HomeAid Sacramento was presented with a check for $20,000 recently from Newland Communities.
The funds were raised at the annual Newland Communities Life is good Pumpkin Festivals held nationwide on Oct. 20, 2007. Locally the festival was held at Whitney Ranch in Rocklin.
An estimated 1,100 people from Whitney Ranch and the surrounding south Placer region attended the festival and helped raise just short of $10, 000 for two charities, HomeAid and Construction Cares for Children.
HomeAid is a leading national non-profit provider of housing for the temporarily homeless. Construction Cares for Children is a non-profit provider uniting the homebuilding industry in the Placer County and  Sacramento region with children in need.