spring 2010 newsletter

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eflections of Hope R CCFCC Board of Directors Robert Krase Mike MacDonald Lew Johnson Sharon Fusco Jeanne Maag Judi Kaiser John Lollis Ernie Williams Rev. Donald Roulsten Judi Gibbons Virginia Gurrola Marsha Hunter-Estrada Executive Director Anna Green Website www.ccfamilycrisis.org Spring Edition 2010 Volume 36, Issue 1 is a multi-cultural organization, which exists to protect individuals and families from domestic violence and economic deprivation by providing shelter, assistance, education and other charitable services. The outpouring of donations from service organizations, youth groups and the community at large to the emergency women’s shelter was overwhelming. From clothing donated to Treasures Thrift Store, turkeys, canned goods and wrapped gifts for the women and children in the emergency shelter, the giving spirit of the community was heart-warming. The Fraternal Order of Eagles sponsored a Christmas tree that was sold for $2,000 at the 10 th annual Christmas Season Charity Benefit. Thank you Eagles & Marty McCormick who decorated the beautiful tree. A special thanks, to Gary Gostanian, Judy Sarber, Walt Orth and Steve & Sharon Pearson. We would also like to thank Bill and Clidella Graves for the donation of their tree to decorate the emergency women’s shelter. The First Baptist Church of Porterville helped to bring joy and cheer to the children living at the emergency shelter and transitional housing by hosting a Christmas party for them.. Santa and presents were included. The Southern California Edison employees also spread warmth and cheer by adopting a whole family for the season. The Breakfast Rotary provided beautifully wrapped gifts for every woman in the emergency shelter. The youth of the community were incredible with the amount of canned and dried food they collected. For the last couple of years the AVID club students and Mr. Winter from Monache High School have conducted a food drive and collected money for CCFCC. With the money collected they buy perishable items and gifts for all the children at the women’s shelter and transitional housing. Other Schools that helped out with food drives were, Burton Elementary, Granite Hills High School’s ASB and CSF clubs, Porterville College, and the Tule River Study Center. THANK YOU all for your support!

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Page 1: Spring 2010 Newsletter

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T h e F r a t e r n a l O r d e r o f E a g l e s s p o n s o r e d aC h r i s t m a s t r e e t h a t w a s s o l d f o r $ 2 , 0 0 0 a tt h e 1 0 th a n n u a l C h r i s t m a s S e a s o n C h a r i t yB e n e f i t . T h a n k y o u E a g l e s & M a r t yM c C o r m i c k w h o d e c o r a t e d t h e b e a u t i f u lt r e e . A s p e c i a l t h a n k s , t o G a r y G o s t a n i a n ,J u d y S a r b e r, Wa l t O r t h a n d St e v e & S h a r o nP e a r s o n . We w o u l d a l s o l i k e t o t h a n k B i l la n d C l i d e l l a G r a v e s f o r t h e d o n a t i o n o ft h e i r t r e e t o d e c o r a t e t h e e m e rg e n c yw o m e n ’s s h e l t e r.

T h e F i r s t B a p t i s t C h u r c h o f P o r t e r v i l l e h e l p e d t ob r i n g j o y a n d c h e e r t o t h e c h i l d r e n l i v i n g a t t h ee m e rg e n c y s h e l t e r a n d t r a n s i t i o n a l h o u s i n g b yh o s t i n g a C h r i s t m a s p a r t y f o r t h e m . . S a n t a a n dp r e s e n t s w e r e i n c l u d e d . T h e S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i aE d i s o n e m p l o y e e s a l s o s p r e a d w a r m t h a n d c h e e rb y a d o p t i n g a w h o l e f a m i l y f o r t h e s e a s o n . T h eB r e a k f a s t R o t a r y p r o v i d e d b e a u t i f u l l y w r a p p e dg i f t s f o r e v e r y w o m a n i n t h e e m e rg e n c y s h e l t e r.

