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| History |
The inspiration for Design Response came to founder
Helen Carreker in 1991, when she was on a building planning
committee for a shelter that would provide daytime services
for 60 homeless women and their young children. Helen
recognized that most nonprofit projects do not have
the benefit of professionals for facility planning and
design, nor the connections to sources for large donations
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With both a masters degree in psychology
and a credential in interior design, Helen was especially
sensitive to the importance of environment to clients
accessing the services of nonprofit agencies.
In 1992 Helen wrote a business plan to address the
problems associated with nonprofit design projects
and to provide the means for local agencies to create
positive environments. She submitted the plan to the
California Peninsula chapter of ASID (American Society
of Interior Designers) and the chapter responded with
seed money to establish Design Response as a nonprofit
corporation.
Design Response was created to offer the hand of dignity
through the outreach of caring professional and student
designers, space planners, architects and contractors.
The donations from suppliers of materials for renovation
as well as the donation of furnishings by numerous
corporations have helped to develop Helen’s
vision of shaping environments so that people and
services can thrive.
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