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Good Morning and Happy June!

I hope this finds you all well. I want to make sure that everyone has the next board meeting on their calendar—it’s July 26th at 12 noon at our office. This meeting is very important for a few reasons; first we missed the last in-person meeting.

But we also have significant issues to discuss and resolve including:

1. We have outgrown our strategic vision document, and need to approve a strategic planning process, to begin in late summer and (hopefully) conclude early next year. This is a critical document for the continued growth of this organization, and we must focus effort on preparing this document.

2. We’ve made substantial progress with Special Olympics. We have drafted a proposed MOU which is now with Special Olympics legal team. I expect to have their additions/revisions back by the end of this week. The partnership between BBF and the Special Olympics will truly make us a national presence.

There are two phases to this significant partnership; a thorough review of their child protection policies and procedures at the national and state level. Second, we’ll work with them to develop programming for their staff and volunteers (child abuse prevention, mandatory reporting), the athletes (basic personal safety/predator awareness and internet safety/cyberbullying) and caretakers (child abuse prevention and internet safety).

It’s amazing that we’ve landed this partnership - after only two and a half years of doing this, we’ve found our first national partner. It’s exciting and challenging. That said, we can’t operate a project of this magnitude with the staffing we currently have, we need to grow our staff along with the growth of our presence to insure success.

3. Dominique Oppenheimer, our current public ally, has accepted our offer of full-time employment. She will join the team on July 16th as Volunteer Coordinator and Program Development Coordinator. Dominique will continue to manage volunteers for all events, and take on a greater role in program development moving forward. We’re pleased to have her on the team full time.

4. The Wilmington Golf and Tennis Outing is September 24th. Please put this on your calendars. I’ve attached the flyer - please share this with your network. We would love for each of you to support this fundraiser by bringing a few new folks to the event either as a sponsor, foursome or cocktail attendee. Your involvement in this event is truly important. I cannot underscore the importance of the foursomes and primary sponsorships.

Looking forward to seeing you on July 26th! As always, please contact me with any questions or ideas.
In the meantime please enjoy a few days without rain!


Best Always—

Patty

Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esquire
Executive Director
Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children

www.beaubidenfoundation.org <http://www.beaubidenfoundation.org/>
patty@beaubidenfoundation.org <mailto:patty@beaubidennfoundation.org>

“We have seen the progress that can be made when society commits to shining a bright light on a crime like domestic violence, and we are seeing the beginning of what can be accomplished if we continue shining that bright light on child abuse. As adults, we have a legal and moral obligation to stand up and speak out for children who are being abused. These children cannot speak for themselves.” —Beau Biden