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A s w e w e r e p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e P r o j e c t H o m e l e s s C o n n e c t ,I w a s c o n t a c t e d b y G a i l G r a s m i c k w h o i s t h e a d v i s o r f o rt h e B u i l d e r ’s C l u b a t S t r a t h m o r e M i d d l e S c h o o l . T h em e m b e r s o f t h e B u i l d e r s C l u b w a n t e d t o d o a s e r v i c ep r o j e c t f o r t h e h o m e l e s s s h e l t e r , c o l l e c t i n g n e e d e d i t e m sf o r t h e m o m s a n d c h i l d r e n r e s i d i n g a t t h e s h e l t e r. Is p o k e w i t h M s . G r a s m i c k a b o u t C C F C C ’s i n v o l v e m e n t i nP r o j e c t H o m e l e s s C o n n e c t a n d t h e s t u d e n t s d e c i d e d t oa l s o c o l l e c t n e e d e d i t e m s f o r t h o s e h o m e l e s si n d i v i d u a l s . A l l I c a n s a y i s t h e s t u d e n t s o f t h e B u i l d e r sC l u b r o c k ! ! T h o s e k i d s c o l l e c t e d a t l e a s t 2 0 0 p a i r o f n e ws o c k s f o r m e n , w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n . T h e y a l s o c o l l e c t e dg l o v e s , f l e e c e s c a r v e s a n d k n i t b e a n i e s , a t l e a s t 1 0 0 o fe a c h . C C F C C s t a f f w a s p r o u d t o b e a b l e t o d i s t r i b u t et h e s e m u c h n e e d e d i t e m s a t P r o j e c t H o m e l e s s C o n n e c t i nt h e n a m e o f t h e B u i l d e r s C l u b .

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A c c o r d i n g t o a s t u d y i n t h e J o u r n a l o f t h e A m e r i c a nM e d i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n , v i o l e n t r e l a t i o n s h i p s i na d o l e s c e n c e c a n h a v e s e r i o u s r a m i f i c a t i o n s , p u t t i n gt h o s e w h o a r e v i c t i m i z e d a t h i g h e r r i s k f o r s u b s t a n c ea b u s e , e a t i n g d i s o r d e r s , r i s k y s e x u a l b e h a v i o r, s u i c i d e ,a n d v i o l e n c e i n t h e i r a d u l t r e l a t i o n s h i p s . T h e C a l i f o r n i aH e a l t h y K i d s S u r v e y s h o w s t h a t 7 p e r c e n t o f 11 t h g r a d es t u d e n t s i n C a l i f o r n i a s a i d t h e y w e r e v i c t i m s o f t e e nd a t i n g v i o l e n c e i n t h e l a s t 1 2 m o n t h s . T h e p r o b l e m i sc o m p o u n d e d b y l a c k o f a p p r o p r i a t e r e s p o n s e b y p a r e n t sa n d o t h e r a d u l t s . I n a s u r v e y p u b l i s h e d b y L i zC l a i b o r n e , I n c . a n d F a m i l y Vi o l e n c e P r e v e n t i o n F u n d ,t h e m a j o r i t y o f p a r e n t s s u r v e y e d b e l i e v e d t h e y h a v e h a da c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h t h e i r t e e n a b o u t w h a t i t m e a n s t o b ei n a h e a l t h y r e l a t i o n s h i p . H o w e v e r, t h e m a j o r i t y o f t e e n ss u r v e y e d s a i d t h a t t h e y h a d n o t h a d a c o n v e r s a t i o n a b o u td a t i n g a b u s e w i t h a p a r e n t i n t h e p a s t y e a r.

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T h e Wo m e n ’s S h e l t e r h a s b e e n v e r y f u l l w i t h w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n w h o c o m e t o u s d u e t oh o m e l e s s n e s s o r d o m e s t i c v i o l e n c e . F o r t h e p a s t t h r e e m o n t h s w e h a v e h a d 3 0 o r m o r e b e d s f i l l e do n a d a i l y b a s i s . We h a v e b e e n l u c k y t o h a v e t w o n e w v o l u n t e e r s a b o a r d . We h a v e o n e h e r e a t t h es h e l t e r a n d t h e o t h e r v o l u n t e e r a t t h e f r o n t o f f i c e . M e l i n d a M a r t i n e z i s a c l i e n t a d v o c a t e w h o i sw o n d e r f u l w i t h o u r w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n . S h e h a s b e e n l e a r n i n g s o m u c h s i n c e s h e b e g a n w i t h u s .S h e f e e l s t h a t t h i s j o b i s r e w a r d i n g . A t f i r s t , s h e w a s v e r y n e r v o u s a b o u t b e i n g a c c e p t e d b y t h ef a m i l i e s w e s e r v e . H o w e v e r , s h e i s g l a d s h e c a m e t o w o r k a t t h e Wo m e n ’s S h e l t e r b e c a u s e s h en o w r e a l i z e s t h a t t h e f a m i l i e s w e w o r k w i t h a r e g r a t e f u l . O n c e a g a i n w e a r e h a p p y t o h a v e h e rw i t h h e r b e a u t i f u l s m i l e a n d e n t h u s i a s m . We l c o m e t o C C F C C M e l i n d a !

