Help Every - Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
Help Every - Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
Help Every - Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
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Letter from the Co-Chairs<br />
Welcome to Old Bags! As we look forward to this wonderful evening of fabulous handbags and friends, we’d like to<br />
reflect on our journey this year. In one of the worst economic climates in the history of many of our lives, friends, family members,<br />
business owners, and even celebrities opened their hearts and closets to donate to our 4 th Annual Old Bags auction to help find<br />
children forever families. Because of them, many who are here tonight, our auction is a resounding success. For that we are<br />
grateful!<br />
We share this success with a committee of dedicated and hardworking women from the St. Louis community; they are the<br />
ones wearing the pink gerbera daisies. We thank each of them for all their hard work, enthusiasm, and commitment to Old<br />
Bags and the <strong>Coalition</strong>. Without them, tonight would not be possible. These women worked for months to put together<br />
everything you see here tonight. They are truly a blessing and a fantastic group of women whom we now call friends. Speaking of<br />
friends, we would like to give a special thanks to our fearless leader, Debbie Genung, Director of Development for the <strong>Coalition</strong>.<br />
She is not only the face of Old Bags, but one of the hardest working women in foster and adoptive care. Thank you so much,<br />
Debbie, for all of your guidance and assistance, but most of all for being an inspiration to our group and making us try a little bit<br />
harder to raise money for this amazing organization!<br />
We would also like to take a moment to thank the volunteers who are working here tonight. Thank you so much for your<br />
help. Thanks also to the Zoo and Lake Forest Confections for tying a nice bow around the evening with the wonderful food and<br />
desserts we will no doubt enjoy.<br />
Finally, we would like to thank our guests for coming tonight. We hope our hard work has paid off and that you enjoy<br />
the evening. We tried to collect something for everyone, so please take your time – but not too long as those sections close quickly<br />
– and find the purchase you’ve been waiting for. We hope you walk away with not only a great buy, but a desire to help us find<br />
forever families for children!<br />
Enjoy the evening!<br />
Jackie Olinger Susan Block<br />
Co-Chair Co-Chair