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NEWS from Unity Care Group
Community Partners Newsletter
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Dear Friends,
As our
leaders scramble to resolve failures in our financial system, Unity Care
continues to search for solutions to meet the growing needs of the
children and families we serve. With that said, we intend to make this a
joyous Holiday Season for our children and families who often go without the
necessities that many of us may have experienced during our childhood
years. The Holiday Season is an extremely difficult time for our children,
as it reminds them of the traumatic experiences that caused them to be in
our care. We invite you to partner with us during this holiday season to
help us reach our goal of providing every child and family in our program
with a memorable experience. Please take a moment to donate a cash or
in-kind gift today!
Below you
will also find information on program enhancements and new services in our
Monterey County Campus Program, an update on our Summer of Learning Program
as well as our highly anticipated Focus Media Project showcase set for
Friday, October 10th.
Finally,
we’re preparing to celebrate our 15th Year Anniversary by hosting
an Open House on Thursday,
November 13th at our Home Office in San Jose. I personally
invite you to join us as we celebrate, showcase and highlight our tremendous
milestones and accomplishments over the past 15-years of serving children
and families throughout our communities. I hope you’ll continue to support
Unity Care in our efforts towards another 15 years of “creating healthier
communities through life-long partnerships” with our youth and families.
Everyone is welcome so please RSVP today!
Best wishes,
André Chapman
André Chapman
What's Happening at Unity Care
Santa's Helper Donation Drive
Monterey Campus Program Enhancements
Focus Media Project Showcase October 10th
Save the Date - Unity Care Open House November 13th
Santa's Helper
Donation Drive
Tough economic times means an even tougher Holiday Season for our foster youth. We need your help now more than ever to help make a child's holiday wish come true.
Take a moment to show our Foster Youth that you care, by signing up as a sponsor.
Make
a cash gift of $50.00 or more
online
or drop off an in-kind gift by
Monday, December 8, 2008.
Please help us spread the word by forwarding the
Santa's Helper donation
form.
For more information, contact Linda Vu, Communications and Development
Specialist at (408) 971-9822.
Monterey Campus
Program Enhancements
Unity Care recently made program enhancements to our Monterey Campus program, which provides residential care as well as a full range of services to rehabilitate high needs youth. We also added new services to the program in order to align with current best practice models, which are needs based.
Ultimately, the move to a needs based service means:
Our Monterey Campus is located on a sprawling seven-acre property and remains one of the very few residential care providers for high needs youth in Northern California. The campus includes a boys' home (6 beds) and girls' home (6 beds) for youth ages 12 to 17 years of age. The site offers a full range of therapeutic treatment programs for youth with behavioral and mental health issues stemming from abuse and neglect. The goal of the program is to rehabilitate youth in a safe, secure and loving environment, where they can successfully complete the program and transition back into the community.
Print Monterey
Campus Flyer
Foster Youth
Express Deeply Personal Life Experiences Through Creative Arts
On Friday, October 10th, these courageous youth will showcase their finished product; a magazine comprised of prose, poetry, photography, as well as individual studio recorded music.
Interested in attending? Please contact Linda Vu for more info at (408) 971-9822.
The Focus Media Project was made possible thanks to the generous
grants from the Winifred Clive Johnson Foundation and Arts Council Silicon Valley.
Open House
Celebrates
15th Anniversary!
After fifteen wonderful years of hard work and dedication to our most vulnerable
population-our foster youth and families, Unity Care is celebrating fifteen exceptional
years of service "Creating Healthier Communities."
So don't wait, please RSVP today!
What: Open House
Date:
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Time: 4:00 pm
- 7:00 pm
Location: Unity Care Group, Inc.
237 Race Street, San Jose
RSVP: Linda Vu, by Monday, November 3, 2008
(408) 971-9822 or via email lvu@unitycare.org
Print the Open
House Flyer |
Summer of Learning Ends with a Bang!
Youth Receive Personalized SF 49ers
Autographs
Our youth had a once in a lifetime experience
watching the San Francisco 49ers up close at a recent
Training Camp practice. Youth had a blast playing
games, interacting with the players and waited patiently
to received personalized autographs from their favorite
athletes. Summer Olympics Gives Youth a Fun-Filled Day at
the Park
On August 13th, over one hundred Unity Care youth and
staff spent a beautiful summer day at a local park. They
enjoyed delicious barbecue, raced through an obstacle
course, played board games, created unique works of art,
showcased their cultural art displays that reflected
each group home and competed in a
talent show. Youth Graduate from Youth Revolution A group of youth successfully graduated from the Bill
Wilson Center's week-long Youth Revolution program.
The free youth leadership training program's goal is to
break the cycle of poverty and mentality among at-risk
youth in San Jose. Additionally all graduates
earned high school and college credit.
View a list of great activities our youth and families
participated in during the past summer.
Click here to view the
activity calendar.
Special Thanks to our Partners!
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