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Hello Board! The Joe Foundation folks have asked that Patty and I send them a compilation of highlights each week so the VP and Dr. B are in the loop. It occurred to me I should have been doing this for you guys for months now. So, here’s the first edition of our week in review!

On Saturday March 18, the BBF hosted the second annual BBF Trail Race at Granogue. Over 800 people registered and the Foundation raised in excess of $25,000. The runners have until April 1 to continue to fundraise for their respective teams, so we’ll have final numbers then. Each registered runner will receive a congratulatory note from the Foundation in the next week. As a result of the race’s online registration, we added hundreds of new emails to our list. We’re working with our digital consultants to create an onboarding series of messages for them - substantive and programatic emails first, then fundraising appeals. Many of the registrants were new to the Foundation, so we want to make sure the new additions get programming messages before fundraising messages.

On Monday, March 20, Josh and Patty met with the leadership of student leadership of Beau’s fraternity, Psi Upsilon at Penn (known as the Castle). We will be training their brothers in Stewards of Children before the end of the school year. Additionally, we’ll be working with them next fall to develop a core group of volunteers for our events, partnerships on Penn’s campus and fundraising opportunities though their charitable work (soccer tournaments, flag football, etc).

We launched our second round of Facebook acquisitions, this time focused on our tipsheet for parents signing kids up for summer camps. One of the images and content are below. The tip sheet is here: https://www.beaubidenfoundation.org/blog/2017/parent-checklist-summer-program-safety/?blm_aid=0 <https://www.beaubidenfoundation.org/blog/2017/parent-checklist-summer-program-safety/?blm_aid=0>

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Summer Safety Tips
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Protect Your Kids This Summer
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Considering Summer Camp? Ask these questions first.
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Before you decide on a summer camp, find out what child safety precautions are in place.

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Tips to Keep Kids Safe
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Protect your kids at camp
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Check out our tips to stay safe this summer
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Read the Beau Biden Foundation’s tips for keeping your kids safe from abuse and neglect.


This week we trained almost 100 people in Stewards of Children: 25 staff of the Boys and Girls Club of Delaware (March 22), 20 people at the Fund For Women (March 23) and 50 at the Delaware National Guard’s Summer Camp instructor training day (March 25).

Fundraising:
BBF Trail Run - $6094.93
Grassroots - $1241.20
In Memory of - $250
TOTAL: $7586.13

Joshua Alcorn
302/295.8340 (office)
302/598.1885 (cell)
josh@beaubidenfoundation.org