Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children
Jeffrey Fetzko, ACSW, LSW, CFRE
Vol. 3, No. 17, August 25, 2005
The Executive Director's News is published specifically for the employees of the Somerset Home. This issue and past issues of this newsletter are available on our web site at http://www.somersethome.org/main/pages/employee_newsletter.htm.
Friends of Archie Chiles Tennis Tournament Fund Raising Event
Friends of Archie Chiles board members, Lloyd Booker (kneeling) and Sandra Fosselman (right) played my wife, Joanne and me in mixed doubles.
This year the Archie Chiles Tennis Tournament was held on August 13-14th at Colonial Park in Franklin Township. The partnership between the Somerset Home and the Friends of Archie Chiles has entered its sixth year. Proceeds from the annual event helps support Archie Chiles own scholarship programs and also programs of the Somerset Home. Nikki DeSouza and Alex Ciccone addressed the participants at the pre-tournament cocktail party on Friday evening and Lisa D'Ottavio attended the event to describe services offered by Somerset Home to tournament participants.
We are proud of our association with the Friends of Archie Chiles and look forward to next year's tournament!
My Place II TLP
In the past few weeks, several significant capital grants have come in including the $10,000 from the Danellie Foundation, $10,000 from the Amboy Foundation and most recently $5,000 from the Karma Foundation and $25,000 from the New Jersey Capital Bond program. We expect My Place II to open for five youth this fall.
Bristol-Myers Squibb grants $10,000 for HIV Prevention Program
This past week we were notified that Bristol-Myers Squibb funded our Street Smart HIV Prevention program. One of our board members, Dennis Flynn, who works at Bristol-Myers Squibb was instrumental in helping us get this important grant. Thank you Dennis for all your help in getting this project funded!
Run for Runaways - November 5, 2005
The 7th annual Somerset Home Run for Runaways will be here before we know it! We still need major sponsors, ad sponsors, and volunteers to help with our big event on November 5, 2005. Please contact Carla Grabert or Tracey Costanzo if you would like to serve on the committee or help with one of the many tasks involved in this exciting event. Check out the web site at http://www.runforrunaways.com for more details. I look forward to seeing you there!
As always, thank you all for your continued hard work on behalf of our youth.
