Why does HOC need a campus?
HOC supports young people (ages 16-24) who are disengaged from school or work to transform their lives and their communities through training, certifications, and service.
HOC prepares youth for careers in construction, childcare and conservation. These young people are our homegrown solution to solving three of our region’s greatest challenges:
- Housing affordability
- Childcare shortage
- Wildfire risk reduction
This is incredibly important work—enabling young people to change their lives and make major contributions to our region.
But right now HOC doesn’t have a campus to serve the 225 youth currently involved, let alone answer the pressing demand for more services. For 25 years, this impactful non-profit has stretched aging, borrowed service spaces across the region as far we can go.
It’s time. Our region needs a workforce development campus for youth and young adults—for the benefit of us all.
This campus is crucial.
- Centrally located in Redmond, the 3.4 acre, $7.3 million, campus is needed to support existing programs and give us room to grow our trainings, certifications, and youth-support services
- The campus will feature youth-centered cultural elements and trauma-informed design that create a sense of belonging, camaraderie and an inspiring home away from home
- A central Campus Center will offer classrooms, offices and meeting spaces
- A 14,000 square foot training warehouse will become the go-to place for hands-on workshops and trainings
- Six equipment bays across 10,000 square feet that will provide space for special projects and housing for HOC’s equipment
- An amenity-filled courtyard will give youth places to gather together for events or quiet moments of reflection and study
- The campus will offer connections to small satellite sites for rural youth access to ensure everyone is able to participate
- Current programming will be enhanced through the adequate facilities with increased capacity and efficiency in travel, equipment usage and staffing
- Every element of the new campus is strategically designed to further meet the needs and reduce barriers to success of young adults in Central Oregon.
Supporting Foundations
The following foundations are the cornerstone of our Campus Campaign:
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund | Roundhouse Foundation | MJ Murdock Charitable Trust | Marie Lamfrom Foundation | Collins Foundation | Hayden Homes | PGE Foundation | Clark Family Foundation | Crevier Family Foundation | Bend Foundation | First Interstate Bank Foundation | Healy Foundation | Autzen Foundation | State of Oregon | Deschutes County
Funding Support
We are grateful for $4.7 million of foundational funding already contributed from the following sources:
- State of Oregon: $2 million
- Deschutes County: $100,000
- Foundation Grants: $2.2 million
- Individual donors: $230,000
- Interest on gifts: $150,000
