I want to personally thank everyone who participated in this year’s dream raffle. It was an amazing year full of sweet victories and bitter setbacks , our team put a tremendous amount of effort into coordinating the raffle and the partition was phenomenal.   

Please review our list of winners http://www.sfbayraffle.com/previous-winners.html and keep an eye on our social media sites and this blog for instructions on how to claim your prize(s).  

Congratulations to all of those who won, and Thank You to everyone who participated, because of you we are one step closer to our mission of hope to keep our nonprofit partners funded for another year.  – Raffle Manager

Good luck from the more than 1,200 individuals receiving health care services in the Network’s member centers in the languages they represent. Remember your AWARD may be a fabulous prize, however the greater REWARD is in your community support!

Afrikaans: Sterkte! (pronounced: Stehrk-teh) – Arabic: حظ جيد – بالتوفيق (pronounced, Haz jaid – be al tawfeeq) – Bengali: আল্লাহ হাফেজ (pronounced, Allah hafez) – Bulgarian: Успех! – Chinese: 加油 (pronouced, “Jia you”) – Farsi: Bedrud – Filipino: Pagpalain ka – Hawaiian: Maikaʻi pomaikaʻi – Hebrew: בהצלחה (pronounced: Behatzlacha) – Hindi: Shubhakaamana – Hungarian: Sok szerencsét! – Indonesian: Semoga beruntung – Japanese: Ganbatte kudasai – Korean: haeng un – Latin: Bona Fortuna – Mandarin: Zhu ni hao yun – Malay: Semoga berjaya – Português: Boa sorte – Romanian: Noroc – Russian: Udachi – Spanish: Buena suerte – Turkish: Iyi Sanslar (pronounced — ee-yi Shans-la

The SF Greater Bay Area Dream Home Raffle benefits the San Francisco Adult Day Services Network and we are tremendously grateful to be a community partner with the Grants for Good Foundation.

- LaNay Eastman, Executive Director
San Francisco Adult Day Services Network

Is everyone else as excited as I am for the Grand Prize Drawing? Not to mention, I was just perusing the Rodney Strong website and I can’t wait to go! Their vineyard is amazing and the story behind the vineyard is amazing as well, so much family history. Check out their website and be sure to get your raffle tickets!

www.RodneyStrong.com

We’ve been getting lots of calls asking how to purchase tickets to CPI’s benefit and our Grand Prize drawing so here is the information:

Tickets for SF Bay Raffle Ticket Holders are $25, for all others it’s $50 each. The event will be held on Saturday, September 24th, 2011 at the Rodney Strong Vineyards in Healdsburg, CA.

To buy tickets, contact our office at 415-435-1833.

Don’t forget to keep checking the event website for updates!

www.4-a-child.org

Have a great day!
-Gretchen

This week I met with Wendy from California Parenting Institute who is handling their benefit event where our Grand Prize Drawing will take place. Each day her team is updating the website with new information including new auction items, information about the performers and the local chefs and restaurants that will provide the amazing food for the event. Be sure to take a look at their website for more details. www.4-a-child.org

If you’re interested in coming to the event and have already purchased raffle tickets you can get in for a discounted rate. Call our office and we’ll put you in touch with the right people to take advantage of the deal.

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

-Gretchen

I hope everyone is as excited as I am that the Grand Prize Drawing is almost here! It’s been so much fun to work with all of our inspiring Community Partners and with the Ticket Purchasers but now it’s time for the real fun.

We are partnering with California Parenting Institute to hold our Grand Prize Drawing at their Annual Benefit, 4aCHILD, at the Rodney Strong Vineyard in Healdsburg, up in Sonoma County, CA. Not only will we be holding our drawing but there will also be a live and silent auction, live music, and plenty of wine and food. Read more about the event at www.4-a-child.org.

Thanks to Josephine Ma, Fund Development Director for Self-Help Elderly, for providing this great success story for us this Monday morning. – Gretchen

Ms. D suffered from bouts of depression and anxiety. Without family in the Bay Area, Ms. D often went through long periods of isolation without visitors. That all changed when CR, a trained volunteer with Self-Help for the Elderly, began visiting Ms. D twice a week. With a smiling face to look forward to, Ms. D now smiles back! She eagerly recounts stories of her childhood and upbringing in China. On CR’s scheduled visits, Mrs. D says she can’t wait for her arrival.

As a volunteer, CR gives the greatest gift of all – her time. When asked about her volunteerism. She is very humble, saying that it is she who learns from the seniors, not the other way around. “I thought it would be very easy, but then I realized one key doesn’t open every lock. Each person is different. I have learned that with patience, very person will tell you their story. Some people are easy to reach, some hard. Patience always works”, says CR.

Self-Help is dedicated to our seniors, volunteers are dedicated to Self-Help and many seniors enjoy the help of Self-Help’s league of social service volunteers! Self-Help Elderly thanks the Grants For Good Foundation and SF Bay Raffle for their grants.

Celebration

The Network’s celebration in May produced some very creative projects from our participants for our Older Americans Month contest. Everyone did well with representing the 2011 “Connecting the Community” theme. Voted this year’s winner was SteppingStone Mabini ADHC. (See photo).

Advocacy

You may have heard or read that Governor Brown has proposed to eliminate Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) as a Medi-Cal optional benefit. Our legislative advocates Senators Mark Leno and Leland Yee and Assemblymembers Fiona Ma and Tom Ammiano are fighting hard to save ADHC under a new waiver program called KAFI (Keeping Adults Free from Institutions). In San Francisco, this means nearly 1,000 patients may lose these important community-based programs that help them continue living independently in their own home. Funds received from the Grants for Good Foundation helps the Network in this unexpected increased need for advocacy.

Dancing

The Network’s 3rd annual Dance2Care “relaxed” dance-a-thon is August 14th. Come and enjoy dancing (individual free-style or partner) or listening to the Soulful 70’s classics. There is a group line dance lesson on the “Seventies Strut” and performances. See details on the Network’s website.

We are extremely appreciative to be a community partner with the Grants for Good Foundation. The SF Greater Bay Area Dream Home Raffle benefits the San Francisco Adult Day Services Network and the frail seniors and adults with disabilities we serve.

I’ve been seeing this story on the news lately and when I saw our Community Partner B.O.S.S. posted it on facebook I had to share it as well. What a great story and truly what Grants For Good is all about; helping others, help themselves.

Homeless pair form nonprofit to aid others on the street

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

-Gretchen Neer, Community Relations Manager