SFCASA Heats Up San Francisco with 'Hot Reggae Nights" Charity Event for Foster Kids
Join Honorary Guild Co-Chairs First Lady of San Francisco Jennifer Siebel Newsom and District Attorney Kamala Harris on October 8, 2009 at Foreign Cinema for a Caribbean Chic Event to Raise Money for Foster Children.
San Francisco, CA, September 03, 2009 --(PR.com)-- SFCASA, San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, brings a little bit of paradise to the city when it hosts its first annual Hot Reggae Nights benefit event in San Francisco on October 8, 2009. First Lady of San Francisco Jennifer Siebel Newsom and District Attorney Kamala Harris are this year’s Honorary Guild Co-Chairs along with Puneh Sohrabpour Westphal who is the SFCASA Guild Chair. Former 49er Keena Turner and Nightlife Entrepreneur Doug Dalton serve as Honorary Guild Members. The Caribbean Chic event at Foreign Cinema will feature both silent and live auctions, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and music and dancing.
“San Francisco CASA recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers who
mentor and advocate for children in foster care,” says Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Lady of San Francisco. “By supporting SFCASA you can help a child in foster care find a safe and permanent home, thrive in school, and benefit from a caring and consistent advocate.”
The program also addresses foster children’s educational, healthcare and other urgent needs. SFCASA volunteers promote healthy emotional development and minimize the psychological consequences of abuse and neglect.
“In San Francisco's overburdened court and social service system, a foster child can easily become lost and ignored,” says Turner. “SFCASA volunteers, who are also sworn officers of the court, help abused and neglected children obtain needed services. Please join me in supporting SFCASA.”
Each volunteer makes an 18-month commitment to advocate for a child, sees the child each week and reports to the court at six month intervals.
“Approximately 1,800 of San Francisco’s children under 18 years of age are victims of abuse and neglect and are living in foster care. Seventy five percent perform below grade level and 40 percent fail to graduate from high school,” says Dalton. “SFCASA volunteers are qualified under California’s Education Code to serve as surrogate parents for education purposes. As a member of the San Francisco community, I am proud to support SFCASA.”
The SFCASA volunteer is often the only caring and consistent adult in the life of a child.
Join the Hot Reggae Nights Celebration on Thursday, October 8, 2009 from 7:00PM – 11:00PM at Foreign Cinema located at 2534 Mission Street in San Francisco. To purchase tickets to the event ($125 per ticket), make a donation or become a sponsor or volunteer visit www.SFCASA.org.
For more information visit www.SFCASA.org
ABOUT SFCASA
SFCASA, San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, is a non-profit agency established in 1991. It is supported by government and foundation grants and corporate and individual gifts. SFCASA recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers who advocate for and mentor foster children one-on-one, helping to find safe and permanent homes for them and addressing their educational, healthcare, and other urgent needs.
###
“San Francisco CASA recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers who
mentor and advocate for children in foster care,” says Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Lady of San Francisco. “By supporting SFCASA you can help a child in foster care find a safe and permanent home, thrive in school, and benefit from a caring and consistent advocate.”
The program also addresses foster children’s educational, healthcare and other urgent needs. SFCASA volunteers promote healthy emotional development and minimize the psychological consequences of abuse and neglect.
“In San Francisco's overburdened court and social service system, a foster child can easily become lost and ignored,” says Turner. “SFCASA volunteers, who are also sworn officers of the court, help abused and neglected children obtain needed services. Please join me in supporting SFCASA.”
Each volunteer makes an 18-month commitment to advocate for a child, sees the child each week and reports to the court at six month intervals.
“Approximately 1,800 of San Francisco’s children under 18 years of age are victims of abuse and neglect and are living in foster care. Seventy five percent perform below grade level and 40 percent fail to graduate from high school,” says Dalton. “SFCASA volunteers are qualified under California’s Education Code to serve as surrogate parents for education purposes. As a member of the San Francisco community, I am proud to support SFCASA.”
The SFCASA volunteer is often the only caring and consistent adult in the life of a child.
Join the Hot Reggae Nights Celebration on Thursday, October 8, 2009 from 7:00PM – 11:00PM at Foreign Cinema located at 2534 Mission Street in San Francisco. To purchase tickets to the event ($125 per ticket), make a donation or become a sponsor or volunteer visit www.SFCASA.org.
For more information visit www.SFCASA.org
ABOUT SFCASA
SFCASA, San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, is a non-profit agency established in 1991. It is supported by government and foundation grants and corporate and individual gifts. SFCASA recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers who advocate for and mentor foster children one-on-one, helping to find safe and permanent homes for them and addressing their educational, healthcare, and other urgent needs.
###
Contact
SFCASA
Kimberly Stirdivant
310-995-5230
sfcasa.org
Kimberly Stirdivant
310-995-5230
sfcasa.org
Contact
Categories