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Charity Golf Classic Registration is Open
To register to play on May 17th at Los Altos Golf & Country Club, please visit our golf event page. Confirmed celebrity players include San Francisco 49er great Roger Craig and friends. Golfers will have the chance to win a Tesla Roadster in a hole-in-one contest!
Circle of Support Breakfast to Honor Eastside College Preparatory School
Family & Children Services and the Circle of Support Breakfast Committee are delighted to announce that the 2010 event honoree will be Chris Bischof accepting for Eastside College Preparatory School. Find all the event details here.
Silicon Valley Duck Race
The Silicon Valley Duck Race is coming! Adopt a duck (or a flock!) for the chance to win great prizes while supporting area nonprofits. Adopt under the team name 'Valle Monte League' (then team member Heidi Bonneau) and you will support one of Family & Children Services' most dedicated supporters in its efforts to raise funds for mental health services. (Important: If you select the 'Adopt NOW Fast Adoption,' rather than 'Adopt NOW by Selecting Your Favorite Team,' Valle Monte League will not receive credit for your adoption.)
Nina McLemore Trunk Show to benefit Family & Children Services
On May 10-13, 2010, a special trunk show of the Nina McLemore Spring Collection will be held in San Jose, with proceeds benefiting Family & Children Services. For details, please contact Maryanne McGlothlin at 650-543-5423 or by email. View flyer.
Save the Date - February 27th!
Family & Children Services will host an Open House at our Julian Street office on Saturday, February 27th. The Open House will feature displays on our services and presentations on adolescent depression and teens and dating violence. Come to learn more about the work your support makes possible! more
Join us at Mosaic Restaurant in San Jose on August 24th
Valle Monte League, which has raised funds for Family & Children Services since 1954, will be the beneficiary of food and beverage sales at Mosaic Restaurant & Lounge on Monday, August 24th. The Mosaic Restaurant & Lounge is located inside the Hotel Montgomery in Downtown San Jose. Hope you can join us and raise funds for mental health services in the South Bay!
Support Mental Health Services by Adopting a Duck in the Silicon Valley Duck Race!
Valle Monte League, an all-volunteer organization that has raised funds for Family & Children Services since 1954. Valle Monte League is participating in the 2009 Silicon Valley Duck Race, which will be held on June 21st at Vasona Lake Park in Los Gatos. You can support Valle Monte League - and in turn the mental health services of Family & Children Services and four other South Bay agencies that benefit from Valle Monte's fundraising - by adopting a duck. In turn, you will have a chance to win $1,000,000 and other prizes. To adopt, visit the Duck Race web site and select "Valle Monte League" as the Team Name, or call Toni Dreier at Family & Children Services to request an adoption form to submit by mail: 650-326-6576 x 5412. Thank you!
Family & Children Services' Therapist Featured on Childhood Matters Radio Program
Evette Ybarra, a therapist in our Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Program, described services available for children and adults who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their families on Childhood Matters. To listen to the archived April 5th program, visit Childhood Matters.
Family & Children Services Announces Partnership with Kepler's Books
We are happy to announce a new relationship with the Menlo Park-based independent bookseller, Kepler's Books & Magazines. Through this partnership, when Kepler's patrons mention Family & Children Services, a percentage of their purchases will be donated to support the agency's services. Please visit Kepler's and tell your friends!
Find Kepler's online here!
Shop at Bloomingdale's on May 2nd!
On Saturday, May 2, 2009, Bloomingdale's at Stanford Shopping Center will present a benefit shopping day for Valle Monte League. Valle Monte League, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, has raised funds for Family & Children Services for more than 50 years. This new fundraising day will raise funds to support the work of Family & Children Services and the four other mental health agencies Valle Monte League so generously supports. Please stop by, shop, and tell the sales clerk, "I'm here to support Valle Monte League." Your sales will make a difference for mental health services in our community. Thank you!
Divorce & Separation Group Begins February 25, 2009
F&CS will offer a six-week support and education group for adults in the transition of separation or divorce. Themes to be explored by the group will include strengths, healing, children's process, and topics of importance to the group members. This group will led by Nancy Klimp, MFT. For information or to register, please call Nancy at 650-326-6576 x 5503. View and print the group flyer.
Family & Children Services Launches Endowment Fund
In March 2006, the Board of Directors of Family & Children Services established an Endowment Fund for the agency. Gifts to the fund will help to ensure the long-term sustainability of the agency and its services to the community. For information, please call the Development Office at 650-326-6576.
Press Release Archive
November 2007
Family & Children Services Hosts Free Financial Education Night November 15 in San Jose; Event is in Honor of National Family Week
October 2007
Family & Children Services Hosts Tea Party at The Bloomingdale's Shopping Benefit
June 2007
Family & Children Services Announces Spanish-Language DV Group in East Palo Alto
April 2007
Family & Children Services
at ASL Expo on May 5th
“The Hidden Logic of Children & Teenagers” is Topic of
4th Annual Circle of Support Benefit Breakfast
March 2007
Family & Children Services Announces Two High-Level Appointments
February 2007
Circle of Support Committee Reaches Out with Valentines
October 2006
James J. Welsh Named President & CEO of Family & Children Services
Jonathan Chadwick of Cisco Joins Board of Family & Children Services
Anger Management Tips from Family & Children Services
September 2006
Atherton Resident Christine Curry to Receive Award for Work with Family & Children Services
Family & Children Services Receives Web Site Grant from Taproot Foundation
May 2006
Dr. Robert Sapolsky and Cynthia Fry Gunn Draw Crowd to 3rd Annual Circle of Support Breakfast
April 2006
"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers" is Topic of 3rd Annual Circle of Support Benefit Breakfast
Local Community Leader and Philanthropist, Cynthia Gunn, to Receive Honor
December 2005
Family & Children Services Receives National Award
March 2005
Family & Children Services Honors Community Leaders
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