Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children
Jeffrey Fetzko, ACSW, LSW, CFRE
Vol. 4, No. 22, November 2, 2006
The Executive Director's News is published every two weeks, 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.
8th Annual Run for Runaways is this Saturday, November 4th!
The 8th annual Run for Runaways will be here before we know it! We still need runners and volunteers to help with our big event on November 4, 2006. Please contact Sharon Hall if you would like to 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. Funds raised go to directly benefit our residents. I look forward to seeing you there!
If you haven't done so, please set up your personal fundraising page today. Paste the url below into your browser to set up your page:
http://www.active.com/donations/campaign_public.cfm?key=8th_run_for_runaways
Setting up a fundraising page is an easy way get your friends and family to help you raise funds for Somerset Home's programs.
Joint Staff Meeting
We had two guests at our agency staff meeting last week, Andrew Novick from Condor Capital Management explained changes to our pension program and Robin Glazar gave a presentation on Affinity Bank, Somerset Home's credit union. Thank you all for coming and as always, as questions come up related to these or any other employee benefit programs, please do not hesitate calling Barbara Kreutzer or me directly.
Whitney House has first biennial NJDCF Licensing Inspection
Whitney House has completed it's first full inspection since beginning operations last Spring. The NJ Department of Children and Families, Office of Licensing shared very positive observations about the program and I congratulate Alex, Lisa, Nicole and especially Danielle for a job well done!
Good Neighbors -- Cookie Exchange Planned
Our second meeting with the Passages, Whitney House, My Place neighbors was held last week. The meeting was very positive and among our accomplishments was getting the township to commit to installing a light at the end of Whitney Court East. This will make parking and walking between buildings much safer.
Our next meeting will be a holiday party and "cookie exchange" at Whitney House. Stay tuned for the date and time.
Funding Update
Citibank Foundation, $7,500 for Pathways Financial Literacy (operating), Horizon Foundation, $10,000 for HIV Prevention (operating), Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation, Inc., $1,000 (capital) and John H. Van Winkle Foundation, $5,000 (capital).
As always, thank you all for your continued hard work on behalf of our youth.
