Subject: Re: Update from Laffey
From: "Patty Dailey Lewis" <[email-masked]>
To: "Allen, Tony" <[email-masked]>, "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:25:06 +0000

Thank you so much ! So much good will be done with this grant.
Happy Holidays!
 Best--
Patty

On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 12:10 PM Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]>
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> Hey now! That’s awesome. Thank you Tony!
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> Joshua Alcorn
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> On Dec 9, 2016, at 12:10 PM, Allen, Tony <[email-masked]>
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> Laffey has awarded $35K to our cause.  We made the decision this morning.
> Happy Holidays!
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> Life’s better when we’re connected®
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> *From:* fred sears [mailto:[email-masked] <[email-masked]>]
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2016 1:50 PM
> *To:* Joshua Alcorn; Emily Chen; Xanthi Karloutsos; Louis J. Freeh;
> Allen, Tony; Howard Z. Borin; Hallie Biden; Hunter Biden; Ashley Biden
> *Cc:* Patti Bescript; Patty Dailey Lewis; Joan Mayer; Burris, Bonnie;
> Marsha Borin
> *Subject:* Re: BBF Board Update & January Board Meeting Poll
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> Great report Josh. Very happy to hear about the new digs.
> We should get together in the next couple of weeks to review financial
> reports.
> Have a great weekend!
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> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
> *From: *Joshua Alcorn
> *Sent: *Friday, November 18, 2016 12:39
> *To: *Emily Chen; Xanthi Karloutsos; Louis J. Freeh; Fred Sears; Allen,
> Tony; Howard Z. Borin; Hallie Biden; Hunter Biden; Ashley Biden
> *Cc: *Patti Bescript; Patty Dailey Lewis; Joan Mayer; Burris, Bonnie;
> Marsha Borin
> *Subject: *BBF Board Update & January Board Meeting Poll
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> Hello board members!
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> Apologies for being somewhat radio silent for the last 6 weeks or so.
> We’ve spoken to most of you individually, but have not been great about
> keeping you posted on developments here. Which is to say, we’ve been really
> busy and are just now coming up for air. This email is lengthy, but please
> make sure to vote in the online poll for the best time/date for our January
> board meeting.
>
> *Fundraising update*:
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> 1. The Blue Dream Gala raised $200,000 for the Foundation. It was amazing,
> really a great event.
> 2. The second annual golf outing in Wilmington raised over $340,000 and
> netted over $213,000.
> 3. We just wrapped up a programming and fundraising drive at the ShopRite
> grocery store in Warminster, PA. We raised over $30,000 over the 12 weeks
> cashiers were asking for donations as customers came through line.
> 4. Grants: We expect to hear from the Laffey McHugh Foundation in
> mid-December about our grant. We requested $50,000, and I am hopeful we’ll
> get at least $25,000. We also received an unsolicited grant from the Dircks
> Family Foundation for $5,000 and expect $10,000 from the Joseph Alexander
> Foundation (we didn’t submit a formal grant application, but they donated
> 10k last year, and asked for a letter requesting another 10k).
> *5. Since April, we’ve raised over $625,000.*
>
> *Programming update:*
>
> *Stewards of Children*: We trained 14 new facilitators in September and
> have had three of them engaged in running their own Stewards trainings. We
> also have trained about 1/2 of the Indian River School District teachers,
> administrators and staff. We will have completely trained this district by
> March. They will be the second district state wide completely trained in
> Stewards of Children - and the first done completely by the BBF. To date,
> we’ve trained over 1,400 adults in Delaware. Additionally, Patty is headed
> to NYC in December to meet with folks who participated in the Blue Dream
> Gala in order to talk about training and giving back to the community.
>
> *NetSmartz*: We’ve spoken to over over 3,000 kids since April - Patty had
> a presentation at Padua Academy last week where she spoke to 675 girls at
> one time. We’ve also launched a presentation for adults, wherein we talk to
> them about what their kids are doing online and ways they can start healthy
> discussions about internet safety at every age level.
>
> *Safe To Compete*: We’re still working through some issues with the Boys
> & Girls Clubs of DE, but they’ve begun rolling out NetSmartz to their clubs
> and have begun including BBF branded Child ID Kits with their welcome
> packets for new members. We also gave them two of our child ID kit laptop
> machines (
> http://shop.ezchildid.com/Complete-Mobile-Turnkey-System-SYSTEMTURNKEY.htm)
> as part of the grant.
>
> *NAAG Fellowship*: Our first BB Fellow at NAAG, Shannon Signore, has been
> hard at work on a survey of child protection laws across the country. She’s
> also been spending a good amount of time at NCMEC, working to build bridges
> between NAAG and NCMEC. She wraps up her work for us at the end of the
> month, and I look forward to a full debrief from her, which I’ll share with
> you all.
>
> *Growth update:*
>
> We moved out of our office in the city of Wilmington last week, and are
> settling in to our new (free!) digs at Widener University’s Delaware Law
> School. With just about everything free here, we’ll be saving the
> Foundation close to $1,600 per month. The space is great, and we have easy
> access to all of the classrooms and lecture halls for us to run programming
> here. Patty and I are working on a plan to build out our volunteer base at
> the law school as well.
>
> We’ve finally worked out the kinks in our thank you note process, and will
> have a much smoother system moving forward.
>
> In the next two months, we will be transitioning to a new donor management
> system - moving away from the system we inherited that was built for
> political campaigns. The new system will be much more user friendly, and
> allow for greater reporting, donor “touch” tracking, and - most importantly
> to to me - offer a unified email and contact management system. We’re still
> reviewing solutions, and I’ll let you know how it goes.
>
> *Events Update*:
>
> We’re beginning to plan for 2017 events. Mark the following on your
> calendars if you would, it would be great to see you at these events, if
> your time permits.
>
> January 24, 25 or 26: BBF Board Meeting. We’ll do this in Wilmington, with
> folks able to dial in if unable to attend. Please fill out this form to let
> me know your availability: http://doodle.com/poll/245tp5sr442fxggr. Also,
> please let us know if you have any ideas you’d like to explore at the next
> board meeting, or folks you think we should reach out to. Your input is
> invaluable.
>
> Saturday, March 18, 10 am - 12 pm. BBF Trail Run at Granogue, (2830
> Montchanin Road, Wilmington, DE)
>
> Saturday, February 25 OR March 25, 7 - 9 pm. BBF Night at the Delaware
> 87ers (NBA-D league team) (Bob Carpenter Center, 631 South College Ave,
> Newark, DE 19716). Will have clarity on the actual date next week I hope.
>
> Monday, September 25, 2017: 3rd Annual BBF Golf Outing, Wilmington Country
> Club (and a few other courses), Wilmington, DE
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> We’re also working with the local minor league baseball team on a BBF
> partnership some time this summer. More on that to come!
>
> Thank you for all of your support. Let me know what dates and times work
> for the January Board meeting, and have a fabulous Thanksgiving!
>
> Patty & Josh
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> Joshua Alcorn
> 302/295.8340 (office)
> 302/598.1885 (cell)
> [email-masked]
> Joshua Alcorn
> 302/295.8340 (office)
> 302/598.1885 (cell)
> [email-masked]
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