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ARM of Care Newsletter - FALL, 2016, Edition 4 KIT KING, EDITOR page 1 Mission: Using Creative Arts to reste and empower girls and young women who have bn commerciay sexuay exploited. Who Are We? We are a non-profit corporation that provides programs for various agencies that serve those who have been exploited or are at-risk of exploitation. Upcoming Events Listed on page 8, but more on website below. President’s Message See page 1 - 2 Fountains of Hope Fundraiser See pages 2-4, Donors Listed page 10, Volunteers - page 11 FOR MORE INFO: http://www.armofcare.net and LIKE us on Facebook www.facebook.com/armofcare CONTACT US: (925) 709-4ARM President: Amy Lynch [email protected] Director of Administration: Lise Bodine [email protected] Program Specialist: Kelsey Ellis [email protected] To all of you who bear arms of care! You are the wells we draw from to provide “fountains of hope” for those we serve. That was the theme of our fundraiser on Sunday September 25, 2016 at Jon and Jeri's beautiful home in Danville. We are grateful for this family's generosity. We got to hear from a courageous survivor of human trafficking. In her 28 years she'd been beaten, raped and exploited by 11 pimps. She shared how doing the art projects helped her calm down and refocused her mind helping her to heal and express herself. We also were privileged to hear from Aron DeFerrari, Deputy District Attorney for Contra Costa County, who has been prosecuting perpetrators of Human Trafficking. After he shared stories of his work with us, we felt assured that he is the right man for the job! He has convicted many who are commercially exploiting others. He cares about those who have been exploited, and wants them to heal - which is why he supports the work of ARM of Care. A few of our programs the last few months included journal making to help the girls identify and write about positive attributes and dreams they have; drama games to help them express themselves and President’s Message Art Recreation Movement By Lauren Fitterer Art: ”telling her story without words" Aron DeFerrari and his wife, Katie
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ARM of Care Newsletter - FALL, 2016, Edition 4 KIT KING, EDITOR
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Mission: Using Creative Arts to restore and empower girls and young women who have been commercially sexually exploited.
Who Are We? We are a non-profit corporation that provides programs for various agencies that serve those who have been exploited or are at-risk of exploitation.
Upcoming Events Listed on page 8, but more on website below.
President’s Message See page 1 - 2
Fountains of Hope Fundraiser See pages 2-4, Donors Listed page 10, Volunteers - page 11
FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.armofcare.net and LIKE us on Facebook
www.facebook.com/armofcare
CONTACT US: (925) 709-4ARM
President: Amy Lynch [email protected]
Director of Administration: Lise Bodine [email protected]
Program Specialist: Kelsey Ellis [email protected]
To all of you who bear arms of care! You are the wells we draw from to provide “fountains of hope” for those we serve. That was the theme of our fundraiser on Sunday September 25, 2016 at Jon and Jeri's beautiful home in Danville. We are grateful for this family's generosity. We got to hear from a courageous survivor of human trafficking. In her 28 years she'd been beaten, raped and exploited by 11 pimps. She shared how doing the art projects helped her calm down and refocused her mind helping her to heal and express herself. We also were privileged to hear from Aron DeFerrari, Deputy District Attorney for Contra Costa County, who has been
prosecuting perpetrators of Human Trafficking. After he shared stories of his work with us, we felt assured that he is the right man for the job! He has convicted many who are commercially exploiting others. He cares about those who have been exploited, and wants them to heal - which is why he supports the work of ARM of Care. A few of our programs the last few months included journal making to help
the girls identify and write about positive attributes and dreams they have; drama games to help them express themselves and
President’s Message
Art Recreation Movement
By Lauren Fitterer
Art: ”telling her story without words"
Aron DeFerrari and his wife, Katie
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Amy
President’s Message continued… relate to each other; and taking them to a San Francisco Giants game to help them integrate into the culture in a safe way. They were able to reach over the dugout and get autographs from Matt Cain and Brandon Crawford. (photos on page 7) We had the baseballs donated to us by Angie Kavert and her youth group at St. Matthew's Church. We even had extras balls we got signed to use in our silent auction at our fundraiser! We are looking forward to taking a group from Community Violence Solutions to the Smuin Ballet in November and hosting our 7th Annual Pilates for a Purpose at Sports Basement in Berkeley and Walnut Creek on Dec. 10th. Thank you to Karen Britz and the Mission Department at Hillside Covenant Church for including us in their Freedom Fair to sell the blue jean bags that Peggy Marani, (and a group of several women) made to help us raise funds. We have shared with you that we use used blue jeans in our projects to represent that everyone can be made new.
