Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children
Jeffrey Fetzko, ACSW, LSW, CFRE
Vol. 4, No. 23, November 16, 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 was a great success!
The 8th annual Run for Runaways was a runaway success. Even the brisk weather did not deter the more than 300 runners, walkers and kid sprinters. Over $40,000 was raised to be used for Somerset Home services! Special thanks to Sharon Hall for a job well done and to all of the staff, board and volunteers who assisted in making the even run so smoothly.
Happy Thanksgiving!
You are invited to our Thanksgiving celebration at Brahma House on Tuesday, November 21st at 5:30PM. If you will be attending please RSVP to Nikki. Also, if you would like to bring a dessert please let Nikki know.
Transitions...
Nikki Desouza, Brahma House director, will be leaving Somerset Home after eight years to become a school social worker in the Newton, NJ school district.
Paula Taylor, Brahma House case manager, will be leaving Somerset Home after six years and joining the staff at the new Tri County CMO (care maintenance organization) in Branchburg, NJ.
We wish both Nikki and Paula the very best and we will greatly miss them both.
Funding Update
Operating Grants: Target (Transitional Learning Center $1,500); Citibank/Smith Barney (Financial Literacy $7,500), Horizon Foundation (HIV/Aids prevention $10,000).
Capital Grants: $5,000 from the John H. Van Winkle Foundation, $4,000 from Lillian Pitkin Schenck Foundation; National Starch $2,000; $1,000 from the Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation, Inc.
As always, thank you all for your continued hard work on behalf of our youth.
