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The 2008 SFCASA Board of Directors Annual Luncheon

Hon. Carlos R. Moreno,
California State Supreme Court Associate Justice
Featured Speaker and Honoree

Thank you for making the 2008 SFCASA Board of Directors Annual Luncheon a success!

On March 19, 2008, with 300 supporters in attendance, SFCASA proudly presented our Award for Outstanding Service to Children and the Community to the Honorable Carlos R. Moreno, California State Supreme Court Associate Justice and Chair of the California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children In Foster Care.

The SFCASA Board of Directors Luncheon is held annually to raise major funding support of SFCASA advocacy and mentoring services to San Francisco's children in foster care.

Read the press release issued on the day of the event.

See Photos from event..

SFCASA gratefully acknowledges our 2008 luncheon sponsors:

Bank of the West
Belrad Group
David and Sarah Bearden
Botti Brown Asset Management, LLC
Comerica Bank
First Pacific Management, Inc.
First Republic Bank
Hon. Abe and Jennifer Friedman
Kaiser Permanente
Keker & Van Nest LLP
McKesson
Ravi and Christy Mohan
Gail and Bernard Nebenzahl
Pacific Union Real Estate Community Fund
Liz Palacios Designs, Ltd.
Pamella Olson
Reese Relfe
San Francisco Bay Club
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
Brett Wheeler and Greg Richardson
Steve White
Anonymous Corporate Sponsor

David Bearden and Gail Nebenzahl
Luncheon Co-Chairs

Reese Relfe and Moira C. Walsh
Honorary Hosts

SFCASA Gratefully Acknowledges the Generous Support of the Louis R. Lurie Foundation!
SFCASA is proud to announce that we have successfully fulfilled a generous $30,000 matching grant challenge presented to us by the Louis R. Lurie Foundation, thanks to the generous support of new and existing supporters of SFCASA.

Save the Date! 2008 National CASA Conference
The 2008 National CASA Conference will be held June 7-10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Learn about and explore issues related to the current state of abused and neglected children in our country and the ways that CASA advocacy can and does improve their lives. The conference will include our CASA Meets Congress event. For more information.

SFCASA Swears in over 100 Volunteers in 2007.
We have already sworn in over 100 new CASAs who completed training during the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall of 2007. Thank you to all of the Volunteers and to everyone who participated in and supported our expanded volunteer outreach effort over the past year.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Restores SFCASA Funding.

On behalf of everyone at SFCASA we would like to thank the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for restoring the SFCASA grant that funds 100 CASA cases in the new fiscal year.

Thanks to the terriffic outpouring of support by volunteers, staff, community supporters and friends of SFCASA, Budget and Finance Committee members Board of Supervisors President Peskin and Supervisors Ammiano, Elsbernd, Dufty, and Mirkarimi listened to our statements with the utmost care and concern and recommended to the full Board that our funding be included in the 2007-2008 City Budget.

We are grateful for their recognition of the more than 41,000 volunteer hours that SFCASA volunteers invest in our community and for their commitment to the life-changing advocacy and mentoring performed by SFCASA volunteers.

SFCASA Thanks our Amazing Volunteers.

On Friday, June 15, 2007 SFCASA held its annual volunteer appreciation event at the beautiful San Francisco Ferry Building to thank our amazing volunteers who give so much of their time and effort to CASA kids and the community. Volunteers and guests enjoyed the spectacular view of the Bay while also feasting on some great appetizers and wine.

The board and staff at SFCASA truly appreciate everything our volunteers do. Your commitment, hard work and support enabled SFCASA to serve 260 children in foster care during the past year. You are the heart of the organization. We wouldn't be here without you!

Special thanks to Bank of the West for underwriting the event.

Art for Life Event

During a daylong art workshop with award winning local artist Yuyi Morales , young artists created thoughtful works that express their true inner selves-not just what you see.

These works of art were on display on Monday, May 7th at the Art for Life reception at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts . Every piece of artwork sold and all proceeds from sales of the art will directly benefit the individual youth artists. Read the Article from The Summer 2007 The Connection Magazine

The art that was created has also been also exhibited in the main hall of the Judicial Council of California - Administrative Office of the Courts in San Francisco in June of 2007.

Photos from the event

Community Thrift Store

SFCASA supporters can drop off donations to The Community Thrift Store and assign the donations to SFCASA (charity code 128), and SFCASA will benefit from the sale of those items. Communit Thrift offers limited pick-up services for large donations of furniture and large estates in excess of 20 boxes that are within San Francisco. Pick-up service is Sunday through Thursday. Receipts for tax purposes are at time of pickup and at the donation door.

SFCASA is grateful to the Community Thrift Store and donors for generously making this giving opportunity possible. Last year SFCASA received over $1,000 from the sale of items donated on our behalf.

The Community Thrift Store
623 Valencia Street (between 17th and 18th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 861-4910

Donation hours:
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., seven days a week.

Sales hours:
10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., seven days a week

Please call Community Thrift if you have any questions, or if you would like to know what types of donations are accepted.