Our hearts are full as you have given us so much support and you have networked for us in so many ways. We are grateful to so many businesses in Contra Costa County that care about encouraging a person's creativity to bring restoration and empowerment. Thank you to all of you for holding us and hugging us with your arms of care! With Care,
A special thanks to all of the “Worker Bees” who helped put Fountains of Hope together. We couldn’t have done it without your help and support.
(L to R): Back Row: Tim Hintzoglou, Robert Carroll Middle Row: Heidi Holm, Kit King, Donna Bell, Jeri Shahoian, Kelsey Ellis Front Row: Lise Bodine, Julie Marietti, Lynn Holman, Sandy Chen & Renee Moriarty.
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Fountains of Hope Fundraiser
Getting Ready…
Sophia Keith of www.sophiasflowers.net donated and made all of our spectacular centerpieces.
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The Event!
Lise Bodine, Administration Director for ARM of Care and our wonderful Silent Auction maven, Lynn Holman.
Master of Ceremonies, Darren Lynch, and Heidi Holm, explaining our Hearts of Hope Art Project for the evening.
Greeting guests were Julie Marietti, Karen Britz, Darren Lynch, & Kelsey Ellis.
Our gracious host and hostess for the evening, Jeri and Jon Shahoian.
The Fret Not Band entertained us with their blue grass music.
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A for Art
One of the special events in September was being in attendance for one of the girls' birthdays who is aging out of a program. We celebrated her with her favorite art project, using her favorite patterns, fabrics and colors. We gave her hand made cards, an exercise mat and a miniature easel and canvas to help her remember her creativity and to keep using her imagination in healing.
We also had the girls make and write in journals to help them identify positive attributes and dreams they have… Check out our StrengthsFinder Mandalas and our dream catchers.
At our ARM of Care Fountains of Hope Fundraiser we all got to participate in an art project. Heidi Holm brought denim hearts for everyone to decorate and write an encouraging note to the girls we work with. Thanks so much, Heidi.
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"The girls enjoyed a Saturday afternoon of painting and decorating pumpkins- they expressed being down and bored before we started, but this activity lifted them up again."
Using art with girls and young women who
have had their lives affected by the trauma of being commercially sexually trafficked is a powerful tool to restore and empower them. Activating their creativity and curiosity, refocusing their attention and giving them a chance to play and have fun...It helps them feel more alive and involved in their own recovery.
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R for Recreation:
We took some girls to a San Francisco Giant’s game to help them integrate into the culture in a safe way. We were able to reach over the dugout and get autographs from Matt Cain and Brandon Crawford.
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December 10, 2016 Pilates For a Purpose
Walnut Creek & Berkeley Sports Basements
Celebrating our 7th Annual Pilates for a Purpose event
sponsored by Sports Basement For more information, see next page.
RSVP for a spot (space is limited)
Upcoming Events
Gift cards of $5 or more - used to buy stocking stuffers:
• Michaels • Trader Joe’s • Target • Blank postcards (not written on)
for drama and imagination activities.
M for Movement
Needs & Requests
African Dance Activity
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Class time: 9am to 10amin the Loft.
Class time: 1 1:30am to 12:30pmin Community.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10
Are you a Basementeer? Free membership ($25 value) to sign up for the Basementeer program! Be sure to choose ARM Of Care as your beneficiary!
