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June 14, 2006
To: All friends of Catholic Family Service, Inc.
From:
Jake Richards, President of the Board of Directors
Dear
Friends of CFS,
Each
year around this time, we send out a letter from the President of the Board
of Directors to our friends, supporters and volunteers to show our
appreciation for a job well done. My name is
Jake Richards, and I recently
became the president of the CFS Board of Directors.
It is
an honor for me to serve this agency, and I am looking forward to a very
bright future. Things at CFS are going very well! Every one of you has
contributed to our success, and I thank you for your volunteerism and
financial support. I am very pleased to be working with the dedicated staff
and Board members at CFS. All of us are working hard to make CFS the very
best it can be. Visit our web site at
www.catholicfamilyservice.org to see some of the changes we are
making.
Although some of our programs are funded through government grants, two of
our programs depend almost completely on private donations. The programs I
am mentioning help two of the most vulnerable groups in Amarillo: children
and the elderly.
The
SOS Youth Activity Center provides supervised programs, including sports
teams, drumming corps, workshops, and games for children 6 to 18 years of
age. Constructive activities and encouragement at our center means less
juvenile crime and gang involvement. A lot of low income families and
single parents depend on SOS to provide a safe haven for their children
while the parents are at work. We are still working on raising another
$40,000 for SOS for the 2007 fiscal year.
The
Inter-Faith Hunger Project celebrated its 20th year in 2006, and
helps over 300 elderly and disabled people per month. Inter Faith
volunteers deliver groceries to 65 homebound people per month. The program
also has a grocery store where low-income elderly and disabled can come in
and “buy” food with free vouchers. We hope to raise $35,000 for this
program in 2007.
I'd like to extend a personal
invitation to you to come and visit us at 200 S. Tyler St. We're located on
the 2nd floor of the Tyler Street Resource Center. There are many
volunteer opportunities available. And if you can't volunteer right now,
please consider sending in whatever you can, whenever you can. It is the
support of people like you that keeps us going!
Thanks
for allowing me a few moments of your time. Please come and see the work
in action at CFS. We look forward to meeting you.
Warm
regards,
Jake Richards, Board President |
