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Gallery: Grants help nonprofit give low-income seniors helping hand

Shawn Speer, left, and Jim Mitchell, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, remove an existing window from the Thousand Oaks home of 90-year-old Henry “Hank” Heeber. With the help from the nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment, Hank Heeber and his wife, Mardell, had all their windows replaced under the Community Development Block Grant Program that helps low-income seniors with upgrades to their homes.
Shawn Speer, left, and Jim Mitchell, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, remove an existing window from the Thousand Oaks home of 90-year-old Henry “Hank” Heeber. With the help from the nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment, Hank Heeber and his wife, Mardell, had all their windows replaced under the Community Development Block Grant Program that helps low-income seniors with upgrades to their homes.
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Senior Henry “Hank” Heeber watches Jim Mitchell, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, as he finishes installing one of the new energy efficient windows on his Thousand Oaks home. Heeber's windows were replaced by the nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment, which used grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Senior Henry “Hank” Heeber watches Jim Mitchell, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, as he finishes installing one of the new energy efficient windows on his Thousand Oaks home. Heeber's windows were replaced by the nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment, which used grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Susie Ringheim greets her father, Henry “Hank” Heeber, with a kiss as Shawn Speer and Jim Mitchell, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, bring up one of the new energy efficient windows that they were installing on Heeber’s Thousand Oaks mobile home. The windows were paid with a grant that was provided to the nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment,
Susie Ringheim greets her father, Henry “Hank” Heeber, with a kiss as Shawn Speer and Jim Mitchell, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, bring up one of the new energy efficient windows that they were installing on Heeber’s Thousand Oaks mobile home. The windows were paid with a grant that was provided to the nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment,
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Susie Ringheim and her father, Henry “Hank” Heeber, look at a newly installed, energy-efficient window in his Thousand Oaks mobile home. A HUD grant given the nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment paid for the windows.
Susie Ringheim and her father, Henry “Hank” Heeber, look at a newly installed, energy-efficient window in his Thousand Oaks mobile home. A HUD grant given the nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment paid for the windows.
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Susie Ringheim helps Tom Jenks, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, remove one of the windows from her father’s Thousand Oaks home. The nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment used a grant to replace the windows on the mobile home.
Susie Ringheim helps Tom Jenks, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, remove one of the windows from her father’s Thousand Oaks home. The nonprofit Senior Alliance for Empowerment used a grant to replace the windows on the mobile home.
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Tom Jenks, from left, and Shawn Speer, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, work on removing an existing window while Jim Mitchell gets a new one to be installed on the Thousand Oaks home of 90-year-old Henry “Hank” Heeber and his wife Mardell.
Tom Jenks, from left, and Shawn Speer, from Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, work on removing an existing window while Jim Mitchell gets a new one to be installed on the Thousand Oaks home of 90-year-old Henry “Hank” Heeber and his wife Mardell.
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Tom Duffey, (from left), owner of Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, talks with Henry “Hank” Heeber as Jim Mitchell and Shawn Speer get ready to install one of the new energy-efficient windows on his Thousand Oaks mobile home.
Tom Duffey, (from left), owner of Duffey’s Mobile Home Service, talks with Henry “Hank” Heeber as Jim Mitchell and Shawn Speer get ready to install one of the new energy-efficient windows on his Thousand Oaks mobile home.
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