RSVP for Walnut Creek locat ion: ht tp://pilatesforapurpose2016wc.bpt .me/RSVP for Berkeley locat ion: ht tp://pilatesforapurpose2016berkeley.bpt .me/
The Seventh Annual
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Lowell Berry Foundation Noll Grant Foundation Smuin Ballet Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church Red Oak Opportunity Foundation (ROOF) Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust Golden State Warriors San Francisco Giants Temple Kol Emeth in Marietta, GA Jon & Jeri Shahoian - provided their lovely home for Fountains of Hope Fret Not Band - Donated their time and talent to play Bluegrass Music J Gourmet Catering - wonderful food and servers for the event Sophia’s Flowers and Event Planning - Sophia Keith donated outstanding floral centerpieces Trader Joes of WC - providing soft drinks Corner’s Tavern WC - cookies Pete’s, Danville - provided coffee, cups, and condiments
DONATED ITEMS FOR SILENT AUCTION AND OPPORTUNITY DRAWINGS: Pine Mountain Lake House - donated by Jamie John Blackhawk Country Club Crow Canyon Country Club Lynn Holman Neiman Marcus Renaissance Hotel Harriette Heibel Gumsaba, Michelle Brown Jamba Juice, Danville Janine Ellis Yogaworks in Walnut Creek Crashpad Designs, Renee Pedro Absolute Center - Claudia Moose, Louise Johns, & Katie Santos Oakland Acupuncture Project In- Home Derry Calay
Changes Salon & Day Spa (WC) Giants: Brandon Crawford Autographed baseball Matt Cain Autographed baseball 49ers Signed Football - #74 Joe Staley Sports Basement San Jose Sharks Matt Nieto Autographed Puck Nascar Sprint Cup Series - Sonoma Raceway Almanac Restaurant Bridges Restaurant (also good at Vine) Chow's Restaurant, Lafayette Amici's Pizzeria, Danville Sideboards Restaurant, Danville Melo's Pizza, Danville Esin’s Restaurant, Danville Pete's Brass Rail & Car Wash Restaurant, Danville Cheesecake Factory, WC Slow Hand BBQ, Pleasant Hill, Susie Cakes in Lafayette Canvas & Cabernet, WC Entourage, Orinda Sanvitalia Home & Garden Store, Lourdes Ice Cream, Orinda, Table 24 Restaurant, Orinda, Lamorinda Theater CalShakes Steve Randall Alix Watson Janice Reese Deborah Kwan Diane Ansted Sue McGarity Betty's Nails, San Ramon Katrina's Fine Antique European Textiles Country Waffles, Danville Starbucks - Danville Rose Garden Center Games Unlimited, Danville Livery Kit King Klein Design Maria Rosen Kathy Decker
Businesses, organizations, corporations, grantors, and individuals who have supported ARM of Care:
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We ❤ and THANK our volunteers!
FountainsofHopeCommi/eeTeamLeaders:
• DonnaBell,LiseBodine,KitKing,JeriShahoian• LynnHolman-SilentAuc-on• TimHintzoglou-Finances • HeidiHolm-HeartsofHopeproject• SandyChen-ConciergeandMerchandiseTable • HeidiHolm-HeartsofHopeproject• KelseyEllis-HeartsofHope • RobertCarroll-Financial • ReneeMoriarty-Financial • DarrenLynch-MC • PeggyMarani-Merchandise • KirstenMundy-Speakers • KarenBritz-Recep-on • JulieMarieH-Recep-on• TravisBell-VolunteerPhotographer
Speakers:• AaronDeFerrari-DeputyDAofCCCounty• AmyLynch-PresidentofARMofCare• SurvivorofHumanTrafficking(Namewithheld)
Denim'HeartsofHope'project:• HeidiHolm• GarinElementarySchoolinBrentwood• KelseyEllis• KryssieMingst• GailGhiozzi• CarolRichardson
Allthepeoplewhohelpedbysewingdenimbags:
• ChrisRitchey• KathyBruckner• SheilaThurston• PeggyMarani• CaitlinMarani• SandyAskin• CarolTatman
