Thank you to all the Children's Campaign Fund supporters who joined us
Your generous support helped make the Children's Campaign Fund annual fundraising event a success. Your contribution helped us raise $20,000! The event was great fun--with fabulous music, delicious food and wonderful friends!
Children, especially those most at risk, need strong advocates in the legislature and every dollar of your donation goes to electing Champions for Children. As we continue the Children's Campaign Fund endorsement process (read the CCF endorsements here), we are excited to help advocates for children as they take on some of the most competitive races across the state.
But as the campaigns speed up, we would like to take a moment to slow down and thank all the amazing people who have improved the lives of children and families in Washington. You are one of those people.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Rene Murry and Joe Cunningham
Co-chairs, Children's Campaign Fund
Honoring Rep. Mary Helen Roberts
Representative Mary Helen Roberts is also one of those amazing people.
CCF honored Roberts for her years of fiercely supportive and inspiring service in the Washington House of Representatives and to the Children's Campaign Fund.
Representative Roberts, a founding board member, served as the first chair of CCF. She was on the board from 1990 until she was elected to the House in 2004. Roberts served five terms for the 21st Legislative District, which includes most of Edmonds, Mukilteo, a portion of south Everett and surrounding unincorporated areas.
By all accounts, she focused her efforts on improving the lives of children and families.
Most recently, Roberts served as the vice-chair on the House Public Safety Committee as well as committees that addressed issues of education, labor, children, justice and human services. She worked with law enforcement agencies and youth advocates for legislation to established alternatives to incarceration for youth, ensure youth offenders are tried in juvenile court and expand options for youth offenders with mental health issues.
Mary Helen brought a passion to the legislature for children and families, in particular for children and families affected by incarceration. She expanded how we look at vulnerable children. She sponsored three different extended foster care bills, which expanded the definition of what a foster child is, so we don't just dump them out of the street when they are 18.
"[Recently] I looked at the statistics of the number of children that leave foster care and become homeless. Mary Helen has been responsible for changing the law so that happens much less frequently." -- Rep. Ruth Kagi.
"[The Children's Campaign Fund Board] was so excited to have Mary Helen Roberts in the legislature. She continued the advocacy she did with CCF and translated it into action to improve the lives of children and families. We can't thank you enough." -- Susan Weiss, CCF board member
Thank you to the CCF and event sponsors!
First, a BIG thank you to Rep. Ruth Kagi, a founding CCF board member, who hosted our event at the lovely Dunn Gardens in northwest Seattle.
CCF Champion Sponsors ($500+)
Connie Ballmer
Bobbe and Jon Bridge
Martha Kongsgaard
Janet Levinger
Carol Maurer
Ann Ramsay-Jenkins
CCF Event Sponsors ($200-$499)
Phoebe Sade Anderson
Janis Avery
Charles and Nancy Bagley
Ana Beltran
Paul Benz
Becky Bogard
Bright Spring Consulting
Linda Brown and Larry True
Kathy Burgoyne
Sheila Capestany
Kathy Carson
Craftsman Plumbing
Bob Crittenden
Joseph Cunningham
Suzanne Dale Estey
Pam Daniels
Ben Danielson, MD
Mary Lou Dickerson
Dovetailing.us
Pat and Susan Dunn
Mercedes Elizalde
Ginny English and Steve Holt
Mark and Benita Gjurasic
Danette Glassy, MD
Linda Hanson
Bill Hochberg
Marty Jacobs
The Hon. Fred Jarrett
Lonnie Johns Brown
Mike Kasprzak and Betty Williams
The Hon. Lynn Kessler
Kurose and Nathan Rothman
Jean Leonard
Laurie Lippold
The Hon. Steve Litzow
Trisha Matthieu
The Hon. Marcie Maxwell
Leah Medway
Lance Morehouse
Chuck and Rene Murry
Maren Norton
The Hon. Al O'Brien
Donna Patrick
Linda Quan, MD
The Hon. Renee Radcliff Sinclair
Kristen Rogers and Nick Federici
Majken Ryherd
Susan Sandall and Tony Williams
SEIU 775
The Hon. Tana Senn
Don Shifrin, MD and Bobbi Chamberlain
Shari Song
Cynthia Shurtleff and David Shurtleff, MD
Jeffrey Stolz, MD
Theresa Tanoury
Gayle and Jack Thompson
Jessica Wallace and Joshua Thompson
Eric Trupin, MD
Susan Abby Weiss
Kim Wesselman
Trina Westerlund
Sam Whiting
Kinnon Williams
Reid Yamamoto