Back Row (L to R) are: FRIENDS Council President Pat Somers and FRIENDS Council members Laura Thompson, Lynn Halford, Judy Maddison, Janice King, Joyce Ericsson and Sue Lockwood. Front (L to R) are: FRIENDS Council Treasurer, Peggy Jackson and Past President, Linda Page.
FRIENDS of Child Advocates of Fort Bend, an auxiliary volunteer group supporting Child Advocates of Fort Bend, will host its annual Fall Coffee social in the home of Zeenat Mitha, on Wednesday, October 19th, at 10:30 am.
In addition to coffee, mimosas, light fare and learning about the FRIENDS mission, guests will be treated to a holiday decorating presentation by Danielle Hames, owner of Sugar Land Interior Services.
For further information on FRIENDS, the location and to RSVP for the event, please email Judy Maddison at jmaddison@windstream.net.
About FRIENDS of Child Advocates of Fort Bend:
FRIENDS of Child Advocates of Fort Bend is an auxiliary league which helps support a variety of activities benefiting the children served by Child Advocates of Fort Bend and the volunteers who help them. Their Special Needs Fund underwrites the needs of children that other providers are unable to offer – items that most people take for granted. The fund has underwritten backpacks filled with school supplies, summer camp tuition, tutoring, caps and gowns for graduating seniors and computers for college students.
About Child Advocates of Fort Bend:
Child Advocates of Fort Bend is a non-profit agency that has been making a difference in the lives of abused and neglected children for 25 years. Its mission is to provide a voice, heal the hurt, and break the cycle of child abuse in Fort Bend County. Through its Court Appointed Special Advocates Program (CASATM), Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) and more than 200 trained community volunteer advocates, Child Advocates of Fort Bend improves the lives of more than 400 children each month and has served more than 13,400 children since opening its doors in 1991. Volunteers are needed to help in the agency’s Children’s Advocacy Center and in the Court Appointed Special Advocates Program. For more information on Child Advocates of Fort Bend or to become a volunteer, go to www.cafb.org or contact Lauren Jordin at ljordin@cafb.org or 281-344-5258.