Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children
Jeffrey Fetzko, ACSW, LSW, CFRE
Vol. 3, No. 25, December 15, 2005
The Executive Director's News is published specifically for the employees of the Somerset Home. This issue and past issues are available on our web site at http://www.somersethome.org/main/pages/employee_newsletter.htm.
Farewell Elizabeth
Elizabeth Paul, Brahma House senior youth counselor and recreation coordinator has planned her last recreation trip. I was fortunate to get to work closely with Elizabeth on holiday recreation activities which are always special memory building experiences for our kids. She will miss the kids and was always here for them. What she won't miss are the hefty tolls (Varazzano Bridge/Outer Bridge Crossing) and hour plus commute from Brooklyn every day which she has been doing since her marriage and move earlier this year.
THANK YOU Elizabeth for all of your contributions and we will miss you.
Holiday Season has begun..
The holiday season has begun here at Somerset Home. It is an important time of the year for in-kind donations. Many people will call to drop off items for our holiday celebrations. When they do, please be sure to have them fill out the in-kind donation log book. It is important to capture the information on our donors so that we can keep them informed and thank them for their contributions.
Please remember to thank the donor personally as many times as possible while they are here. We really appreciate their efforts on our behalf and without them we could not provide for the kids the way we do. Also, the holiday wish list is now available and we should encourage those who call wishing to help to go to the somersethome.org web site to get the list. Just tell them to look for the blinking lights (above) and click on the wish list boxes.
Holiday Party Schedule:
Kids Party: Brahma House - Wednesday, December 21 at 5:30 PM.
Kids Party: Passages - Wednesday, December 21 at 7:00 PM.
Staff Party: Acqua* - Wednesday, December 21 - 7:30 PM
*Our staff party will also be on December 21, 2005 at the Acqua restaurant located at 777 Us Highway 202, Raritan, 08869 - (908) 707-1777 at 7:30 PM. Please RSVP to Carla Grabert <cgrabert@somersethome.org>. We are trying to get an exact number of how many will attend.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular Trip
On Friday, December 16th the bus will be loading at Brahma House for our now annual New York City trip. The trip includes attending the Radio City Christmas Spectacular show, a short walk up the block to see the tree at Rockefeller Plaza and then dinner at Applebees on 42nd Street. Special Thanks to the Dombal-Vogel foundation for once again sponsoring this wonderful holiday activity.
As always, thank you all for your continued hard work on behalf of our youth.
