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Pre-sale
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+$0.75 processing fee
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FBJSL and
2008 Sugar Plum Market Beneficiaries.
Standing (L-R): FBJSL President-Elect Brigit
Engleman with Co-Chairs Cindy Dempster,
Rebekah Pickering, Katharine Hunton, and
Jana Baumann. Seated (L-R): Chair-Elect for
Literacy Council of Fort Bend Lizz Sansone,
Executive Directive of the Fort Bend County
Women's Center Vita Rogers, and Executive
Director of Child Advocates of Fort Bend
Susie Moseley. |
Event Beneficiary
 Child Advocates of Fort Bend (CAFB) is a not-for-profit organization that successfully works to provide a voice for abused and neglected children (ages birth to 18). Their work is based on the belief that every child deserves a safe and permanent home. CAFB accomplishes their mission with specially trained community volunteers and staff through two intensive advocacy programs – Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the
Children's Advocacy Center (CAC). The CASA Program trains community volunteers to advocate for the best interest of children involved with Fort Bend Family Protective Services because of abuse, neglect or abandonment by their caretaker. Each volunteer works to facilitate a permanent, nurturing home placement suitable for the children they represent. The CAC is a multi-disciplinary team approach to working child sexual abuse and serious physical abuse cases. Working to lessen the emotional trauma t o children who are going through the civil and criminal systems, the Center provides a child-friendly, safe, neutral environment for children to tell their stories so as to reduce the number of times the child has to be interviewed. To learn more about CAFB, please visit their website at www.cafb.org.
Event Beneficiary
 The Fort Bend County Women's Center (FBCWC) is a not-for-profit organization that helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and their children with comprehensive services that help them live violence-free, away from their batterers and abusers. Besides providing emergency shelter, FBCWC services include counseling, crisis intervention, advocacy (including legal advocacy and accompaniment to court), case management, financial assistance when appropriate, transportation (emergency and other), job training and life skills classes, information and referrals to other social services agencies, GED/ESL classes, referrals into scholarship programs, rental assistance, a Children's Program (counseling, evaluations, tutoring, mentoring, etc.), and an Aftercare Program to assist clients once they leave the shelter. Services are available to both resident and non-resident clients. For more information about the FBCWC, please visit their website at
www.fortbendwomenscenter.org.
Event Beneficiary
 The
Literacy Council of Fort Bend County (FBLC) is a 501 (c) 3
non-profit organization established in 1987. The mission of
the Literacy Council is to end intergenerational cycles of
illiteracy by improving adult literacy skills and generating
community-wide literacy awareness. Primary programs and
services include: One-on-one Basic Literacy training for
adults needing help with reading, writing, and basic
computation; small group instruction for English as a Second
Language (ESL), and GED classes focusing on preparing
students to pass the GED test. For more information on FBLC,
please visit their website at
www.ftbendliteracy.org.
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