Posted on Mar 1, 2022 in
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Friends Council Members: Peggy Jackson, Judy Maddison, Pat Somers, Sue Lockwood, Lynn Halford, CAFB Development Director Lisa Moore and Alexis Jackson.
Photo courtesy of Child Advocates of Fort Bend.
FRIENDS of Child Advocates of Fort Bend, an auxiliary volunteer group supporting Child Advocates of Fort Bend (CAFB), will host its annual membership social – Meeting with a Mission – in the Venetian Estates home of Pat and Brad Somers on Thursday, March 31st at 6 pm. All are welcome to attend and join in the fun!
In addition to socializing and hors d’oeuvres, guests will enjoy a style show by Fabulous You and learn more about what their membership dues have been able to do to support the children served by Child Advocates of Fort Bend. FRIENDS helps the children directly through a Special Needs Fund for items and services that the children need but are unable to afford. FRIENDS has more than 100 members and is managed by a Council, which provides volunteer opportunities and social events throughout the year. Annual membership dues are $40 per year. Membership is open to anyone.
For more information or to RSVP for the event, contact Pat at tootsomers@gmail.com or 281-782-9068. For more information about FRIENDS of Child Advocates of Fort Bend or to become a member, go to https://www.cafb.org/volunteer/volunteer-opportunities/friends-of-child-advocates-of-fort-bend/.
About FRIENDS of Child Advocates of Fort Bend:
FRIENDS of Child Advocates of Fort Bend is an auxiliary league which helps support a variety of activities benefiting the children served by Child Advocates of Fort Bend and the volunteers who help them. Their Special Needs Fund underwrites the needs of children in the foster care system that other providers are unable to offer – items that most people take for granted. The fund has underwritten backpacks filled with school supplies, summer camp tuition, tutoring, caps and gowns for graduating seniors and computers for college students.
About Child Advocates of Fort Bend:
Child Advocates of Fort Bend (CAFB) is a non-profit agency with a mission of strengthening the voice of the child, healing the hurt and breaking the cycle of child abuse and neglect in Fort Bend and surrounding counties through its Court Appointed Special Advocates Program (CASA), Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) and more than 200 trained community volunteer advocates. The agency serves more than 400 children each month and has served more than 20,500 children since 1991. CASA Volunteers advocate for children’s emotional, physical and educational needs while they are involved in the court system. Child Advocates of Fort Bend is one of only a few programs in the country that provides a volunteer advocate for every child in foster care. The Children’s Advocacy Center team of professional clinicians, social workers and advocates provide an array of free services for children and families including forensic interviews, family advocacy, medical referrals, therapy and mental health services, case coordination and criminal court advocacy each month and has served more than 20,500 children since opening its doors in 1991.
For more information on how you can get involved with Child Advocates of Fort Bend, contact Volunteer Services at 281-344-5123 or jbrown@cafb.org or log onto www.cafb.org.
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