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E v e r y g i f t m a d e t o C e n t r a l C a l i f o r n i aF a m i l y C r i s i s C e n t e r ( C C F C C ) i s v i t a l t ot h e c o n t i n u e d o p e r a t i o n o f t h e a g e n c y.Yo u r d o n a t i o n s u p p o r t s o u r e f f o r t s t om a i n t a i n a s h e l t e r , t r a n s i t i o n a la p a r t m e n t s , c o u n s e l i n g c e n t e r a n d a 2 4 -h o u r h o t l i n e .Yo u r g i f t w i l l b e c r i t i c a l i n s u s t a i n i n g t h ew o m e n ’s s h e l t e r a n d t h e w o r k w e d o . Yo uc a n s a v e t a x d o l l a r s t h r o u g h t h e c h a r i t a b l ed e d u c t i o n a n d r e d u c t i o n .H e r e a r e s o m e o f t h e w a y s t o b o t h G i v e a n dS a v e .C a s h G i f t sC a s h g i f t s a r e d e d u c t i b l e f o r i n c o m e t a xp u r p o s e s t o t h e f u l l e x t e n t o f t h e l a w a n d ,i n a d d i t i o n t o c a s h , w e a c c e p t c h e c k s o rc r e d i t c a r d s . A p l e d g e p a y m e n t s c h e d u l em a y e a s i l y b e a r r a n g e d t h r o u g h t h eC C F C C b u s i n e s s o f f i c e .M a t c h i n g G i f t S u p p o r tYo u r e m p l o y e r m a y p r o v i d e m a t c h i n g g i f ts u p p o r t , w h i c h m a y d o u b l e o r e v e n t r i p l ey o u r g i f t . Yo u m a y i n q u i r e a t y o u re m p l o y e r ’s O f f i c e o f H u m a n R e s o u r c e s .D o n a t e I t e m s t o Tr e a s u r e s T h r i f t St o reT h e f u n d s f r o m t h e s a l e o f a l l d o n a t e dc l o t h i n g , h o u s e h o l d i t e m s , a n d f u r n i t u r eg o d i r e c t l y t o t h e s u p p o r t o f t h e Wo m e n ' sS h e l t e r a n d d o n a t e d i t e m s a r e t a xd e d u c t i b l e .

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T h e H o l i d a y s e a s o n w a s v e r y b u s y f o r C C F C C s t a f f . We s t a r t e d o f fb y p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n t h e C h i l d r e n ’s C h r i s t m a s p a r a d e f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e .I t w a s g r e a t f u n a n d a t e a m e f f o r t d e c o r a t i n g o u r f l o a t w i t h h a n d m a d eo r n a m e n t s m a d e b y c h i l d r e n f r o m t h e C h i l d r e n ’s C e n t e r.

M a n y w o n d e r f u l o rg a n i z a t i o n s a n ds c h o o l s g a v e g e n e r o u s l y t o o u r a g e n c yw i t h g i f t s , c a n n e d f o o d s a n d e v e np a r t i e s f o r o u r c l i e n t s . T h e s t a f fw o r k e d t i r e l e s s l yt o m a k e s u r e e a c hg i f t a n d o t h e rd o n a t i o n s m a d ei t t o t h e r i g h tp e r s o n .

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s t a f f a n d v o l u n t e e r so f t h e a g e n c y b yh o s t i n g a H o l i d a yd i n n e r f o r t h e m . Ag o o d t i m e w a s h a d b y a l l e m p l o y e e s ,v o l u n t e e r s a n d d i r e c t o r s . We a l l s h a r e d as p e c i a l e v e n i n g . A s p e c i a l t h a n k y o u ,A n n a G r e e n , h e r f a m i l y a n d t h e E a g l e sL o d g e ( B r e t t , M i k e , S a n d y & Ta t e ) f o rm a k i n g i t h a p p e n .

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