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley go to www.rebuildingtogether-sv.org.