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Good evening BBF Board:

Happy Labor Day weekend!
Lots of rain here in Chesapeake City, Maryland to start the weekend, but
that has not dampened my spirits.

Our partnership with Special Olympics —Operation Safeguard—will be
announced in Boston on September 27th at the JFK Library, where Special
Olympics Massachusetts is celebrating their 50th anniversary. We anticipate
media coverage will air on September 28th. We have planned initial stages
of the project, which we expect will be a 3 to 5 year timeframe, with work
beginning in November. I anticipate that I will be speaking in early
November at their annual international conference in Las Vegas. We will
bring you more as the schedule fleshes out. Josh has done phenomenal work
on this, and I am grateful for his tireless dedication to this project.

Also, a partnership that we have been working on for over a year has come
to fruition. Yesterday I met again with the President of Discover Bank, Jim
Roszkowski, and his CRA (Community Reinvestment Act) staff. Effective
immediately, Discover Bank is requiring that any grantee of CRA funds that
deals with children in any capacity complete the Beau Biden Foundation
Shield of Protection Program. Discover Bank will fund each assessment, and
concomitant training. Each assessment costs $3000.00; training varies by
the number of people. Discover estimated yesterday that they have about 50
organizations that would participate initially. This is a seed that has
sprouted and we anticipate will continue to grow.

Next week our new Communications Director, Dan Sanchez will start, as well
as our new public ally. We anticipate more hires as we expand.

Many thanks for your support and commitment to this organization, as we
carry out Beau’s mission and continue the legacy of child protection.

Have a great holiday weekend. Hope to see you on September 24th!

Best—

Patty


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Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esq. Executive Director Beau Biden Foundation for
the Protection of Childre