Hager & Dowling Foundation Information

	The Hager & Dowling Foundation, established in 2007, was designed to create an opportunity to provide financial and other support to various charitable organizations. The impetus behind the Hager & Dowling Foundation is a desire to provide direct support to our community without subsidizing the exorbitant administrative costs that are occasionally expended by some outside charitable organizations. The Hager & Dowling Foundation Board and the Hager & Dowling firm employees help to minimize administrative costs by volunteering their time for organizing and participating in fund raising events and charitable activities. RECIPIENTS In 2007, the board elected to donate the majority of the proceeds for the year to Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Barbara County. www.sbcasa.org • The Mission of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Santa Barbara County is to assure a safe, permanent, nurturing home for every abused and/or neglected child by providing a highly trained volunteer to advocate for them in the court system. • The goal of CASA of Santa Barbara County is to prevent abused, neglected, and abandoned children from becoming lost in the Juvenile Dependency system and working to find them safe, permanent homes as soon as possible. We work carefully to match a CASA volunteer with a child to ensure that the child's best interest is served. Contributing to CASA gives the Hager & Dowling Foundation the opportunity to keep close ties with the legal community while helping those most desperately in need, abused children. The board will review the donation recipients annually. OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES April 2007, October 2007 Unity Shoppe Food Drive: During the months of April and October 2007, the Hager & Dowling Foundation collected over 200 items of food for the Unity Shoppe, the largest single distributer of food and clothing to low income adults and children in Santa Barbara County. The April 2007 food drive was a challenge grant where donations were matched by other contributors. www.unityshoppe.org May 2007, Arthritis Foundation Walk-A-Thon: The Hager & Dowling Foundation sponsored a team to walk in the Arthritis Foundation Santa Barbara Arthritis Walk raising $270.00 toward the treatment and cure of arthritis. Our team included Angela Roach, Jessica Johnson, Thomas Dowling, Ashley Ferguson, Kevin Haughey and Christine Lindblad. www.arthritis.org June 2007, Tri County Blood Bank blood drive: The Hager & Dowling Foundation coordinated a blood drive for the Tri Counties Blood Bank. The Blood Bank A...meets the needs of hospital patients every single day by collecting, packaging, testing and delivering the blood and blood products that are donated by... Heroes for Life. Donors included Lisa Franklin, Amber Karnowski, Cherie Rivas, Holly Blackwell, Jeff Kuyper and Kristin Snow. November 2007, Tri County Blood Bank blood drive: Donors included Lisa Franklin, Judy Johnson, Cherie Rivas, Lindsey LeBlanc, and Holly Blackwell. www.unitedbloodservices.org
	November 2007, Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center Sponsor: The Hager & Dowling Foundation is a Bronze Sponsor for the 2007 chocolate and wine tasting event. Chocolate de Vine, to support the local rape crisis center. Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center has served over 10,000 survivors of sexual assault and their significant others in the last 33 years. It is dedicated and committed to ending sexual assault in our lifetime. www.sbrapecrisiscenter.org December 2007, Unity Shoppe volunteers: Angela Roach, Dianne Garza and Allan Liang. December 2007, Toys For Tots toy drive: The Hager & Dowling Foundation organized a toy drive to benefit Toys for Tots. Toys for Tots is a U.S. Marine Corp. program whose goal is to deliver, through a shiny new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to needy youngsters that will motivate them to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders. Often times the toy will be the only gift the child receives during the holiday season. www.toysfortots.org January 2008, CASA Donation Presentation: The Hager & Dowling Foundation hosts a luncheon in January for the primary recipient of the Foundation’s donations of the previous year. At the luncheon, the
	Foundation presents its donation. The January 2008 luncheon for CASA features speeches by Maria Long, CASA Executive Director, and Lisa Fritz, Attorney. Lunch is generously provided by Fresco. www.frescosb.com May 2008, Unity Shoppe volunteers: The Unity Shoppe relies on volunteers to distribute food and clothing to low income families. Hager & Dowling assembled groups of employees to go to the store during lunch breaks and help the distribution. www.unityshoppe.org
	FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES The generous and caring employees of the Law Firm of Hager & Dowling may elect to make donations through direct payroll deductions and the Law Firm of Hager & Dowling matches 100% of those contributions. Additional funds have been raised through the following activities: June 21, 2007, Summer Solstice Kick Off Pot Luck and Silent Auction: Employees, friends and families participated by donating items for the silent auction and 100% of the funds raised went to the Foundation. This also provided the opportunity for the employees, their friends and families to enjoy a delicious pot luck luncheon together. Hager & Dowling T-shirts: Hager & Dowling t-shirts are available to purchase for $10.00, each. Donations* may also be made directly to the Foundation by mail to: Jean O’Donnell, Controller Hager & Dowling Foundation 319 E. Carrillo Street Santa Barbara, California 93010 Donations over $250.00 are tax deductible and a receipt will be provided for your records. ANNUAL REPORT Read the Hager and Dowling Foundation* 2007 Annual Report. 2007 BOARD Lisa Franklin, Chair Jean O’Donnell, Controller Ashley L. Ferguson, Secretary Jessica M. Johnson Angela D. Roach