The following builders have joined Project Playhouse 2006:

• KB Home
• KTGY Group with Finton Construction
• K. HovnanianHomes
• Lennar Homes
• Pardee Homes (HomeAid San Diego)
• Pulte Homes
• Shea Homes
• Taylor Woodrow Homes
• University of California Irvine
• William Lyon Homes

Project Playhouse 2006, presented by the Children & Families Commission of Orange County will be held from September 9 through October 14 at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, and is expected to draw over three million visitors throughout the duration of the event.

As an expansion of the 15 year celebration of Orange County’s event, the Southern California region will also be conducting Project Playhouse in their respective areas.

Just north of Orange County, HomeAid Los Angeles/Ventura, is presenting a separate and exciting Project Playhouse event on display at the Lakes at Thousand Oaks from September 16 to October 22nd when three playhouses will be auctioned off at the 6th annual Playhouse Auction.

HomeAid Inland Empire will debut its Chapter’s Project Playhouse on display at Victoria Gardens from August 16 to September 30th when seven playhouses will be sold to the highest bidder.  Additionally, the San Diego Chapter will be represented with their entry built by Pardee Homes also on display at Fashion Island where it will be included in the Orange County Live Public Auction on October 14th.

Established by the leadership of the Orange County Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California in 1989, HomeAid Orange County has completed 39 shelter projects to date. The temporarily homeless served by HomeAid include women in crisis pregnancy; women and their children who are domestic violence victims; the mentally challenged; adults living with HIV/AIDS; homeless youths; and those who find themselves homeless as a result of job loss or catastrophic illness.

There are nearly 35,000 men, women and children in Orange County who each year do not have a permanent nighttime address. HomeAid’s Project Playhouse event garners an essential part of the funds needed to support the nonprofit’s shelter projects that will provide housing for these individuals and families in need.

The proceeds garnered from all of the HomeAid Project Playhouse auctions and the other related Project Playhouse events will benefit homeless men, women and children who otherwise might be living out of their cars or on the streets.

For more information about HomeAid’s Orange County Project Playhouse contact HomeAid Orange County at (949) 553-9510 or visit www.ProjectPlayhouse.org. For Los Angeles event information please call (818) 874-9842 or visit www.ProjectPlayhouse.com, for Inland Empire www.HomeAidIE.org and San Diego at www.HomeAidSD.org. Project Playhouse viewings at all Southern California venues begin in August.