Rebuilding Together and Choice Hotels Team Up to Renovate and Repair Casa Linda Lodge in Phoenix

Rebuilding Together and Choice Hotels Team Up to Renovate and Repair Casa
Linda Lodge in Phoenix

PHOENIX, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Volunteers from the Choice Hotels corporate
offices in Phoenix and Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun are dedicating
their time to improve Casa Linda Lodge, a group home for expectant teenage
mothers on Monday, November 16, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 1825 W.
Northern Ave. The Casa Linda Lodge provides prenatal care and childbirth
preparation services to its residents as they continue to pursue an
educational degree while living in the group home. Casa Linda Lodge is a
program under the local Catholic Charities in Phoenix.

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The project includes installing new appliances, constructing shelving,
painting the interior and exterior of the building, plumbing, building a new
laundry room, and creating more storage space for the residents. All of these
improvements will better serve the needs of the residents and allow them a
more efficient and safe place to live while improving their lives and
preparing for motherhood.

"It is truly heart-warming to see so many volunteers from Choice Hotels coming
together and giving of their time and talent to make a difference in the lives
of our young expectant and new mothers," said Paul Martodam, CEO of Catholic
Charities Community Services. "On behalf of Catholic Charities, my heart-felt
thanks to them and Rebuilding Together. Their charity demonstrates what it
means to build just and caring communities."

The project will also include special guest volunteers and speakers, Deputy
Secretary, Jim Drake and Chief of Staff, Ruben Gallego attending from 11:30
a.m. - 12:00 p.m., and State Representative, Eric Meyer and Special Advisor to
the Attorney General, Gerald Richard attending from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

"To be a part of the community means you roll up your sleeves and work with
neighbors to help make the lives of others better," said Dennis Flynn,
"Through these efforts, Rebuilding Together and Choice Hotels are committed to
preserving and revitalizing the homes of lower income families and non-profits
that assist those in need."

"Community stabilization is an issue that is affecting low and moderate income
Americans on a day to day basis," said Gary Officer, president and CEO of
Rebuilding Together. "With the Choice Hotels partnership, we are committed to
tackling this issue at this critical time."

Choice Hotels brands include Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn,
Clarion, Cambria Suites, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, Econo
Lodge and Rodeway Inn. This project is one of 13 Rebuilding Together projects
awarded a grant by the Choice Hotels International Foundation focused on
repairing the homes of low-income families or non-profits. The signature cause
partnership -- named "Room to Rebuild" -- is part of the ongoing commitment by
Choice Hotels to strengthen the local communities in which their associates
and franchisees live, work and provide hospitality.

"The relationship with Rebuilding Together allows Choice Hotels properties
across the country the opportunity to get involved in meaningful projects that
make a real difference in revitalizing their local communities," said Stephen
P. Joyce, President and Chief Executive Officer of Choice Hotels
International.

Rebuilding Together is focused on preserving affordable homeowners for
America's millions of low and moderate income families.

ABOUT REBUILDING TOGETHER

Rebuilding Together is the nation's largest nonprofit organization working to
preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods by providing
critical home repair and modification services to those in need at no cost to
homeowners. With the help of everyday citizen volunteers, skilled trades
people, the support of local business and major corporate partners, Rebuilding
Together affiliates in America's largest cities and smallest towns make life
considerably better for thousands of low-income homeowners. In addition to
its core home repair work, Rebuilding Together also rehabilitates community
centers and conducts home modification and repair programs that focus on aging
in place. Rebuilding Together has programs dedicated to energy efficiency,
veteran's housing, home modifications and disaster recovery and
reconstruction.

For more information, visit www.RebuildingTogether.org

ABOUT CHOICE HOTELS

Choice Hotels International, Inc. franchises more than 6,000 hotels,
representing more than 486,000 rooms in the United States and more than 35
other countries and territories. As of September 30, 2009, more than 700
hotels are under construction, awaiting conversion or approved for development
in the United States, representing more than 59,000 rooms, and more than 100
hotels, representing approximately 9,400 rooms, are under construction,
awaiting conversion or approved for development in more than 20 other
countries and territories. The company's Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality,
Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Suites, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay
Hotel, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn brands serve guests worldwide. In addition,
via its Ascend Collection membership program, travelers in the United States
and the Caribbean have upscale lodging options at historic, boutique and
unique hotels.

Additional corporate information may be found on the Choice Hotels
International, Inc. Web site, which may be accessed at www.choicehotels.com

About Catholic Charities & Casa Linda Lodge

Founded in 1933, Catholic Charities Community Services is one of Arizona's
oldest social service organizations, serving people of all backgrounds and
faiths with a diverse array of social services to strengthen families, protect
and nurture children, and to support people in crisis. Impacting the lives of
more than 80,000 people in Central and Northern Arizona every year, Catholic
Charities Community Services is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of
Children and Family Services and is a member organization of Catholic
Charities USA. Catholic Charities Community Services founded Casa Linda Lodge
in 1962 to provide a safe, nurturing, homelike environment for expectant and
parenting teen mothers and to help them develop the life and parenting skills
that will assure a bright future for themselves and their children.

To learn more visit CatholicCharitiesAZ.org.

SOURCE Rebuilding Together

Stephanie Roberts, Montoya PR, +1-915-204-8867, sroberts@montoyapr.com;
Heather Soule, Choice Hotels International, +1-301-628-4361,
Heather_Soule@choicehotels.com