Edgewood College Visit made possible by your donations

Today is the beginning of the 2009 Edgewood College 3-Day Visit. About 20 graduate students from the college, along with faculty leader Tom Holub and Courtney Moffitt, are here for 3 days of interaction with Cabrini Connections teens. This is the 11th year of this partnership. This video was made last year. Here are blog articles from past years.

We're able to host these visits because donors have provided the $5,000 it takes each month to pay the rent. Others have provided additional funds for utilities and liability insurance. Others have provided money to pay the staff who lead Cabrini Connections and make it possible for Tom and his students to come here.

This won't continue without the help of donors who will step forward to help us pay these expenses in July, August and throughout the rest of 2009 and 2010. While myself and our board are reaching out to people in their own networks to ask for help, I encourage anyone who reads this and who values what we do, to reach into your own networks to help us find donors, and benefactors, so there will be a 12th Edgewood College visit in July 2010.

One way to help is to donate to the Golf Benefit, being held on July 16. Here's the registration page. Here's the roster of players, sponsors and donors through today.

If you don't golf, come to the dinner and silent auction. If you'd like to help in a different way, visit our donor page on the Cabrini Connections web site.

New donations received week of 7/6/09

Ed Madden, foursome for Golf Benefit

Matt Stefan, hole sponsor for Golf Benefit

Pat Dowdle, Dowdle Solutions, hole sponsor

Walt Vincent, golf (1); Walt also donated United States Proof Coin & Currency Collection, Value $350,for the silent auction

Austin King, golf (1)

Tangela Smith Marlow, dinner (1)

If you'd like to meet and discuss ways to help raise funds, call Dan Bassill or El Da'Sheon Nix at 312-492-9614