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Happy New Year to all
I will have to call in.

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On Dec 28, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Louis Freeh <freeh@freehgroup.com> wrote:

Thanks for the update--congratulations and a happy, healthy 2017 to all!

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On Dec 28, 2016, at 10:49 AM, Joshua Alcorn <josh@beaubiden.com> wrote:

Hello! Hope everyone is having a nice holiday season and ready for 2017.
Just a quick note about two things.
1. We were notified a week or so ago we received a $35,000 grant from the
Laffey-McHugh Foundation. This is quite exciting. The grant is for capacity
building, and we'll spend it wisely. More to come on this, and our 2017
Grant Strategy, when we have our Board meeting. Which brings me to:
2. If you have not, please fill out this Doodle poll with your availability
for our next board meeting: http://doodle.com/poll/245tp5sr442fxggr. As a
reminder, we're looking at Jan 24, 25 or 26 at noon or 6:00 pm.
Thank you!
/ja

Josh Alcorn
302/598.1885 (cell)

On Nov 18, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Joshua Alcorn <josh@beaubidenfoundation.org>
wrote:

Hello board members!

Apologies for being somewhat radio silent for the last 6 weeks or so. We’ve
spoken to most of you individually, but have not been great about keeping
you posted on developments here. Which is to say, we’ve been really busy
and are just now coming up for air. This email is lengthy, but please make
sure to vote in the online poll for the best time/date for our January
board meeting.

*Fundraising update*:

1. The Blue Dream Gala raised $200,000 for the Foundation. It was amazing,
really a great event.
2. The second annual golf outing in Wilmington raised over $340,000 and
netted over $213,000.
3. We just wrapped up a programming and fundraising drive at the ShopRite
grocery store in Warminster, PA. We raised over $30,000 over the 12 weeks
cashiers were asking for donations as customers came through line.
4. Grants: We expect to hear from the Laffey McHugh Foundation in
mid-December about our grant. We requested $50,000, and I am hopeful we’ll
get at least $25,000. We also received an unsolicited grant from the Dircks
Family Foundation for $5,000 and expect $10,000 from the Joseph Alexander
Foundation (we didn’t submit a formal grant application, but they donated
10k last year, and asked for a letter requesting another 10k).
*5. Since April, we’ve raised over $625,000.*

*Programming update:*

*Stewards of Children*: We trained 14 new facilitators in September and
have had three of them engaged in running their own Stewards trainings. We
also have trained about 1/2 of the Indian River School District teachers,
administrators and staff. We will have completely trained this district by
March. They will be the second district state wide completely trained in
Stewards of Children - and the first done completely by the BBF. To date,
we’ve trained over 1,400 adults in Delaware. Additionally, Patty is headed
to NYC in December to meet with folks who participated in the Blue Dream
Gala in order to talk about training and giving back to the community.

*NetSmartz*: We’ve spoken to over over 3,000 kids since April - Patty had a
presentation at Padua Academy last week where she spoke to 675 girls at one
time. We’ve also launched a presentation for adults, wherein we talk to
them about what their kids are doing online and ways they can start healthy
discussions about internet safety at every age level.

*Safe To Compete*: We’re still working through some issues with the Boys &
Girls Clubs of DE, but they’ve begun rolling out NetSmartz to their clubs
and have begun including BBF branded Child ID Kits with their welcome
packets for new members. We also gave them two of our child ID kit laptop
machines (
http://shop.ezchildid.com/Complete-Mobile-Turnkey-System-SYSTEMTURNKEY.htm)
as part of the grant.

*NAAG Fellowship*: Our first BB Fellow at NAAG, Shannon Signore, has been
hard at work on a survey of child protection laws across the country. She’s
also been spending a good amount of time at NCMEC, working to build bridges
between NAAG and NCMEC. She wraps up her work for us at the end of the
month, and I look forward to a full debrief from her, which I’ll share with
you all.

*Growth update:*

We moved out of our office in the city of Wilmington last week, and are
settling in to our new (free!) digs at Widener University’s Delaware Law
School. With just about everything free here, we’ll be saving the
Foundation close to $1,600 per month. The space is great, and we have easy
access to all of the classrooms and lecture halls for us to run programming
here. Patty and I are working on a plan to build out our volunteer base at
the law school as well.

We’ve finally worked out the kinks in our thank you note process, and will
have a much smoother system moving forward.

In the next two months, we will be transitioning to a new donor management
system - moving away from the system we inherited that was built for
political campaigns. The new system will be much more user friendly, and
allow for greater reporting, donor “touch” tracking, and - most importantly
to to me - offer a unified email and contact management system. We’re still
reviewing solutions, and I’ll let you know how it goes.

*Events Update*:

We’re beginning to plan for 2017 events. Mark the following on your
calendars if you would, it would be great to see you at these events, if
your time permits.

January 24, 25 or 26: BBF Board Meeting. We’ll do this in Wilmington, with
folks able to dial in if unable to attend. Please fill out this form to let
me know your availability: http://doodle.com/poll/245tp5sr442fxggr. Also,
please let us know if you have any ideas you’d like to explore at the next
board meeting, or folks you think we should reach out to. Your input is
invaluable.

Saturday, March 18, 10 am - 12 pm. BBF Trail Run at Granogue, (2830
Montchanin Road, Wilmington, DE)

Saturday, February 25 OR March 25, 7 - 9 pm. BBF Night at the Delaware
87ers (NBA-D league team) (Bob Carpenter Center, 631 South College Ave,
Newark, DE 19716). Will have clarity on the actual date next week I hope.

Monday, September 25, 2017: 3rd Annual BBF Golf Outing, Wilmington Country
Club (and a few other courses), Wilmington, DE

We’re also working with the local minor league baseball team on a BBF
partnership some time this summer. More on that to come!

Thank you for all of your support. Let me know what dates and times work
for the January Board meeting, and have a fabulous Thanksgiving!

Patty & Josh


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